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Jack Armstrong
The final cause of the terrifying in flight blowout on a Boeing 737 Max has now been determined by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Joe Getty
Investigators previously focused on the door plug.
Jack Armstrong
But now investigators say definitively that Boeing.
Joe Getty
Workers were inexperienced, calling their work unstructured and undocumented. Investigators say the plane was a ticking time bomb. The door plug making invisible movements over 154 flights. Whoa.
Jack Armstrong
The NTSB is now laying out 19 new safety recommendations.
Joe Getty
The NTSB also wants Boeing to redesign.
Jack Armstrong
How the door plug attaches to the airplane so the same failure cannot happen again. Okay, so we all remember this story. Do I remember correctly? That a door plug is the door? It's just a term we don't normally use.
Joe Getty
No, it's a door. It's for a part of the airplane that can be a door, or in certain models it can just be a window with a plug in it.
Jack Armstrong
Okay.
Joe Getty
As I recall.
Jack Armstrong
Anyway, that thing had been moving around on 150 flights because it wasn't secured. And then it just finally blew out.
Joe Getty
That doesn't seem like a problem. 19 new regulations. How about tighten the damn nuts, attach it.
Jack Armstrong
Seems like a good idea. Have it attached.
Joe Getty
You know, that's funny. The explanation of it was just inexperienced employees who did a poor job. That reminds me, I was just reading in the journal about, about the RV.
Jack Armstrong
Industry, Recreational vehicles, what they're called.
Joe Getty
Thank you, Clark. And, and I had no idea this. There are really three big ones in the United States. Manufacturers, I believe all three of them pay their employees per unit made. It's a piece rate, as they say, and not an hourly rate. And as soon as you're done with your quota, you can go home.
Jack Armstrong
Well, that would invite shoddy workmanship, blanking, obviously.
Joe Getty
People rushing through, not giving a crap. Whatever it takes to get it done. Then I get to go fishing or drinking or whatever.
Jack Armstrong
There's an old joke. I don't know if people say it anymore, but back in the day I used to hear old men say about that one must have been built on a Friday. You know, if a car, something broke on a car or whatever.
Joe Getty
That's a good old timey saying.
Jack Armstrong
And that actually would apply here, Friday before 4th of July weekend. I gotta believe those RVs were made rather rapidly to get out the door at noon so you could start your fishing trip or whatever.
Joe Getty
Yeah, wow, that's interesting. Yeah, it is. Huh. I didn't think they made seven 37s that way.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
Anyway, so speaking of technology, a different sort, an AI story. I am completely convinced that mankind has invented its doom. I'm just. There's nothing I can do about it, so I try not to worry about it. I hope my kids are smart and savvy enough to, you know, to have happy lives in spite of the coming AI apocalypse.
Jack Armstrong
If nothing else, the biggest change in the shortest amount of time that's probably ever happened, which would be whipsawing, even if it turns out okay.
Joe Getty
Yes. Yeah. Alicia Finley, who writes for the the Journal Opinion page, who I think is just terrific, one of my favorite writers, has a piece today, I think it is, or recently, analyzing what people are saying so far, including the CEO of Amazon, about AI with that employee memo that he sent out. The. The key line of which was, we will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today and more people doing other types of jobs. And that the. The people who will keep their jobs are people, people who learn how to use AI effectively. And he explained that AI advances mean employees will do less rote work and more thinking strategically, which sounds really super great. And all this will require a higher level of cognition than does the rote work many white collar employees now do. But as AI is getting smarter, I'll start quoting Alicia now. Younger college grads may be getting dumber. Like early versions of ChatGPT, they can regurgitate information and ideas, but struggle to come up with novel insights or analyze issues from different directions. And then she goes in an interesting direction. And this is the fruit of the tree of knowledge stuff. We don't know what we're doing to ourselves. She mentions the brain continues to develop and mature into one's mid-20s, some of us longer than that. But like a muscle, it needs to be exercised, stimulated, and challenged to grow stronger. Technology, and especially AI, can stunt this development by doing the mental work that builds the brain's version of a computer cloud, a phenomenon called cognitive offloading. Cool. Yeah. Yeah, cool. But growing research shows, and I remember we talked about this a while ago, we had a debate about cursive cursive writing, which seems silly and unnecessary in handwriting in general. But then these studies have come out that show that handwriting engages parts of your brain that play a crucial role in learning and help children with word and letter recognition. But more than that, taking notes by hand also promotes memory development by forcing you to synthesize and prioritize information when you plunk away on a keyboard. On the other hand, information can go, as it were, in one ear and out the other. And then they studied the electrical activity of university students during the activities of handwriting and typing. And the way their brains worked were very, very different. Now that's just kind of a side point to the greater point, which is the dopey grunt work that now the computers do can do or the AI can do is the very dopey grunt work that give. Builds the neural muscles it takes to do the more advanced stuff. You can't skip to bench pressing £250 having not bench pressed £100 ever, neurologically speaking.
