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Bill, Gretchen, how was your week?
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All right.
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Yeah, I did some crazy, shopping.
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Well, that's that's good.
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And enjoy it because, you know,
with the onset of AI and everything else
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that's going on, there's been a lot of
different things talked about.
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But according to Elon Musk, we're not
going to have to work at all in 20 years.
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Now, I don't know what that means
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exactly, but,
you know that prediction, I'll be dead.
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Yeah, that's one possibility, right.
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We're going to be talking this week
about a lot of different things,
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including AI, where that's headed,
cybernetics, robotics,
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answering some of your questions
you've been sending in that
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we haven't gotten to earlier in the year.
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And just kind of giving a quick once over,
I don't know how quick, but
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more of a deep dive,
I guess this will be in the second segment
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to look at what you know,
we might need to fear
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and what we don't need to fear
and all the rest of that.
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And the other big thing is
I going to steal your job.
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We're going to talk
about that a little bit too.
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After the news in this segment,
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our guest is going to be
on talking about his e-book.
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I will leave it to that
and we'll get to that a little bit later
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when we get closer
to that part of the show.
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But before that, let's
go ahead and jump in to the news.
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What do we have this week?
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All right.
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Shopify suffers an outage at a bad time.
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So what is a bad time?
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I would think any time would be oh yeah.
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Any times a bad time
I'll tell you. You know.
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And that's the question though. Hey,
you know, what's a bad time?
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What's a good time for your website
not to work. Right.
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So Shopify, for anybody
that doesn't know this runs
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a lot of businesses, mainly
small businesses that have web presence.
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And they offer credit card processing,
the ability to load catalogs
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and inventory.
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And most of the time,
you probably don't know
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that you're on a Shopify site when you are
there may or designed to be able
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to look like whatever company they are,
and they handle the background well.
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They had an outage on Cyber Monday.
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That was the bad time.
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Oh yeah.
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And,
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this is something that affected
a lot of businesses because Black Friday
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weekend, Cyber Monday,
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all of these, or the reason they call it
that is because we have for years
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because with most businesses,
especially retail,
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the day after Thanksgiving
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when the shopping starts is
when they get into the black,
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which is the term for
we are now in profit.
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So it's a very, very important time.
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And with all of that moving online
as it has in recent years,
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if your website doesn't work
during one of the main days,
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which Cyber Monday is a big part of that
now people will go and find the product
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somewhere else,
the first brand loyalty and stuff.
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They might want to come back,
but this is just something
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that you don't want to have happen.
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We've had a lot of outages, as we've
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from Amazon to Microsoft to others, this
being another one for a different reason.
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As of right now, the explanation
that's been given is just simply
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that they had a problem.
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Well, I could have told you that
without reading their explanation.
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Get more details on it.
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We'll certainly talk about it.
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But this is something that I are
we are technology
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and we have several clients
that do use Shopify.
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And this was a major problem
and there was no way to switch to a backup
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or anything else.
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So on the positive side for Shopify,
I have not heard about this
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happening often.
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In fact, I think this is the first time
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There's been some quirks with it, the
where it's actually gone down like that,
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but just that was not the
day to have it happen. And
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also the term in the red meant
that you were in debt.
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Yeah, exactly.
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I used to use, red
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and black ink for when the money
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Yeah, exactly.
So that's where that saying comes from.
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From in the black,
because now you're in black ink.
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Red ink is bad. Black
ink is good. Right? So.
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Cambridge scientists
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successfully reverse human skin cells age.
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So this is an interesting thing.
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And they're talking about a reprograming
process is what they're calling this.
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And this is one of those things
that I'm going to preface with.
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I'd like to actually see this.
I completely believe it.
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Although looking at it,
it looks like it is not an exact study.
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It's if it is, it's
really kind of a cool thing because there
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and this is the part of it
that made me question it
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a little bit, is they're claiming
to be able to reverse the,
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age of your skin cells by about 30 years.
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Okay. That would put me at 20.
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That would be really nice.
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So they're saying that the approach
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could be an important step
towards future anti-aging therapies,
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although it is still early
and much more testing needs to be done.
