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NBA Gambling Scandal, Tesla Trillion Dollar Vote, Billionaire Tax, Amazon Robots, AWS Outage

Shownote

(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:02) CA Billionaire Tax (17:00) Major NBA gambling scandal (29:51) Amazon's eventful week: AWS outage and leaked robotic automation plans (49:55) Tesla earnings, Optimus, Elon's pay package, "corporate terrorists" (1:03:54) Stu...

Highlights

In this episode, the hosts dive into a range of high-impact topics shaping technology, finance, and culture, from controversial policy proposals to seismic shifts in AI and corporate governance. With their signature blend of skepticism and insight, they unpack developments that are redefining industries and testing regulatory boundaries.
06:54
Wealth taxes tried elsewhere always backfire by driving away wealthy individuals and job-creating companies.
25:24
Polymarket's model makes insider arbitrage and truth discovery more transparent
49:01
Optimus represents a game-changer beyond purpose-built robots like Kiva
49:55
AI5 is said to be 40x better than AI4, critical for Optimus and CyberCab.
1:06:44
If AI models are biased due to training on ideologically skewed data, that’s a design flaw, not a feature.

Chapters

Bestie intros!
00:00
CA Billionaire Tax
01:02
Major NBA gambling scandal
17:00
Amazon's eventful week: AWS outage and leaked robotic automation plans
29:51
Tesla earnings, Optimus, Elon's pay package, "corporate terrorists"
49:55
Study shows LLM bias
1:03:54

Transcript

David Sacks: Maybe we should have Disparaged Corner as like a regular feature of the pod. Jason Calacanis: Good idea. Chamath Palihapitiya: I like it. Disparaged Corner. David Sacks: Each of us can give our Disparaged of the week. David Friedberg: Disp...