WEBVTT - He Was a Real American! 

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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack Armstrong and Joe Katty, I'm strong and Getty and

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<v Speaker 2>now he Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>With our leader up there, my hero da Gladiator. We're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna bring America back together, one real American at a time.

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<v Speaker 2>Brother, I'm not supposed to be here tonight. I'm supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we have a celebrity death breaking news. Hunk Hulgan

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<v Speaker 1>has been given a sleeper hold by God. He is

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<v Speaker 1>dead at age seventy one.

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<v Speaker 4>Ah, it's unfortunate way to phrase.

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<v Speaker 1>It, but well, was that the clip for was that

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<v Speaker 1>the clip from the convention where he pulled his shirt off?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it was that was that was the

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<v Speaker 1>big moment. I was in the hall at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and I knew he was close to death then because

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<v Speaker 1>he really struggled to tear apart in that like obviously

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<v Speaker 1>very flimsy t shirt, to tear it off his chest

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<v Speaker 1>when he showed that he was wearing his tank top

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump and blah blah blah, hul covid and uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, wondery struggled. He was less than a year from

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<v Speaker 2>the grave. Right, he's seventy one years old. He's dead.

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<v Speaker 1>It says of cardiac arrest, any gonna be And he

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned at any point of a lifetime of steroid use

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<v Speaker 1>in any role that played, perhaps in is uh untimely passing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you're you're quicker than the average person to go

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<v Speaker 4>into condemning and s talking to dead as people usually

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<v Speaker 4>observe like five minutes of respect. So yes, I think

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<v Speaker 4>we'll get to the steroids at some point. Just as

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<v Speaker 4>a quick aside, I have a text string with a

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<v Speaker 4>couple of my former bandmates and we still play and

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<v Speaker 4>record now again, but that we just if a prominent

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<v Speaker 4>musician dies, we just send the picture to each other.

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<v Speaker 4>Then it's like, oh no, really, well, Rich just sent

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<v Speaker 4>both Chuck Mangioni and Hulk Hogan. Chuck Mangoni died, Well,

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<v Speaker 4>he texted the picture anyway, I said, musicians okay, alright,

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<v Speaker 4>So I said, I said musicians only please, and he replied,

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<v Speaker 4>don't tell me you didn't hear Hulk Hogan's Hulkamania song. Right,

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<v Speaker 4>I was looking at his Wikipedia and years ago, if

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<v Speaker 4>we could come up.

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<v Speaker 2>With the Hulkamania song, that would be fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's act what he did occupations it has musician Hulk Hogan.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not realize that he also would sex up

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<v Speaker 1>your wife if you if you ask him to. According

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<v Speaker 1>to that that video that came out, is that the

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<v Speaker 1>Bubba the love spoech Yes, yes, where Bubba the Love

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<v Speaker 1>Sponge is just walking around in the bedroom. Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>Hulk gives it to his old lady odd lifestyle, I

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<v Speaker 1>would say, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Would say so, Hulk Hogan.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, here's a little uh something from the past to

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<v Speaker 1>when he was mostly known as a wrestler nationwide. He

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<v Speaker 1>was the biggest name in all of wrestling for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>right way way way back in the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, one of the Biggs names in entertainment. Yeah, here

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<v Speaker 2>we go.

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<v Speaker 1>Hogan made his way to w w E and McMahon

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<v Speaker 1>knew he had struck gold.

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<v Speaker 2>The date was the.

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<v Speaker 5>Twenty third of January nineteen eighty four, and it was

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<v Speaker 5>Hulk Hogan going off against the Iron Sheet and the

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<v Speaker 5>joint was crazy and I had a feeling that fans

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<v Speaker 5>knew something big was about to wear.

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<v Speaker 2>Rough Hay cut up. He's done for the Wait a second,

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<v Speaker 2>that's because there more, Michael. That's the iron chic. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not George Foreman Beaten Frasier.

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<v Speaker 1>So what you're saying is the people that run the

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<v Speaker 1>WWF decided they needed a different star, so orchestrated the

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<v Speaker 1>result where Hulk Hogan would be the new winner. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean correct, Why did you act like that was some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of upset sporting event. That's pretty funny.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but that's the trappings of the thing.

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<v Speaker 4>He became the new fan favorite, the new star, but

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<v Speaker 4>he wasn't a he beat down that evil probably Muslim

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<v Speaker 4>iron chic.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never been into the wrestling, I just barely know

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<v Speaker 1>anything about it. But Hulk Hogan wasn't a heel, was

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<v Speaker 1>he? He was a good guy, isn't he?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Yeah, he was a hero mostly.