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So, you know, the thing of it is,
is talking about it from a standpoint,
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assuming all of this is as
the study has presented it,
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I do know we're we're moving
in the direction of having
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some technologies at the forefront
that will do things like this
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that we're not,
you know, we're science fiction.
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Not so long ago.
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So the idea that this is possible.
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Yeah. It's possible.
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Are they up to a point where
they can reverse your aging by 30 years?
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But even if it's somewhere
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or even ten years,
that's still a big accomplishment.
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Well, well, think of it this way.
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If if humans are living longer,
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that means our skin needs to last longer.
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Yeah, think about it that way.
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And if you were able to do something
to help the skin regenerate,
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that could be just useful, right?
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Right.
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And, you know, and again, all the way
around, it could be useful, right?
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I mean, if you can reverse your age
now, it's not
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they're not claiming
they reverse your aging,
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but your skin's aging by
something like that.
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Whatever the reason, it be nice to do so.
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Yeah.
Well so we'll see what happens with that.
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If they do say like I say, it's in the
early testing stages and all of that.
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And I'm sure if this becomes a thing
where it really works and is available,
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we're going to be
hearing a lot more about it.
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All the movie stars will use it.
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Japanese
helmet with built in visor is created.
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Tell us.
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So this is a model called GT three helmets
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and developed by the French company
Eye Lights.
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So basically what it is is
it is a motorcycle helmet, as you said.
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And in the visor you have a projector
and that projector sends up information
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like your speed, your music
that's playing or talking on the phone,
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that kind of thing.
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I would imagine mapping and all that
kind of stuff would be a part of this too.
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Now, what's interesting about it is,
is this type of technology is something
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that would be very beneficial.
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I'm just a little surprised
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that they're just announcing it now,
because we've had had displays for a while
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and even, you know, 15 years ago,
I know it didn't market well,
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but with the beginning of all of this,
which would arguably be Google Glass
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had this type of a technology
and the fact that it's
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now being perfected and available
on a consumer level, that's great.
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But we're seeing this type of thing
already in glasses and other things
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that you can just get up
and look at and wear and buy.
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So I think it's a good idea.
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I think it's great for people
that ride bikes, and that type of thing
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makes things even safer.
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So you're not having to fumble around,
you know, just like in a car.
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But when you do that on a motorcycle,
it's even more dangerous.
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And having that available.
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Oh, I'm just surprised that
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it's at this point
that it's just coming out.
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Teens innovative system eliminates
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96% of microplastics from drinking water.
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Yeah, and this is absolutely cool.
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I was looking into this to try and,
you know, because we try to confirm,
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stories we get.
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And I will say that a good portion
of what comes in is,
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you know, you don't cover it
because it's like this.
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It might be something more for The onion,
but this one is not.
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And this is something
that is really kind of cool.
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I am working on getting this,
the inventor of this thing, on the air
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next year.
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Some time to talk about this
a little bit more.
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Because of this, he did a Ted talk
and some other things, and I'll get into
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names and details here in a minute.
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But basically, what we're talking about
here is microplastics are in everything.
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And that causes a lot of problems
because they're toxic.
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So when you have something
that's made out of plastic,
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even biodegradable plastic,
if it's not recycled properly,
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it will break down, break
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down, and eventually break down to a point
where you don't see it anymore.
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But it is definitely still there.
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So what ends up happening is this has
gotten into the water, into the air,
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into our bodies, into our animals bodies,
all of these different type of thing
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and something that is very hard, if not
impossible at this point to get away from.
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So what you're coming up with here
is a system
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that is able to basically filter
the microplastics out of drinking water.
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So this is something that would work
in, conjunction
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with things like your water
treatment plants and all of that.
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And then the other part of it
that's really cool.
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And this has been an area
that has been somewhat difficult, to do
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is that it
actually can capture this stuff,
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and then they can get it
out of the environment and recycle it.
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I'm in the plastic
at that point could be reused.
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So something
that if this can be actually automated
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and put into,
you know, that type of a situation,
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I think that this could be something
that is a game changer or a game changer.
