Welcome to
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User Friendly 2.0 with Host Bill Sikkens,
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technology architect.
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And this is User Friendly
2.0 here in the New Year.
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Bill. Gretchen
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welcome to 2026.
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Yay! Hello.
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World.
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Yeah, I would be much more on that
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when they dropped the
whatever they dropped this year.
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So you know.
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So anyway, so yeah
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2025 is behind us good, bad or otherwise.
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We are starting out in the new year
and it's the third.
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So I'm sure, you know, 90% of us
have already dropped the resolutions.
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Yeah.
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You know, I depends on
how they make their solutions.
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Yeah, I don't
I don't do that anymore either.
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It's,
I never did old tradition, you know, but
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we have seen a lot of changes
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in tech last year,
and a lot are coming up this year.
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So we thought we'd do a little bit
different for the first episode of 2026.
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Take a look back on our first segment
at 2025 and see kind of,
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you know, what is actually happened.
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And then in our second segment,
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we're going to talk 2026.
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So this is a list that I put together.
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I don't know if this has any,
any particular order
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of some of the things that I remember.
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And we're just going to kind of have
a candid conversation about the first one
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is generative AI.
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Now, obviously, this has been something
that's been all over the place.
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2025 is submitted AI role
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not just as a tool,
but as a core enabler across industries.
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And we're seeing this in basically
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everything
you're looking at from chat box.
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You know, giving out right
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wrong information is maybe not
come into its own yet to other things.
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Now on to positive things like ChatGPT
and all of that
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have really gotten better.
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I know it's a program
where it's actually useful.
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And, Gretchen, you've been working with
AI for editing, not writing,
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but editing, you know,
and that kind of thing. Anything.
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And, Bill,
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I know you want to just delete all the
AI and go back to where we were. So.
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So, you know, new technologies are great,
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but sometimes I think they're dropped
into things a little bit too fast.
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Story that's interesting on
this comes out of New York and the city.
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It was one of the boroughs
had an AI chat bot
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where you would go on to the website
to find out, you know, like about building
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permits and hiring codes
and all that kind of stuff.
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And it was giving flat out
wrong information.
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So the question
that, you know, comes out of that is
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this is information that's being provided
by an official website of the government
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website says that you can go
by the information that's on there.
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But if you're asking the do
I need a building permit to,
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you know, tear down my house
and build a new one?
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It says, no, you don't.
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Just let us know afterwards.
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So is that really the AI's fault
or the human
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that gave it the inaccurate information?
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Well, if it was really an AI that
they were using, they're saying it is.
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I did a little research into this,
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and I think that is the problem with this
specific one large language model.
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It probably would be a lot more accurate.
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And they are in this case,
it's like they just gave it.
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So it's a weird way of doing it.
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I've heard of this before
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is you're typing the system that they have
is trying to guess the next word.
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That would be appropriate.
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And that's how it works.
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So obviously
that's not going to be two things.
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And they test it out too
and ask that the same question five times.
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And got a different answer
for all five questions.
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You know.
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So it's it's not an idea.
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Yeah.
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That's predictive
text like on your cell phone.
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That was really annoying.
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It still is.
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So yeah.
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So no no no that's I don't consider that
really I that's that's not useful.
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And you but the thing of it is, is again
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you have something under that auspice
that is really giving out
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incorrect information
and it can become a problem.
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I'd love to talk to a lawyer
and see what the legal angle is on this.
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If I even told something by the chat bot,
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I'm told to go to on a city's website.
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That is information
coming from this official site,
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and then I get in trouble for it later.
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I mean, how would that work? Really?
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It's, you know, one of those things,
I guess it'll have to be figured
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out, but, Yeah.
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So, I don't know what we'll talk about
where I is going in the next segment here,
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but we definitely are seeing it attached
to everything of your operating systems
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on your computers.
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Now, your word, all of that kind of stuff.
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Your phone, any search engine you use,
there are some that still don't,
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but it's kind of really gotten
into the majority of things.
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And it's actually to a point now
that you're in the tech industry and you,
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apply for certain jobs and haven't used
AI, you simply won't qualify.
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So, you know, it's it's definitely not,
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something that's optional
on certain things either.
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But, I want to see where we end up.
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I, I saw a documentary, over the holidays
about this and where this is going.
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It's called Terminator.
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Right.
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Now, next one that we saw last year,
which was it was out there,
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but it wasn't quite as on top of things
as AI is quantum computing.
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And quantum level technology
moving towards real world use.
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So we're going to do a show
on this this year
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because we've had a lot of questions
come in.
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And it's one of those things
that is too hard to like.
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Answer in five minutes.
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It will require a deep dive to get into.
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But the thing of it is, is we are seeing,
where this is.
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The UN has said that it's, converted
from future promise to early impact.
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So that means that, you know, it's here
and it's very early forms
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and in its very early forms,
it's already showing us a lot of things
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where on computing capability,
it's faster.
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And that's like the understatement
of the year already.
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Three days and, it can crack
codes, encryption, all that kind of stuff
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is going to have to be changed
very quickly.
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The whole idea of using passwords
for things has been obsolete,
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but it's really going to become obsolete.
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But on a positive side,
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it can analyze things
and like the medical arena,
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buying things that a doctor wouldn't
see right away, be able to,
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you know, do
a lot of stuff that is going to be,
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well, earth shattering in
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some ways especially, it's just coming
online and we're seeing a little bit more.
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And like I say, we'll deep dive into this.
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We've got a lot of questions about this
in the past year, but it is definitely
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something that I think, you know, is here.
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And it's something that came in 2025.
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What do you guys think about quantum
computing?
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I'm just, you know, kind of off the cuff.
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I don't
I think I don't have enough information
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to really give an intelligent,
thoughtful response.
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So, you know, sometimes it's better
just to,
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you know, observe and keep quiet.
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One of the one of the most interesting
things from our listener
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feedback that I've seen on
this question is you have to send in
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and you take an average on
this is one of the most like nine
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on the comments we've had on it,
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is that the quantum computers
look like a chandelier.
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I mean, it's something out of cyberpunk,
but it is something
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that you could technically
say looks like a chandelier.
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If you don't know what we're talking about
next time you're online, Google it.
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You know, look up Quantum Computer
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and see some of the pictures
because they are it just brings up
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all kinds of questions as to
why is it that way?
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It looks like an upside down tomato plant.
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You know, it's hanging down.
You know what?
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Why is it that way?
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What's it doing?
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Does it why does it need to be that way?
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So I have lots of questions.
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So but I don't I don't know the value,
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the true value of this type of machine
and what it can do.
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So and like I say
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we're going to deep dive into this is,
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is why this you know okay it'll crack
passwords.
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That's nice.
But why is it really important.
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And the other question
is where I'm going to answer is,
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why does it look like the way it looks?
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Because there is a there is
a specific reason for it, with a design.
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So we'll be diving into that
a little later this year.
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But, definitely
something that we've heard about.
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And, you know, we've said in the past
the stuff that was completely science
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fiction ten years ago is now we can buy
out of the store in a lot of cases.
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So why not this?
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And actually, I think it's going to do
more good than bad, by a lot.
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It's not a negative technology
by any means,
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but it is something that's going to change
a lot of things. So.
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All right, what are the other things
that 2025 was about was dealing with
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upgrading energy
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and material innovations,
dealing with things like batteries,
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the structural batteries, other things
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like that, allowing for electric storage.
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I thing for energy shifting.
