{"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! 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Charlie Harger from \"Seattle's Morning News\" on KIRO Radio joins us with mor eon why this matters now: Why AI data centers are losing community support and costing billions in cancelled projects What it actually takes to power AI—and why current infrastructure can't handle it How Microsoft's commitment differs from silence from OpenAI, Google, and Chinese AI companies Whether small modular reactors and fusion energy can solve the problem or just delay it Why this is ultimately a West vs. East geopolitical race with environmental consequences What happens when five of the world's most valuable companies all need the same scarce resources ---- GUEST WEBSITE: www.mynorthwest.com ---- MORE FROM BROBOTS: Connect with us on Threads , Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , and Tiktok Subscribe to BROBOTS on Youtube Join our community in the BROBOTS Facebook group","meta_description":"Microsoft announced they'll cover the environmental costs of their AI data centers - electricity overages, water usage, community impact. 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