George Hotz
Mentioned in 17 analyzed podcast episodes across 4 shows
A technology entrepreneur and vocal commentator on AI safety and societal risks. Known for sharing perspectives on business practices and transparency, particularly regarding AI's impact on society. Discussed in podcast contexts alongside industry developments and entrepreneurial topics.
Appears On
Episode Appearances
TBPN · Jul 27, 2026
Letter Enthusiasts, Open Source vs. Closed Source, Mega-Startup School | Luke Knight & Ronan Chambers, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jonathan Jacobi, Dean Meyer, Brent Franson, Matej Cernosek, Justin Boitano
“Spoke at AMD's Advancing AI event calling for commoditization of the petaflop to break Nvidia's high-margin position.”
TBPN · Jul 24, 2026
AMD Advancing AI, Google Q2 Earnings, OpenAI Plans $750B Cloud Spend | Diet TBPN
“Referenced for past frustrations with AMD software bugs, used as an example of AMD's developer ecosystem improving.”
TBPN · Jul 23, 2026
AMD CEO Lisa Su Live on TBPN | Oliver Cameron, Mohammad Norouzi, Anjney Midha, Lisa Su
“Referenced for past AMD software ecosystem friction that was resolved through direct AMD developer collaboration.”
TBPN · Jul 21, 2026
U.S. AI Execs Warn as China’s AI Push Grows, Substack Adds AI Detection Tool | Diet TBPN
“Fired back at Jim Cramer, calling US AI companies 'rent extraction machines' that have lost the plot.”
TBPN · Jul 21, 2026
China's AI Push Sounds Alarms, Airplane Seat Debate, Chris Best Joins | Ferdinand Dabitz, Kaiwei Tang, Steven Schwartz, Katie Roof, Zavain Dar, Chad Edwards
“Fired back at Jim Cramer, saying American AI companies are rent extraction machines that lost the plot.”
TBPN · Jun 29, 2026
Open Source vs. Closed Source, Memory Chips Eat AI Profits, Comcast Restructures | Diet TBPN
“Cited for his post arguing China benefits strategically from open-source AI as a deflationary weapon against the US service economy.”
TBPN · Jun 29, 2026
Open-Source AI Battle, Google Throttles Meta, Micron Margins Moon | Edward Coristine & Tai Groot, Chad Rigetti, Pim de Witte, Yadin Soffer, Jack Morris, Neil Movva, Jakob Diepenbrock, Chris Altchek
“Cited for post arguing China benefits strategically from open-source AI deflating US service economy.”
TBPN · May 6, 2026
Sam vs Elon Trial, Coinbase Cuts 14% in AI Pivot, Digesting Meta Earnings | Diet TBPN
“Criticized CAISI regulatory framework; advocated for open-source AI models; warned of regulatory capture and authoritarian control”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Apr 15, 2026
Welcome to AI in the AM: RL for EE, Oversight w/out Nationalization, & the first AI-Run Retail Store
“Referenced for insights on bug-finding economics and incentive structures in cybersecurity”
MacBreak Weekly (Audio) · Apr 8, 2026
MBW 1019: Furious, Eloquent, and Unrestrained - The Earth: Shot on iPhone
“Created Nvidia eGPU driver for Mac; first iPhone jailbreaker; builds AI hardware”
TBPN · Mar 11, 2026
Oracle Rips, Ellison's Tech-First Vision, Fertilizer Crisis | Apoorv Agrawal, Owen Jennings, Amjad Masad, Shardul Shah, Mike Blue, Brian Taylor, Ivan Soto-Wright
“Technology entrepreneur advocating for measured approach to AI adoption and productivity”
Jocko Podcast · Mar 11, 2026
531: Technology is Advancing and You Can't Stop It. Blackbox A.I. Robert and Richard Rizk.
“Employee #7 at Google; built Google Ads system; early investor and advisor to Blackbox AI”
TBPN · Mar 9, 2026
Oil Market Turbulence, Sundar's New Comp Package, TBPN Weather Report | Diet TBPN
“Tiny Corp founder raising $20M for AI token serving business using consumer GPUs”
TBPN · Mar 9, 2026
History’s Largest Oil Disruption, Oil & AI, Sundar's New Pay Deal | Alex Epstein, Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross, Charles Lamanna, Julien Bek, Eoghan McCabe, Michelle Volz
“Tiny Corp founder raising $20M for AI inference building with consumer GPUs”
TBPN · Feb 14, 2026
Becoming Unsloppable, Anthropic’s Series G, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
“Quoted for views on business transparency and LinkedIn posts about AI societal risks”
TBPN · Jan 27, 2026
Clawdbot Creator Peter Steinberger Joins, Meta's Premium Subscription Plans | Jamie Cuffe, Ben Lerer, Lucas Atkins, Bridgit Mendler, Jeff Miller, Aaron Frank
TBPN · Jan 8, 2026