The Disappearing DOGE Depositions
3/18/202647 min
This week we start with Joseph’s series of articles about the DOGE depositions. He watched hours and hours of them, then a judge ordered them removed from YouTube. But, they’ve already been archived all over the web. After the break, Jason tells us about the AI data labelers who are fighting back. In the subscribers-only section, Jason breaks down what’s wrong with all the AI job loss research at the moment. 0:00 - Intro 0:51 - Google Street View's Unmappable City 3:40 - I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves 13:24 - DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery 18:58 - The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet 28:32 - 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back SUB'S STORY - AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/xtMniLj_yzQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJoseph Cox· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the 404 Media podcast, where we bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds, both online and IRL. 404 Media is a German-founded company and needs your support. To subscribe, go to fourohfourmedia.co. As well as bonus content every single week, subscribers also get access to additional episodes where we respond to their best comments. Gain access to that content at fourohfourmedia.co. I'm your host, Joseph, and with me are two of the other 404 Media co-founders, the first being Emmanuel Maiberger.
Emmanuel Maiberger· Host0:38
Hello.
Joseph Cox· Host0:39
And then Jason Kebler.
Jason Kebler· Host0:40
Hello. What's up?
Joseph Cox· Host0:43
All right. Uh, I'll give a quick shout-out to Jason's interview podcast episode that just went up. Um, people should definitely check that out if they haven't already. Jason, do you just wanna give us the very brief overview of what it's about? 'Cause it's pretty crazy what this guy, you know, did and why he did it.
Jason Kebler· Host1:04
Yeah, yeah. Um, it's a YouTube filmmaker who mapped, uh, the only unmapped city in America on Google Maps, as in, um, there's, like, one place called North Oaks, Minnesota, that doesn't ha- that's not on Street View, and it's not on Street View for, like, very specific and weird reasons that we get into in the podcast. And, uh, basically, he took a drone and flew it around