Who Run The World? Bots | EP 55

Gas prices are up, the press pool is out, and the Internet isn’t real! This week on The Thick we dive into our news and pop culture catch up, including Hasan Piker’s Clock It interview, KWN’s “joke” of a crush on KeKe Palmer, #EmmysSoWhite, and the untimely passing of Presley Gerber.

Then we detour into the Patrick Clancy and Rachel Danis interview on 60 Minutes and how one viral post became a textbook example of Dead Internet Theory. What happens when we can no longer tell who, or what, we’re conversing with online?

Bots and AI agents can create content, write comments, drive engagement…sooo what’s the point anymore? IG, TikTok & YouTube: @thethickpodcast Follow our hosts everywhere at @tabriamajors and @damnmindy Music Credit: CWatt$ Sources Iranian Senior Adviser says Trump and Netanyahu must be removed to reopen Strait Houthis take over Red Strait and how that affects US Aramco halts October crude oil deliveries to some European refiners US oil reserves fall to lowest level since 1982 SPR Storage Sites US oil reserve levels threatens salt caverns Trump renaming Kennedy Center?

White House press pool White House launches TrumpTV Federal Reserve raises interest rates Bots outnumber humans online Timestamps00:00:00 Intro00:01:20 ADHD 00:03:11 Tabrindy goes cycling00:11:27 Tabria’s catch up00:14:27 Mindy’s catch up 00:20:18 Iran war + gas shortages00:29:01 Trump keeps trying to rename Kennedy Center00:31:37 No Press Pool00:35:23 Federal Reserve raises interest rates 00:37:44 Clock It interviews Hasan Piker00:42:24 Jehovah’s Witnesses blood transfusions00:45:37 Good News00:47:33 RIP Presley Gerber00:49:07 Emmys So White00:50:04 LGBTQ discrimination in Turkey00:52:05 Content creator fights robot00:54:18 Ed Sheeran response to Macklemore 00:57:45 Torey Lanez “Tour”01:00:18 KWN “joke” about KeKe Palmer crush01:17:37 Patrick Clancy 60 minutes interview 01:31:41 Bots online01:33:31 Dead Internet Theory01:48:42 Did we peak at Millennials01:58:27 Name 15 states in 12 seconds01:55:25 If AI takes over by 2030, what would you do in the next 3 years?01:57:09 Beyonce & Solange