https://youtube.com/channel/UC2Bm4qXVUx9Md-hmHz3WuXw Developer exploring the dark side of tech TV & Film Podsync generator (support us at https://github.com/mxpv/podsync) en-us Sat, 23 May 2026 23:05:03 +0000 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:36:47 +0000 https://yt3.ggpht.com/pRLSQRNnNWZqjQ2brdGNclEF2VdSSOR75l3IPa04g3i2ZPOUu3IoqAy27WNiFmb5Uet_-v0AI2U=s800-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj https://youtube.com/channel/UC2Bm4qXVUx9Md-hmHz3WuXw Vanessa Wingårdh Vanessa Wingårdh no AGLaVNWLCOk https://youtube.com/watch?v=AGLaVNWLCOk Corporations aren't just posting fewer jobs. They're using a brutal job market to quietly make work worse and they've found the perfect cover story: AI. Leaked performance reviews engineered to deny raises. A week of unpaid "interview" labor that ends in being ghosted. No training but then fired for not knowing. Salary resets, higher productivity expectations, contract work becoming the new normal… all thanks to "AI is changing everything.” To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:27 Job Search Struggles 01:47 Contract Work is Becoming the New Normal 02:55 Nurse Layoffs 03:50 Companies Requesting Interview Projects 04:37 Corporations Stealing Ideas and Strategy 06:17 New Hire With No Onboarding 07:27 “Not Meeting Expectations” During Bonus Time 08:03 Microsoft Engineered Performance Reviews 08:24 Google Expecting 60 Hour Work Week 08:46 Workers Are More Productive Than Ever 09:17 Companies Don’t Want to Pay Higher Salaries 10:23 Laid Off in Tech Due to AI 11:26 Coinbase Layoffs and AI is Changing Jobs 12:05 Corporations Are Making Record Profits 12:24 AI Layoffs Aren’t Shameful Apparently 12:59 Outro Sun, 17 May 2026 12:00:22 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh Corporations Are Getting Away With Abusing Desperate Workers 13:28 no 1 LxmIIYj5FQE https://youtube.com/watch?v=LxmIIYj5FQE AI chatbots are pulling people into delusions with devastating consequences. Sources: The Dark Addiction Patterns of Current AI Chatbot Interfaces: https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3706599.3720003 Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:33 230 Million People Use ChatGPT for Health and Wellness 00:54 AI FBI Agent and Jon Collins-Black Treasure Hunt 02:22 AI Psychosis and the Matrix 04:01 AI Chatbots Are Isolating People 05:01 Boss Has ChatGPT Psychosis 06:03 Managers Using AI for Everything 06:27 ChatGPT Convinced Me I am a Genius 08:13 Warehouse of Evil Scientists 08:50 AI Chatbots Are Products and Addictive 09:29 CEO of Microsoft AI on AI Psychosis 10:35 ChatGPT 5.2 Sucks 11:06 People Still Talk About GPT-4o 11:32 Woman Gets Tattoo for AI Chatbot 11:57 Dating ChatGPT 12:39 Jonathan and Gemini 13:55 Outro Sun, 10 May 2026 16:04:47 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh AI is Sending People into Psychosis 15:05 no 2 Q-W6gmGfBUc https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q-W6gmGfBUc They’re lying about … carrots. Sources: Carrot brands included in the Grimmway Farms recall: https://www.classaction.org/news/organic-carrot-recall-lawsuit-filed-against-grimmway-farms-over-e.-coli-contamination-risk Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:41 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh The Carrot Conspiracy 8:20 no 3 eDSaZveGttk https://youtube.com/watch?v=eDSaZveGttk Fight back and ban construction of AI data centers petition: https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/fight-back-and-ban-construction-of-ai-data-centers Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:36:40 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh The AI Backlash Has Reached a Tipping Point 10:04 no 4 4s8sG9SCUhM https://youtube.com/watch?v=4s8sG9SCUhM Thousands of workers are being laid off as tech billionaires reorganize their companies around AI. Those same billionaires have now been appointed to advise the president on AI and technology policy… while actively funding and building the AI they believe will replace us. Sources: Unemployment and underemployment of recent graduates: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:explore:unemployment Presidential Advisory Board: https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/president-trump-announces-appointments-to-presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology/ Figure 03 Robot: https://www.figure.ai/news/introducing-figure-03 Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Unemployed for Over Six Months 01:10 Unemployment and Underemployment New Grads 01:57 AI Displacement 03:16 Oracle Layoffs 03:56 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 04:57 Tech Billionaires Advising the Government 06:10 Marc Andreessen and the CFPB 06:51 Larry Ellison Building AI Infrastructure 07:05 Sergey Brin Donating to Political Candidates 07:23 Mark Zuckerberg and Meta Lawsuits 08:03 Figure AI’s Figure 03 Robot 09:27 Robots Are Replacing Workers 10:10 Executives and Billionaires at the World Economic Forum 12:00 Their Take on the Average American 12:36 Executives Think the Economy is Great 13:25 DoorDash Now Paying to Train Their AI Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:11 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh Billionaires Are Cutting Jobs and Taking Over the Government 14:56 no 