E3 - Nukes, Fusion, & ChatGPT

Mike Benitez is back with Jake Chapman and Tim Nolan to discuss Russian nukes in the news, a breakthrough in fusion, TikTok, and all things ChatGPT. Tim cheats on a pop quiz in real time, Mike discovers Jake’s secret past, and Jake opines on the value of a future PutinGPT. ---- Links * Want more intel and insights? Sign up our amazing newsletter https://www.themerge.co/ * Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/the_merge * Tim’s nuke article https://www.the-sun.com/news/6911324/putin-readies-nuke-launch-missile/ * ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com/chat ---- Follow us on... * Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merge_newsletter/ * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/themergenews * Twitter https://twitter.com/MergeNewsletter/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerge * Website https://www.themerge.co/ ---- Show Notes (00:30) Intro (1:24) Russia nuke news (3:23) details don’t matter (9:00) we finally read the article (11:34) missile sponge (14:18) pop quiz (15:03) Tim explains fission (16:55) Tim share’s his secret (17:46) The best segway (18:26) fusion in the news (26:38) the next best segway (28:32) Mike share’s his secret (29:23) ChatGPT (37:15) PutinGPT (41:10) ChatGPT comments (42:06) TikTok (45:36) Jake’s TikTok spicy take (49:02) You were a lawyer?! (51:00) How to ban tiktok? (53:32) ChatGPT writes the outro

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