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Where's The Future?Wheres The Future. Author: Brandt Krueger & Will Curran
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Ban the Behavior, Not the Bagel
Episode 356
Thursday, 1 October, 2026
Episode Summary:Will and Brandt weigh Apple's new folding iPhone Duo, a sluggish watchOS 27, and the Recap feature that's somehow both creepy and useless. Then it's token limits, resets, and an $18,000 Mac Studio for running AI locally, before Brandt climbs onto his soapbox: stop blaming the technology and start regulating the behavior, whether it's AI, Flock cameras, data centers, or social media.Discussions Include:• The iPhone Duo as an "iPad 1 versus iPad 2" moment, and why watchOS 27 has Brandt eyeing an upgrade he resents• Apple's Recap always-listening mode and the new legal gray area of transcribing everything• Hitting usage limits, Will's reset that left 24 hours to burn a week of tokens, and the case for local AI on an M5 Ultra Mac Studio• Why the real AI risk is people, not the machines, and banning behavior instead of technology from Flock cameras to social media• Vibe-coded apps replacing subscriptions, from Squarespace to Carrot Weather, and the new AI-powered ShortcutsQuotable Quotes (Should you choose to share): "They tried so hard to make it inoffensive that they've made it useless." - Brandt Krueger "I realized I had twenty-four hours to burn a whole week's worth of tokens." - Will Curran "I'm not worried about AI killing us. I'm worried about dumb people doing dumb stuff with it." - Brandt Krueger "How many people are against AI? I'm like, guys, the cat's out of the bag." - Will CurranThing of the Episode (TOTE): Brandt: Libro.fm - https://libro.fm Will: MOGICS Super Bagel - https://packhacker.com/travel-gear/mogics/super-bagel/
