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Nov 2024
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414: ‘Annoying Friendliness’, With Joann...

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Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong.

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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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