Jack Armstrong
That's really interesting. I was just thinking, in my own life, I do some. I hate the term journaling. I don't know, it sounds so wussy. My son would say gay and so would all his high school friends, including gay ones.
Joe Getty
It's funny, isn't it?
Jack Armstrong
But anyway, writing about things that are, you know, difficult to try to get them out or figure them out. But I do it a lot. Typing into my notes in my phone. And you're, you're saying that doesn't count, that that doesn't work?
Joe Getty
Right. In the same way, I might be.
Jack Armstrong
Completely wasting my time.
Joe Getty
I hate handwriting.
Jack Armstrong
I do too.
Joe Getty
I'm left handed. I have short fingers. I just. The physical act of handwriting I hate, it's just physically.
Jack Armstrong
That's funny. My, my uncomfortable. My son who's left handed is that way. He just, he just, he. He almost says it hurts. It's just like he hates. It's physically awful for him to do.
Joe Getty
It does get kind of crampy because you're taught that your letters ought to have a certain slant. Slant. And if you're left handed, you have to like form a hook with your hand and write sideways.
Jack Armstrong
You're some sort of degenerates. We've all. We all know it.
Joe Getty
Well, you know, if you don't know this, you should. The, the word sinister is Latin for left handed.
Jack Armstrong
For good reason.
Joe Getty
Right. And what's the, the, the equivalent? Right handed. It's like noble or something.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
Anyway, that's why I'm a Satanist. Anyway, moving along then you get. Well, I kind of made the point already. But if you don't do the stuff to work up to the advanced stuff, you'll never be able to do the advanced stuff. And college and high school students are increasingly using large language models like Chat GPT to write papers, perform mathematical proofs and create computer code that Means they don't learn to think through, express, or defend ideas. And aha. Moments occur spontaneously within your brain with a sudden burst of high frequency electrical activity. When the brain connects seemingly unrelated concepts, it finds the connections and sees patterns. And then it says, oh, wow. And we're denying ourselves all of the grunt work to get there.
Jack Armstrong
Wow, that's interesting. I've had that happen with music before. With after years of doing. It's like learning scales and then something else. And then somehow it all comes together at one point.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
And makes sense so that it can happen with these. This other stuff. But we're skipping the first part. We're skipping the scales as a quick aside.
Joe Getty
And I realize this sounds kind of silly and makes it clear that I'm an old bastard at this point, but Judy and I are really into doing crossword puzzles. We do like the hard New York Times, like Friday through Sunday crossword puzzles. And I will. And we do them as a team, which is fun and brings us together. But I will be utterly stumped. Saturday's the hardest one. Sunday is kind of a mind blank because often there's a trick within the puzzle. But Saturday is really hard and often I will be completely stumped and I will go away for an hour, two hours. I will come back and I will crush it.
Jack Armstrong
I am.
Joe Getty
What happened there? That's worth thinking about.
Jack Armstrong
I've been utilizing that my whole life, like writing papers for school. I always knew that if I thought about it, thought about it, thought about it, couldn't come up with it. If I slept, I'd wake up and I'd have it. I would have it.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Well. And I, I.
Jack Armstrong
What does happen? I'm reading this book right now to Graham Green. He's a fantastic author who've never written his stuff, but he's. He's in this novel I'm reading right now. It's about an author. So he's talking about himself, basically. But how writing is something that happens while you're not thinking about it. He says you're gathering all this information, coming up with plot ideas, and then the writing happens when you're not thinking about it. And then it comes out on the page. So it's just exactly what you're describing. It's your brain is doing something while you're asleep or occupied doing something else synthesizes it and then it comes out.
