TEASER GPT Brain Rot & the Bootloader Hypothesis

MIT researchers claim heavy ChatGPT use flips our brains into low-power mode—and Phillip can’t resist pairing that with Elon’s jab that “organic life is just a bootloader for machines”. In ten free minutes for our free feed members, he and Brian trade war stories of neural atrophy, sycophantic chatbots, and whether humans just wrote their own obsolescence script. 🎧 Subscribe to the paid membership to hear the full conversation. Join Future Commerce Plus today at futurecommerce.com/plus

An episode of the Future Commerce podcast, hosted by Phillip Jackson, Brian Lange, titled "*TEASER* GPT Brain Rot & the Bootloader Hypothesis" was published on July 23, 2025 and runs 9 minutes.

July 23, 2025 ·9m · Future Commerce

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MIT researchers claim heavy ChatGPT use flips our brains into low-power mode—and Phillip can’t resist pairing that with Elon’s jab that “organic life is just a bootloader for machines”. In ten free minutes for our free feed members, he and Brian trade war stories of neural atrophy, sycophantic chatbots, and whether humans just wrote their own obsolescence script. 🎧 Subscribe to the paid membership to hear the full conversation. Join Future Commerce Plus today at futurecommerce.com/plus

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