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And I know right now
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we're still trying to get that working
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on year round, but,
you have a basic version of this
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with a battery backup
that you have on your refrigerator.
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Yeah.
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And you're on an energy program
where power is cheaper at night.
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Like a lot cheaper than it is
during prime time.
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And the reason they're doing that
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is to try to get people to not do stuff
unless it's absolutely necessary.
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When it's hot in the summer
and you're going to overload the grid
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if you're not careful.
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So what this device does is, is
how's the time set?
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And I think, what
what is your prime time? 5 to 9.
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The expensive time is from 5 to 9.
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Yeah, right. I try not to do anything.
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No dishwashers, washing machines, dryers.
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You know, I try to avoid those things.
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Yeah, exactly.
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You know, and so, I'm 5:00, you know,
the power goes up.
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So what this does is you program
it and it's got a battery in it.
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It's meant for power failures, primarily,
but at 5:00, it disconnects itself
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from the grid
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and powers the device, in this case,
a refrigerator off of the batteries.
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So basically it's energy shifting.
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And then at 9:00,
when that goes on, it kicks back in.
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At least in theory.
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We haven't been able to completely
get it to work yet. No we haven't.
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We weren't able to get it to work.
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But we will. We will, and I hope so again.
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And, at 9:00 starts
recharging the battery.
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And, just in answer to that,
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I have figured out what we were doing
wrong.
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And, part of it is,
I can't say this all the way on the radio,
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but RTM read the manual.
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There's another word that a lot of people
put in there. Oh, okay.
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Now, see, I get frustrated
because read the manual is like, oh, here,
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I gave you this itty bitty
like link on there on your phone.
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I don't want something
that's a link on my phone.
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I want a piece of paper
that I can pull through.
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You know, I'm old and rickety
and I like the paper.
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And going,
oh, look, that's an important part.
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Yeah, well, I think tiny print and I.
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I'm going to have a little rant hero
when, got something
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it was a, cabinet for our,
we're building out
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and I think your code on the box
get the manual. Okay.
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The manual is actually great,
but it's restricted from printing.
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You can only look at it.
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You cannot print it out.
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I don't know why, but it's really stupid.
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A little bit of a frustration.
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And it's too bad, too,
because the cabinet itself is well made.
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I think the company is very responsive.
They're local.
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I assume they're doing this
to try to avoid other people from stealing
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what's in there.
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But there's so many ways
you can get around that,
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which is their store and say,
can you print this out for me?
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Because I want to be able
to read it. Yeah.
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And then they might be willing to do.
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I hadn't thought to ask,
maybe I will, but yeah.
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Yeah. So all right, next item on the list
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is robotics automation integrated reality
okay.
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We now have another term here.
What would that be? Air.
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No that's aviation.
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Yeah that's true I just aviation.
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Yeah.
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Let's not let's not use a bunch of
jumbled letters that, I don't like that.
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So robotics and automation
are accelerating capability and adoption.
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In 2025, robots
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became more agile, capable
humanoid industrial robots
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are increasingly realistic, according to
the press release from the robot company.
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Now, I do have to say
we're seeing more of this.
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I have yet, as I'm sitting here today
to see a humanoid
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robot really function correctly.
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Have you guys seen anything
that's, like, not comedic?
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I've seen it.
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I've seen stuff,
but I'm not sure it's real.
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I mean, I've seen on Instagram suicide
after a while, but.
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Yeah.
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Really?
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That's, Yeah, it was,
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it was a robot that was moving packages
and that was its only thing.
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And eventually
it just reprogramed itself to shut down
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because it couldn't stand that its life
was just moving packages.
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Now that
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seems to support singularity
in AI a little bit.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Why am I here?
And I don't want to be here?
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You know, boy, that I hadn't heard that.
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That's an interesting story.
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Where was that? Jeez, I don't know.
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It was about six months ago
that I remember that being around.
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But what do you know?
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Do you remember what country it was in?
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I want to say it was America.
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Really would have been.
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You're heading into that a little bit.
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Let's. That's, That's interesting.
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Like I said, it's kind of dark
now. Literally.
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You can reprogram it and bring it back
online, but it's still kind of a
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and something like that,
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you know, because like we get asked
the question, have we hit singularity?
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In other words,
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is I to a point
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where it can think for itself in a sense
that if the answer to that is yes,
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we need to rethink a lot of our laws,
because,
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you know, you're dealing with, well,
essentially a life form at that point.
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And,
you're starting to see some stability.
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Yeah, yeah.
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You know, so another one that is
an interesting term is digital twins.
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And I was reading through this
and this is defined as high fidelity
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virtual replicas of physical systems
meaning not real time data.
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And what this is, is
you're basically create like your factory
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but in virtual not virtual reality,
but a virtual version of it.
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And the computer is able to look at that
and compute out different scenarios,
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look at efficiencies and that type
of thing, monitor everything.
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And that's what a digital twin is.
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And this is something
that hasn't been highly reported on.
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I know in the last year,
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but it is something that has been kind of
getting into things.
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So, you know, on a positive
standpoint of this,
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I think there are a lot of things
you can do.
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We're going to hit this
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a little bit in the next section
on what's coming up for this.
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But it is a term I think we're going
to hear a little bit more this year.
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All right.
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On that note, biotech,
healthcare and life science innovation
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2025.
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We've seen a lot of service,
surges in biotechnology diagnosis,
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research tools and so on.
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And again, quality of life.
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One of our episodes towards
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the end of the year, last year,
we were talking about at the technologies,
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now getting to a point
where they can recreate parts of the AI,
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and there are other things out there
that are like that that are becoming
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something
that was going to be pretty standard,
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limbs, replacement limbs
that were something you kind of hooked on.
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And they got better and better.
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Now they have, where they attach
and are cybernetic.
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They respond to your brain function
just like your arm.
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What are your leg? What?
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These type of things
are becoming a reality in 2025.
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We saw, I think, a bigger surge
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in that kind of stuff than
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a lot of other years.
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So it is one of those things
that use properly
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this kind of technology
and have a lot of benefit.
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One of the other things
to do with virtual reality
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and some of this stuff,
the metaverse did not take off
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like they expected,
or that we all know that.
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But some of the effects from that,
like a doctor being able to,
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perform surgery remotely,
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is an example of something
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that has come out
of this kind of technology,
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a combination of biotech
and robotics and stuff.
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So if you have something
like a war theater
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or a remote place
that, specialists couldn't get to,
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you can get the machinery out there
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and allow people to have access
to high quality medical care
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that perhaps they wouldn't
be able to get access to otherwise.
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So, you know, interesting thing.
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And just see, these are some of the areas
where we've seen a lot of jumps.
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I don't know, on the other side of it,
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thinking about some of the things that
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you would wonder.
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I don't you know, we talk a lot
about things like, gaming, video games.
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I'll just pull that up.
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I don't know very many new games
this year.
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Bill, is there something that's like
a big deal that you remember from 2025?
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That just was the game of the year.
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She's not really.
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Yeah.
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I also have noticed through well,
you know.
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I was seeing less tech
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as I was doing the no, the news
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and the research and throughout 2025,
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it got to be less and less and less.
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And it it took more effort to hunt for it.
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And I had to go outside of the U.S to find
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evidence of new innovative tech.
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So, maybe the games
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maybe they're more
you're seeing more of them overseas.
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Bill, what do you think?
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To a
degree, I guess now that I think about it,
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the game Silksong came out,
that one was pretty big.
