Campfire stories with Paulo Laureano@pls

In this episode, Paulo Laureano explores the current AI boom, questioning its sustainability and the financial implications behind it. He discusses the massive investments in AI, the circular money game among tech giants, and the technological limitations that are beginning to surface. The conversation also touches on the rise of open-source AI as a potential disruptor and draws parallels to the dot-com crash, emphasizing the importance of human skills in a future dominated by AI.

The conversation explores the industrialization of confidence projection and its impact on public discourse. It delves into the psychological quirk of the Dunning-Kruger effect and how social media has scaled it up into a system-wide problem. The discussion highlights the confidence factory of social media and its impact on epistemic humility and degradation.