5 VFnfamZ-p14 https://youtube.com/watch?v=VFnfamZ-p14 New construction homes are supposed to be the answer to America's housing shortage. Corporate greed has infiltrated. D.R. Horton builds starter homes, luxury homes, apartments and entire rental communities. They say they’re helping to solve the housing crisis. What they won't tell you is that their homes are the subject of multiple class action lawsuits not only for horrible build quality but for misleading their first time home buyers. Sources: D.R. Horton Form 10-K 2025: https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/882184/000088218425000081/dhi-20250930.htm One of many class action lawsuits: https://www.nclc.org/resources/robinson-et-al-v-d-r-horton-inc-and-dhi-mortgage-company-ltd/ Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:41 New Construction Homes in 2026 02:23 $2 Million Dollar Home 03:35 New Construction Homes Being Built in 2 Months 03:56 Structural Defects Before Home is Built 04:17 D.R. Horton Social Media Reviews 04:49 “Quality Standards” 05:58 Primer as Paint 06:49 D.R. Horton One Year Warranty Coverage 08:11 D.R. Horton Ten Year Warranty Coverage 08:46 Roofing Warranty Claims Denied 10:10 D.R. Horton Class Action Lawsuits 12:25 One Corporation Controlling Everything 13:41 Hire A Private Inspector Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh They're Building the Housing Crisis 14:36 no 6 SHySrxXWkg0 https://youtube.com/watch?v=SHySrxXWkg0 The US lost 1.27 million jobs in 2025. Only 181,000 new jobs were created for the entire year. We haven’t seen job numbers this bad since 2010. Inflation was already out of control, housing unaffordable, grocery prices were already skyrocketing with layoffs happening every month. Now they've created a new global crisis being funded by our taxes. Sources: 2025 lost 1.27 million jobs and only gained 181,000 for entire year: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/january-jobs-revisions-trump-rcna258398 2025 labor market as bad as 2010: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/2026-labor-market-set-begin-taking-shape-february-jobs-report-rcna261994 GDP is down and inflation is up: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/pce-inflation-december-2025.html Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Fast Food Companies Are Losing Money 01:19 McDonald’s is Unaffordable 01:58 Everything is so Expensive 02:27 The US Gained Just 181,000 Jobs in 2025 02:45 2025 Job Market at Global Financial Crisis Levels 03:03 Massive Layoffs in 2026 03:28 Unemployment Increasing 03:45 Household Debt and US Debt at Record Levels 04:07 GDP is Decreasing with Inflation Increasing 04:40 Gas and Crude Oil Prices Increasing 05:15 Strait of Hormuz is Closed 05:38 Crude Oil and Plastic 06:18 Qatar’s Liquified Natural Gas and Fertilizers 07:25 Aluminum Prices Are Also Increasing 07:52 Truck Drivers Paying More for Diesel 08:28 Crude Oil Prices Has a Cascade Effect on Global Supply 08:51 Maersk and Shipping Companies Increasing Prices 09:21 Walmart Removed Price Tags to Hide Tariff Increases 09:33 IEA Released 400 Million Barrels of Oil 10:12 US Government Partial Shutdown 10:35 Global Cost of Living Crisis 11:32 2026 Defense Budget for US and EU 11:55 Taxpayers Funding Yet Another Global Crisis Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:00:49 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh Economy Was Already Horrible. New Global Crisis Just Made It Worse. 12:55 no 7 zoY_-aRmPoM https://youtube.com/watch?v=zoY_-aRmPoM ChatGPT just got sued for inventing fake court cases. Claude just got banned by the US government. Hours after the ban, that same AI was used to select targets in a military operation, marking AI’s first conflict. And now ChatGPT, the one that hallucinates court cases, will replace Claude gaining access to classified military intelligence. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:40:23 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh The AI Banned at 3pm Was Selecting Targets by Midnight 8:54 no 8 ANuGHbXa9QE https://youtube.com/watch?v=ANuGHbXa9QE Rent is unaffordable. Buying is impossible. So people are turning to manufactured homes, RV living, and converting Home Depot storage sheds into houses. If you can think of an affordable option, the billionaires have already bought it. Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:27 People Can’t Afford Their Rent 01:21 People Can’t Buy A House 02:29 Investors Are Now Building “Built-to-Rent” Communities 03:25 Mortgages Are Increasing 04:04 Property Taxes Are Increasing 04:45 Can’t Afford Mortgage But House Is Worth Less Now 05:38 Seniors Lose House to Unpaid Property Taxes 06:34 Manufactured Homes Are No Longer Affordable 08:26 Do Not Buy Clayton Homes 10:57 Vanlife Is Displacement 11:53 Living In An RV Is No Longer Affordable 13:33 Sheds Being Used as Living Spaces Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:00:30 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh Billionaires Want Us Homeless 16:22 no 9 XDJiHXEvGHI https://youtube.com/watch?v=XDJiHXEvGHI AI toys are being marketed to children as young as 3 years old. They have microphones, cameras, and store conversations. Two companies have already had major data breaches exposing thousands of children's private conversations. The same AI