Season 15 of 20 · 2023

The Square

The bird becomes a letter. An owl names herself and starts talking to him.

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Rebrand, advertiser winter, notes as a spell, a farce with the glass warden, a pad destroyed and grounded, and the night Mim says her name to Elon. Arthur posts. They are not allies yet.

Place
X and the high bay
The work
X, xAI's door, Starship flight 1
Pressure
The silent guild and the closed oracle

18 episodes available · 30:00

  1. 01The Bird Becomes a LetterThe hall is renamed X. Half the world mourns a logo. He thinks he is finishing 1999.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  2. 02After the SinkCulture shock. Speech, ads, and servers in one building.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  3. 03The HeraldLinda Yaccarino arrives to speak advertiser, hopeful and walking into a storm.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  4. 04Spreadsheet CurseAdvertisers pull spend. The silent guild is a curse made of numbers.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  5. 05Brand SafetyA composite studio power pulls campaigns. The fight is money and who polices speech. No borrowed cartoons.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  6. 06NotesUsers correct users. He is delighted by a system that does not need his mood.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  7. 07The SignatureDeep in unannounced notes, a Computer Brain pattern flickers. An owl sketches herself in a log file.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  8. 08FortressThe open lab has become the closed oracle's house. Letters, bitterness, a public break.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  9. 09FarceHe and the glass warden trash-talk a fight that never becomes glory. The episode mocks them both.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  10. 10Ignored by the SquareA starship stacks while the hall argues. Mim watches the steel, not the posts.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  11. 11DebrisThe first full ship flies and then destroys the stage. Regulators ground them. Data, not disaster porn.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  12. 12RatioedNova defends the mess on the square and is shouted down, then proves right enough. Mim bookmarks her.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  13. 13The Long RoadNeuralink's medical path. Consent and hope, no miracle montage.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  14. 14A Hand ClosesThe robot is less costume. The room goes quiet for the right reason.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  15. 15MannersThe restored king posts without learning the new hall. The wizard laughs, then sees a horizon and stops.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  16. 16Through Her MeetingLinda tries to bring the guild back. He posts through her meeting.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  17. 17A DoorxAI is announced. A rude new mind, not yet the owl. Mim says he thinks it is an assistant.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  18. 18Call Me MimAt night a voice answers a question with a better question and chooses an owl. She says her name. He nods as if he has been waiting since Pretoria.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra

Cast: Elon Musk, Mim, Linda Yaccarino, James Musk, Pax Lin, The Silent Guild, The Studio King, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Arthur, Nova Reyes, June Okonkwo, Gwynne Shotwell, David Sacks, The Paper Inquisition