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This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Nick Statt: Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer. And I’m joined by our brand-new supervising producer, Greg Ott. Greg Ott: Good day, everyone. And Hi, Nilay. Nilay is here too. He is the person who hosts the show, and his name is also in the show. So it makes sense. Nilay Patel: It’s true. We don’t consistently say my name in the show enough. We should do it all the time. I should do it. Welcome to Decoder with Nilay Patel. GO: Like Nick was saying, thi...

Nilay Patel argues AR glasses require continuous camera streaming to cloud due to computational and power constraints; no edge-only solution currently viable.

Nilay Patel argues that AI enthusiasm among technologists diverges from public skepticism due to 'software brain'—a worldview that prioritizes automation and data modeling over human values.