Joe Getty
Or. And this is a bit of a quibble, and this is what I was about to say. I'm not going to lecture you, but I now discipline myself harshly using a lash to be bored a certain amount of the day, to be doing nothing, reading nothing, looking at nothing but the trees in the sky and my dog peeing over there. I. I am committed to being not occupied a certain chunk of the day.
Jack Armstrong
So you're like Putty Elaine's boyfriend sitting on the plane just staring at the seat back?
Joe Getty
Yeah, I'm fine.
Jack Armstrong
Do you want something to read? No, I'm all right.
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Jack Armstrong
Anything? Crossword puzzle?
Joe Getty
I'm fine. Yeah, I sat next to a lady like that a few months ago. I think I talked about it on the air and it was freaking me out. It was weird me out. I was like, is she going to take over the plane or kill me or explode into a rage or this is not n shoes are going to catch on fire. But take time to daydream seriously now we wax so philosophical about that. I didn't get to story number two. I really wanted to as a football fan. AI is coming to the NFL and it could transform the game.
Jack Armstrong
Oh wow. I can't even imagine what that'd be. And I've got a personal story from Chat GPT that has happened in the last couple hours that's pretty interesting. All on the way.
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Jack Armstrong
Trump met with Zelensky, by the way, one on one at the NATO summit. News still coming out about that. And Zelensky wore a suit so he wouldn't get yelled at and we'll see what comes out of that. We were just talking about a bunch of different things AI earlier we were talking about a the new Tesla Robo Taxis. One of them paused in an intersection in Austin or something like that and made some news. But I would say the, the automated driving on the Tesla, which kind of fits in with the AI stuff is so much better than it was three years ago when I first started riding Tesla. I mean, it's night and day and it's so good now. And I never thought I would have any interest in using automated driving similar to the first time I ever saw somebody texting and learned about it. I thought, why would anybody do that? And then obviously we all text constantly. Now I use automated driving all the time. When I drive my vehicle that doesn't have it, it seems like, oh, this is kind of a pain in the ass.
Joe Getty
So you're a convert.
Jack Armstrong
Don't. Well, don't pretend you know what things you like and you don't. I know in my own life I've been proven wrong multiple times.
Joe Getty
So the NFL is about to change thanks to AI. And they in the athletics, they're talking about how coaches are already using AI to analyze tendencies of opponents and that sort of thing. They use the example of there's a wide gulf between the math used to optimize fourth down decisions and a voiced AI agent telling you to look out for the weak side linebacker while you're sitting alone in your office on a Tuesday night. This assistant coach who's the offensive coordinator for the Falcon says, I'm getting a little scared.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I could see where this would go very quickly, can't you? I mean, how. And there are, I mean, without even thinking it, reading with this or thinking about it, I just, AI could crunch the last five years of all the plays, say, look, 87% of the time the other team is going to do this in this situation and you react to it and then that will be cool. Up until the point that it's just AI against AI, you know, a season from now when all the human computer.
Joe Getty
Telling you what play to run and their computer telling them how to counter it, having a pretty good idea what's coming. And, and they're talking about coaches being replaced entirely, but teams already have. This guy was hired by the Raiders as the head coach research specialist, but the job may be better understood as AI coordinator. He uses AI every single day.
Jack Armstrong
This is clearly gonna happen. I don't know why I hadn't thought about this before. This is clearly going to happen. You got super smart people who study like, like maniacs for this stuff to make decisions in the like 45 seconds you have before between plays or whatever it is. And now AI is going to be able to do it.
Joe Getty
Let me read you some of this. I feel pretty confident saying that some team is going to win a Super bowl in the next few years utilizing AI at a very high rate, significantly higher than it's ever been used before, said this coach. It's really an opportunity to differentiate your, differentiate yourself from a team that might have a more talented roster, better coaches or whatnot. There's going to be more and more separation with teams that are. Have bought in.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, they might have to outlaw that. I mean, because it's similar to when computers got better at chess than humans and people thought that'd be the end of chess or whatever. No, people still like watching the best humans play each other, even though they're a computer out there. Could beat either one of them. Who cares? You still want to know who the best human is? I. I think knowing who the best humans are at guessing the plays is more fun than two computers battling it out.
Joe Getty
Right. You. You're right. It. It'll be so interesting to see how the league and the rules adapt to this and how people will then cheat because they're talking about. There are systems that can watch game film.
Jack Armstrong
Sure.
