California
5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 3, 2024 by Lawrence "Larry" Lessig · said 50 times in 35 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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brought up most by Alex Kantrowitz (9), Yann LeCun (3), Steven Adler (3), David Plouffe (3), William Saunders (2), Wael Ghonim (2), Sir Nick Clegg (2), RJ Scaringe (2)
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2026 16 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
- How AI Changes Society, And Society Changes AI — With Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe
- Satya Nadella’s OpenAI Concerns, Google’s Next AI Model, The AI Monet Prank
- Is Something Big Happening?, AI Safety Apocalypse, Anthropic Raises $30 Billion
- Leopold Blows Up, OpenAI Drastically Cuts Prices, Microsoft’s Best Day
- How A Beauty Company Built An AI Agent — With Rachel Williamson and Josh Siebert
- The Right Way To Build AI Agents — With NVIDIA's Adel El Hallak and ServiceNow's Joe Davis
- Apple After Tim Cook, OpenAI’s New Mojo, Meta’s Internal Tracking Escapade
- The Pentagon's AI Plan + Behind the Anthropic Fight — With Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2026 →
2025 10 mentions in 9 episodes 1 per episode
- Can We Trust Silicon Valley With Superintelligence? — With Nick Clegg
- OpenAI’s IPO Plan, Deconstructing The AI Bet, Apple’s iPhone 17 Revival
- OpenAI and Microsoft’s Grand Bargain, Sam Altman’s Next Three Years, A New Humanoid Robot
- Can We Save The Web From AI? — With Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince
- Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars
- Condoleezza Rice: U.S. Tech at Risk Amid University Cuts, China Threat
- Is AI Really Taking Our Jobs? — With Noah Smith
- Apple’s AI 'Gap Year' at WWDC?, Elon Vs. Trump Goes Nuclear, NYTimes’ OpenAI Attack
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 12 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
- What The Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About
- Rivian's CEO on Elon Musk's Influence, Affordable EVs, and The Grid's Risky Future — W/ RJ Scaringe
- Kara Swisher Rates Tech Leaders
- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Has Thoughts on AI Agents, Automation, and The Future of Your Job
- NVIDIA's Auto Play and the Future of Autonomous Driving — With Danny Shapiro
- AI Scaling, Alignment, and the Path to Superintelligence — With Dwarkesh Patel
- Is it Flexport + Shopify vs. Amazon? — With Ryan Petersen
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2023 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus Debate AI Chatbots
- Big Technology's New Release, AI Bubble Looms, Apple's Next Event — With Brian McCullough
- Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt — Self Driving Cars Will 10X Every Year
- Is ChatGPT A Step Toward Human-Level AI? — With Yann LeCun, Meta Chief AI Scientist
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
- Unraveling The Mystery Of Peter Thiel — With Max Chafkin
- Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
- Daniel Kahneman and Yann LeCun: How To Get AI To Think Like Humans (Full Episode)
- Andrew Callaghan of All Gas No Brakes Goes Independent
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
Everything said about California, oldest first
Jul 3, 2024
Lessig: California Law Treats Vested Equity as Unconditional Wages
“Equity Is wage in the state of California. If you earn equity, your vested equity, it's like your wages. And when you leave, they can't say, oh, here's a bunch of other additional agree terms you must agree to in order to take what you've already earned. So th…”
Jul 3, 2024 neutral
Lessig: Federal AI whistleblower framework requires new legislation, not just FTC authority
“I mean, you know, agencies like the FTC believe they have lots of inherent jurisdiction that they could set up something that would be close to this, but the kind of thing that would convince people like William would require legislation the way California has…”
Nov 20, 2024 positive
Scaringe: Rivian R1S is the best-selling premium SUV in California
“The R one S is actually the best selling premium SUV in the state of California, not the best selling premium electric SUV, the best selling premium SUV period in California across the whole U S it's the best selling premium electric vehicle.”
May 22, 2026 negative
Jun 8, 2026 positive
Ulta uses software to navigate complex, location-specific California employment laws
“The California laws, from an employment perspective, vary sometimes by county, by city, and so we can put that into a system and that With ServiceNow, and it can tell that you live in this city, in this state, so this policy applies to you. So when you're aski…”