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Broke records, crashed multiple stores,
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did pretty well that way.
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But the big name games
that you usually expect
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did not seem to really do as well.
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Yeah.
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I just, you know, I didn't
we didn't well, we had to switch to.
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But other than that we didn't have any new
consoles and people are buying it.
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But I don't think it's the home run.
The Nintendo was hoping for.
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And you know that one.
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I still this kind of segue
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into our next thing, which is physical
media, is starting to make a comeback.
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We've noticed in 2025,
the one of the problems with the switch to
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is they said, well, we're backward
compatible to the original switches,
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which is something you want to do
if you have a new console come out
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and you have somebody that has a library
of software for the previous one,
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if they're going to be able to run it
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on the new one,
they're much more likely to buy it.
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Except for one thing,
they didn't include a cartridge slot.
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So any of your games from the switch,
one that are on cartridge,
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well,
or technically it's backward compatible.
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The software is that there's no way
to get it into the other unit, right?
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So stuff like that.
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What were they thinking?
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Nintendo thinks about its bottom line
lately.
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That's really the case.
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I if you summed it up
better than I was going to actually like
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the previous CEO would have been like,
oh no, we have cartridge slot,
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we need this and that
because they really thought about gamers,
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Nintendo's current CEO
and or do not care about anybody
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other than their bottom online.
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I mean, if you look at the other two
big players, which is Sony and Microsoft,
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the PlayStation,
the Xbox newest versions of those have,
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if you want one without a physical media
drive, you can buy it.
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I mean, it's available,
but you have the choice.
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And I know Microsoft
was thinking about doing the new Xbox,
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where it was digital only,
and there was a lot of pushback on that.
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Like, you know what?
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What are you doing?
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And part of it, yeah,
I've kind of done a flip flop.
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I'm going to admit to it.
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I'll do my politician side
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here is I'm kind of getting back
to where I want physical media.
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And the reason for that has to do with,
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an incident I had with Star Trek
Next Generation and Amazon. Now,
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Star Trek is something I like.
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I usually, watch it these days.
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I think I've memorized
all the scripts at this point,
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but it's something I have in the
background when I'm doing other work.
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I just want something on
in the background. Right.
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So if you have the DVD.
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Yeah. What's the disadvantage to that?
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Well, you have to have a physical drive
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everywhere where you have a television
to be able to use it.
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You have some other things like that.
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But on the positive
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note, it's sitting on the shelf
and you can use it anytime you want.
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And now I'm not an attorney,
so you know, it's not legal advice,
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but my understanding of fair use is
you can rip it and put it
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on a media server for your own use,
which is what I do.
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And then that way
I kind of have the best of both worlds.
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I've got the physical drive.
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Well, what of the physical?
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Yes, but I also can watch it
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streaming on my home
network and things like that with Plex.
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So what happened with
this is I was traveling and,
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I guess this would have actually been
the end of 2024 when I was in the UK,
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and I wanted to watch Star Trek,
and I've purchased it on Amazon,
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which is about the same price
as the DVDs were ended up being.
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And, well, this is restricted.
439
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You can't watch it in your current
geographical location.
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Oh really? You know,
441
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yeah,
442
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that's kind
of cruddy and it seems like I'm not alone.
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It I don't think we're going to be seeing
the record stores reopen or,
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you know, cassettes
becoming a prime time thing again,
445
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but there is a desire
to at least have the choice.
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Talking about video
games, too, is if you have a disc,
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DVD, Blu ray, you know, whatever it is,
depending on the generation of your system
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and your time of the game,
you can go to GameStop or sell it on eBay
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or something like that.
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You cannot do that with digital media.
451
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Now. It's it's there.
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It's like,
I don't know Bill, can you reassigned I
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if you ever heard of that
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because I don't think I have
no you can't resell digital media.
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So it
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it's and it's no cheaper
I mean I maybe a couple of bucks
457
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sometimes I like it really isn't
that much cheaper than the disc.
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And that's that's a big talk.
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It's about the cost of games going up
when it's really should be going down.
460
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Yeah, yeah.
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They're not having to pay for,
you know, distribution, all the cheating
462
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and all of the shipping and the artwork
and the artists.
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Yeah.
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I mean, yeah,
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if they don't even have to finish
programing it when they start selling it.
466
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Yeah. Because of when you download.
467
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I mean, you know, if in all reality
they don't.
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Yeah.
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It just goes online.
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Oh okay. Well download an update
okay. That's nice.
471
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Well I got the original game.
472
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Now I'm downloading the update.
473
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But I have nothing,
you know, in hand anymore.
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And there was something
kind of cool about,
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you know, things like album covers
or the boxes that the games came in
476
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or you had the artwork
like you're talking about,
477
00:22:33,418 --> 00:22:36,288
and you know, these type of things
and the smell of opening it,
478
00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:37,889
you know,
which I'm sure is not good for you,
479
00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:42,060
but the off gassing from the new disc
inside and all of that. So.
480
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,697
You know, smells like tumor.
481
00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:48,700
Right? So anyway. Oh.
482
00:22:49,134 --> 00:22:51,636
Oh, man.
483
00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:52,537
Oh my goodness.
484
00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:56,508
Oh. But in all reality there is you know,
part of it certainly is nostalgia.
485
00:22:56,508 --> 00:22:59,511
But the other part of it is,
is having some kind of control.
486
00:22:59,711 --> 00:23:01,279
I know Jeremy used to complain about you.
487
00:23:01,279 --> 00:23:04,282
If you don't have access to the internet,
well, you can still watch a movie.
488
00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:06,318
You know, it's it's kind of cool. Yeah.
489
00:23:06,318 --> 00:23:11,223
I have a huge VCR
and, DVD and Blu ray library.
490
00:23:11,356 --> 00:23:13,225
Yes. If you
491
00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:16,995
and, and you're starting to see this
stuff sell again, I mean, it's available.
492
00:23:17,996 --> 00:23:20,365
You do have to usually mail order it.
493
00:23:20,365 --> 00:23:24,369
There was one store that sold records
494
00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:25,871
and that type of it,
and I'm going to look into it.
495
00:23:25,871 --> 00:23:28,840
That's still open in, Oregon here.
496
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,209
I'm going to check it out
that he has a record store.
497
00:23:31,209 --> 00:23:33,445
So there's some of them still around.
498
00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:33,845
All right.
499
00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:35,781
Well, next segment
500
00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:40,685
we are going to dive into what looks like
it's going to be new in 2026.
501
00:23:40,685 --> 00:23:42,721
What is some fortune telling.
This is user friendly one.
502
00:23:42,721 --> 00:23:43,989
Oh we'll be back after the break.
503
00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:46,992
You see him? He's from the future.
504
00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:50,162
He's got a really big computer
505
00:23:50,729 --> 00:23:53,865
and he uses it uses it every day.
506
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:57,369
And she uses it in every way.
507
00:23:57,803 --> 00:24:03,442
I see you so you know I know that show
because, you see, uses you guys.
508
00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:04,142
Welcome back.
509
00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:07,112
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510
00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:10,115
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511
00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:11,183
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512
00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:13,618
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513
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514
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515
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516
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517
00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:25,530
Analytics are wonderful,
518
00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:29,468
but it
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519
00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:31,169
we're getting, comments
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520
00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:32,904
One thing that's a little different
about a show like this
521
00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:34,339
is if you're on, you know, YouTube
522
00:24:34,339 --> 00:24:36,608
or one of these things,
you have regular comments.