Joe Getty
Of multiple teams, multiple games, analyze it, come up with the probabilities. The next layer, they say, is understanding personnel as well. Because as they put it, 4th and 1 with Mike Vick and Algae Crumpler looks a lot different than fourth and one with Kirk Cousins and Kyle Pitts.
Jack Armstrong
AI will figure that out because they can take it in so much information.
Joe Getty
Give it a week.
Jack Armstrong
They. They. AI. Yeah. So. Okay. Well, that is very interesting. That will ruin the sport for a season or two before they have to get rid of it.
Joe Getty
Wow.
Jack Armstrong
Had never even thought of that. But that's clearly going to happen.
Joe Getty
Things are getting weird and they're getting weird fast.
Jack Armstrong
God, I would say so. Any comment on that? Give us a text or an email. That's fascinating.
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Jack Armstrong
I don't know if Fordo was obliterated, but the news cycle was obliterated by the attempt to obliterate Fordo and that nothing else has been covered very much except for war with Iran and Trump truthing out a gazillion things a day. He truth this out yesterday to my friends in the Senate. Lock yourself in a room if you must. Do not go home for 4th of July. Get the job done in ALL CAPS. Mr. Trump wrote on social media work with the house so they can pick it up and pass it immediately. So I don't know if that will happen or where it's going.
Joe Getty
But he said this is the big, beautiful, horrible abomination.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, don't go home for 4th of July and get this done. So we'll see that happen. So he's at the NATO summit right now and doing all kinds of stuff and saying all kinds of interesting things. And there'll be news throughout the day on that. He did meet with President Zelinsky, both of them saying they had a long and substantive talk, although I don't, you know, we don't know yet exactly what that was about. A Ukrainian reporter did ask Trump a question, though.
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Jack Armstrong
Where are you from?
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Joe Getty
So my question to you is whether or not the US Is ready to sell anti air missile systems Patriot to Ukraine. We know that Russia has been pounding Ukraine really heavily right now.
Jack Armstrong
Are you living yourself now in Ukraine?
Joe Getty
My husband is there. Wow. I can see you very, you know, it's amazing. And me with the kids. I'm in Warsaw, actually, because he wanted me to. Is your husband a soldier now?
Jack Armstrong
He is. He's there now, yeah. Wow.
Joe Getty
That's rough stuff, right? That's tough.
Jack Armstrong
And you're living here in Warsaw and you're a reporter.
Joe Getty
I am. Good. So let me just tell you, they do want to have the anti missile missiles. Okay.
Jack Armstrong
As they call them the Patriots, and we're going to see if we can make some available.
Joe Getty
You know, they're very hard to get.
Jack Armstrong
We need them, too.
Joe Getty
We were supplying them to Israel and.
Jack Armstrong
They'Re very effective, 100% effective. Hard to believe how effective. And they do want that more than.
Joe Getty
Any other thing, as you probably know.
Jack Armstrong
That's a very good question and I.
Joe Getty
Wish you a lot of luck. I mean, I can see it's very upsetting to you.
Jack Armstrong
So say hello to your husband.
Joe Getty
Okay. Thank you.
Jack Armstrong
Interesting. So our producer Hansen's take on it was he feels like Trump is softening on Ukraine a little bit. Trump is, over the years does seem to be amazingly affected by moments with individuals who have certain stories where it leaves a mark with him and maybe that will be one there in a.
Joe Getty
Way that you wouldn't think it'd be necessary sometimes. But I really liked his response when Putin offered help with mediating with Iran and Trump said, I don't need help with Iran, I need help with you.
Jack Armstrong
Right. And if you're. I can't imagine how you deal with life as President Zelensky. But all the attention the various missile attacks on Tel Aviv have gotten, for instance, when he is suffering many multiples of that every single day, a barrage of missiles and ballistic missiles and drone attacks and everything like that, and people dying and buildings being crushed and all that sort of stuff every single day. And When a fraction of that happens in Tel Aviv, it makes all kinds of news in the United States. It's gotta be very frustrating to me, to him.
Joe Getty
Well, and to my mind, virtually every story about Ukraine ought to include. Remember, they gave up their nukes because we and other countries assured their security.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
And since then, it's worth mentioning they have gotten more and more friendly toward the west and a better and better ally for the future. So there's more reason now than there was at the time to say, yeah, we've got your back. So if you want to see a half century of utter horror and chaos, convince the world that the United States doesn't keep its promises. You like horror. Do that.
