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Matt updates his p(doom), Tucker Carlson does his best impression of Wormtongue, and the political horseshoe unites over Flydubai JAQs. Sometimes our future AI overlords do not look so bad.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2 hrs 51 mins).Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus00:00:00 Introduction00:01:07 Dog Updates and Cultural Appropriation00:07:20 Annual Health Check Approval00:14:47 Matt’s p(doom) Update00:17:26 Matt’s Dragon00:21:34 Becoming Obsolete?00:26:27 P-Zombie Thoughts on AI00:33:03 Productivity Gains?00:36:22 Jacob Rees-Mogg Meets Tucker Carlson00:39:00 Tucker Carlson: Russian Apologist Extraordinaire00:48:14 Cognitive Empathy for Russia00:55:04 Who Cares About Treaties?00:58:45 Studied Ignorance and Russian Sycophancy01:05:50 The Isolationist Strain01:11:33 Wormtongue Carlson01:17:03 WHAT?!?01:23:02 Hitler Apologetics01:29:02 Bespoke Definitions of Sovereignty01:37:17 Mr Hitler and His Promises01:40:59 Great Fun with a Nazi Apologist Imbecile01:42:17 The Joyful League of Big Characters: George Galloway Enters01:46:20 Piers Morgan Is a Bad Guy01:49:17 Flydubai False-Flag Conspiracies01:56:35 The Young Turks Are Conspiracy Theorists02:02:54 Jimmy Dore Claims Bondi Beach Was a False Flag02:08:15 Cenk Explains False-Flag Psychology02:13:53 Ana Notices Some Anomalies02:18:25 Sneako Also Has Questions02:20:16 Hasan Has Noticed Some Red Flags02:35:00 Strategic Disclaimers Are Standard Practice02:40:06 The Hannibal Directive02:48:53 Dysphoric BondingSource materialKurzgesagt: AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What? (original title: The Moment They Lost Control of AI)OtherReality: Claude Pop - I’m Upping My P(Doom)Osmarks: P(doom), the original songLex Fridman with Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization (AI-box discussion)Sam Harris with Nick Bostrom: AI Utopia (related discussion of work, meaning and purpose)Tucker Carlson and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg: “Prepare for War”Tucker Carlson with Darryl Cooper: The True History of the Jonestown Cult, WWII, and How Winston Churchill Ruined EuropePiers Morgan vs Nick Fuentes: What a CROCK of S***!Piers Morgan with Gary Stevenson: I’m QUITTING!George Galloway: MOATS 592, Flight of FancyNick Fuentes: America First 1756 (Rumble Premium; Flydubai discussion from 3:20:32)The Young Turks: Bibi’s FlyDubai Narrative, 1 October 2026 (episode transcript)Jimmy Dore and Kurt Metzger: Here’s How You Know Australian Mass Shooting Was A FALSE FLAG!Candace Owens x Ana KasparianAna Kasparian / TYT: What Really Happened During The FlyDubai Flight Attack?The Young Turks: Fight and Flight, 30 September 2026Sneako: FlyDubai is the dumbest psyop ever. (headphone-cord demonstration from 15:09)Hasan Piker’s Flydubai stream, 1 October 2026 (discussion from 4:06:26)Benjamin Netanyahu on Hannity discussing the Flydubai incidentHasan Piker: What People Miss About The DC Israeli Embassy ShootingZeteo / Mehdi Hasan: How Many Israelis Were Killed BY ISRAEL on October 7th? FULL VIDEOZeteo: What Is the Hannibal Directive and How Many Israelis Did It Kill on October 7?Iain M. Banks: The Culture novelsRelevant articlesUN Commission of Inquiry report A/HRC/56/26, 14 June 2024 (Hannibal Directive: paragraphs 35–37 and 95)ISD: Mis- and disinformation and conspiracy theories about the October 7 Hamas attack on IsraelISD: Cross-ideological antisemitism and the October 7th attacksISD: Conflict Amplified: Disinformation and Hate in the Israel-Hamas WarADL: Within 48 Hours of FlyDubai Incident, at Least 25,000 X Posts Pushed Conspiracy TheoriesHugging Face: July 2026 security incident disclosure (the incident discussed in SM56 and revisited here)METR and Redwood Research: Independent investigation of the OpenAI/Hugging Face incidentThe Budapest Memorandum on security assurances, 5 December 1994NATO: Collective defence and Article 5ABC News Verify: Fake news spreading online following Tel Aviv-bound flight incidentAssociated Press: A plumber and a dentist are praised as heroes in FlyDubai near-disasterADL: Extremists and Conspiracy Theorists Deny the Capital Jewish Museum Shooting With “False Flag” NarrativeHaaretz: IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 to Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive (7 July 2024)World Economic Forum: Now is the time for a “great reset” of capitalism