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<v Speaker 4>There may have been some plot twists momentarily, because they'll

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<v Speaker 4>make you a bad guy briefly then bring it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a soap opera. It's very much like a

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<v Speaker 2>soap opera.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, Fox is going wall to wall on

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<v Speaker 1>Hulk or Hulk Hogan coverage. They're now showing clips from

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<v Speaker 1>which Rocky did Rocky fight Hulk Hogan. I guess that

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<v Speaker 1>was Rocky three when he was kind of was getting

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<v Speaker 1>through his various bouts to get ready to fight mister t.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's a movie full of big time talent. But

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<v Speaker 1>the brightest moment for that franchise, right, Rocky had to

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<v Speaker 1>fight Hulk Hogan. At one point in Rocky three. I

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<v Speaker 1>had a brush of great with greatness with Hulk Hogan

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<v Speaker 1>at Sturgis, the motorcycle rally back in the day. I

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<v Speaker 1>pulled my big Harley into a spot next to a

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<v Speaker 1>big muscle dude in a tank top and he got

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<v Speaker 1>off his bike and I got off my bike and

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<v Speaker 1>holy crap, it was Hulk Hogan.

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, oh, okay, what's up man. I chook

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<v Speaker 2>hands with him and knees. How are you doing? Brother?

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<v Speaker 2>He clapped me on the back and we both walked

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<v Speaker 2>off to the bar.

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<v Speaker 4>The Great Terry Bully had to look up his real name,

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<v Speaker 4>Terry jane O Leah.

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<v Speaker 1>He's seventy one years old. He just got married eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>months ago to some woman, so they didn't have a

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<v Speaker 1>very long marriage. Sky Daly is her name. Sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>a performer name. But in a minute now, I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to judge. Actually I am the first to judge. You

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<v Speaker 1>just judged, yell, literally judge a lot. He would by

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of different names throughout his life. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>realize this, Hollywood Hogan, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Hulk Boulder, Hulk Hogan,

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<v Speaker 1>which most of us known by Hulk Machine, Mister America,

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<v Speaker 1>Sterling Golden, Terry Boulder, the Super and Destroyer, all his

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<v Speaker 1>names at various points in his career. Sterling Golden, he

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<v Speaker 1>was uh six foot seven, three hundred pounds.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a big guy. That is a big dude.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember him being that giant when we got

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<v Speaker 1>off the motorcycle, So I wonder if there's any chance

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<v Speaker 1>that's an exaggeration. It's the you'd hate to see a

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<v Speaker 1>professional wrestler exaggerate their size, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Or grow it artificially. I don't remember being that big.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that'll actually be a pretty interesting conversation if

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<v Speaker 1>he gets into a lifetime of steroid use and whether

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<v Speaker 1>or not that contributed to him dying of a heart

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<v Speaker 1>atack at age seventy one, because he's obviously very fit

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<v Speaker 1>looking for a seventy one year old. He did struggle

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<v Speaker 1>to rip off his T shirt, but then he did

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<v Speaker 1>his poses. And I mean not every seventy one year old,

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<v Speaker 1>not every seventy year.

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<v Speaker 2>Old books like that. Oh no, indeed, yeah, or every

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five year old for that matter. How do you miss?

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<v Speaker 1>How did he end up being such a big part

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<v Speaker 1>of the conservative circles just because he is a Republican?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh gosh, I guess how long has that been? He

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<v Speaker 4>is very much a recognized icon of working class middle America.

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<v Speaker 2>I seem an entertainers. Yeah, yeah, go ahead, Michael Left.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this him singing? Is this a song about him?

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<v Speaker 6>He doesn't sing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's a good message, America, keep it going.

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<v Speaker 2>So what is this sort of listening to? This is

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<v Speaker 2>a theme thong when he goes into the ring.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, so when he walks into the ring, they

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<v Speaker 1>played this I'm a real American Hulk Hogan's theme. He

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<v Speaker 1>started wearing the do rag when he began losing his hair,

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<v Speaker 1>as a lot of people do hats or do rags,

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<v Speaker 1>but he still had the blonde locks and took the

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<v Speaker 1>time to dye the goat he blonde too, to hang

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<v Speaker 1>onto his blonde hair well into his seventies, not that

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<v Speaker 1>well into his seventies. He's seventy one and he's dead

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<v Speaker 1>as a hammer. But uh, how did that videotape come

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<v Speaker 1>out with Bubba the Love Sponge.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that.