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Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for,
really I it absolutely is.
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So again, you did this.
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And what I'm keeping for the moment is
I want to get our interview
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set up for next year,
but we will put some information.
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I'll make sure it gets up onto our socials
to be able to get to the TEDx talk.
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What to know about the three Atlas comment
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and why people keep talking about aliens.
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Yes, so
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really Atlas,
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for anybody that doesn't know about
this is a
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comet is what NASA's calling it.
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They came from outside
of the solar system.
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It's the third interstellar object
that we've observed ever, meaning
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that it's simply that it did not originate
within our solar system. So.
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But the thing of it is, is there's
stuff in space besides just what's here.
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I mean, you know, the Earth is not flat,
and it's not the center of the universe.
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I'm sure I'm going to get some comments
on that, but just I believe me, it's not.
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So in a quick aside on that,
there was a meme that came up with it
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says, well, this is embarrassing.
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Has our solar system
of all the other planets and ours is flat?
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Well that's embarrassing.
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Yeah, that would be in any of it.
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Even the comet has been
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exhibiting some unusual behaviors
that researchers
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have not seen in other objects,
interstellar or otherwise.
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One of them is that it seems to be able
to correct its own ports.
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There seems to be exhaust
that changes color.
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It went around
the sun, used it to launch itself back out
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the tail of the comet, which normally
goes away from our normal comet.
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The ice is melting,
so that's what creates the tail.
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And it's going in the opposite direction
of where it's moving.
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It had an anti tail.
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It was going the other way.
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And from that
there's been a lot of speculation
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with the idea of is this actually just
a naturally occurring thing
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or is it something like, you know,
an exotic example being an alien spaceship
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or even a probe like a Voyager?
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Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
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You know, or something of that nature.
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First of all,
this wouldn't be impossible.
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But the thing of it
is, it's a major researcher at Harvard.
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We talked about this earlier in the year,
has come up with the idea.
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He's not saying, well,
this is a spaceship, but he's saying,
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look at the facts from scientific theory
and scientific method.
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There are some things here that require
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an open mind to be able to look at this
and see if maybe there is
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something else going on that is something
that we haven't seen before at all.
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From that end, we're getting,
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a lot of disinformation
I've noticed on the internet
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as well as I produce things
that make it look like a spaceship.
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You know, being reported.
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Well,
this is the picture NASA took. No, it is.
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And if that was the case,
there wouldn't be speculation.
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But the thing of it is, is at the end
of the day, it is also an odd size,
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which is also something that,
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again, is different from most comets.
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Is it impossible?
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No, but one of the other things
that really has surprised
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people is the emissions of this thing
include elements like arsenic.
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But up
until now, we've only found in refined,
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you know, modern technology
where these things are made.
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So again, it's certainly possible
this is all naturally occurring,
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which is something very unusual.
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And on the other end of the spectrum, it's
certainly possible that this is
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something that is completely new and,
you know, game changing would be the case.
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Now people talk about this kind of stuff.
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Stephen Hawking said that meeting aliens
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could be very negative for humanity.
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Yeah, that's
one of the things that drives, all this,
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you know, a lot of this kind
of speculation and stuff in respect
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to the idea of what happened
when the Europeans got to North America,
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as if, for example, as we all know, that
went very badly for the Native Americans.
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And there are a lot of stories
like this in our history.
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Now, if we're going to talk about aliens
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and look at this
from a scientific approach,
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I personally would think that, number one,
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if this was possible,
they'd already be here.
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Probably,
we might not know it, but number two,
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I don't see where express rules
that have the ability to create spaceships
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have this type of technology
would want to take over this planet
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if I was one of them.
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And figure out what's going on,
I think I just let my ship
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in the opposite direction
and go as fast as I could.
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These
people are crazy, you know, to look at it.
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And but the thing of it is, is there
probably isn't that much difference
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either.
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You know, Roswell, when all that happened,
hey, maybe it was one of their kids
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got a hold of a saucer ship
and took it on a joyride
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and crashed it into the desert.
