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ZacZac

Within six months, humans will be unable to distinguish AI from reality

My Hot Seat is pretty much everybody on earth. We probably need to come together and realize that we can't tell anymore. No. There's like, and I thought this would be like a decade, 15, 20 years from now. It's, I think it's in the next six months where it's here, it's absolutely finished and there's no need in getting on the internet. 'Cause you have no clue what you're looking at.

As of December 2025, humans can still generally distinguish AI-generated content from reality, though AI has improved significantly. The prediction of complete indistinguishability within 6 months was premature.
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Big CatBig Cat

The HBO show 'Hard Knocks' canceled its North Carolina season because fans were calling it 'Tar Knocks'

Do we think that the hit show 'Tar Knocks'—the naming of it—has maybe ended Hard Knocks at UNC?... Somebody from HBO listened to the show and was like, everyone's gonna be calling it Tar Knocks. We can't have this.

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Cancellation reasons were not officially linked to the 'Tar Knocks' nickname.
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Big CatBig Cat

Adam Schefter will become the Ultimate Insider covering both NFL and NBA

Adam Schefter could be a candidate to replace Woj... In this scenario, Schefter would cover both the NFL and NBA as what a source called the Ultimate Insider... there's nothing you can do when someone says, Hey, you wanna be the ultimate insider?

ESPN eventually hired Shams Charania to replace Woj as the lead NBA insider, not Schefter.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will be addicted to Twitter Fleets within a month

We're actually really going to like fleets. I'm guaranteeing. Give me a month. I'll be addicted to fleets.

Twitter Fleets was a failure and was shut down by Twitter in July 2021 due to low usage.
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Big CatBig Cat

TikTok is not long for this world

It feels like TikTok is not long for [this world]... seeing the TikTokers... it would be just it would be chaos.

Despite various ban attempts and legal battles starting in 2020, TikTok remains one of the most popular social media platforms in the world.
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HankHank

I will sweep PFT 4-0 in our Thursday game

4 o'clock on Thursday. You can see, probably going to be a 4-0 sweep, so make sure you sweep it early because it's going to be over early. ... 4-1 or better. [Or] I'll do a show with no shirt on.

Hank typically lost these competitions to PFT, though the specific result of this Thursday stream isn't captured in the transcript, it fits his persona of overconfident predictions.
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Big CatBig Cat

Our next breaking news scoop is 100% guaranteed to be correct

The next piece of news that we break, 100% guarantee that it's correct. 100%. We are not going to take any more risks. We're going to get back in the winning streak.

Their track record remained hit-or-miss as intended for a comedy show.
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HankHank

Lacrosse is the sport of the future and will surpass baseball

My cool throne is lacrosse... My other hot seat could have been baseball because lacrosse is coming for that America's Pastime, sport of the future. Premier Lacrosse League was announced. TV deal... This sounds like a real dud. No, this is going to be great.

The PLL has survived and grown, but lacrosse has not surpassed baseball as 'America's Pastime.'
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'Golden Age' of podcasts is over now that people are making wedding planning podcasts

The couple that met because one was a fan of his podcast and then they're getting married and they're creating a podcast together about going through the wedding planning. That right there is like if you could think of the most stereotypical podcast podcast. It is over, boys. It is all done.

The podcast industry continued to grow exponentially for years after this statement.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL ratings are down because players aren't sleeping with Kardashians anymore

Do you think that's why NBA ratings are up and NFL is down because none of the NFL players are sleeping with the Kardashians?

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Ratings fluctuations are due to complex factors like streaming, cord-cutting, and political protests, not Kardashian dating habits.
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Big CatBig Cat

Les Miles will replace Magic Johnson as the most obvious tweeter on the internet

Magic, you're on the hot seat. If Les [Miles] starts figuring out how to predict MVPs and stuff, Magic might be out of a job. ... [Les] is giving strict play-by-play of the game. It's like Norm MacDonald doing golf tournament updates.

Les Miles' Twitter activity never quite reached the iconic status of Magic Johnson's 'obvious' tweets, and Magic remains the gold standard for the bit.

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