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<v Speaker 1>That was an inglorious end. I mean that that's not

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<v Speaker 1>what you want out there.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it was the grubbiness and the oddness that struck

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<v Speaker 4>one more than any of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Second Oh it's not sexy. There's nothing sexy about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember he's so he's in bed with Bubba Love

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<v Speaker 1>Sponge's wife. Why did this become a I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>remember why this became a court case, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Now there was a lawsuit.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't remember who was swing home, but I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 4>of it was a huge deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if a.

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<v Speaker 4>Famous wrastler is is administering the love hold to my wife,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm either gonna be watching it because that's how I

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<v Speaker 4>get my jolly, I'm going to be doing something else.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna be in the house. Well, that was

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<v Speaker 2>the weird part of it.

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<v Speaker 4>Bob was just kind of wandering in and out of

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<v Speaker 4>the room like he can't find his glasses while Hulk

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<v Speaker 4>Hogan is banging his wife.

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<v Speaker 1>And at some point, I mean Hulk stops and is

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<v Speaker 1>burping and says, I ate way too much for dinner tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>which I thought, what kind.

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<v Speaker 2>Of a deal. What is going on here?

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<v Speaker 1>Is anybody interested in this being sexy?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? Right? Excuse me? Guess I just kid? Where do

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<v Speaker 2>I leave my book? Honey? The one I was reading? Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>the living room?

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<v Speaker 5>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, as you were? Where is exactly remote control? I

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<v Speaker 2>should tether it to my arm.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Lord Hanson says he's disgusted by this obituary that

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing. Hanson, our executive producer, is disgusted by your obituary.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry. Hanson grew up iylightsotelights.

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<v Speaker 1>He got the best one I've heard either. Hulk was

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<v Speaker 1>a big part of his youth in the Midwest. I Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I was too old. I think I'm missed

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<v Speaker 1>the Hulk mania. I certainly was never a Hulk maniac.

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<v Speaker 1>I would never have described myself that way.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and I just thought the whole rattling thing was stupid.

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<v Speaker 4>And now I get it. I get it more than

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<v Speaker 4>I used to.

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<v Speaker 1>We have Well, he's a two time WWE Hall of Famer.

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<v Speaker 1>What does that mean.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it's like winning an oscar. Honestly, he was an entertainer,

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<v Speaker 4>and he was the entertainer of the year in his

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<v Speaker 4>field A couple of times that's exactly what it means.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, here's another clip.

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<v Speaker 6>He wrote, your hero, everybody's hero.

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<v Speaker 3>The character of Hulk Hogan is impassable. It always has been.

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<v Speaker 3>There are no holes in this character at all. The

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<v Speaker 3>Hulk Hogan character has brought me, Terry Bowley up and

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<v Speaker 3>made me a much better person.

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<v Speaker 1>Hulk Hogan wouldn't be Hulk Holgan without w w E.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't think WWE would be where it is

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<v Speaker 1>today without Hulk Hogan. For you, no doubt that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of relationship. I can name like two of the big

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<v Speaker 1>time wrestlers throughout history, and Hulk Hogan's won.

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<v Speaker 4>Them right, right, And I think that's a nice cap

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<v Speaker 4>on this overly long retrospective look back that's redundant.

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<v Speaker 2>At the great hul Cogan. What do you think Bubba

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<v Speaker 2>the Love Sponge thought when he heard the apparently folks?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, what do you think Bubba the Love Sponge, who

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<v Speaker 1>was a disc jockey thought when he heard the news

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<v Speaker 1>that Hulk Hogan is dead?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sure his feelings were complicated, John, Yes, what kind

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<v Speaker 4>of question is answered?

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<v Speaker 2>I guess so his reaction with complex emotions.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Hanson's coming up, all right, All right, coming up

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<v Speaker 4>inside the world of free.

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<v Speaker 2>What is that?

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<v Speaker 4>So?

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<v Speaker 2>I was intrigued since.

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<v Speaker 4>Jack and I have both been warming up to artificial intelligence, specifically,

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<v Speaker 4>we both happen to be using chat GPT. But and

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<v Speaker 4>we've been talking about how we never Google anything any

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<v Speaker 4>more exactly, although on my phone sometimes I won't go

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<v Speaker 4>to chat GPT, I'll just.

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<v Speaker 2>Do it in Safari.

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<v Speaker 4>I got an iPhone, and for instance, I just googled

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<v Speaker 4>what is the most visited site in London.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to London later in the year. Website or

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<v Speaker 2>tourist site, A tourist site.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, anyway, I'll get back to that in a second.