We all know.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah,
that would be, I'd be a big ol bet.
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Dad, I crashed the spaceship.
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Yeah.
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You know, it's like,
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can you imagine this is bad enough
that I crashed your brand new BMW?
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I think this would even be worse.
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So, in fact, I'm quite sure it would.
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But, you know, again,
at the end of the day,
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very likely.
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I mean, you know,
you've look at the numbers and everything,
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there's very likely I would almost say
you can't say with certainty, but 99%
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that there are other species
that live in this universe
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and other intelligences
and all of that kind of stuff.
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And, you know, again, people are worried.
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Well, the other side of it
is, is having this technology
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and things they might show up
and try to help us.
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In fact,
I think they would be much more likely
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because if they were going to invade
would be invaded, you know,
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you know, reality. Yeah.
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And so there might be
a very positive direction
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that something like that could go to now
is I Atlas an alien spaceship.
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Well, look at the evidence
and decide for yourself what you think.
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Generally speaking,
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the reality that those in
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these mindsets believe is that
it is just an unusual planet.
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But there are other people
that are credible scientists
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that seem to be suggesting otherwise.
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And I'll tell you this if it is turns out
to be aliens, I don't know.
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Would it be ancient aliens?
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I mean, history is going to have to do
something with that history channel.
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All right.
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So I guess it's entirely.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Well, anyway.
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All right, well, that's our news.
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Let's
go ahead and get over to our interview
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and find out about e-books
and some things dealing with that.
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There we go.
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Joining us now, Luke Sanders,
author, podcaster and many other things.
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Welcome to User Friendly.
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Thank you. Thank you for having
me. I'm glad to be here.
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So instead of me trying to sit here
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and describe all the things you do,
I'm just going to throw it to you.
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Luca, tell us a little bit about yourself
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and your podcast
and your upcoming e-book.
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I know those were
some of the things on the agenda.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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So my name is Luke Sanders
and Indianapolis native,
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if you don't know too much by Indianapolis
babyfaces from here, people like that
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come I start here worked on web series
and at that place on Amazon.
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Then I went into radio and transitioned
into podcasting with podcasting.
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I've been able to be a nine time
top ranked Apple
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podcast host,
and with radio, I earn two certificates.
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Thank you.
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And then now
I'm interested in being an author.
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So I had my first book, my debut book,
Luke's Dreamland Superhero in a movie.
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So I'm super excited about that.
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So that story is not based of my life,
but is inspired by my life,
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like some things are different
about the character,
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but he's a six year
old boy, has a big imagination,
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lucid dreamer, and yeah,
the possibilities are endless with him.
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All right, so let's dive into that
a little bit more.
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Talk about the book.
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And, you know,
when you're going to be releasing it yet
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and tell us a little bit about
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why don't give us any spoilers,
but a little bit about the story.
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No. So the book came out on Tuesday, so
it's been out for, a couple of days now.
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But really, about the book.
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So not giving too much away, we noticed
about a dreams about a superhero,
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but the synopsis is he goes to sleep
after watching his favorite movie
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about a superhero, and he wakes up
and he's that superhero in that dream.
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And, he learns very quickly
that it's not all about fun and games.
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You have to, in a very quickly.
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That is so true of superheroes.
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I think, you know, I know, yeah, there's
always that journey of of discovering.
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Oops, it's not as easy as it looks.
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Yeah, but how do people find your book?
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You have a website or go to Amazon
with Access Point?
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Absolutely.
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So you call me
I loopy Sanders on social media platforms,
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you also can search on Apple Books,
and you also can buy it online on Barnes
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and Nobles and other places, as well
other places online.
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All right.
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So I will include that
in our social media.
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So the link is out there.
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But thanks so much. I'm curious what's up.
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Yeah, I have
I have a question, why just an e-book and
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and not not a printed version
or maybe just not.
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Yeah. Question.
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I am self-published,
so this is just a start.
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So for
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audience is 1 to 5 year olds, but,
it's getting started.
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First time book, first time author.
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Oh, terrific.
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Thank you. Gratulations.
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Now I want to ask about some other things
in your bio here.