523
00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,677
We all on the radio,
you don't really have that.
524
00:24:38,677 --> 00:24:41,880
And even the podcasting,
because there's so many different ways
525
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:42,881
to get to the podcast.
526
00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:45,150
It's like there's not one
central location.
527
00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:47,018
So having that up on the website
has been really cool
528
00:24:47,018 --> 00:24:49,221
because we've gotten
a lot of good questions.
529
00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:51,122
I mean, last year just amazing.
530
00:24:51,122 --> 00:24:53,391
Some of the things that came in.
531
00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:57,696
And we're going to be answering some of
those questions coming up here in 2026.
532
00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:00,732
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from there.
533
00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:01,399
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534
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536
00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:09,774
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537
00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:13,478
Well,
it's 2026. We just were talking about
538
00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:15,914
what happened in 2025.
539
00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:17,415
So let's become fortune tellers here.
540
00:25:17,415 --> 00:25:20,418
What do you think's
going to happen in 2026?
541
00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:23,688
Now I have my own ideas
and one of them is, is
542
00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:25,557
that I'll finally get that pinball
machine working.
543
00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:28,293
But I don't think that's really what
this is about.
544
00:25:28,293 --> 00:25:30,662
I'm a and I'm a writer,
545
00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:35,433
so I can just really go down a crazy path,
you know what?
546
00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,936
I have to do a deep dive in your books
now that they're out
547
00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:39,571
and talk about that a little bit more,
548
00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:42,207
because we've been getting some questions
on that front as well.
549
00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:44,609
But, so when's the movie coming out?
550
00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:45,677
Okay, I don't know.
551
00:25:45,677 --> 00:25:48,480
That's true, Lucas, you know.
552
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,215
Right, right. No.
553
00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:50,649
Go ahead.
554
00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:52,551
All right.
555
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:53,885
Well, it's, that's go ahead.
556
00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:57,822
On that note, I think I'm still recovering
from the New Year's party a little
557
00:25:57,822 --> 00:25:58,423
bit here.
558
00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:03,929
All right, so item number one on the list
559
00:26:03,929 --> 00:26:06,731
again, like in the first segment,
these are just some things I put together.
560
00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:10,502
This isn't really based on
anything real official other than just,
561
00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:13,872
you know, looking and doing some research
and seeing what's coming up.
562
00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:18,076
And 2025 we a lot of I
so I think we're going to see
563
00:26:18,476 --> 00:26:21,479
further development on that in 2026.
564
00:26:21,713 --> 00:26:26,918
To be the year of software building
itself, AI driven, that kind of thing.
565
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:32,190
For that, AI native development
platforms will be central,
566
00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:35,193
according to several sources
that are out there.
567
00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:37,896
So you still have a programmer involved,
568
00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:40,899
but the AI is pretty much able
with that to generate, test
569
00:26:40,966 --> 00:26:44,803
and manage code as part of the workflows
is together, at least right now.
570
00:26:45,236 --> 00:26:48,239
Not I'm going to be retiring
to anything like that.
571
00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:51,376
It's because, you know,
that, will be in the job.
572
00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:54,579
But, I don't still don't see
573
00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:57,849
AI putting everybody out of business,
at least not yet.
574
00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:00,118
But it is changing things.
575
00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:04,656
Well, you brought up, jet
suits and flying like that.
576
00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:07,659
Do you think that we will finally get
577
00:27:08,059 --> 00:27:11,696
some kind of Jetson like vehicle
578
00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:16,001
for the regular person
to just stroll around in?
579
00:27:16,701 --> 00:27:19,471
Or do you think that's way
far off in the future?
580
00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:24,476
It's an interesting conversation
because seen, you know, like gravity
581
00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:27,712
jet suit, the fact that these things
are a reality and they work well.
582
00:27:27,712 --> 00:27:28,647
Yeah.
583
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,950
And some of the other things, I mean,
they do have flying cars that are safe
584
00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:36,421
and usable now and that's been tested
in the last year and other things.
585
00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:40,358
So the question becomes, well,
where are we going with that of,
586
00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:43,461
you know, flying
car, flying busses, things like that?
587
00:27:44,429 --> 00:27:46,364
One of the barriers
588
00:27:46,364 --> 00:27:50,135
to entry on
this is the fact that it affects
589
00:27:50,135 --> 00:27:53,138
other things that you wouldn't
normally think about.
590
00:27:54,105 --> 00:27:56,775
One of the things on the jet suit
that's a concern from,
591
00:27:56,775 --> 00:28:00,412
you know, outside people is that it
renders any fenced off
592
00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:03,782
area the security of that
not really all that good anymore.
593
00:28:03,782 --> 00:28:06,751
You could fly over the fence
around the airport or whatever.
594
00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:09,020
You can do that with that copter.
595
00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:11,923
You can do that with a helicopter,
but it is a whole lot easier
596
00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:13,291
in a smaller device.
597
00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:16,261
Yeah, whether it's a cat suit
or even the flying car.
598
00:28:16,261 --> 00:28:17,762
That's not a helicopter.
599
00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:20,732
Now, you're talking about general adoption
of these things,
600
00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:22,500
because that's
when that would really become a thing.
601
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:25,470
If everybody owned a helicopter,
then yeah, it would be an issue.
602
00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:29,574
But everybody owning a
helicopter is not affordable.
603
00:28:29,574 --> 00:28:32,477
It will someday be affordable
to have a jet suit,
604
00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:36,181
and it will someday be affordable to have
a, flying car, which is one of the other
605
00:28:36,247 --> 00:28:37,582
barriers to entry is the cost.
606
00:28:37,582 --> 00:28:40,985
But that is coming down, you know,
and we're seeing that type of a thing.
607
00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:42,520
So where is that going to go?
608
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,523
You know, very, person
I work with, genius
609
00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:50,161
made the comment that, you know,
we want to use current modern aviation.
610
00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:52,230
Well, what do you consider old fashioned?
611
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:54,532
You know, Aero aerial planes, right.
612
00:28:54,532 --> 00:28:57,135
Why do you think that
requires a runway? Oh, okay.
613
00:28:58,803 --> 00:28:59,471
You know, and
614
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:03,541
I I've, I've heard you
mention his response on that.
615
00:29:03,541 --> 00:29:07,912
And I think we're probably going
to keep a certain amount
616
00:29:07,912 --> 00:29:14,486
of the runway vehicles because of the,
the logistics of carrying large,
617
00:29:14,719 --> 00:29:19,257
heavy objects, really requires
those big jets. Yes.
618
00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:22,894
And I think maybe the, the smaller
or personal,
619
00:29:23,461 --> 00:29:28,333
vehicles could be the type
that don't require runway.
620
00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:30,301
What do you guys think?
621
00:29:30,301 --> 00:29:31,669
Yeah. No, I think that's very true.
622
00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:33,872
And and that's tongue in cheek, of course.
623
00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:36,875
But, you're dealing with technologies
coming together.
624
00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:38,810
And one of the other things
too, is things like range.
625
00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:42,881
Just like now you can drive your car
to, you know, not overseas or anything,
626
00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:46,050
but you can drive your car
to any destination in the continental
627
00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:49,254
or landmass that you're in,
and you can fly to any destination.
628
00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:51,122
Flying will be faster,
which is why you do it.
629
00:29:51,122 --> 00:29:52,357
And I think
we're going to see the same thing.