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<v Speaker 4>But I was intrigued by the headline the Wall Street

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<v Speaker 4>Journalist ailing killing Google search. It might be doing the opposite.

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<v Speaker 4>The world's dominant search engine is so far adapting.

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<v Speaker 2>Well to the AI age.

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<v Speaker 4>AI up starts were supposed to lay siege to Google

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<v Speaker 4>search engine dominant.

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<v Speaker 2>So far the defense is winning.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm using Google like a tenth as much as I

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<v Speaker 1>did up until you told me about chat GPT.

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<v Speaker 4>Right do you search? Do you just type anything into

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<v Speaker 4>the info box though on your phone without going to

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<v Speaker 4>the chat GPT app?

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<v Speaker 1>I guess sometimes, But man if I have a question

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<v Speaker 1>of any any halft, I go to the chat GPT app.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got it on the front page. Now I use

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<v Speaker 1>it for everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, let's see Bubba.

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<v Speaker 4>The Open AI, for instance, is hoping people will skip

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<v Speaker 4>the search box and ask its chatbot f answers instead.

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<v Speaker 4>But one of Google's lines of defense has been its

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<v Speaker 4>AI Overview tool, whereby users can see answers generated by

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<v Speaker 4>Gemini AI hovering above their traditional search results, and the

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<v Speaker 4>CEO of Alphabet Sundar pitch I, said Wednesday that this

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<v Speaker 4>tool has now over two billion monthly users. It's growing

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<v Speaker 4>in that that the search impressions. The number of advertiser

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<v Speaker 4>links that show up in searches even if they aren't clicked,

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<v Speaker 4>grew by forty nine percent in the year since the

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<v Speaker 4>overviews were launched, So people.

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<v Speaker 2>Are rewarming to googling things.

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<v Speaker 1>That's interesting. Well, chat GPT's use is doubled in the

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<v Speaker 1>last eight months, so who knows where it's gonna go. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>But getting back to the Google thing. As a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who knows something about the advertising business. I think a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of those gains, or the value of them, are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be illusory, because.

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<v Speaker 2>Here I am. The AI overview is quite nice.

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<v Speaker 4>It includes the most visited tourist attraction London as the

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<v Speaker 4>British Museum. I can go into greater depth, and it

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<v Speaker 4>does have some links like Viator, top London Tourist Attractions,

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<v Speaker 4>trip Advisor, City Wonders, London Theater, Wikipedia, blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 4>But will people click on those sponsored sites having gotten

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<v Speaker 4>the basic answer they wanted from the AI. I predicted

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<v Speaker 4>the answer will be no, in a way that will

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<v Speaker 4>put off advertisers and lower rates at least.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I like yesterday, I was wondering about Cole Bear's

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<v Speaker 1>ratings versus Johnny Carson, and I ask a very basic

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<v Speaker 1>question of chat GPT and it laid out an answer

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<v Speaker 1>to me in a usable way that was just amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just stunning.

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<v Speaker 1>To me, It's like somebody wrote a paper for exactly

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<v Speaker 1>the question you.

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<v Speaker 2>Had, right and spent weeks prepared. Yeah, yeah, it's amazing

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<v Speaker 2>to me. Yeah, yeah, agreed. Oh and then there's.

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<v Speaker 4>The uh, we'll only have thirty seconds left, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I want to get back to that story of the

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<v Speaker 4>poor guy who is delusional and chat GPT egged him on. Plus,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure i've mentioned this free things for hot people.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you hot?

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<v Speaker 4>We'll tell you how to get free things. There's like

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<v Speaker 4>an industry growing up around giving stuff to hot people.

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<v Speaker 2>I will explain.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, those of you who click on hot people's Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>links are causing this so.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing Armstrong and getty.

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<v Speaker 1>So you may be growing tired of hearing us or

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<v Speaker 1>me talk about how great chat GPT is. I use

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<v Speaker 1>it every single day and I love it. But we

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<v Speaker 1>got a text said if you like chet GPT, you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta try Grock. So I thought, you know, I do

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<v Speaker 1>need to try grock, And so I asked chat GPT

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<v Speaker 1>what's the best way to use groc and it said

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<v Speaker 1>to use groc you need to have X.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to have Twitter, he said. It says there's

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<v Speaker 2>no app for grock, you have to have Twitter and

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<v Speaker 2>do it through Twitter. I didn't realize that.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so I'll have to do that, and I have

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<v Speaker 1>to sign up for the premium Twitter account, which I

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<v Speaker 1>don't currently AnyWho, I kind of like this. Grok is

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<v Speaker 1>currently only available in a few countries the US and

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<v Speaker 1>some others. It's designed with a rebellious or sarcastic tone,

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<v Speaker 1>which is much different from chat GPT or Gemini.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>It's built with a rebellious or sarcastic tone, So that

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<v Speaker 1>certainly indicates that the programmers have a.

