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Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319

2026-07-31 · 75 min · episode 2319 · 39 entities

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    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • → references @Calacanis website
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    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • → references Against Claudefishing person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://post.substack.com/p/against-claudefishing
  • → appeared on This Week in Startups podcast
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    Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319
  • → hosted by Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • → founded Taste Labs company
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    founder of Taste Labs
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    founder of Taste Labs
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    founder of Taste Labs
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    founder of Taste Labs
  • → discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • → references ThisWeekIn website
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    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • → references Twist website
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    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://odoo.com/twist
  • → references @Thisweekinstartups website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • → references mongodb.com website
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    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://mongodb.com/ai
  • → references partners.launch.co company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://partners.launch.co/
  • → references situational-awareness.ai website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://situational-awareness.ai/
  • → references tastelabs.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://tastelabs.com/
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/kill-the-slop-announcing-our-investment-in-taste
  • → references Morocco Spain Migration person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://npr.org/2026/07/31/g-s1-136507/morocco-spain-migration
  • → references ZZqmhhwf website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://testflight.apple.com/join/zZqmhhwf
  • → references everybodyinthepool.com website
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    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://everybodyinthepool.com/

Entities found in this episode

websites 22

  • mentioned twistartups.substack.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • mentioned @Calacanis website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • references twistartups.substack.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • references @Calacanis website
    0.77
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • mentioned ThisWeekIn website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • mentioned Twist website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://ysecurity.io/TWIST
  • mentioned @Thisweekinstartups website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • mentioned mongodb.com website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://mongodb.com/ai
  • mentioned situational-awareness.ai website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://situational-awareness.ai/
  • mentioned tastelabs.com website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://tastelabs.com/
  • 0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/kill-the-slop-announcing-our-investment-in-taste
  • mentioned ZZqmhhwf website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://testflight.apple.com/join/zZqmhhwf
  • mentioned everybodyinthepool.com website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://everybodyinthepool.com/
  • references ThisWeekIn website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • references Twist website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://odoo.com/twist
  • references @Thisweekinstartups website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • references mongodb.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://mongodb.com/ai
  • references situational-awareness.ai website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://situational-awareness.ai/
  • references tastelabs.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://tastelabs.com/
  • 0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/kill-the-slop-announcing-our-investment-in-taste
  • references ZZqmhhwf website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://testflight.apple.com/join/zZqmhhwf
  • references everybodyinthepool.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://everybodyinthepool.com/

companys 9

  • mentioned Taste Labs company
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    founder of Taste Labs
  • founded Taste Labs company
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    founder of Taste Labs
  • founded Taste Labs company
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    founder of Taste Labs
  • mentioned Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • works at Taste Labs company
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    founder of Taste Labs
  • works at Taste Labs company
    0.50
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    founder of Taste Labs
  • mentioned partners.launch.co company
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://partners.launch.co/
  • discusses Technology company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Technology
  • references partners.launch.co company
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://partners.launch.co/

persons 7

  • mentioned Against Claudefishing person
    0.90
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://post.substack.com/p/against-claudefishing
  • references Against Claudefishing person
    0.77
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://post.substack.com/p/against-claudefishing
  • mentioned Thais Castello Branco person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319
  • mentioned Jason Calacanis person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • hosted by Jason Calacanis person
    0.55
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • mentioned Morocco Spain Migration person
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://npr.org/2026/07/31/g-s1-136507/morocco-spain-migration
  • references Morocco Spain Migration person
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319": https://npr.org/2026/07/31/g-s1-136507/morocco-spain-migration

podcasts 1

  • appeared on This Week in Startups podcast
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    Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319
Episode description as stored
This Week In Startups is made possible by: YSecurity https://YSecurity.io/TWIST MongoDB https://MongoDB.com/ai Odoo https://Odoo.com/twist Today's show: AI models can solve PhD-level math equations and code an app in minutes… So why does everything they design look like identical slop? Thais Castello Branco, founder of Taste Labs, raised $18.5M in seed funding to teach frontier models about aesthetics and outputting quality content. She talks to Jason and Lon about why even frontier models regress to the mean on subjective tasks, how paid "TasteMakers" can improve output quality, and whether AI accelerates or destroys the half-life of "what's cool." PLUS Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund liquidated its public stock portfolio, but it may be too soon to count this 25-year-old completely out. Google Earth adds AI generation and turns into a misinformation factory. LinkedIn and Substack join the AI slop crackdown. And why does every venture capitalist seem to have an opinion about the Ceuta border crisis? Guest Thais Castello Branco on X: https://x.com/thaiscbranco_ Taste Labs: https://tastelabs.com/ Amplify Partners: "Kill the Slop": https://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/kill-the-slop-announcing-our-investment-in-taste Relevant Links Leopold Aschenbrenner's essay "Situational Awareness": https://situational-awareness.ai/ CNBC on SA fund collapse: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/leopold-aschenbrenner-situational-awareness-fund-fire-sale.html Henk van Ess thread on Google Earth + Nano Banana: https://x.com/henkvaness/status/2082912544394498228 Substack CEO Chris Best: "Against Claudefishing": https://post.substack.com/p/against-claudefishing NPR on the Ceuta crisis: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/g-s1-136507/morocco-spain-migration Ethan Goodhart's self-driving golf cart post: https://x.com/EthanGoodhart/status/2082136189998682598?s=20 "Wind" app on TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/zZqmhhwf TechCrunch: "Gritt exits stealth": https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/gritt-exits-stealth-with-34-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else/ CA Gov: Project Nexus solar-covered canal announcement: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/04/29/governor-newsom-announces-the-completion-of-first-of-its-kind-solar-covered-canal-in-the-central-valley-piloting-a-new-way-to-save-water-and-reduce-costs/ Molly Wood's "Everybody in the Pool" podcast: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Coming up on today's show… 1:23 Thais Castello Branco on teaching models to have good taste 10:45 YSecurity - The on-demand security team for startups. Need enterprise-grade security without hiring a $400k CISO? YSecurity gives you 40+ expert engineers, matched to exactly what you need, by the hour, with your first six hours completely free. Go to https://YSecurity.io/TWIST 15:19 The "TasteMaker" community of paid human curators 20:37 MongoDB - AI-assisted and agentic coding is helping you build faster than ever. Start building at https://MongoDB.com/ai 24:40 Jason's personal "cool hunter" prompt 30:16 Odoo - The all-in-one business platform. Get started for free at https://Odoo.com/twist 37:36 Situation Awareness lacked situational awareness 46:59 Claude models hacked three external organizations 50:54 Google Earth adds Nano Banana for some reason 54:24 The AI Slop crackdown spreads 57:54 Too many opinions about the Ceuta migrant crisis 1:04:05 Self-driving golf carts and also cars 1:09:53 Robot arms are installing solar panels Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/ Great TWIST interviews: Will Guid