60 Minnesota Businesses Call for De-Escalation, C-Suite vs Worker's Use of AI, AI Agent's First Disaster, Remembering 2016
Mon Feb 02 2026
In this episode, Adam Yee and Kai riff on a sketchy-sounding new “agent” app that’s been bouncing between names like ClaudeBite and Moltbot—and why the last thing you should do is casually install powerful, system-level software on your personal laptop. They walk through the basic threat model in plain English: once something has deep access, it can potentially crawl sensitive files, create an identity-theft nightmare, or become a juicy target if malicious code slips into what the AI scans. The vibe is curious-but-cautious: yes, agents that can “do things” on your computer might be the future—but right now it feels early, messy, and way too easy to get burned.
From there, the conversation swerves into a surprisingly wholesome cultural tangent: the weirdly specific nostalgia wave for 2016. They unpack why that year keeps showing up in social feeds (music, “brighter times,” and the clean satisfaction of “ten years ago”), while also poking at hindsight bias—our brains’ tendency to scrapbook the good and blur the bad. The episode closes on a grounded note: enjoy the nostalgia, but live in the present… and maybe don’t download experimental AI bots during an ice storm.
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In this episode, Adam Yee and Kai riff on a sketchy-sounding new “agent” app that’s been bouncing between names like ClaudeBite and Moltbot—and why the last thing you should do is casually install powerful, system-level software on your personal laptop. They walk through the basic threat model in plain English: once something has deep access, it can potentially crawl sensitive files, create an identity-theft nightmare, or become a juicy target if malicious code slips into what the AI scans. The vibe is curious-but-cautious: yes, agents that can “do things” on your computer might be the future—but right now it feels early, messy, and way too easy to get burned. From there, the conversation swerves into a surprisingly wholesome cultural tangent: the weirdly specific nostalgia wave for 2016. They unpack why that year keeps showing up in social feeds (music, “brighter times,” and the clean satisfaction of “ten years ago”), while also poking at hindsight bias—our brains’ tendency to scrapbook the good and blur the bad. The episode closes on a grounded note: enjoy the nostalgia, but live in the present… and maybe don’t download experimental AI bots during an ice storm.