David Pierce

There’s so much to talk about when it comes to creativity and AI — and we’re going to get deep into it next weekend. I’ll be on stage at the Chicago Humanities Festival next Saturday, April 13th, with the two co-founders of Wonder Dynamics, Nikola Todorovic and Tye Sheridan, talking about the good, bad, and strange in the AI future of Hollywood. Get tickets and come hang!

Nilay was on vacation last week, so they let me guest-host Decoder! I spent the show talking with The Verge’s Sean Hollister all about game emulators: why they exist, how they became so popular, and why Nintendo picked a fight with an emulator called Yuzu.

Jon Stewart raging against AI BS is exactly as good as you’d hope. So many clips of people saying high-minded things about AI and productivity, so many real jobs being lost to not-very-good AI systems. I mean, who’s not excited about being a Types Question Guy?

Due to a series of vacations and illnesses this week, we decided that instead of bringing you a Vergecast today, we’d play you an episode of Power User, the new show from our friend Taylor Lorenz and our friends at the Vox Media Podcast Network. Taylor and I chatted for a few minutes about podcasts, TikTok bans, and more, and then we rolled the tape on her first episode.