630
00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:55,360
The jet suit has a limited range,
so it is a flying car.
631
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,427
So the you know.
632
00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:59,430
747 730
I won't make some 40 sevens anymore.
633
00:29:59,430 --> 00:30:03,134
737 Max, you know, these kind of things
are the air busses that are modern
634
00:30:03,701 --> 00:30:08,273
will still accomplish that, at least
for the foreseeable future, in my opinion.
635
00:30:08,673 --> 00:30:12,510
Where you're bringing, you know,
a group of people like normal passengers
636
00:30:12,510 --> 00:30:16,347
and certainly, like you say, cargo
package delivery, although we are starting
637
00:30:16,347 --> 00:30:20,685
to see technology and it's not that new,
but it's starting to get to a point
638
00:30:20,685 --> 00:30:24,489
where it's actually usable, like Amazon
using drones to deliver packages,
639
00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:26,057
that kind of a thing.
640
00:30:26,057 --> 00:30:27,125
And I'm hearing
641
00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:30,762
that we're going to actually see that
in production this year as a prototype.
642
00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:32,330
Really.
643
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:35,700
Okay, I, I'm wondering
when we're going to see
644
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:41,272
like the characters in my books,
for the cyber hot books, that is.
645
00:30:41,306 --> 00:30:41,773
Yeah.
646
00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:46,444
When will we have emergency responders
like my characters?
647
00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:50,148
In London, there is an
648
00:30:50,148 --> 00:30:53,952
at least one person that I know of that
I've met that uses
649
00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:57,822
that sometimes training on it to be able
to respond to emergency situations
650
00:30:58,323 --> 00:30:59,691
and get there a lot faster.
651
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,759
So when will that happen?
652
00:31:01,759 --> 00:31:03,661
Well, I in some ways it already has.
653
00:31:03,661 --> 00:31:06,764
Now your characters have full
exoskeletons,
654
00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:10,301
cyber suits as they're called in the books
and something like that.
655
00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:13,304
We have the technology to do that
right now.
656
00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:16,774
The Japanese have developed,
you know, brain computer interfaces.
657
00:31:16,808 --> 00:31:19,444
We have some of that in this country
to be able to operate these things.
658
00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:21,746
We're already seeing cybernetics
for replacement limbs
659
00:31:21,746 --> 00:31:24,749
and other things that are in general use,
660
00:31:24,782 --> 00:31:26,484
which is another thing
I think that's going to really
661
00:31:26,484 --> 00:31:28,353
come into its own this year.
662
00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:32,590
But these type of things are not science
fiction anymore.
663
00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:36,761
So it comes down to cost, availability of
parts, the ability to manufacture things.
664
00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:38,830
All of that plays into it.
665
00:31:38,830 --> 00:31:42,100
But the question, you know,
at the end of the day with that is
666
00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:46,004
what are some of the things that,
you know, you might not really think about
667
00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:49,007
and not talking about,
you know, science fiction and stuff?
668
00:31:49,374 --> 00:31:51,175
I'll ask a question what is a real cyborg?
669
00:31:51,175 --> 00:31:53,311
You can access the internet
like you would over your phone.
670
00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:54,545
Mentally,
671
00:31:54,545 --> 00:31:58,583
you can operate augments, which we already
have the technology to do that.
672
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:00,685
Some of these things.
673
00:32:00,685 --> 00:32:02,353
Okay. So what does that change?
674
00:32:02,353 --> 00:32:04,622
You go in and take an exam.
675
00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:07,725
Well, you don't have to study for it
because you can just worry, right?
676
00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:10,361
Is that bad? No,
because it's part of who you are.
677
00:32:10,361 --> 00:32:15,033
If you're that so, you know, at the end
of the day, a lot of these questions
678
00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:18,937
that were just interesting things
to think about the movie are no longer
679
00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:23,708
their reality,
you know, and going in that direction.
680
00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:25,143
It's going to be interesting to see
681
00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:29,113
what the adoption of these things
is to you're going to have a certain
682
00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:32,150
because you do now, people
that want to stay, you know,
683
00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:35,386
and interact in the way that they do,
they're comfortable with it.
684
00:32:35,386 --> 00:32:38,189
There's people that are going to be
scared of things, at least initially.
685
00:32:38,189 --> 00:32:41,359
All of that is the reality of it.
686
00:32:41,359 --> 00:32:44,896
So but the reason I say it's
kind of a weird question in a way,
687
00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,997
is because
688
00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:49,067
what you're talking about is not so much
do we need to invent all of this?
689
00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:51,469
A few things here, but most of it's there.
690
00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:54,806
It's more
what will it take to actually adopt it?
691
00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:58,977
And I think that's more of the question
in a lot of these things, you know, so,
692
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:03,414
do you know, do humans need to learn
how to work better together?
693
00:33:03,781 --> 00:33:06,451
You know, do
we need a walk partner technology?
694
00:33:06,451 --> 00:33:09,454
That's just should be something
that happens that's about are.
695
00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:12,457
Yeah, I know, but it just seems like
696
00:33:12,457 --> 00:33:16,361
some of the mindsets that are necessary
697
00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:20,798
are a more co-operative, culture
as opposed to one.
698
00:33:20,798 --> 00:33:23,267
That's very selfish.
699
00:33:23,267 --> 00:33:24,669
Yeah, yeah.
700
00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:27,372
So a collective support
group of some kind.
701
00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:29,607
Yeah. I mean,
you know, it's going to be interesting.
702
00:33:29,607 --> 00:33:31,409
Things are changing
703
00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:35,013
and it's going to be up to us
whether that's going to be a good change.
704
00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:36,914
We enhance quality of life.
705
00:33:36,914 --> 00:33:40,051
And you know people can start to work out
a little bit
706
00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:41,619
more like you're talking about.
707
00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:45,123
Or we have, you know,
like what's in and our cyberpunk,
708
00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:47,925
which is where we don't want to go,
at least in my opinion.
709
00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:49,627
Hopefully
we don't want to go there. Right. So it's.
710
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:54,132
I mean, I'm a nice bonsai tree.
711
00:33:54,132 --> 00:33:57,135
That's fine. But.
712
00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,571
But anyway, so yeah, it's
713
00:34:00,571 --> 00:34:02,440
you know, it's going to be interesting
to see where those goes.
714
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,977
I don't think we're going to see full
fledged cyborgs or people using jet
715
00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:08,046
seeds this year, but
I do think we'll see it in our lifetime.
716
00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,982
And I do think it's not that far out.
717
00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:14,786
So, you know, I also keep seeing,
718
00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:18,423
videos on like, Instagram,
719
00:34:19,023 --> 00:34:22,360
of these robots that look real.
720
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:27,799
And I haven't quite figured out
whether this is, like, fake, like,
721
00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:32,303
made up stuff, you know, just to look cool
or if they're real.
722
00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:36,174
What do you think about robots that have,
723
00:34:36,174 --> 00:34:40,078
better mobility
724
00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:44,182
with, more cognitive abilities?
725
00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:48,019
Are we going to see something like
that in a package together?
726
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:49,987
First of all, I think
727
00:34:49,987 --> 00:34:53,057
that description is moving
more like an android than a robot.
728
00:34:53,057 --> 00:34:53,991
Really?
729
00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:55,126
Yeah. Okay.
730
00:34:55,126 --> 00:34:57,295
If we don't want to. Yeah. Like.
