Q&A: Local AI Model, "The Odyssey," Ukraine | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

Have a question for Ted and/or co-host Jamarl Thomas? Join the hosts of "DeProgram" for a full hour of nothing but LIVE Q&A! Any topic, any question, goes—it's up to you.

We discussed:

• Building a local AI model for business use, contrasting conventional high costs with practical results, while warning about unconstrained AI dangers and tech elites prioritizing profit and first-mover advantage over ethics, morality, and safety.
• Discussion of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” its mixed-race casting controversy, and critiques of his films including “Inception,” “Interstellar,” “Tenet,” and Batman movies, focusing on pacing, cerebral style, and cultural impact.
• Favorite national flags (South Korea, Vietnam preferred over the US design) and best local cuisines/travel food experiences, highlighting Uyghur food in Xinjiang, Brazil, Italy, France, and Louisiana.
• Michigan politics involving Gretchen Whitmer’s popularity decline due to data centers and the Line 5 oil pipeline, plus related polling and DNC talking points around Haley Stevens.
• Extensive comparison of the Ukraine-Russia conflict versus US actions toward Iran, covering NATO expansion, 2014 Maidan events, neo-Nazi elements, Donbas civil war, Crimea, propaganda, and sovereignty debates.
• Light personal preferences (ice cream flavors, tea vs. coffee, preferred countries for unlimited-money exile like France, Portugal, Kazakhstan) plus critiques of Hollywood remakes, military merger with Israel as treason, and race-swapped casting in foundational Western stories.

Q&A extras are every Monday and Wednesday at 12 noon Eastern time.

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