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You say you're a filmmaker
and I've worked in that too.
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Tell us a little bit about that.
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That sounds interesting.
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So I have a web
series called Luke's IV Chronicles
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which basically, chronicled my life
through college.
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And I'm bringing it back
for a two part special.
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So it's really about the third season,
but it's put together in two parts
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with the 21 minute
format for each episode,
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and it's at the same show
that people have seen before.
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As much more fun as all the love and
editing that deserve a first go around.
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And, yeah, it's a it's a great time.
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So it's about me going back to college.
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It's also about real life
and catastrophes happening.
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We try to take a podcast
and go back to school days later.
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It's real.
Life is fun. Life is everything.
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And so, you know, writing a book
and doing the web series
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and everything else to do, it sounds,
you know, there's so many things
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what goes into something like this,
but what is it taking you to actually get
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to the point
where you're both ready to go out
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and actually get your,
series ready to where it was to go out?
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I mean, I know there's a lot going on,
but you talk about that a little bit.
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Great. Yeah, absolutely.
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The book.
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So I came up with the title
and the idea two years ago.
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I was looking
when would be a good time to release it,
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and, this was a good time
for me to release it, but,
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yeah, really held it back to make sure
the manuscript was where I wanted to be.
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I designed the cover.
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So I really wanted to work hard on that.
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And then with the web series,
I'm kind of a one man
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show when it comes to like, the editing
and the story of it all.
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And because it's a docu web series, it's
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not a reality show,
but it's that web series.
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So people don't know.
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It's like a documentary,
but it series format.
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But, yeah, takes a lot of blood, sweat
and tears.
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Time, patience.
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Going back to the drawing board when
you know this different stuff happens.
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So takes time.
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Yeah, I the reason I,
I think it is absolutely amazing
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when you see content creators
such as yourself being able to actually do
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this, as you say, a one man show
and a bigger production.
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You have all these people around
to do all these different things.
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But, when you do it
yourself, you're wearing a lot of hats.
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You and have to really know
a lot of different things,
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you know, to pull it off
properly. So that's great.
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Thank you.
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Is there
anything else you'd like to talk about?
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Really
just getting the word out about this book.
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I'm really excited about it.
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I made, like, I made him kind of like.
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Like I said, inspired by me.
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Like, his hair is blond,
hair is not blond, but is kinky.
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So there's different things,
that I put into him.
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I made him interracial
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so he can appeal to kids who are of color
and who are not of color.
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So, yeah, just really excited about him,
even though he's me and I'm him.
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Like, look, it's not the same person, but,
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but yeah.
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So movie sounds.com.
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I'll go ahead.
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And Gretchen so I was going to ask you,
so do you seem your target audience,
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is it mostly children
or do you think that adults could read it
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and enjoy it just as well?
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So like if you're, you know, a mom
and you're reading it to your kid
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with the mom, enjoy it too.
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Yeah,
absolutely. I do. I can say that humbly.
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I know I wrote it, but,
I do think adults would enjoy it as well
468
00:22:45,831 --> 00:22:48,834
because it's a it's a simple story,
but it's a fun story.
469
00:22:49,234 --> 00:22:51,670
It's something that you would really
470
00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:53,905
it will really
you will really get immersed in the story
471
00:22:53,905 --> 00:22:55,574
and just seeing all the what it does
472
00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:58,343
and the people that he saves
and how this story ends.
473
00:22:58,343 --> 00:23:00,979
And will it be a part too,
with the cliffhanger?
474
00:23:00,979 --> 00:23:02,748
Because there's a cliffhanger
at the end. So yeah.
475
00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:07,319
But all the way around to have this
476
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:10,722
underscore is where you go, and we'll
include that in our social media loop.
477
00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:13,658
Thank you so much for joining us
and good luck with this.
478
00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:15,360
Thank you so much.
Thank you for having me.
479
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:15,560
All right.
480
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,462
Next segment
we are going to be talking about
481
00:23:17,462 --> 00:23:20,465
cybernetic bionics artificial intelligence
482
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,569
and answering some of your questions
and looking at the actual state
483
00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:27,706
that this is the one
where it's probably headed, given
484
00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:30,742
some of our opinion,
this is user friendly 2.0.
