{"podcast":{"title":"BroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better Human","slug":"brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-1152092","podcast_index_feed_id":1152092,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/c8ac56/feeds.libsyn.com/131998/rss/?redirect=false","website_url":"https://www.brobots.me","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/7f744f91-28f0-4fcd-9cf6-df25f1d2b6bb/logos/9db8d5ed-43c0-4236-a280-f0f2f4cf393e.png","author":"Jeremy Grater, Jason Haworth","episode_count":345,"summary":"Exploring AI, wearables, mental health apps, and how you can thrive as technology changes everything. Welcome to the Brobots Podcast, where we plug into the wild world of AI and tech that's trying to manage your mental (and physical) health. Join your hosts, Jeremy Grater and Jason Haworth, every Wednesday for a no-holds-barred, often sarcastic, and always fun discussion. Are wearables really tracking your inner peace? Can an AI therapist truly understand your existential dread? We're diving deep into the gadgets, apps, and algorithms promising to optimize your well-being, dissecting the hype with a healthy dose of humor and skepticism. Expect candid conversations, sharp insights, and plenty of laughs as we explore the future of self-improvement, one tech-enhanced habit at a time. Tune into the Brobots Podcast – because if robots are going to take over our brains, we might as well have some fun talking about it! Subscribe now to discover practical tips and understand the future of health in the age of artificial intelligence.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-1152092"},"episode":{"title":"The Real Price of AI Is Being Paid in Heat, Jobs, and Your Privacy","slug":"the-real-price-of-ai-is-being-paid-in-heat-jobs-and-your-privacy","published_at":"2026-05-18T11:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-1152092/the-real-price-of-ai-is-being-paid-in-heat-jobs-and-your-privacy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-1152092","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/45e9ff88ec7e49e14a392450d2ad70806886ecd9b8fb62309015ee45c88425e7/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI0ZjhlMWE4Zi1lNzU1LTQ2MDQtYWRhYy1iMjQ5NTQ5MGQxOTciLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3Zjc0NGY5MS0yOGYwLTRmY2QtOWNmNi1kZjI1ZjFkMmI2YmIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NTY0ZTVhYTcyNDdkMzNkMGIyODk5YTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEwN2UzZWZhNzIxYjc3OWNiNTJiMjBlL3RoZS1maXQtbWVzcy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTUtMTZfXzUtMjYtMzkubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/45e9ff88ec7e49e14a392450d2ad70806886ecd9b8fb62309015ee45c88425e7/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI0ZjhlMWE4Zi1lNzU1LTQ2MDQtYWRhYy1iMjQ5NTQ5MGQxOTciLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3Zjc0NGY5MS0yOGYwLTRmY2QtOWNmNi1kZjI1ZjFkMmI2YmIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NTY0ZTVhYTcyNDdkMzNkMGIyODk5YTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEwN2UzZWZhNzIxYjc3OWNiNTJiMjBlL3RoZS1maXQtbWVzcy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTUtMTZfXzUtMjYtMzkubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"In this episode we take five stories that look unrelated and find the one thing they share: AI is building a body, and nobody voted on what it should look like. Most conversations about AI focus on the software. This one is about the hardware. A proposed 9-gigawatt data center in Utah would dump heat equivalent to 23 nuclear bombs into a bowl-shaped valley every single day — running on gas generators, not the local grid. Meanwhile, NVIDIA’s CEO is telling computer science graduates the real winners of the AI economy will be plumbers and electricians. Surgeons are operating with haptic robotic hands from across the country. Rivian is replacing your car’s command line with a mood-reader. And Meta has built a digital twin of your brain that predicts your neural activity at 70 times the resolution of anything we’ve seen. Key Moments 0:00 — The Utah data center: 9 gigawatts, gas generators, and 23 nuclear bombs of daily heat in a bowl-shaped valley 1:41 — Why they’re not using the local power grid — and Jason’s prediction about small nuclear reactors 4:37 — NVIDIA’s CEO tells CS grads the real winners are tradespeople — smoke screen or signal? 5:31 — Jason on why the ‘plumbers are the future’ narrative is a stopgap, not a solution 9:10 — DaVinci 5 robotic surgery: haptic feedback, game tape review, and remote procedures for rural hospitals 11:40 — How AI-reviewed surgical footage changes liability and accelerates learning 13:21 — Rivian retires voice commands for a generative AI mood-reader — and where that gets dark fast 15:55 — Jeremy on ADHD and AI: how automation unlocked what anxiety used to shut down 18:39 — Meta’s brain digital twin: 70x resolution neural prediction, and the unstated advertising implication 24:11 — Northwestern’s printed neurons: when machine-made ci…","meta_description":"In this episode we take five stories that look unrelated and find the one thing they share: AI is building a body, and nobody voted on what it should look…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-1152092/episodes/the-real-price-of-ai-is-being-paid-in-heat-jobs-and-your-privacy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-1152092/the-real-price-of-ai-is-being-paid-in-heat-jobs-and-your-privacy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}