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We Built AI We Can't Control. Now What?
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- Jun 22, 2026
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Summary
Just days after Anthropic launched Fable 5 and Mythos — two of the most capable AI models ever released — the US Commerce Department stepped in with an unprecedented national security export control order and effectively forced Anthropic to pull the kill switch on both models globally. The move signals something that we have been watching build for years: Washington now legally treats cutting-edge AI code the same way it treats weapons. We also get into the social media ban backfire hitting governments worldwide, the emerging analog bag movement, and a few pieces of tech that are either genuinely useful or complete nonsense depending on how much disposable income you have. Key Moments 0:00 — The US government shuts down Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos: what just happened 1:08 — Jason explains how AI export controls work — and why this one is different 3:18 — What Fable 5 actually did: Jeremy asks Jason to explain the threat 5:12 — How Fable 5 turned three weeks of Jason's dev work into one day 7:08 — The 'get me $20 million in two weeks' scenario: why state actors are the real concern 8:24 — AI as the Wolf from Pulp Fiction — but it cleans its own car 9:29 — Senator Kelly's amendment: forcing human accountability into autonomous weapons 11:12 — Why the audit trail problem makes the amendment unenforceable 15:32 — College seniors boo Eric Schmidt: the worst commencement speech in recent memory 16:24 — Why a four-year degree doesn't buy what it used to — and who's actually getting work 22:42 — Social media bans for kids are backfiring: VPNs, underground platforms, and unintended consequences 26:40 — We're all addicts and we know it: the screen dependency conversation we keep not having 27:35 — The analog bag movement: is carrying a sack of notebooks actually the answer? 3…