Aug 4, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
### Summary This week, there’s chaos with robot bans on flights, and a New York school’s AI teacher gets canceled for looking a bit too human. We discover Google’s earthquake alert system, hear…
But I did want to ask you, I wanted to kick off with, did you feel this earthquake?
No.
No, neither did I.
Did your phone go off, though? No.
Okay, because Android phones, the more up-to-date ones, not whatever you're running right here.
Not El Cheapo.
Yeah.
Yeah, so it sort of figures out, oh, it's there, and it starts ringing around it,
which is pretty cool.
iPhone
users, you're having a comfy sleep.
Most budget, well, most Android users, yeah, I mean, it's giving you two, three seconds notice.
And I don't think Hamiltonians know how to handle an earthquake anyway.
No, they don't.
No, they don't.
Of course
not.
I mean, I grew up in Wellington.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Earthquake drills was an almost weekly thing at school.
Yep.
Like, you would do – definitely a monthly thing.
You'd do earthquake drills every month because it's just – A ticking time bomb.
But I did want to ask you, I wanted to kick off with, did you feel this earthquake?
No.
No, neither did I.
Did your phone go off, though? No.
Okay, because Android phones, the more up-to-date ones, not whatever you're running right here.
Not El Cheapo.
Yeah.
Yeah, so it sort of figures out, oh, it's there, and it starts ringing around it,
which is pretty cool.
iPhone
users, you're having a comfy sleep.
Most budget, well, most Android users, yeah, I mean, it's giving you two, three seconds notice.
And I don't think Hamiltonians know how to handle an earthquake anyway.
No, they don't.
No, they don't.
Of course
not.
I mean, I grew up in Wellington.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Earthquake drills was an almost weekly thing at school.
Yep.
Like, you would do – definitely a monthly thing.
You'd do earthquake drills every month because it's just – A ticking time bomb.
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