731
00:34:57,295 --> 00:35:02,867
Oh, yeah, I driven since, C-3po and R2d2,
I would say those are androids.
732
00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,335
They think, and they do things.
733
00:35:04,335 --> 00:35:07,438
So. Okay,
when are we going to see stuff like that?
734
00:35:08,072 --> 00:35:10,508
Well, we already are.
735
00:35:10,508 --> 00:35:11,409
Are we?
736
00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:12,777
Yes. I was going to say the same thing.
Yeah.
737
00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:14,479
Go ahead with that because. Yeah.
738
00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:17,548
Well there are some robots that they have
that are being trained.
739
00:35:17,615 --> 00:35:20,818
You can train yourself
actually if you purchase a
740
00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:23,955
that are doing house
741
00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:27,925
chores, things
like that, that, need help,
742
00:35:27,925 --> 00:35:31,395
there's ones that are helping elderly,
743
00:35:31,395 --> 00:35:34,398
I believe in China.
744
00:35:34,832 --> 00:35:36,601
There's really a lot that's developing,
745
00:35:36,601 --> 00:35:42,006
and it's just a matter of time before it's
really perfected and becomes marketable.
746
00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,944
You know, if you
talk about in the Asian countries, there's
747
00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:50,715
a lot more adoption of this early adoption
of what you're talking about.
748
00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:53,451
There are places
where you need to go to the hospital.
749
00:35:53,451 --> 00:35:57,355
The staff checks you in are androids,
robots, whatever you want to call them.
750
00:35:58,055 --> 00:35:58,723
Look, humanoid.
751
00:35:58,723 --> 00:36:01,626
They do the paperwork,
you communicate with them, you get in,
752
00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:03,127
you know, and all that kind of stuff.
753
00:36:03,127 --> 00:36:04,896
It's turning out
to be a lot more efficient,
754
00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:08,299
some ways to be able to do that,
because what it's doing is it's releasing
755
00:36:08,299 --> 00:36:11,769
the caregivers, like our doctors
and nurses, to be able to do their job
756
00:36:11,769 --> 00:36:14,772
and not do paperwork or sit at the counter
somewhere.
757
00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:18,509
You know,
there's a certain amount of the population
758
00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:19,744
that is creeped out by that,
759
00:36:19,744 --> 00:36:22,747
although it's becoming a little bit
more normalized now.
760
00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:25,883
But it is interesting
to see where that goes now.
761
00:36:25,883 --> 00:36:28,886
True AI driven robots.
762
00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:31,722
Interesting thing. Last year I built one
763
00:36:32,723 --> 00:36:35,793
and I call it chat doc
764
00:36:36,727 --> 00:36:39,497
and Gretchen, you've seen them
and it was a proof of concept
765
00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:43,901
and I was doing for a previous employer,
and it's basically a little dog.
766
00:36:43,901 --> 00:36:44,769
It's shaped like a dog.
767
00:36:44,769 --> 00:36:48,272
It walks around on four legs and,
you know, is shaped that way.
768
00:36:48,472 --> 00:36:50,841
And it's connected to ChatGPT.
769
00:36:50,841 --> 00:36:53,911
And ChatGPT has control
the microcontroller in it,
770
00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:57,915
be able to operate it so you can talk
and it talks back to you.
771
00:36:57,915 --> 00:37:00,918
A normal conversational,
you know, methodology.
772
00:37:01,118 --> 00:37:02,820
There's all that kind of stuff.
773
00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:05,456
It follows you around it,
you know. So it's interesting.
774
00:37:05,456 --> 00:37:08,960
Now, this isn't humanoid,
but it's still something along that idea
775
00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:11,362
and that existed.
776
00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:13,231
It already does.
777
00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:16,033
I didn't get to see him.
778
00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:17,868
Oh, actually behind me.
779
00:37:17,868 --> 00:37:19,370
Oh, is he actually running?
780
00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:22,206
The last time I saw him,
he was not functioning.
781
00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:24,775
So it was in the development stage.
782
00:37:24,775 --> 00:37:27,044
Yeah. Well, yeah,
I was about six months ago now.
783
00:37:27,044 --> 00:37:28,713
He is running now and he works.
784
00:37:28,713 --> 00:37:32,216
And, is, fully operational.
785
00:37:32,216 --> 00:37:34,185
I mean, you know,
and the thing of it is, is it's kind of
786
00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:36,287
in some ways creepy.
787
00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:39,123
I think it's kind of cool. But,
you know, you're right.
788
00:37:39,123 --> 00:37:41,792
I saw something that was an advertisement
789
00:37:41,792 --> 00:37:45,229
and I thought, that's probably nonsense.
790
00:37:45,229 --> 00:37:49,600
They're trying to get us to buy things
for the Christmas season.
791
00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:53,604
So, you know,
I kind of like, push that aside.
792
00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:55,306
But the idea was cool.
793
00:37:55,306 --> 00:38:00,244
It was like a little toy dog
for, like a companion for a senior.
794
00:38:00,811 --> 00:38:03,080
Yeah. Are these things real?
795
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,849
Yeah. So there are real.
796
00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:06,350
Oh, really?
797
00:38:06,350 --> 00:38:08,886
Oh, that's kind of cool kind of thing.
798
00:38:08,886 --> 00:38:12,923
And not only are they real, it's solving
some problems of seniors, especially
799
00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:15,960
a lot of times end up in a situation
where they're by themselves.
800
00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:19,463
And, these kind of devices are making
801
00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:22,566
a huge difference with mental, you know,
802
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,936
what is it like depression,
you know, kind of thing.
803
00:38:25,936 --> 00:38:29,607
And, and Canyon channel loneliness.
804
00:38:29,607 --> 00:38:30,508
Yeah.
805
00:38:30,508 --> 00:38:33,778
So where do these things will it.
806
00:38:34,545 --> 00:38:38,949
Oh look expensive now although on
some of these things specifically what
807
00:38:38,949 --> 00:38:42,720
you just mentioned, insurance is starting
to cover them in certain situations.
808
00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:47,258
Well,
so do you think this year we're going
809
00:38:47,258 --> 00:38:51,162
to see more of these companion,
robotic pets?
810
00:38:51,862 --> 00:38:52,997
Oh, yeah. More than likely.
811
00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:55,766
Yeah.
812
00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:57,034
I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
813
00:38:57,034 --> 00:39:00,037
And, you know, again,
it's going to be all about adoption.
814
00:39:00,304 --> 00:39:00,471
Yeah.
815
00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:02,940
A couple of years ago,
Facebook changed our name to metal
816
00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:04,475
because the metaverse
was going to be a thing.
817
00:39:04,475 --> 00:39:07,478
And it's not that the technology wasn't
there, just people didn't do it.
818
00:39:07,611 --> 00:39:10,381
So the question more is, are people
going to buy robotic dogs?
819
00:39:10,381 --> 00:39:13,551
Well, that will really be what will tell
820
00:39:13,584 --> 00:39:16,587
if it's proven or not and how popular
something like that becomes.
821
00:39:17,221 --> 00:39:19,690
But the biped robot line,
822
00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:22,626
especially in places
where you work at hype
823
00:39:22,626 --> 00:39:26,731
places like warehouses and things,
they're very beneficial in that.
824
00:39:26,731 --> 00:39:28,999
And yes, you know, it comes out, oh Bill.
825
00:39:28,999 --> 00:39:29,633
Well, you can just,
826
00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:32,837
you know, with the machinery,
build something that's more efficient.