485
00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:34,146
We'll be back after the break.
486
00:23:34,212 --> 00:23:37,215
Snow's coming down, and,
487
00:23:37,716 --> 00:23:40,318
I'm watching at home.
488
00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:45,791
You know, I love people around and maybe.
489
00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:51,563
Please come up in the church bell now.
490
00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:54,099
Welcome back. This is user friendly 2.0.
491
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:57,102
Check out our show at User Friendly
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492
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That's your one stop for everything
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493
00:24:00,405 --> 00:24:02,808
Submitting your questions and comments.
494
00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:05,577
Looking at our blog,
which we promise to start writing again
495
00:24:05,577 --> 00:24:07,345
this year and did twice and stopped.
496
00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:09,848
So we're going to have
that be a New Year's resolution.
497
00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:12,684
How's that? Gretchen? Oh goody.
498
00:24:12,684 --> 00:24:14,820
I've been busy. I've been really busy.
499
00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:18,356
I have these things called novels
that I've been fretting over.
500
00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:20,258
Yeah, yeah, you got it.
501
00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:23,462
Speaking of which, before we get
into our topic today, how's it going?
502
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:23,862
All right.
503
00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:25,964
School Journal is out almost now.
504
00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,833
It is almost out. Yes.
505
00:24:27,833 --> 00:24:31,636
And, after, you know, monkeying around
with formatting and,
506
00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:36,274
and all kinds of technicalities,
we're getting, like, super duper close.
507
00:24:37,075 --> 00:24:38,043
Yep, yep.
508
00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:40,445
So it's, it's going to be
the we're actually going to cover this
509
00:24:40,445 --> 00:24:43,448
in a little more detail next week
because it will be out by then.
510
00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:48,053
You know, so what we're going to get you
the details on it and how to find it.
511
00:24:48,053 --> 00:24:49,821
It's turned out to be an amazing book too.
512
00:24:49,821 --> 00:24:53,925
So, I think you're going to probably
really enjoy it anyway, that being said,
513
00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:58,730
let's dive into the topic that we're going
robotics,
514
00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:03,001
cybernetics, AI, and so on in your book
actually goes into that a little bit too.
515
00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:04,903
So that's appropriate sorta.
516
00:25:04,903 --> 00:25:08,640
So let's let's talk about some things
517
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:13,278
that ten years ago were completely science
fiction.
518
00:25:13,912 --> 00:25:16,681
And today are an absolute reality.
519
00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:19,684
And one thing I can say on that front,
520
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:22,854
with all honesty is I am a cyborg.
521
00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:25,390
And I will explain that
a little bit later on.
522
00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:27,826
This is called your tease
that you need to listen to this segment.
523
00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:31,563
So let's start with AI.
524
00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:32,998
Okay?
525
00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:36,535
We've talked about this a lot
this year, as any technology show has,
526
00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:41,373
because it is proving itself
to be somewhat groundbreaking,
527
00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:44,943
a little bit more than I thought
it would be a year ago.
528
00:25:45,176 --> 00:25:48,880
And there's both sides
of the argument on this,
529
00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:51,983
but we'll get into here
in just a second on how this is used.
530
00:25:51,983 --> 00:25:54,286
Now, Bill, I know you're concerned
531
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:56,955
and I've talked about it
upstaging and replacing artists.
532
00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:58,590
And why don't you comment
on that for a minute?
533
00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:00,225
Just because this is a big thing.
534
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,627
People are asking questions about?
535
00:26:02,627 --> 00:26:05,297
Well, when it first started out,
it was easy to determine
536
00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:07,699
whether it was an AI picture or not.
537
00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:13,405
And now that it's been a year since
you know, those softwares have been out,
538
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:19,344
the AI now being done to get better
and better at it, and it becomes
539
00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:22,480
harder and harder to determine
if it's been AI generated or not.
540
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,250
And it has taken away a lot of jobs
541
00:26:26,484 --> 00:26:29,487
that, was previously for artists.
