In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben mourns the eradication of murder hornets, and John Hawkinson admires Wikipedia.

Wherein Eve Gaumond follows up on yesterday's experiments with getting OpenAI's video platform to make antisemitic content, and it gets worse. Merry Christmas!

Wherein Ben and Eve Gaumond try to trick OpenAI's new video tool into making antisemitic propaganda, and it's shockingly easy.

Wherein Holly Berkley Fletcher outs herself as a CIA officer, and tells us all about 19 years in the Agency.

Wherein Jonathan Rauch persuades Ben to swear off swearing, and Marty Lederman discusses Chris Wray's resignation. Alicia Wanless and Eve Gaumond cohost.

Wherein Ben takes audience questions on Polish democracy, missile defense systems, and other important issues, and solicits audience opinions on the most important issue of all: should you let a robot give you a massage?Join the Sol Invictus Fundraiser here: https://www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/sol-invictus-sale-takes-steroids

Wherein Eve Gaumond joins Ben to discuss strategies for getting new AI tools to break their own content guidelines for our amusement. John Hawkinson gets roped into explaining what a quantum computer is, and Joel Woodward drops by with questions about Dog Shirt TV's future as a revolution in morning television.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Ammar Abdulhamid to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad and discuss what comes next for Syria and the region.

Wherein Ben welcomes Shane Harris, who has discovered the secrets of candied bacon and told us all about it. Then we talked about Kash Patel and did a dramatic reading of one of his children's books.Check out Shane's reporting on candied bacon here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/bacon-the-bestkept-secret-in-washington/And read Ben's analysis of Kash Patel's child propaganda here: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--the-plot-to-lie-to-children