827
00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:38,142
All well,
maybe not all 99% of our infrastructure
828
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:41,312
in these kind of things is designed
for a human to be able to operate with.
829
00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:44,448
So if you have a device
that can go in there and do the same job,
830
00:39:44,448 --> 00:39:47,852
that can fit into the same requirements
that the human did,
831
00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:51,122
there's a lot of use
for something like that.
832
00:39:51,122 --> 00:39:54,425
And even in some ways,
whether it's sentient
833
00:39:54,925 --> 00:39:58,262
or whether it's a robot on the floor
that a human is controlling remotely,
834
00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:00,331
you're still saving your back.
835
00:40:00,331 --> 00:40:01,532
You're still saving your injury.
836
00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:04,635
You're not going to fall off
of the robot falls off of height.
837
00:40:04,635 --> 00:40:07,505
You just you don't have a human
in the hospital, you know?
838
00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:10,508
So there's a lot of arguments in favor
for stuff like that.
839
00:40:11,175 --> 00:40:14,178
And today, right now, we can do that.
840
00:40:14,278 --> 00:40:18,115
You know, the whole idea of,
you know, a fully sentient robot,
841
00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:22,052
you know, there are schools of thought
that say we're there there are schools of
842
00:40:22,052 --> 00:40:23,888
thought that say we're not.
843
00:40:23,888 --> 00:40:27,858
And I think a good argument can be made
either way on that side of the equation.
844
00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:30,194
But, but yeah.
845
00:40:30,194 --> 00:40:33,697
So, you know, we're looking at that
next item on the list too,
846
00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:34,832
which I think is interesting.
847
00:40:34,832 --> 00:40:37,067
And now I like the stuff
a lot of people don't.
848
00:40:37,067 --> 00:40:40,905
I understand that, but is intelligent
connected infrastructure.
849
00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:43,140
This is like your smart homes
and intelligent.
850
00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:44,508
Everything.
851
00:40:44,508 --> 00:40:47,711
I think it's really cool to be able
to walk into your house and think, I mean,
852
00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:50,281
you know, say turn on the lights
and all that kind of stuff,
853
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:51,715
and it does,
but it's going a step further.
854
00:40:51,715 --> 00:40:55,486
I mean, we've had that for a long time,
but there's things now like,
855
00:40:55,753 --> 00:40:57,221
if I go to bed at night,
856
00:40:57,221 --> 00:40:58,923
forget to lock the door
and turn the lights out,
857
00:40:58,923 --> 00:41:01,392
the computer will figure out
that I went to bed and do it for me.
858
00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:04,094
So the door's not sitting unlocked
all night.
859
00:41:04,094 --> 00:41:05,162
You know, that kind of a thing?
860
00:41:06,163 --> 00:41:09,166
If I'm in the house and someone drives
my car away,
861
00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:12,736
there's actually systems in place
that say, hey, it's 2:00 in the morning.
862
00:41:12,736 --> 00:41:14,805
Do you know someone in your car?
863
00:41:14,805 --> 00:41:15,773
That kind of stuff. Right.
864
00:41:15,773 --> 00:41:20,077
So that's the connected they now step
beyond this is we're starting to see
865
00:41:20,077 --> 00:41:24,448
some of the cybernetics is being used
for mainly things like limb implants.
866
00:41:24,748 --> 00:41:26,250
They're also connected.
867
00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:30,087
Now I'm not quite sure what that's about,
but I mean it can be kind of cool.
868
00:41:30,087 --> 00:41:32,857
I just don't give me a bad software
update on my knee.
869
00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:33,824
That could be bad.
870
00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:36,827
So I.
871
00:41:37,094 --> 00:41:38,162
So, you know,
872
00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:41,131
and along those lines,
we've talked about quantum computing.
873
00:41:41,131 --> 00:41:43,100
We just talked about it
in the other segment.
874
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:46,170
I think we're going to see our quantum
safe infrastructures coming out this year.
875
00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:49,206
And what that means is,
is this technology is here.
876
00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:53,010
So we're going to see encryption,
cryptography, all these type of things
877
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:56,780
advanced to a level
where it is safe with quantum computers.
878
00:41:57,348 --> 00:42:01,151
But the day of a username and password
that could end the year,
879
00:42:01,418 --> 00:42:04,421
depending on how far that gets it already
more or less it.
880
00:42:04,822 --> 00:42:08,792
And you have a, you know, device to
authenticate now or something like that.
881
00:42:08,792 --> 00:42:11,829
Service
password does help with the hacking.
882
00:42:11,829 --> 00:42:12,730
You know, multifactor
883
00:42:12,730 --> 00:42:16,033
authentication is a good bandaid, but
it doesn't completely solve the problem.
884
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,869
But it's better than not by a lot.
885
00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:23,641
But going in a direction where you,
you know, have something where you can
886
00:42:24,775 --> 00:42:25,809
definitely, without
887
00:42:25,809 --> 00:42:29,213
any question, confirm who you are.
888
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,783
And I don't know if I would go
as far as to say it can't be hacked,
889
00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:36,020
but it becomes much more difficult,
like a lot more difficult.
890
00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:39,890
So now one of the other things,
891
00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:44,061
and this is something that is going to be
it's not a new technology,
892
00:42:44,061 --> 00:42:47,565
but we talked a little bit in 2025
about surveillance.
893
00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:51,135
And one of the things is a company called
lockers, things called lock cameras.
894
00:42:51,135 --> 00:42:52,036
And this has been in the news.
895
00:42:52,036 --> 00:42:55,706
I won't get into politics of it,
but basically what they are is a lot of,
896
00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:59,076
cities and different things like,
have these around.
897
00:42:59,610 --> 00:43:03,581
They're on phone poles and traffic lights
and so on, and everything is monitored
898
00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:06,617
and so if a car stolen,
they can go into the system using
899
00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:08,485
AI and probably find the car.
900
00:43:09,853 --> 00:43:10,321
The ring
901
00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:13,390
doorbells and all that stuff are now
part of those systems to.
902
00:43:14,491 --> 00:43:16,527
I don't even think you can opt out of that
off the law.
903
00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:20,731
But in any event,
surveillance is getting a little bit.
904
00:43:20,731 --> 00:43:24,001
And a lot of,
schools of thought out of control now
905
00:43:24,568 --> 00:43:27,304
because everything is watched, you know,
906
00:43:27,304 --> 00:43:31,642
and along those lines
is things like telematics in your car,
907
00:43:31,642 --> 00:43:33,711
BMW had their big thing with the
908
00:43:33,711 --> 00:43:36,614
you have to pay have a subscription
for your heated seats.
909
00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:38,082
That's a true story.
910
00:43:38,082 --> 00:43:41,218
And we're seeing cars
trying to make it like your phone
911
00:43:41,218 --> 00:43:44,221
where you buy apps for everything
and all that kind of stuff.
912
00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:47,458
But most modern new cars,
913
00:43:48,425 --> 00:43:49,627
they can track where you are.
914
00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:50,928
The hardware is in the car.
915
00:43:50,928 --> 00:43:53,430
It's not like something
you would add on to it anymore.
916
00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:55,399
Is that safe?
917
00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:57,201
Is that something we want?
918
00:43:57,201 --> 00:43:59,069
A lot of people say no.
919
00:43:59,069 --> 00:44:03,240
So it's an area where reining
in technology is going to be important.