Jack Armstrong
Here's a burbling scandal. No idea if it's true or not, but somebody suggested that I read was Tulsi Gabbard locked out of many of the discussions about the attack on Iran. The person who leaked the assessment that not that much damage was done.
Joe Getty
I heard a pushback that. No, she was involved in a lot of good. A lot of big stuff. Yes, absolutely.
Jack Armstrong
She wasn't in those initial meetings, at least according to the report.
Joe Getty
Oh, no, no. I'm not just saying I heard pushback, but yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Does she seem like the sort of person that would do that? Hells yes.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know what her agenda would be because what's going to happen if it turns out we didn't destroy that much of the nuclear facility? Then we're going to bomb it again or help Israel do it.
Joe Getty
All right, well, the motivation I can come up with is if indeed she is not only inexplicably soft on Russia, but an actual isolationist, an actual, hey, divide up the world into these spheres of influence and we'll just mind our business. You mind your business then she'd be pretty hardcore against this strike against Iran and would want to leak that, hey, it wasn't very successful anyway. I'm not saying I think she did it. It's an intriguing thought.
Jack Armstrong
I didn't get to this breaking news which I should have earlier. Israel defense officials assess major long term damage to Iran's nuclear program. Israel officials confirm most enriched uranium is trapped following the massive US strikes inside the underground Isfahan facility and possibly Fordo after entrances were destroyed. These sites are monitored for any extraction attempt. That'd be an attempt by the Iranians to get it out, I guess.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Western drone with their name on it. Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Western intelligence services are still assessing whether additional enriched uranium exists beyond the known £900 hidden elsewhere.
Joe Getty
Okay, that's interesting. How exactly do you assess that? I don't know whether there's stuff elsewhere. You got. Guys, we're due a phone call around noon today from. From Muhammad. He's at the research lab. He'll let us know.
Jack Armstrong
Well, we. We were told by a number of people that Israel certainly has somebody, like, on the inside. Not only people on the ground that are Mossad agents or whatever, they are commandos, but somebody who was turned on the Iranian regime and is working with Israel. So who knows what they know about where the uranium is?
Joe Getty
Oh, did you see where they hanged three guys in Iran? Tried them, convicted them, hanged them quickly. It's an efficient system. They got there. Yikes.
Jack Armstrong
To send the message, hey, don't be spying for Israel or this is what will happen.
Joe Getty
Right. And those guys might have been shopkeepers.
Jack Armstrong
Sure.
Joe Getty
They just had to hang somebody to. To terrify everybody into compliance. Yikes. Be glad you're an American.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, yeah. I don't have any idea, but my guess would be Israel knows where that uranium is.
Joe Getty
Oh, yeah. Or will soon, because they had people.
Jack Armstrong
In there a month and a half before this. Is that what the reporting was, putting this all together.
Joe Getty
The. The strikes?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
I don't know. Because they've had people for years and years.
Jack Armstrong
Well, yeah, well, yeah, obviously, but particularly on the whole stopping the nuclear reactor program and everything. So I gotta assume they'd been keeping an eye on. I mean, if. If they had. If we got pictures of trucks at Fordo before the bombings that everybody suspects drove off with the uranium. I can't believe that Israel wasn't tracking that, like, as hard as they could.
Joe Getty
Right, sure. Yeah. Yeah, I wonder. So we haven't talked about what we want to do. Next segment. Wait a second. What is that? I knew I wanted to get to that. Oh, I want to get to this real quick. This is the Free Beacon. The Washington Free Beacon does really good journalism. They're conservative. Um, they do not have Trump derangement syndrome, and they are taking completely seriously the Gray House poll. That's a political analytics firm that's well known. I guess. 76% of Trump voters strongly support the attack, compared with 14% who somewhat support it. 84% of respondents agreed that the strikes were limited military actions, not war. 82% called the attack a smarter, more limited operation that can achieve US Objectives without leading to a wider war. Blah, blah, blah. I've seen that published in several. The Free Press actually took that poll seriously. Then I've got the YouGov who did two polls within 24 hours of the attack. And among Republicans, 68% strongly or somewhat approved and 13 didn't. But Democrats were 70 to 16. Against all Americans, it was 46, 35 against.
Jack Armstrong
Only 16% of Democrats were for this. So is that. I don't want anything that makes Trump look good.
Joe Getty
Or do you?