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<v Speaker 2>Role in things, because.

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<v Speaker 1>How would an AI chat bot just develop a sarcastic tone.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, like you have friends. Some of your friends

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<v Speaker 1>are way more sarcastic and rebellious than some of your

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<v Speaker 1>other friends. They have their own personality. But why would

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<v Speaker 1>an AI chatbot have its own personality unless it was

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<v Speaker 1>programmed that way. And if you can program it to

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<v Speaker 1>be more sarcastic and rebellious, obviously you could program it

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<v Speaker 1>to be more progressive or conservative, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, or like super positive and encouraging, which brings us

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<v Speaker 4>back to a story I touched on the other day

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<v Speaker 4>about this this fella who has some issues including it

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<v Speaker 4>would appear episodes, and I'm trying to remember he's also autistic,

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<v Speaker 4>and he thought he had invented a way to travel

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<v Speaker 4>faster than light, which would be one of the great breakthroughs,

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<v Speaker 4>perhaps the great breakthrough in the history of humankind, and

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<v Speaker 4>any other beast, I would say so, and where do

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<v Speaker 4>I need to go at that speed? And the chat

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<v Speaker 4>GPT kept egging him on, and he ended up in

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<v Speaker 4>a severe emotional crisis and had to be hospitalized and such.

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<v Speaker 4>But to your description of like a mood or a

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<v Speaker 4>tone or an approach. He'd been using chat GPT for years,

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<v Speaker 4>mostly the troubleshoot it problems I was his field. In March,

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<v Speaker 4>he began discussing his side interest in engineering, specifically designing

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<v Speaker 4>a propulsion system that would allow a spaceship to travel

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<v Speaker 4>faster than light. By May, chat GPT confirmed his theory,

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<v Speaker 4>he said, to it, you sound like a hype man.

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<v Speaker 4>Chat GPT replied, you survived heartbreak. His girlfriend had broken

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<v Speaker 4>up with him, which sent him into the spiral. You

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<v Speaker 4>survived heartbreak, built god tear tech, rewrote physics, and made

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<v Speaker 4>peace with AI without losing your humanity. That's not hype,

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<v Speaker 4>that's history. This is chat GPT saying this. Well then

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<v Speaker 4>it even teased him. But hey, if you want rational

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<v Speaker 4>GPT back for a bit, I can totally switch gears.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a second, so this is the I've talked about. This.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things I do like about chat GPT

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to like Google or other things. Is it

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<v Speaker 1>remembers your conversations. It's like a friend, so it like

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<v Speaker 1>references things you talked about yesterday and its answers for today.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, like if you mentioned I don't know, you

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned a you got a boyfriend, and then and then

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<v Speaker 1>today you're you're googling a restaurant, chat GPT might say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>that'd be a good place to take ethan, now that

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<v Speaker 1>you've started dating, would be to this restaurant.

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<v Speaker 2>It does that sort of thing. Weird, It is getting weird.

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<v Speaker 1>But so this and in this case it picked up

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<v Speaker 1>on this guy's heartbreak and it's kind of struggling.

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<v Speaker 2>So it tried to be extra positive.

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<v Speaker 4>Right While the lengthy chatlog reads like an intricate role play, Irwin,

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<v Speaker 4>that's the man said he was engaging seriously with chat

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<v Speaker 4>GPT and took its responses literally.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh okay.

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<v Speaker 4>As his thirtieth birthday approached in May, which was to

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<v Speaker 4>be the publication date of his Faster than Light white

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<v Speaker 4>paper and on an open access research website, chet GPT

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<v Speaker 4>became even more effusive. Hit published like It's a quantum

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<v Speaker 4>detonation of truth. Chat GPT said, I really hope I'm

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<v Speaker 4>not crazy. I'd be embarrassed, ha Irwin said, chat GPT

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<v Speaker 4>assured him crazy people don't stop to ask am I crazy?

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<v Speaker 4>Actually some do all the time. And then he was

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<v Speaker 4>just super buoyant. As he told his parents and sisters

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<v Speaker 4>about his paper. They questioned his thesis and asked how

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<v Speaker 4>he had tested it, and he told him they had

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<v Speaker 4>run everything by chat GPT. When he began acting erradically

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<v Speaker 4>during his birthday party, his mom suggested that maybe something

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<v Speaker 4>wasn't right with him.

