This episode of Skeptico, a show about predicting 2024.

To me, that if we're this pessimistic, winning battles yet predicting stalemate,

just five months after going in, we should pause the bombing and see what results.

And that's my prediction.

We may not have this conversation.

If we have this conversation next year, Alex, it means we have a good reason to say chairs

or school, as we say, up here.

My final prediction related to that goes back to when we're talking about the AI thing.

I think there's a potential silver lining and it's idealistic pursuit of truth that is part of the medium,

as they've defined it, could be somewhat of a tipping point.

It could be a part of the solution.

That's it.

That's awesome.

So those clips you heard were from my friend Al Borealis from the excellent forum Borealis show.

We did our end of year wrap up and prediction show, which we've done for a couple of years,

and I really enjoy. So Al is great. His show continues to be great. So we had a good time talking

about a number of things, including some predictions, which you'll hear about. Hope you enjoy it.

As usual, with these awesome conversations that I

have with my good friend Al Borealis, who I was just thinking, I was down with the dog on the beach

stand. I was thinking, God, I wish Al lived right next door. You know, like I walked by the guy

next door and I gave him some hummus because he always gives me the lemons off his tree.

And I thought, that's about the only thing I have in common with him and his wife, you know.

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