How This Trippy Image Started A Massive Conspiracy Theory
April 29, 2026
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April 29, 2026
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How This Trippy Image Started A Massive Conspiracy Theory
Summary
This week, Jason explains the conspiracy theory circulating behind a trippy stock image that went viral after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner—was it sent here by a time traveler? (Spoiler: It was not.) Then Sam unpacks what’s happening at Arizona State University with a messy rollout of a new AI-powered tool that generates lessons by scraping professors’ lectures without their knowledge. In the second for subscribers at the Supporter level, Emanuel gets philosophical with a discussion about the question of machine consciousness and how it relates to a new paper from a Google-affiliated scientist.
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Google DeepMind Paper Argues LLMs Will Never Be Conscious
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