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It’s time for an AI check-in! Maddy, Kirk, and Jason catch up on how they’re feeling about generative AI in 2026, what it’s doing to creativity, how it’s impacting the job market, and of course, how it’s affecting video games.
One More Thing:
Kirk: Dungeon Crawler Carl (Matt Dinniman)
Maddy: Slay the Princess
Jason: American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
LINKS:
Adam Neely’s video “Suno, AI Music, and the bad future”
“AI As Normal Technology” by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Astrophysicist Minas Karamanis’ blog post “The machines are fine. I’m worried about us”
“Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?” by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz for The New Yorker
“Fabienk” and “Sarniezz” by Angine de Poitrine from Vol. II, 2026
Watch Angine de Poitrine live on KEXP
The NYT reviews Dungeon Crawler Carl
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Video games: They’re serious business! Except when they’re not serious at all. Each week on Triple Click, video game experts Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier journey into the fascinating world of games. They’ll explore hot topics in video game news and culture, answer burning listener questions, debate the pros and cons of the biggest new games, and replay old classics together.
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