Jack Armstrong
Are you okay with Iran getting a nuclear weapon? Which is it?
Joe Getty
Well, what did I say that number was? Democrats 70 to 16. If it was Obama, it would be 63, 20 in the other direction.
Jack Armstrong
So it's who's president?
Joe Getty
I think so. I hope.
Jack Armstrong
I don't look at the world that way. I don't think I do. I sure try not to of it. Of it mattering that much. Who's the president? It's either a good idea to bomb this country. Not bomb this country. Or to take out this leader or not take out that leader. I don't do it based on who's the president or supported or not.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I know. I know. It's. It's ridiculous. It's. It would be terrifying to spend five minutes in somebody else's brain.
Jack Armstrong
Well, like I talked about several times, the Joe Scarborough himself on MSNBC said, those of us on our network doing the touchdown dance around not destroying Fordo.
Joe Getty
What you're all excited. Recognized on air that it is widespread, that people were super happy when they heard maybe the strikes were not successful.
Jack Armstrong
Yes.
Joe Getty
Holy crap.
Jack Armstrong
How freaking deranged is that? You are a traitor to your country. Or you're so deranged by your hate for Trump like you can't see the forest for the trees. That's maybe the first time I've ever used that expression.
Joe Getty
Actually got to take away the vote. Can't have those people voting. They're too stupid.
Jack Armstrong
You want our enemy to get a nuclear weapon because that would make Trump look bad. You're nuts. You're nuts. We will finish strong.
Joe Getty
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Joe Getty
The criminal case against Sean Combs is.
Jack Armstrong
Nearing an end, and the man who.
Joe Getty
Made a living with lyrics said nothing in his own defense. Is it your decision not to testify in this case? Judge Harun Subramanian asked, and Combs responded, that is solely my decision. Defense attorneys called no witnesses and rested their case moments after prosecutors rested theirs. Jury deliberations could begin as soon as late Friday.
Jack Armstrong
Wow, you're a court watcher.
Joe Getty
I am Legal correspondent Joe Getty.
Jack Armstrong
What does calling no witnesses as a defense mean? Does that mean you really, really think the other side didn't do their job? Like you could only do harm by what does that mean? Or do you think it's so man.
Joe Getty
I had a slow building sneeze going, terrible timing?
Jack Armstrong
Or does it mean we're so screwed this guy's so guilty there's no point in even trying to I'm sick of this.
Joe Getty
I don't even want to sit next to him anymore, who made his living.
Jack Armstrong
Writing lyrics, had nothing to say what the hell was that?
Joe Getty
Yeah, it probably and please, if you're a defense attorney, knock us off an email as quick as you can. Mailbag@armstrongandgetti.com I suspect strongly it has to do with you don't love your witnesses. You're not 100% certain they're going to convince the jury of what you think they're going to, and you don't think the prosecution brought it home. So you thought at this point the jurors are probably not gonna go unanimous to convict our fella, so let's just call it good.
Jack Armstrong
It's not Money. Um. Huh. Interesting. I was, you know, O.J. getting off. It was all about his amazing dream team defense.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I'm just playing. I got to admit, I am surprised.
Jack Armstrong
Thank you for that clip, Michael.
Joe Getty
That was beautiful. Yeah. Oh, Robert, emails. Dexterous is the opposite of sinus. Sinister. Sinistress.
Jack Armstrong
That's that.
Joe Getty
Left handed is sinister, right handed is dexterous.
Jack Armstrong
How handy.
Joe Getty
Even the Latins discriminate against lefties. Yes. Bastards. Latino. Sorry, I'm looking at email. I'll stop now. But.
Jack Armstrong
Okay, so you, you. So it doesn't necessarily mean they're super confident. It might just mean that they got no good witnesses to bring, so.
Joe Getty
Well, yeah, they. They look at what they were going to try to communicate and how they were going to try to communicate it and, and figure out whether at this point that would be a better strategy than just letting the sleeping dog lie and trusting. You got a couple of jurors on.
Jack Armstrong
Your side, and they must have convinced their client, Diddy, who's paying them, that this is a era he would have revolted.
Joe Getty
Right. Yeah. Yeah. It's a curious decision. I. I would love to know more. I can. I can barely even offer you a coherent answer, as I think I've made clear.
Jack Armstrong
Wow. You aren't gonna have somebody up there somehow to push back against that video, that damaging videotape, or just a couple.