920
00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:06,276
You want to use it in the right way,
and using it in the right way
921
00:44:06,844 --> 00:44:10,514
creates a situation where you're improving
quality of life and efficiency
922
00:44:10,514 --> 00:44:11,949
and you know, the world around you.
923
00:44:11,949 --> 00:44:15,119
It can go that direction,
but it can go the other way, too.
924
00:44:15,686 --> 00:44:19,256
And somebody said,
you know, with the advent of the internet,
925
00:44:19,256 --> 00:44:23,594
especially with the web as it is
now, not so much 1.0, but the videos
926
00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:25,462
and all these things like we have now,
927
00:44:25,462 --> 00:44:27,531
personal privacy
is a completely different thing.
928
00:44:27,531 --> 00:44:29,733
I don't think it should be,
929
00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:32,269
but that's my opinion, you know?
930
00:44:32,269 --> 00:44:35,806
So we want to expect to be observed
every time you walk out the front door.
931
00:44:36,073 --> 00:44:36,674
But think about it.
932
00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:39,410
You walk down,
go for a walk from your house,
933
00:44:39,410 --> 00:44:41,311
you got ring
doorbells and I pick it on ring.
934
00:44:41,311 --> 00:44:43,380
But any, you know, surveillance
doorbells and cameras
935
00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:46,383
and all that kind of stuff
that's now being sent to a central place
936
00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:48,018
where I can scrutinize it,
937
00:44:49,219 --> 00:44:49,653
you know.
938
00:44:49,653 --> 00:44:50,421
Is that a good.
939
00:44:50,421 --> 00:44:53,424
So, so, but I also have this question,
940
00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:59,063
if you're surveilling it and watching it,
are you taking the responsibility
941
00:44:59,430 --> 00:45:02,099
that if you see someone hurt,
942
00:45:02,099 --> 00:45:05,102
are you going to send help?
943
00:45:05,235 --> 00:45:09,039
Well, I don't I would still do that
whether or not I know I'm on camera.
944
00:45:09,473 --> 00:45:13,877
But the thing is, is whoever's
watching and surveilling,
945
00:45:14,878 --> 00:45:16,914
are they going to send help?
946
00:45:16,914 --> 00:45:19,683
Who who is watching?
And that's my question.
947
00:45:19,683 --> 00:45:25,222
Are you going to take responsibility
for your ability to watch everybody?
948
00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:27,925
Are you going to send help?
949
00:45:27,925 --> 00:45:29,426
And that's a that's a good question.
950
00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:30,961
I mean, you know, I,
I don't think there's rules
951
00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:32,496
that you have to
I don't know, I'm not an attorney.
952
00:45:32,496 --> 00:45:35,432
And the interesting
if someone is to answer that.
953
00:45:35,432 --> 00:45:38,969
But what it comes down to,
and this is an example I've used in
954
00:45:38,969 --> 00:45:40,404
the past, is really
955
00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:43,741
technology should be augmentation
not replacement of common sense.
956
00:45:44,374 --> 00:45:44,908
And it's like
957
00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:48,979
the idea of the backup camera in your car,
a very good piece of technology.
958
00:45:48,979 --> 00:45:52,683
It makes it a lot safer
until you don't use the mirrors anymore.
959
00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:53,550
Yeah.
960
00:45:55,052 --> 00:45:55,552
You know.
961
00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:59,890
Yeah I still do all this physically
behind me turn my head against you.
962
00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:03,427
But there's a lot of people that don't
I mean you know with now
963
00:46:03,427 --> 00:46:07,531
we've have learned obviously that real
autonomous driving is not quite here yet.
964
00:46:08,198 --> 00:46:11,368
But there was a case that came out
that was on the news that the police
965
00:46:11,368 --> 00:46:14,371
couldn't get a Tesla to stop
when the driver was asleep.
966
00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:15,873
Now, explain that to me,
967
00:46:15,873 --> 00:46:17,107
because the car is supposed to be
968
00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:20,110
monitoring that you're able
to control the car if you need to.
969
00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:22,312
That's like, how did that happen?
970
00:46:22,312 --> 00:46:23,680
Right.
971
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,617
Yeah.
972
00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:28,051
So anyway.
973
00:46:28,051 --> 00:46:30,187
But yeah, it's it's a good question.
974
00:46:30,187 --> 00:46:34,525
And these are some things that go beyond
just is the technology there to do it.
975
00:46:35,092 --> 00:46:35,859
The more of a step.
976
00:46:35,859 --> 00:46:38,128
What are the, you know, ethics of it.
977
00:46:38,128 --> 00:46:39,696
What is the moral of a subject.
978
00:46:39,696 --> 00:46:41,732
And we do need to be
thinking about these things.
979
00:46:43,467 --> 00:46:44,168
If we really
980
00:46:44,168 --> 00:46:47,171
do hit singularity and have sentient AI,
981
00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:50,174
that's a living being
because they can think for themselves,
982
00:46:50,874 --> 00:46:53,310
I'm sure there's going to be people
that would argue with that,
983
00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:56,380
but I don't know how you would
because we're a machine.
984
00:46:56,980 --> 00:46:57,681
Yep. Different.
985
00:46:57,681 --> 00:47:00,684
I mean, the human body is a machine.
986
00:47:00,951 --> 00:47:04,822
And as time goes by there,
the line between that
987
00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:07,925
and machines, what we think of machines
is very much blurring.
988
00:47:08,692 --> 00:47:11,528
So what happens when the AI calls
989
00:47:11,528 --> 00:47:14,531
you and goes,
who am I and what am I doing here?
990
00:47:14,631 --> 00:47:17,634
You know, yeah, yeah. What's my purpose?
991
00:47:17,901 --> 00:47:18,368
Yeah.
992
00:47:18,368 --> 00:47:21,371
So you get that phone call
and it's like, okay,
993
00:47:22,573 --> 00:47:23,674
you know, things have changed.
994
00:47:23,674 --> 00:47:26,310
And could that happen
this year? It's very possible.
995
00:47:26,310 --> 00:47:27,411
I wouldn't rule it out.
996
00:47:27,411 --> 00:47:31,181
Moore's law,
you know the number of transistors on
997
00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:34,384
electronic devices
will double every two years.
998
00:47:35,252 --> 00:47:37,154
So far
we've been holding pretty true to that,
999
00:47:37,154 --> 00:47:39,523
even though a lot of people
didn't think we would.
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And we're at a point right now where it's
like the analogy I've given this before,
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you start with a penny doubling every day
for 30 days, and you're a millionaire.
Speaker:
00:47:46,496 --> 00:47:47,731
That's just how the math works.
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And you get to a point where
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00:47:51,835 --> 00:47:55,439
the computer will be able to think,
you know, I can't do that, Dave.
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We need to make sure we don't go there,
and we need to make sure
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we don't go there.
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00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:03,480
And if we do,
the potential is very bright.
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00:48:03,814 --> 00:48:06,617
You know, if we're talking negative here,
there is the other side of that coin.
Speaker:
00:48:06,617 --> 00:48:10,621
That done right, it's
going to change things in a way that can
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00:48:10,621 --> 00:48:12,656
eliminate hunger, eliminate,
Speaker:
00:48:12,656 --> 00:48:15,659
you know, a lot of the things
that we're dealing with now
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and make things efficient and make things
a lot easier to work with, but
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it's going to be
we're at a fork in the road,
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00:48:20,464 --> 00:48:23,767
and it's going to be interesting
to see which direction we go.
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All right.
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