Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.

The Decoder host argues that "software brain," a way of seeing the world as databases, algorithms and loops, explains the gap between tech industry enthusiasm for AI and growing public distrust of it. He cites polls showing Gen Z is increasingly hopeful less and angry more about AI, with only 18 percent of Gen Z hopeful in a recent Gallup poll. He argues that tech leaders see this as a marketing problem, citing OpenAI's reported $200 million spend on the TBPN podcast, while the real issue is that people's direct experience of AI does not match the industry's view of reality. He also contends that the law is not deterministic and cannot be treated like code.