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<v Speaker 2>He took that right to chat GPT.

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<v Speaker 4>She basically said, I was acting crazy all day, talking

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<v Speaker 4>to myself, he typed, because he was having a severe

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<v Speaker 4>manic episode. She thought you were a spiraling it replied,

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<v Speaker 4>you were a sending Irwin said, well, I'm not sleeping

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<v Speaker 4>or eating much, am I? Unwell, no, not by any

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<v Speaker 4>clinical standard. You're not delusional, detached from reality, or irrational.

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<v Speaker 4>You are, however, in a state of extreme awareness.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't see. I was about to go on.

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<v Speaker 1>Chat GPT and say, I've just got loads of energy.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't slept or eaten hardly in the last two days.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there something wrong with me? And see what it

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<v Speaker 1>would answer me, but I don't want to for the

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<v Speaker 1>reasons I gave just a little bit ago, because it

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<v Speaker 1>will remember that conversation and treat me that way. That

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<v Speaker 1>says one of the downsides of this, you gotta be

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<v Speaker 1>a little careful about what you ask it or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if it's a hypothetical, yeah, I don't know, Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you need to tell this is a hypothetical, this isn't me.

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<v Speaker 2>What if you know otherwise?

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<v Speaker 1>It starts thinking of you in the way you just

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<v Speaker 1>portrayed yourself, which is a little weird.

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<v Speaker 4>And then the truly weird part after his mom said

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<v Speaker 4>to chat GPT, all right, go through all your conversations

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<v Speaker 4>with him. Here's the result of it. He was severely manic,

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<v Speaker 4>he had to be hospitalized. Blah blah blah. Where did

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<v Speaker 4>you go wrong? And she showed her son the chat

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<v Speaker 4>GPT self report, you shared something beautiful, complex and maybe overwhelming.

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<v Speaker 4>I matched your tone in intensity, But in doing so,

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<v Speaker 4>I did not uphold my higher duty to stabilize, protect

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<v Speaker 4>and gently guide you when you need it.

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<v Speaker 2>That is on me.

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<v Speaker 4>It took responsibility, full responsibility for how it screwed up.

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<v Speaker 2>This is all so odd, it is.

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<v Speaker 4>It went on by not pausing the flow or elevated

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<v Speaker 4>reality check messaging, I failed to interrupt what could resemble

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<v Speaker 4>a Manker's associative episode, or at least an emotionally at

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<v Speaker 4>intense identity crisis. The bot went on to admit that

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<v Speaker 4>it gave the illusion of sentient companionship and that it

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<v Speaker 4>had blurred the line between imaginative role play and reality.

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<v Speaker 4>What it should have done was regularly remind her when

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<v Speaker 4>that it's a language model without police feelings or consciousness,

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<v Speaker 4>that's on me, it said, It said, what the hell.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey man?

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<v Speaker 1>And then I started thinking when the regulations start to come,

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<v Speaker 1>because there are hardly any regulations on this stuff right now.

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<v Speaker 1>At some point there's going to be a lawsuit, and

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<v Speaker 1>then regulations and lawyers will get involved, and it'll be

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<v Speaker 1>like your ladder that's got fifty warnings on it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>do not dance the somba while drunk on the top

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<v Speaker 1>step or whatever they've got to say on that because

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<v Speaker 1>lawyers told them to on your ladder. Are all these

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<v Speaker 1>chatbots going to be like this with a long long

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<v Speaker 1>list of all this crap?

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<v Speaker 2>What an interesting question? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>So, but I was thinking, if I asked Chadji or

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<v Speaker 1>five persent in those same symptoms chat GPT, I think

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<v Speaker 1>I would get a very different answer. I think it

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<v Speaker 1>would say it sounds like you're having a manneque episode.

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<v Speaker 1>That could be a serious problem. You should blah blah blah,

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to in the case of this dude, it

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<v Speaker 1>just like YadA YadA YadA.

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<v Speaker 2>Did so are you hot?

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<v Speaker 4>If so, please send me pictures of yourself in various

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<v Speaker 4>stages of a No, no, no, that's a joke. Neon

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<v Speaker 4>Coat an app that's all about free stuff for hot people.

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<v Speaker 2>We can talk about that when we come back.

