Waltz with The Sims

TRASHFUTURE

Comedy

4.7 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

An social media marketing turned AI company was contracted by the UN to "solve the Israel/Palestine" conflict and it's as horrifically vapid as it sounds. Also, we check in on the Sad Sadiq's quest to keep The Sphere out of London (successful; we will be filing an appeal), and read a little piece by Julie Burchill on her slow metamorphosis into Britain's Andy Rooney. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture Medical Aid for Palestinians: www.map.org.uk*STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfuturepodcast*WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/*MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s upcoming live shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-showsTrashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

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0:00.0	So basically, I've been following the open AI thing because it's just, it's of interest to me that like a schism is developing
0:21.9	in the major, the religion of the people trying to build God.
0:26.1	Oh yeah.
0:26.6	Well, you said to me this afternoon that you thought this was like the most impactful
0:31.0	piece of tech news this year to date.
0:33.9	And I'm like, oh man, I hate when there's tech.
0:36.0	Haven't, so on a tech podcast?
0:37.1	Haven't they reinstated Sam Altman?
0:38.9	He's like Lula.
0:40.1	They threw him in jail for a while, but now he's back.
0:42.4	Yeah, they're putting Ilya in the alt lag.
0:46.4	Whatever that means.
0:48.0	That was just noises.
0:50.0	So basically what happened was the big breakthrough that they uncovered was this project called QSTAR.
0:58.9	And it was basically just something where the...
1:01.9	What if AI could Q?
1:03.4	Yeah, well, finally.
1:04.7	They uncovered this secret project, code name Qbert.
1:08.2	It's an AI that can play Qbert.
1:12.2	Isn't Qbert character from Dilbert?
1:16.5	Doing like war games, but instead of
1:19.4	Nauts and Crosses, it's
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