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TEH 264: Hacked Traffic Signals. Pokémon Go makes Pizza Bots. AI generated confusion.
1 hour 3 minutes Posted Mar 18, 2026 at 8:12 pm.
GR: Another hacked traffic signal
LN: Confusing parking lots
Public transportation
GR: Pizza robots – mined from Pokemongo
Limits of Google maps
LN: Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone – the future of AI
GR: https://www.404media.co/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/
LN: “Slop” – prejorative thrown about for both good/useful and bad/misleading AI usage
GR: Is a job that didn’t exist 20 years ago really “lost” if AI replaces it?
LN: But whatabout… !!!
GR: If only they would add…
LN: Young Sherlock (Amazon Prime), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8599532/
GR: Fackham Hall, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29008225/
LN: Why Password Managers Are [Still] Safer than the Alternatives – https://askleo.com/5555
GR: https://macmost.com/macbook-neo-full-review.html
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In This Episode: Hacked Traffic Signals. Pokémon Go makes Pizza Bots. AI generated confusion.
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
0:00 GR: Another hacked traffic signal
They have passwords!
https://denverite.com/2026/03/16/denver-crosswalks-hacked-anti-trump-message-explained/
7:00 LN: Confusing parking lots
16:00 GR: Pizza robots – mined from Pokemongo
https://www.popsci.com/technology/pokemon-go-delivery-robots-crowdsourcing/
21:00 LN: Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone – the future of AI 
This is currently the worst AI we’ll see; it’s only getting better and more difficult to detect.
Even without AI being used, accusations of AI are an issue.
What happens when we can believe … nothing?
29:00 GR: https://www.404media.co/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/
Flawed because the inputs must be guessed
AI slop: does it hurt jobs?
Will it hurt spammers and junk news?
32:00 LN: “Slop” – prejorative thrown about for both good/useful and bad/misleading AI usage
Seems to be repeating same fears we’ve had for a while, before AI
Bots answering questions instead of websites
38:00 GR: Is a job that didn’t exist 20 years ago really “lost” if AI replaces it?
LN: Were buggy whip manufacturers’ jobs “lost”? And if so, was there a responsibility to somehow preserve them?
Get Off My Lawn!
46:00 LN: But whatabout… !!! 
Occasionally: an honest question about something more
More commonly: an attempt to one-up / bring down the original premise/content/whatnot
48:00 GR: If only they would add…
Ain’t It Cool!
55:00 LN: Young Sherlock (Amazon Prime), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8599532/
56:00 GR: Fackham Hall, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29008225/
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
59:00 LN: Why Password Managers Are [Still] Safer than the Alternatives – https://askleo.com/5555
1:00:00 GR: https://macmost.com/macbook-neo-full-review.html
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