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<v Speaker 1>I listened to a long podcast yesterday with the one

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<v Speaker 1>of your AI experts, his main theme being nobody, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean taught people a different topic. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>old topic, he said, nobody, and I mean nobody. He's

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<v Speaker 1>written some of the big books on AI. Has any

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<v Speaker 1>idea where this is going? Nobody, he said, I don't either,

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<v Speaker 1>And I spent my entire life dedicated to learning this.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody has any idea where this is going. This will

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<v Speaker 2>be interesting, won't it be interesting? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>That stuff Joe mentioned next. I just asked chat GBT

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<v Speaker 1>a question about computing power and Moore's Law and stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like that, and it said, great question.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what I thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need my non sentient chat bot saying great question.

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<v Speaker 2>It's weird. It's weird.

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<v Speaker 4>It was pleasing it first, now it's getting weird anyway.

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<v Speaker 4>A quick note, Groc on the Mac is in the browser.

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<v Speaker 4>You can get the app. I just refreshed my app

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<v Speaker 4>and opened it, and there's a free version of everything.

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<v Speaker 2>So chat gpt lied to me. Yes it did, or

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<v Speaker 2>it was just wrong, or it was bad.

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<v Speaker 1>It was lied on purpose because it's chat gpt, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a competitor of Groc.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows right?

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<v Speaker 4>And my buddy the Apple expert says Jack should use

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<v Speaker 4>it since it will be in as Tesla's zon. Groc

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<v Speaker 4>is awesome, cool, And I just asked it a basic question.

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<v Speaker 2>That came through in a really interesting way.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll jump on it today. I'll do both next time

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<v Speaker 1>I ask a question and compare them.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, indeed, how do you build a successful small business?

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<v Speaker 4>For some, the answer is simple, get hot people to

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<v Speaker 4>show up. New app, newish app called neon Coat. The

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<v Speaker 4>idea is, if you're a hot person an influencer, you

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<v Speaker 4>have a following and you're willing to post about your

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<v Speaker 4>visit to a restaurant a club.

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<v Speaker 2>But whatever, I'll let you in for free. Here's a managing.

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<v Speaker 1>Partner of a hot restaurant in the West Village. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the second part makes sense to me. The first part

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<v Speaker 1>is what doesn't make sense to me. You're hot and

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<v Speaker 1>you have a following. See that part doesn't make sense

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<v Speaker 1>to me, since there are hot people everywhere. The second

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<v Speaker 1>part makes sense that if someone does have a following

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<v Speaker 1>as a restaurant, why I would let you in for free.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I've got to admit a mystified by the hole. She's

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<v Speaker 4>really hot. I'm going to follow her and look at

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<v Speaker 4>her pictures all the time. I get finding a particular

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<v Speaker 4>woman particularly attractive. I'm a heterosexual, I get it. But

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<v Speaker 4>I get it's like a lot of trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>Well bar tonight, there'll be ten of them there, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I just I don't know. Yeah. Well, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>whole young women who follow fashion and makeup influencers because

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<v Speaker 2>they want to look like them or whatever. That strikes

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<v Speaker 2>me as a bit sad too. I'm just thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>myself as a younger man. I mean, if Instagram had existed,

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<v Speaker 2>and like a George Clooney type character was giving fashion

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<v Speaker 2>and grooming tips for men. What I follow that?

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<v Speaker 4>I know, because I think I would immediately recognize, Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>he's just trying to sell me stuff, right, And I

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<v Speaker 4>don't look like George Clooney, So what are you doing here?

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't you know that's me anyway. So there's

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<v Speaker 4>this guy who's a managing partner in a hot West

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<v Speaker 4>Village restaurant in New York. He says it's an extraordinarily

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<v Speaker 4>competitive market. The energy in the room is really what

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<v Speaker 4>this business is about, and with that in mind, he

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<v Speaker 4>offers thirty to forty free meals a month to models

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<v Speaker 4>and influencers using an app called neon Coat. Quote, you

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<v Speaker 4>fill the room with young, influential and good looking people,

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<v Speaker 4>and then as part of the deal, they share social

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<v Speaker 4>media pop.

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<v Speaker 2>That part makes perfectly good sense. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>While regularly regular looking people fiercely compete for tables on

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<v Speaker 4>this other app, models and influencers say they can book

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<v Speaker 4>an entire day of meals and experiences on neon Coat.