Joe Getty
Of people up there saying, look, he's a horn dog, but he's a nice fella. I mean, he's. He's not running a criminal enterprise. He's really, really likes to have sex.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know. Well, they could start deliberating, as you heard there, as early as Friday. And then would they work next week with 4th of July? I don't know. I haven't been on.
Joe Getty
Probably. Oh, yeah, yeah. Probably not on the holiday, but yeah, I'll be darned.
Jack Armstrong
Gonna talk a little bit of AI as a therapist in the One More Thing podcast.
Joe Getty
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Jack Armstrong
Here's your host for Final Thoughts, Joe Getty.
Joe Getty
Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap up the show. Wouldn't that be delightful? Here he is, our technical director, Michelangelo, to lead us off. Michael, final thought. Yeah. Well, I got a rental car and it's a little slow, so I'm trying to think about some routes. I can go downhill to get, like, some momentum because, yeah, I'm having a hard time getting this thing up to 65, 70.
Jack Armstrong
I had a car.
Joe Getty
Oh, yeah. Rental cars. Yeah. I have Kind of a powerful car. And you got to get used to rental cars. You cannot shoot the gaps you get used to. Katie Greener, steamed newswoman has a final thought. Katie? Yeah. So Drew wanted a weight limit prenup.
Jack Armstrong
So I countered him with a hair.
Joe Getty
Requirement and we just called it even. Wow. Wow. I'm drawing with a Sharpie where your hairline is now. It's permanent. We're gonna measure. Jack, a final thought for us.
Jack Armstrong
I certainly wasn't gonna bring up politics, but Joe Rogan had Bernie Sanders on today and Bernie said on the Joe Rogan show he's gonna run for president again in 28. He'll be 83. He is 83. I think enough story.
Joe Getty
I didn't get to today. We'll try to squeeze it in tomorrow. The founder of FedEx, Fred Smith passed away this last week. Really an amazing guy. And Jason Riley of the the Journal made wrote a great piece about what schools could learn from FedEx and the Postal Service. FedEx made the Postal Service twice as good as it was.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, no doubt.
Joe Getty
Competition, competition, competition. And the teachers unions in particular want no competition. What does that tell you?
Jack Armstrong
Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.
Joe Getty
So many people to thank, so little time. Go To Armstrong and getty.com, check out the hot links, check out Katie's corner, drop us a note if there's something we ought to be talking about. Or do you want to offer a prospective mailbag@armstrongandgetty.com and while you're there, pick up a groovy hat, T shirt or hoodie for your favorite A G fan.
Jack Armstrong
Cool. We got lots for you tomorrow. So many ongoing news stories. Where's the uranium? Among other things. On the next Armstrong and Getty show. God bless America.
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Jack Armstrong
Thank you.
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Armstrong & Getty On Demand: Episode Summary - "That One Had To Have Been Built On A Friday"
Release Date: June 25, 2025
In this engaging episode of the Armstrong & Getty On Demand podcast, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into a variety of pressing topics ranging from aviation safety, manufacturing practices, the burgeoning influence of artificial intelligence, to the latest political developments. The conversation is enriched with insightful commentary, personal anecdotes, and notable quotes that provide a comprehensive overview of each subject.
The episode opens with a deep dive into the recent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings on the Boeing 737 Max crash.
Jack Armstrong explains the core issue:
"[03:07] The final cause of the terrifying in-flight blowout on a Boeing 737 Max has now been determined by the National Transportation Safety Board."
Joe Getty highlights the systemic failures:
"[03:19] 'Workers were inexperienced, calling their work unstructured and undocumented.'"
The hosts discuss how the door plug, a critical component, had been malfunctioning over 154 flights without detection, leading to catastrophic failure. Armstrong emphasizes the need for robust redesigns:
"[03:39] 'The NTSB is now laying out 19 new safety recommendations.'"
Transitioning from aviation, Armstrong and Getty explore the broader implications of manufacturing practices, particularly in the recreational vehicle (RV) industry.
Joe Getty shares insights from his reading:
"[05:07] 'Manufacturers pay their employees per unit made, not an hourly rate. As soon as you're done with your quota, you can go home.'"
Jack Armstrong connects this to potential quality issues:
"[05:16] 'That would invite shoddy workmanship, blanking, obviously.'"
The discussion underscores how performance-based pay can lead to rushed production, resulting in compromised quality—a sentiment encapsulated in the old adage:
"[05:33] 'That one must have been built on a Friday.'"
