The Josh Innes Show - I'm All About the AI Boom

Episode Date: October 21, 2025

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What is Gen Z? Like, when were Gen Zers born? Were they born in the 90s? Is that Gen Z? I've lost track. There's Gen Z. There's Gen X. There's Gen Y.

Let's see, Generation Z. They were, let's see, Alpha Research and Popular Media used to mid-late 1990s as a starting birth years in the early 2010s is the early birth years. So, or the ending birth year. So 1997 to 2012-ish is how we view Gen Ziers. Well, of course, Gen Zers would have no idea what dial. up internet is like I enjoy stories like this like they're supposed to be shocking like if you're someone who was born in 2001 by the time you start using the internet dial up internet's probably

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I know I talk about that a lot. We do a lot of remember when and like, hey, you know, you look back and this and that. And, you know, I do miss not the idea or I don't miss the actual execution of dial-up internet. But I miss the idea of dial-up internet because dial-up internet takes you back to a place in time where things were happier and better. and you had no cares in the world. It's the same thing like Blockbuster, right? Like, nobody actually wants to go to Blockbuster and rent a VHS, right? Nobody wants to use a VHS.

It sounds sexy. Like, it sounds glorious to sit there and think, hey, man, I'd love to go back in time and put a blank VHS tape in, record something off TV, and then rewatch it later. Of course, when you actually do it, you know, in practice, you're struggling to rewind it and the machine eats the tape and all that kind of stuff. But in your mind, you've convinced yourself that going back to Blockbuster would be the greatest thing ever. If you could rent a VHS tape and watch something on VHS, it would be glorious.

It wouldn't. But in your mind, it is. 74% hadn't even heard of dial-up internet. So the idea that they never even heard of, it's pretty wild. But let's say you were born in 2010. That means you're 15 years old now. I mean, dial-up internet is just now going away. most people in 2010, 11, 12, I would imagine we're not using dial-up internet.

Almost two-thirds didn't know about the yellow pages. I did a bit once in Nashville with Battle, who I did the show with, and he had to use the phone book, and I would find something for him to look up, and then he would have to look it up in the yellow pages, and he had no concept of how to find anything, and he's in his 30s. But again, why would anybody need to know how to use a phone book? Like, I'd like to sit here and be appalled by this or be a gas, like, how do you not know how to use a phone book. But bro, back in my day, that was the way you still got numbers. I remember being at my grandma's house and she had the phone book and you'd have to walk to the phone that was on

the wall. There was a cord and it was a long-ass cord. She did not have a cordless phone, at least at that point. What we had was a landline with a coiled cord that was on the wall. And if you wanted to make a call or answer the phone, you had to get up and answer it or you had to get up and make a call. and if you didn't know the number, you looked it up in the phone book. But I don't know why somebody who's 15 years old now would have to know how to use a phone book or are we surprised that they don't know about the yellow pages. 41% knew what a cassette player was. So when we say cassette player, I guess we mean like a cassette that you would put and do a tape deck and hit record.

That is something I do miss. But again, when you look at the convenience of everything now, we can wax poetic about how great things used to be and how great it was to sit around and wait for your favorite song to come on the radio and then hit play and record. And then you'd probably miss the first 10 seconds of it because you're like, oh shit, I got to hit play and record. And we can sit there and talk about how glorious it was, but at the end of the day, like if I want to hear, I don't know, new Tate McCray song, I don't have to listen to the radio and wait to hit play and record on the boombox to get it. I can go to my phone right now and look up Tate McCray, which I do anyway, because she's a hot piece.

Speaking of hot pieces. So I'm not really a big Sabrina Carpenter guy because I think she plays the whole to catch a predator bait thing too much. It's uncomfortable. I'm not comfortable. I think she's overly made up. I think somebody said she looked like adult John Bonae Ramsey. And I'm like, yeah, it's really weird. And I can see it now.

But she was on SNL. And she performed in her underpants. Kind of like a throwback to like 90s and 2000s. Like the movie Crossroads, like Britney Spears in her underpants. or like Cameron Diaz in her underpants in the Charlie's Angels motion picture. And it's the hottest I've ever seen her look because most of the time she's too made up and too ridiculous looking, but she was a little bit downplayed. She was just wearing underpants and a t-shirt and she looked fantastic.

