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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2025 · 54 MIN

This Engineer Scammed 8 Companies For Free Paychecks

from They Might Be Self-Aware · host Daniel Bishop, Hunter Powers

CHAPTERS:00:00 - Is Nvidia's $4 TRILLION Valuation a Lie?02:54 - We're Living in a Simulation (The Stock Market)04:58 - The Insane Power of Nvidia's GPUs06:47 - Microsoft & Meta's MASSIVE Tech Layoffs09:03 - Microsoft Fired Them, Then Offered AI Therapy13:17 - The Engineer Who Scammed 8 Companies18:14 - His Scam: Eight Jobs, ZERO Work22:14 - How AI is Making Scams Unstoppable26:17 - Hackathons are a SCAM (Here's Why)33:38 - The REAL Definition of AGI36:07 - The Ultimate Test: Can AI Make Money?47:19 - I Challenge You to an AI HACKATHON (WIN $200)

Is it possible to get 8 full-time tech salaries without doing any work? 🤯 We expose the AI fraud that one engineer used to scam multiple companies out of free paychecks. But is it genius... or just a crime? We also dive into Nvidia's insane $4 trillion valuation, the massive tech layoffs at Microsoft and Meta, and why Microsoft got in trouble for firing people and then telling them to use ChatGPT for therapy. Is the AI boom a lie? Finally, we are launching the ultimate AI challenge. Can an AI make $10 on its own? We threw down the gauntlet, and the competition starts NOW. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more insane AI stories! It's free and helps us expose more scams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 --- *💰 AI Makes $10 Challenge (WIN $200) 💰* Think you can build an AI that can make $10 completely on its own? We're covering up to $200 of the winner's costs AND giving them an extra $10. The gauntlet has been thrown down. *See the official rules and submit your entry here:* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xFj3k0NdEqq9TMxvkbF4tM6s6Zs_lsEapI9ag2ZoS0U

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CHAPTERS:00:00 - Is Nvidia's $4 TRILLION Valuation a Lie?02:54 - We're Living in a Simulation (The Stock Market)04:58 - The Insane Power of Nvidia's GPUs06:47 - Microsoft & Meta's MASSIVE Tech Layoffs09:03 - Microsoft Fired Them, Then Offered AI...

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