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Quitting Booze, Quitting Alexa, and AI Bots Learn to Manipulate Us

Kevin’s 15 days into sobriety, Alex is resin-printing door parts, and the Digg mobile app is quietly becoming a real thing. This week, AI is either your creative assistant or the reason you need a new career—depending on how you feel about Marvel using bots for its opening credits. Jayci Hayes joins with tales of heli-repelling wildfires, building GameCrib, working with Twitch in its early days, and launching a bottled margarita brand designed to protect citrus from UV light. Also: Alex automates his home with Home Assistant (bye Echo), Apple finally loses its grip on in-app payments, and listener Graz emails in to offer custom Diggnation knives. It’s a caffeine-fueled episode with actual emotional depth and at least one sincere conversation about electrolytes.

English
  • Originally Aired May 12, 2025
  • Runtime 86 minutes
  • Created May 13, 2025 by
    DigitalDJ
  • Modified May 13, 2025 by
    DigitalDJ