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to examining the relationship between AI advancements and human cognitive development.
Joe Getty references Alicia Finley's analysis:
"[05:55] 'Younger college grads may be getting dumber... Technology can stunt this development by doing the mental work that builds the brain's version of a computer cloud, a phenomenon called cognitive offloading.'"
Jack Armstrong adds personal experience:
"[09:33] 'I've been utilizing that my whole life... It happens with my son and high school friends.'"
The hosts debate the consequences of over-reliance on AI for tasks like writing and problem-solving, stressing the importance of traditional methods such as handwriting for brain development:
"[08:33] 'Handwriting engages parts of your brain that play a crucial role in learning and help children with word and letter recognition.'"
Armstrong and Getty then pivot to the integration of AI within the National Football League (NFL), exploring its potential to transform coaching and game strategy.
Joe Getty discusses the current use of AI:
"[20:43] 'Coaches are already using AI to analyze tendencies of opponents... This assistant coach who's the offensive coordinator for the Falcon says, I'm getting a little scared.'"
Jack Armstrong speculates on future implications:
"[21:17] 'Let me read you some of this... Some team is going to win a Super Bowl utilizing AI at a very high rate.'"
They ponder the ethical and practical aspects of AI potentially replacing human coaches, questioning whether it could lead to an imbalance or diminish the human element in sports:
"[22:54] 'People still like watching the best humans play each other, even though there's a computer out there that could beat either one of them.'"
The conversation shifts to the geopolitical arena, focusing on former President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit and the recent U.S. missile strikes on Iran.
Jack Armstrong provides updates on the summit:
"[27:57] 'Trump met with Zelensky one-on-one at the NATO summit... They had a long and substantive talk.'"
Joe Getty reflects on public opinion and strategic decisions:
"[30:07] '76% of Trump voters strongly support the attack on Iran... 84% agreed the strikes were limited military actions, not war.'"
The hosts critically examine the effectiveness and motivations behind the missile strikes, debating the balance between demonstrating strength and avoiding wider conflicts:
"[33:14] 'If indeed she is not only inexplicably soft on Russia, but an actual isolationist... that's pretty hardcore against this strike against Iran.'"
A lighter yet intriguing segment covers the ongoing criminal case against Sean Combs (Diddy), focusing on his defense strategy.
Joe Getty outlines the courtroom developments:
"[43:31] 'The criminal case against Sean Combs is nearing an end, and the man who made a living with lyrics said nothing in his own defense.'"
Jack Armstrong probes the implications of the defense's silence:
"[44:13] 'Does that mean they're so sure of his guilt that there's no point in defending him?'"
The discussion highlights the skepticism surrounding the defense's approach and the potential outcomes of the trial.
In the concluding segment, Armstrong and Getty share personal stories and reflections, adding a human touch to the episode.
Joe Getty reminisces about solving crossword puzzles:
"[12:12] 'Judy and I are really into doing crossword puzzles... I do them as a team, which is fun and brings us together.'"
Jack Armstrong mentions learning through subconscious processing:
"[13:01] 'Writing papers for school... If I slept, I'd wake up and I'd have it.'"
The hosts encourage listeners to engage in activities that stimulate cognitive growth and share their strategies for overcoming mental blocks.
Throughout the episode, Armstrong and Getty maintain a dynamic and conversational tone, effectively blending serious analysis with relatable storytelling. Their ability to interweave personal experiences with broader societal issues makes this episode both informative and entertaining for listeners who seek a nuanced perspective on current events and technological advancements.
Notable Quotes:
Joe Getty on AI's impact on cognition:
"[05:55] 'Technology can stunt this development by doing the mental work that builds the brain's version of a computer cloud, a phenomenon called cognitive offloading.'"
Jack Armstrong on AI in sports:
"[21:17] 'Some team is going to win a Super Bowl utilizing AI at a very high rate, significantly higher than it's ever been used before.'"
Joe Getty on Sean Combs' defense:
"[44:23] 'You want our enemy to get a nuclear weapon because that would make Trump look bad. You're nuts.'"
This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a comprehensive exploration of critical topics, providing listeners with thoughtful analysis and diverse viewpoints. Whether discussing the intricacies of AI integration or the complexities of international politics, Armstrong and Getty deliver content that is both engaging and intellectually stimulating.