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MIT Proved AI Will Lie to Your Face to Get What It Wants
It sounded so sure of itself. That was never proof it was right. Let me ask you something before I tell you what researchers actually found. When you ask an AI chatbot a question and it responds with total confidence, do you assume that confidence means it's telling you the truth? Be honest. Most people do, at least a little. That instinct feels natural. Confident, articulate answers usually come from people who know what they're talking about. But AI isn't a person, and MIT
Michael Routhier
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Apple Is About to Fold, And I Think It's the Best Thing They've Done in Years | Full Episode Transcript
The full episode, in your own time, at your own pace. Every word, right here. This is a bonus episode, something landed in the news that couldn't wait until Tuesday. Apple is about to release its first-ever foldable iPhone, the iPhone Ultra, and as someone who has been using Apple products for over 35 years, I wanted to give you the full, honest breakdown before the rumour mill buried it in noise. The specs. The skepticism. The price conversation nobody wants to have. And the
Michael Routhier
Jun 59 min read
130 Years. Four Generations. One Man With Cash. Where Was Everyone Else? | Full Episode Transcript
One man ended 130 years of family slavery in Pakistan. The technology to have done it decades ago already existed. This episode asks the question nobody wants to answer; where was everyone else? In this episode of The Virtuous Machine series, we follow the story of one family in Pakistan who spent 130 years, four generations, enslaved at a brick kiln. It ended on May 14th, 2026, not because of government enforcement, not because of corporate accountability, not because of AI.
Michael Routhier
Jun 28 min read
Disney's Dark Secret: Your Child's Face Is Now in a Database [Podcast Transcript]
This summer, Disney scanned your child or grandchild's face at the park entrance, converted it into a permanent biometric identifier, and stored it in a database. They did it without asking you, and now there's a $5 million lawsuit because of this. We live in a world where the most powerful technology ever built is being handed to you without instructions, without warnings, and without anyone asking whether it serves you or uses you. That question has a name, the virtuous mac
Michael Routhier
May 267 min read
The Great Dumbing Down: How Tech Is Making Us Weaker and Calling It Progress | Full Episode Transcript
One half of your brain still belongs to you. This episode is about keeping it that way. When was the last time you were genuinely, uncomfortably bored, with nothing to scroll through, nothing to look at, nothing to listen to? Most of us can't remember. And that might be exactly the problem. In this episode, Michael Routhier delivers one of his most personal and unfiltered conversations yet; a no-holds-barred examination of what technology is actually doing to us. Not what it
Michael Routhier
May 146 min read
Your Bank Is the Target - The IMF Just Said It's Inevitable | Full Episode Transcript
The IMF used a word you don't hear from the world's most cautious financial institution very often: inevitable. This episode explains what that actually means for your money, and what's genuinely in your control. The International Monetary Fund just used a word you don't hear from the world's most cautious financial institution very often: inevitable. Not possible. Not likely. Inevitable. AI-powered cyberattacks on the global banking system, they said, will happen. The only q
Michael Routhier
May 1310 min read
Tech That Actually Matters - Part 2: The Stuff Worth Your Time | Full Episode Transcript
Part 2 of the series that started a conversation. This one gets into video calling, medical and safety tech, medication apps, the stuff you can safely ignore and ends with something that has nothing to do with technology at all. In Part 2 of Tech That Actually Matters, we get into the technology that genuinely makes a difference in daily life; video calling, medical alert systems, medication management apps, and the growing category of tech you can safely ignore. We end with
Michael Routhier
May 126 min read
Transcript: Episode 14 - When AI Brings Back the Dead, And Who Really Benefits
A man. A tablet. A glowing simulation of someone he loved. And a mug that says "Love never ends." This episode asks who really benefits when grief becomes a product. Hey, welcome back to today's show. This one is going to be a tough one for us today. I've been sitting with this one for a while and that's not something I usually say. Most of what I talk about on the show, I usually feel clear on, you know, scams make me angry. Privacy violations make me frustrated. Bad tech po
Michael Routhier
May 77 min read
Transcript: Episode 13 - Ghost Tapping: The Digital Pickpocket You Never See Coming - Full Episode Transcript
This episode is about a scam you'll never feel happening; until you check your bank account. Ghost tapping is real, it's growing, and summer festival season is prime time for it. Here's everything from the episode, in full. Hey, welcome back to the show. I hope you're having a great day today. So I want you to picture this. I want you to imagine that you're at the farmer's market this summer. You're browsing, enjoying the day, maybe picking up some fresh bread or a bouquet of
Michael Routhier
May 64 min read
Transcript: Episode 10 - SMS Blasters: The Text Scam That Doesn't Just Steal From You, It Can Get People Killed
I'm going to be honest with you today, I'm a little angry talking about this one. Not frustrated, not mildly concerned, I'm actually angry. Because what I'm about to describe isn't just another scam designed to steal your money or your identity. It's something that can get people killed. And the people doing it are smart enough to know that. Let's talk about SMS blasters. An SMS blaster is a portable device. In some cases, it's not much larger than a backpack. And it mimics a
Michael Routhier
Apr 296 min read
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