{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"NET Society","title":"Ep70 Bring Back The Good Models","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3248,"description":"This week on Net Society, the conversation moves from AI infrastructure and model slowdowns into a broader look at how these systems are actually landing in everyday life, from productivity gains and context switching to brain fry, screen addiction, and the growing appeal of dumb phones. Along the way, the group unpacks the politics shaping frontier models, the corporate control forming around compute and distribution, the fog of modern war coverage online, and why so much of the current AI moment still feels split between real utility and overhyped theater. The episode closes by widening back out to crypto, payments, and the friction between ambitious everything app visions and the messy reality of how people actually use technology.Mentioned in the episodePri’s tweet, lobster vs the bull https://x.com/pridesai/status/2031783971047051445Fearless girl statue https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fearless-girl-statue-will-face-wall-street-bull-another-year-n738991Daniel Day Lewis flip phone https://x.com/karenyhan/status/981997310577119232$50M USDT Aave trade mishap https://x.com/StaniKulechov/status/2032193345414664659Show & HostsNet Society: https://x.com/net__societyAaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0xDerek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedwsPriyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesaiProduction & MarketingEditor: https://x.com/0xFnklSocial: https://x.com/v_kirra","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CC4s2d8mVIQsuiN_U5XIqmdWsznh6Oio3A_cwsaT-8I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZDBk/Y2Q3ZWU5MjQwZDI5/MmIxYzgxMjM2OGNj/ZjE0Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}