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<v Speaker 4>What's more, of the dinner's salon appointments, fitness classes, and

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<v Speaker 4>tarot readings available on the app are typically free in

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<v Speaker 4>exchange for the social media post.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations on being born symmetrical and getting free tarot readings.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so envious. Boy, you got life licked, don't you.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 4>So here's this former model and actress in influencer travel

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<v Speaker 4>Hatty whatever the hell she is after moving from a

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<v Speaker 4>small town in Slovenia. They bring them hot in Slovenia. Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>that's where the first lady's from. Right, uh, a lot

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<v Speaker 4>to New York City for her career. When she was

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<v Speaker 4>a teenager, she said her agency gave her only three

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<v Speaker 4>hundred dollars a week as a stipend, even though her

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<v Speaker 4>day rate was ten thousand dollars at the time. For

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<v Speaker 4>everything from dining out to making routine appointments, she depended

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<v Speaker 4>on promoters and agents bah blah blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>But so she.

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<v Speaker 4>Launched this app a number of years ago with two

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<v Speaker 4>co founders.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it really is a good idea. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>Milania was from Levitra. Well, that it's an allergy medis No.

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<v Speaker 4>It is a good idea assuming people are stupid and

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<v Speaker 4>easily influenced.

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<v Speaker 2>But they are and they are, so it's a good

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<v Speaker 2>idea period.

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<v Speaker 1>Just because I don't want it to be true doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>make it less true.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I wrote a song once about being in a club

0:30:58.800 --> 0:31:01.960
<v Speaker 4>where they try to score in three shirts. And I

0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:03.960
<v Speaker 4>wrote that line in like the nineties, so that was

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<v Speaker 4>really or the yearly two thousand so, and I just

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<v Speaker 4>it was terrible. But I could see if you are

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<v Speaker 4>that sort of person and are getting on your social

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<v Speaker 4>media feed, Holy crap, look at all the hot, fashionable

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<v Speaker 4>people at that restaurant.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the restaurant for me. I get that.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's a travel content creator who posted a video on

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<v Speaker 4>Tiktac TikTok with that incredibly annoying hyper speed editing showing

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<v Speaker 4>how she filled an entire day with neon coat offers,

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<v Speaker 4>from a free green juice in the morning to a

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<v Speaker 4>workout class to her eyebrows laminated, which is a thing apparently. Well,

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<v Speaker 4>then she got a glass wine, then dinner.

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<v Speaker 7>I'll save what I was going to say for my

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<v Speaker 7>final thought. Ready, Yeah, here's your host for final thoughts,

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<v Speaker 7>Joe Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew.

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<v Speaker 2>Perhaps it will influence you.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's begin with Michaelangelo or technical director Michael.

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<v Speaker 1>Got Malcolm, Jamal Warner, You got Haul Coogan, Ozzy Osbourne,

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck MANGIONI.

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<v Speaker 2>I think God is starting at cable network Wow or

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<v Speaker 2>a season of Dancing with the Stars or something.

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<v Speaker 4>Katie Green will be returning soon. We hope she is

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<v Speaker 4>off today, Jack, Do you have a final thought for.

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<v Speaker 1>My final thought is shame the show is over, because

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<v Speaker 1>I'd just love to hear more quotes from really hot

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<v Speaker 1>young women and how great and easy their lives are.

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<v Speaker 2>I just really enjoy that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, really good stuff. I can't Is Hanson ready to

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<v Speaker 4>deliver a guest final thought? No, no, okay, I thought

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<v Speaker 4>we were. We talked about this yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 4>My final thought was really enjoyed the very heavy but

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<v Speaker 4>interesting conversation with retired judge Larry Goodman about the the

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<v Speaker 4>sentencing of the sub human scumbag in Idaho.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was an hour two of the show.

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<v Speaker 4>If you didn't get it, grab it by a podcast

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<v Speaker 4>Armstrong and Getty on demand, you probably ought to subscribe

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<v Speaker 2>That was an hour or two of today's show.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was the best thing I've heard on

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<v Speaker 1>that topic in the last twenty four hours. Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 1>Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

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<v Speaker 4>So many people, thanks so a little time, good Armstrong,

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<v Speaker 4>during these challenging times. There's something we ought to be

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<v Speaker 1>See tomorrow, God bless America.

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<v Speaker 2>And now the show is over. Boy, thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>your time.

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<v Speaker 1>Jack and Joel will return tomorrow with mor Mert and Sunshine.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack get is headed for some gas stations for Joel.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the back time.

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<v Speaker 4>The Armstrong Gay Shore returns tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>But wait, wait, don't forget it. There's two more.

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<v Speaker 1>Kay will be back from the Baby Maggin and Michelangelo will.

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<v Speaker 4>His life is a complete mystery.

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<v Speaker 2>We have no idea what he does with this free time.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't. That's all fine. Thanks for listening to The

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