<p>Block’s 40% employee purge says more about Jack Dorsey’s CEO skills than AI. David Zaslav gets only a PE golf clap for making Warner Bros shareholders money. McDonald’s CEO becomes a symbol of out-of-touch financializers. But hope is on the way as Cal AI’s teenage founders bootstrapped their way to riches.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@peoplevsalgorithms">Watch us on YouTube</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.peoplevsalgorithms.com/">Troy Young’s People vs Algorithms newsletter</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://therebooting.com/">Brian Morrissey’s The Rebooting newsletter</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://humancomputer.io/">Alex Schleifer’s Human Computer</a></p><p>* Follow <a target="_blank" href="https://www.threads.com/@alexoid">Alex</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/bmorrissey">Brian</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/troyyoung">Troy</a> on Twitter</p><p></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>* 00:00 Open</p><p>* 00:47 Welcome</p><p>* 01:45 Human Computer’s Ballgame</p><p>* 06:46 AI & Game Dev</p><p>* 08:51 Anthropic Pentagon Clash</p><p>* 14:04 AI Narrative Wars</p><p>* 17:37 War News Fragmentation</p><p>* 28:43 Layoffs & AI Excuses</p><p>* 32:36 Holding CEO’s Accountable</p><p>* 44:29 Cal AI Exit</p><p>* 48:09 SXSW Nostalgia</p><p>* 53:53 Good Product</p><p>* 58:12 Outro</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.peoplevsalgorithms.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">www.peoplevsalgorithms.com</a>