# Friday video/podcast recommendations -- Carl Brown edition > Source: > Published: 2026-08-21 11:30:00+00:00 We've recommended Brown's videos before. They are nothing special from a presentation point of view -- you can pretty much just treat them as podcasts -- but he's an extremely sharp and articulate software veteran who has become one of my goto commentators when trying to make sense of the AI bubble. I first encountered Brown through Ed Zitron. The Truth About Software Development with Carl Brown That got me interested in his Internet of Bugs vlog. AI Amplifies Human Ignorance: Lessons from the "OpenAI Hacks HuggingFace" incident For longer, more wide-ranging discussions, I recommend his podcast with philosopher Casey Hart OpenAI HuggingFace Incident FollowUp | Two AI Scandals | Ep 6 Pt 1 of PhilosophyPrograms & Prompts Computer Minds, Mike Levin and Panpsychism