James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider whether chatbots are safe in light of the recent story about the 14 year old boy that killed himself allegedly to get closer to a chatbot he believed he had gotten close to. (01:31). The guys also discuss whether Kamala Harris’ election loss is more about a Rejection of Harris and the Democratic Party, or an embrace of Donald Trump and the Republican Party (25:31).

A 14-Year-Old Boy Killed Himself to Get Closer to a Chatbot. He Thought They Were In Love. (Wall Street Journal)

US election briefing: Trump on track to win popular vote as millions of Biden voters desert Harris (The Guardian)

Bernie Sanders Stands by His Criticism of Democrats, Shrugging Off Nancy Pelosi: ‘Working People Are Extremely Angry’ (Yahoo News)

Kamala Harris is just the latest victim of global trend to oust incumbents (The Guardian)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss a few things that stood out in Yuval Noah Harari’s new book “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI,” which looks at the role information and information networks have played in how human society has developed, and how the introduction of AI may be more revolutionary than we can imagine.

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. (ynharari.com)

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. (Penguin Random House)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the claims that there is a double standard at play in the way some in the media and some voters treat Kamala Harris relative to Donald Trump (01:20). The guys also consider what the decline in sex in movies says about our culture (33:41).

Michelle Obama Decries a ‘Double Standard’ in Treatment of Trump and Harris (NY Times)

The double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point (WaPo)

The Sexless State of Cinema, by the Numbers (The Ringer)