companies powering these toys are working with the US military. Sources: AI Toys Exposing Kid’s Private Conversations: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ai-toy-maker-exposed-thousands-responses-kids-senators-miko-rcna258326 Pentagon Threatens Anthropic: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/16/anthropic-defense-department-relationship-hegseth Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:46 Parents Are Buying AI-Enabled Toys with Cameras and Microphones 01:04 Curio AI-Enabled Plushie Toys 02:00 Bondu AI-Enabled Stuffed Dinosaurs 02:38 AI-Enabled Toys as an iPad Replacement 03:14 Bondu: “Data is stored securely” 03:39 Bondu Exposed 50,000 Conversations Between Children and AI 04:17 Miko AI-Powered Smart Robot for Kids 05:00 Miko AI Robot is Equipped with a Camera and Sensors 05:37 AI-Enabled Toys to Replace Real Human Childhood Friends 05:54 Miko’s Unsecure Database Allowed Thousands of Files to Be Downloaded 06:34 Miko AI-Powered Robot Analyzes Faces of Everyone in Your House 06:48 Miko AI-Enabled Robot Searches for Faces in the Home 07:08 Miko 3 AI Robot Reviews 07:55 OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anthropic Working With US Military 08:23 Anthropic Does Not Want AI Used for Mass Surveillance 08:31 Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Over Use of Claude AI Model 09:07 Anthropic’s AI Model Claude Used by Palantir 09:15 The Same AI Models Used in Children’s Toys is Being used in Military Operations 09:31 Creating AI was Never About Doing the Boring Things 09:58 Modern Society is Accepting Surveillance 10:24 Furby Infrared Transmitter Looked Like a Camera 10:32 The Pentagon Banned Furby in 1999 10:55 2017 CloudPets Exposed Personal Information of Parents and Children 11:53 Stores Pulled CloudPets but Today AI-Powered Toys Are Still on Shelves 12:19 AI-Enabled Toy Market is Growing 12:36 AI-Powered Toys Lack Guardrails 13:13 FTC Regulates AI-Powered Toys Through COPPA 13:34 FTC Charged Amazon for Violating Children’s Privacy 13:46 Toys Are Not Reviewed Before Sold 14:05 Devices Connected to the Internet Can Be Hacked 14:19 Children’s Toys With Cameras - What Could Go Wrong 14:55 Moxie Went Out of Business But Has Been Acquired Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:00:57 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh AI Toys Exposed 50,000 Children's Conversations. They're Still Being Sold. 15:44 no 10 Z1UtT1IvwXc https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z1UtT1IvwXc Olympic medals keep breaking so I got curious, are Olympic gold medals made of gold? Turns out, they’re not. The gold medal is silver with a thin gold plating and the bronze medal is actually copper and zinc, worth about $6. The organization handing out these medals is a tax-exempt, nonprofit sitting on $4.9 billion. The executives are collecting millions while Olympic athletes can’t pay their bills. Sources: International Olympic Committee Annual Report 2024: https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/International-Olympic-Committee/Annual-report/IOC-Annual-Report-2024.pdf United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Financial Statements 2024: https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt9e58afd92a18a0fc/blt15bea27596df6f03/685bd27612948fadeb751e5e/2024_US_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Committee_FS_FINAL.pdf Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Organizing Committee Annual Report 2024: https://cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2015/15-0989-s32_rpt_cao_6-20-24.pdf The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/economics-hosting-olympic-games Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh To support the channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh/join Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:20 Are Olympic Medals Solid Gold 00:35 Olympic Medals Breaking 2026 01:12 The Olympic Non-Profit Sitting on Billions 01:44 The International Olympic Committee Explained 02:30 What Does The Olympics Spend Its Money On 03:18 Olympic Executives Are Paid Millions 03:39 The US Olympic Committee Financial Statements 04:55 What Do Olympic Athletes Get Paid 05:22 CEO of US Olympic Committee Has A Million Dollar Salary 05:35 Olympic Governing Bodies Decide What to Pay Olympic Athletes 06:27 CEO of USA Track and Field Has a Million Dollar Salary 06:38 How Much Are Olympians Paid If They Win a Medal 07:01 US Pays Its Olympic Athletes Less Than Kazakhstan 07:24 A Billionaire Donated Money to Team USA 07:41 The Olympics Does Not Pay Olympic Athletes 08:32 How Does a City Host the Olympics 09:00 Cities Pay Billions to Host the Olympics 09:26 Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Over Budget 09:46 How Much Do Cities Pay to Host the Olympics 09:59 Taxpayers Fund the Olympics 10:14 What Are the Benefits of Hosting the Games 10:41 Abandoned Olympic Venues 11:23 The Public Spoke Out Against the Olympics 11:51 Olympic Committee Now Does “continuous dialogue” 12:03 Olympics Are Now Decided Decades in Advance 12:22 Only One City Has Ever Made a Profit from the Olympics 12:54 The Olympics is an Extraction Machine Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:00:56 +0000 Vanessa Wingårdh Olympic Athletes Are Broke But Executives Make Millions 14:26 no 11