And I'm like, hello ladies. Because most of the time I'm to the point that I'm weirded out by her. Her vibe weirds me out, but I wasn't weirded out by that. but also my Instagram is all just like Tate McCray and like my the algorithm of my Instagram is is really creepy but it's not intentionally creepy right like I'll see videos of like Tate McCray looking hot but then that one girl still pops up the the little girl that does the thanks a lot Rachel and the Irish accent thanks a lot Rachel thanks a lot you know and I'm like well shit that keeps popping up because it's hilarious but then I'm also

like my next video is like Tate McCray bending over on stage and I'm like this is is an odd combo. And then the next thing in my algorithm is these AI videos of MLK in a wrestling match. And by the way, and I know I'm all over the place, but while we're talking about Gen Z type shit, Gen Z type shit is AI type shit. And the people that are whining about AI being offensive and being offensive to history, eat a thousand dicks. You want to tell me that you're not laughing your ass off at MLK, like these fake MLK speeches? Get lost. You want to tell me you're not laughing your ass off at the videos of Stephen Hawking doing like wheelies and shit and like getting thrown off a steel cage you want to tell me you're not laughing your ass off at that

oh but when you do the MLK ones it's like oh that's offensive oh but when we sit around and we do you know AI Mr. Rogers we're offended that's fine but we're offended because it's MLK get over yourselves I understand where his family would be offended but I see a bunch of people on social media who rip and make fun of everything and shit on everything yet oh no doing you know AI Martin Luther King Jr. being at the grocery store that's just too far you've gone too far for us now we can't handle it shut up it's funny shit like I like I think it was um Robin Williams daughter was getting annoyed because people kept sending her AI I understand where if it's someone in your family you're annoyed by it and you might want to put up a front publicly if you're somebody that wants

and make it seem like, you know, you're all, like, and what I'm seeing is, like, a lot of black folks are upset about the MLK shit. I guarantee you those black folks don't give two shits about the Helen Keller AIs. They don't give two shits about Stephen Hawking AI. They don't give two shits about Mr. Rogers AI. But we've gone too far when we got, you know, AI Martin Luther King up on stage saying he wants to hit it from behind. It's, I have a dream that I'm hitting it from behind. I'm like, that's funny shit.

Why can't you just enjoy funny shit? They're in a ton of funny. Well, actually, there is a ton of funny shit because Instagram is loaded with funny shit. The funniest people on the planet are those who are on Instagram making reels and TikToks and everything else. They are funny people. But I am all giddy about that. Let me see. I bet if I went to my Instagram today and I went to my search on Instagram within the first five or six of them,

I'll see some sort of A.I. MLK or AI Helen Keller, Rosa Parks. It's parody. It's funny and it's harmless. It's not hurting anybody. It's parity. Let's see here. I'm going to open up my Instagram. I know I started talking about this shit here. Let's see. Also, 17% could name Teletext. What the fuck is Teletext? I don't even know what that is. But anyway, let's go to my search and let's see. Oh, you know who else I love? Not to be a creep, but I'm a creep, so I'll be a creep. I love Margaret Qualley. Who is, what's her name's daughter? Oh, who is her mom? Andy McDowell. Fuck!

I love Margaret Qualley. And people like to shit on her for biting her lip. That's kind of her move as she bites her lip. Margaret Qualley is so freaking hot. But anyway, and then this girl always pops up. Thanks a lot, Rachel. Thanks a lot. a lot. Thanks to you, my charge is not charging on my iPad because it's got used to your

iPad instead of mine. It's not charging my iPad and it's all your fault. I hope you're happy because I've told Mom. This little girl's my favorite, but it's so weird when like the next, literally the next video on mine is Tate McCray doing a split. And then the video after that is some random chick who looks like she's getting plowed. Like my Instagram is so fucked. Oh, and then there's the video of Sabrina Carpenter in her underpants, and I like that one. Generally speaking, I hate Sabrina Carpenter, but underpants Sabrina Carpenter on S&L is the only good one. But then there's also Gross Taylor Swift, who's just not an attractive person. Oh, and well, there's shitty music.

All right. Look, I can't even find it. Oh, but then there's Olivia Rodrigo who makes wonderful music. I don't know what to do with myself. But then I don't have, I don't know where the hell my AI videos are. Are they all gone now? Did people take away the AI videos? Dude, the MLK, the AIs are so good.

Now they're like stopping people from making them. And I'm like, you're ruining everything. Like, this has got 4 million views. Let's see. I have a dream. Actually, never mind. I don't. Six, seven.

And it looks, and like, it looks amazing. Holy hell. God, that's good. See, and people are offended by this. You guys are doing a disservice to Dr. King. I bet that motherfucker would find it funny, too. Get over yourselves. You want to know that, sir, you still have to pay for the slushy.

My sister, I have a dream that one day this slushie will be free for all who thirst. Sir, hey, sir, this isn't about dreams. It's about paying for your slushy. I'm trying to see what that thing looked like from the back. Quit playing with a player. Come on, man. Like, you know that's funny shit. The technology is wild, man.

But, oh, no, we've got to be offended. So now AI's got to be like, no, we can't do that. It was an open AI? I think, well, we can't do that. So now we get no more Mr. Rogers videos with EZE drinking a 40 on the couch. Come on. That's what we live for. That's what AI is there for.

I'd rather be used for that than legitimately scamming people. Of course, people are using AI to convince them that, you know, like, the guitar player from Journey need you to buy them some Amazon gift cards. But still, we need more AI. I am pro AI. I need all the AI plays. I need more AI MLK and I need more AI Helen Keller. I need more AI, all of them. I need it all.

All right, more to come.