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Something You Should Know

Is AI Eliminating Your Choice? & Tribology Explained (It’s Everywhere)

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Every home has batteries sitting around in a drawer somewhere waiting to be used. This episode begins with some interesting advice about how to use and store batteries – and how NOT to. Listen and you will understand why it really does matter. https://www.kickassfacts.com/battery-facts/ Artificial intelligence keeps creeping into our lives more and more every day. While AI can be pretty cool and helpful, there is a downside. In fact, there are several downsides. That’s according to Jacob Ward, NBC News technology correspondent, and author of the book The Loop: How Technology is Creating a World Without Choice and How to Fight Back (https://amzn.to/3JBMmh2). Jacob joins me to explain how artificial intelligence is used in medicine, retail, government, and other areas and how it provides benefits as well as creates problems. Do you know what the word “tribology” means? If not, you are about to as you listen to my conversation with physicist Laurie Winkless author the book Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces (https://amzn.to/3JwTg7i). Simply put, tribology is the science of surfaces and how they interact with other surfaces. For example, why some surfaces stick together, and some don’t and why some things feel good to the touch and others do not. This is all part of physics and Laurie explains how it works and how it affects your life.  Getting something you want is good. But you know what’s even better? Not LOSING something. This is an important principle that is often used in advertising. It can also work in your attempts to persuade someone. Listen and I will tell you how. Source: Noah Goldstein author of The Little Book of Yes (https://amzn.to/3ipi4SW). PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING We love the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast! https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/business-podcasts/think-fast-talk-smart-podcast Go to https://uscellular.com/TryUS and download the USCellular TryUS app to get 30 days of FREE service! Keep you current phone, carrier & number while testing a new network! NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare & find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, & more https://NerdWallet.com TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Dell TechFest starts now! To thank you for 40 unforgettable years, Dell Technologies is celebrating with anniversary savings on their most popular tech. Shop at https://Dell.com/deals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.3

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0:45.0

Today on something you should know.

0:50.0

If you have a lot of batteries in the house, there are some things you should know about them.

0:54.4

Then the good and bad of artificial intelligence, it's great for some things, but it also limits your choices.

1:01.5

So I think that we're going to see just enough choice to make us think we are making choices

1:08.6

while in fact, you know, shrinking those choices down see this in you know industry after industry

1:15.3

also a simple way to persuade someone and you don't want to miss it

1:19.7

plus the secret science of stickiness like what makes glue so sticky

1:25.0

Superglue the way that it gets its stickiness is that it is incredibly sensitive to the presence of water so I think a lot of people think that superglue

1:34.8

hardens when it gets into the air, but it's not the air so much as the water

1:39.5

vapor that's present in the air. All this today on something you should know.

1:46.4

No matter what moves you made last year,

1:49.6

TurboTax experts make them count. Did you maybe buy a second property to rent out?

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