603: Self-Driving Human
Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
AI CEOs say AI poses existential threat, plow forward anyway; Meta fined for violating EU data privacy; Twitter #DeSaster; Lorem Epsom NoNummy Amazon snacks; can't get Twitter to work guy OK'd to put chips in your brain; DoorDash lawsuit; deleted tweets randomly restored; Soundcloud layoffs; AI exposing investor's natural stupidity; Succession; Ted Lasso; Mrs. Maisel; Young Jedi Adventures; Silo; AI mail, Photoshop generative fill; self-promo & marketing discussion; World Walker Book 4; new Bobiverse on the way; No Kindness Too Soon; Red Team Blues; Muppet Mayhem; Spotify AI podcast ad reads; HBOMax, just MAX.. PeaCock just...
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Stability AI CEO Says AI Poses an ‘Existential Threat to Humanity’
IN THE NEWS
Meta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules
Ron DeSantis Pushed Elon Musk's Twitter to Its Breaking Point
Amazon's got a Lorem Ipsum Dolor & Cheddar wrap—oopsy
US Surgeon General says social media can pose 'a profound risk' to teens' mental health
Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trials
DoorDash faces lawsuit accusing it of charging iPhone users more for delivery
Twitter bug seems to be randomly restoring deleted tweets
Soundcloud will lay off eight percent of its staff in hopes of becoming profitable
Universal Music Group partners with Endel for AI-generated wellness soundscapes
AI boom could expose investors’ natural stupidity
MEDIA CANDY
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
APPS & DOODADS
So long and thanks for all the headaches, HBO Max
Introducing Spark +AI: your personal email assistant
A.I. Photoshopping Is About to Get Very Easy. Maybe Too Easy.
Dream Bigger with Generative Fill.
8 Ways to Avoid Business Jargon
AT THE LIBRARY
Heather Texle Official Website
On Impulse (Reliance Sinclair Space Opera Book 1) by Heather Texle
The Unnamed Way (The World Walker Book 4) by Ian W. Sainsbury
No Kindness Too Soon by Sylvain Neuvel
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
Spotify may use AI to make host-read podcast ads that sound like real people
Remove Watermarks with Photoshop AI
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Singer Tina Turner dies aged 83
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| 0:00.0 | Grumpy old geeks, a weekly talk show hosted by Brian Schultmeister and Jason |
| 0:06.8 | DeFilippo discussing the finer points of what went wrong on the internet and who's to blame. |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome to Grumpy old geeks, I'm Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:19.6 | And I'm Brian Schultmeister. |
| 0:21.4 | How's it going, chemo boy? |
| 0:22.6 | This is the last week, right? |
| 0:24.3 | Um, well, here's what I love about the healthcare industry. |
| 0:29.2 | There's a, there's not a load of crap. |
| 0:32.8 | Uh, I, I, this was supposed to be the last one I went in yesterday for, or actually two |
| 0:38.1 | days ago now for the blood draw and then the meeting with the doctor just to ensure everything's |
| 0:42.6 | going well and just can start the next round. |
| 0:45.4 | And let's take a look at the, you know, the level of medication that you're taking. |
| 0:49.6 | And then he drops a, you know, since the first two weeks, we had you on a low level of |
| 0:54.0 | medication because you're missing the enzyme, which means you're more prone to side effects. |
| 0:57.7 | But now that you've done two weeks on, or two rounds on high medication, we're thinking |
| 1:02.2 | you should do one more. |
| 1:03.4 | Oh, nice. |
| 1:04.7 | Fuck. |
| 1:05.7 | The gift that keeps on giving. |
| 1:07.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:08.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.8 | So, you know, we're looking at like eight months of my normal life has been knocked |
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