542
00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:32,857
And we're going to dive into the jobs
thing
543
00:26:32,857 --> 00:26:35,860
in a minute here, because that is one area
that is directly affecting
544
00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:40,565
artists, graphic designers,
that whole area of expertise.
545
00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:43,401
Now, Gretchen, you're a artist.
546
00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:46,137
I mean, you write novels and are an artist
and these type of things.
547
00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:49,040
And I know we're just talking
about High School Journal.
548
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,278
You've used AI not to write the book,
but for some of the editing process.
549
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,980
And this,
I think, would be a positive thing.
550
00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:56,681
Can you talk about that a little bit?
551
00:26:56,681 --> 00:27:01,486
Actually, it's really been helpful
as far as the editing process.
552
00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:06,491
But you have to be mindful
that when you use one of these
553
00:27:06,491 --> 00:27:11,997
AI to help you edit that, you don't
just accept everything that it suggests,
554
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:17,202
because I have seen a couple of instances
where it made a suggestion
555
00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:20,772
that would change the meaning of
the sentence, you don't want to do that.
556
00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:24,976
So this is a tool that you work closely
with.
557
00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:27,078
Like, all right.
558
00:27:27,078 --> 00:27:30,482
When I went to college,
they did not train me
559
00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:35,153
how to write for, like, like a novel.
560
00:27:35,787 --> 00:27:38,223
It was only expository.
561
00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:41,559
And so I didn't learn the proper
punctuation
562
00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:45,630
for, conversations in a textbook.
563
00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:48,199
Okay, I didn't learn that.
564
00:27:48,199 --> 00:27:51,603
And so I'm starting
to learn the punctuation
565
00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:55,740
from the software
because it keeps correcting me.
566
00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:58,076
I keep making the same mistake.
567
00:27:58,076 --> 00:28:01,379
And so I'm learning
while it's it's telling me, hey,
568
00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:05,116
you need to do that,
but it's something you work with. It.
569
00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:09,788
And,
you have to be careful because a lot of it
570
00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:14,292
seems like the
AI that I'm using is business oriented.
571
00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:17,529
It's mindset is focused on
572
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:21,266
helping business
people write factual documents.
573
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:25,136
So when I'm using it, I'm doing
fictional characters,
574
00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:29,374
I have children,
I have adults who are maybe less educated.
575
00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,711
I have to be careful that I don't let
576
00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:36,614
this suggest the wrong things
for the characters.
577
00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:38,550
So you have to use your brain.
578
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:41,653
So it's a
it's it's a companion, it's a helper.
579
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,056
But it does not replace the writer. Okay.
580
00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:46,691
It doesn't come up with the ideas.
581
00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:48,993
I do write in the.
582
00:28:48,993 --> 00:28:51,329
Now, the thing of it is,
is it? Conceivably it could.
583
00:28:51,329 --> 00:28:52,764
And I think that's
where Bill's coming from.
584
00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:54,766
The fact that he's the writer,
you know. Right.
585
00:28:54,766 --> 00:28:57,569
I tend to look at
AI is it's like the backup camera.
586
00:28:57,569 --> 00:29:00,271
Most newer cars have a backup
camera is shift in a reverse
587
00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:01,005
and the camera turns
588
00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:02,607
on the original goal of that was
589
00:29:02,607 --> 00:29:05,610
you would look in the mirror and
then have an additional in the lookout.
590
00:29:05,610 --> 00:29:07,545
A lot of people just look at the backup
camera.
591
00:29:07,545 --> 00:29:10,548
It's it's not meant to replace
what you would normally do.
592
00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:13,785
And I think that analogy
kind of connects here
593
00:29:13,785 --> 00:29:18,156
because you look at something like art
now, not the monitor monetization
594
00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:20,024
of it, graphic artist
and that type of thing.
595
00:29:20,024 --> 00:29:24,429
But true artists was about sitting down
and creating something from nothing.
596
00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:27,031
It's a skill
that not a lot of people have,
597
00:29:27,031 --> 00:29:31,202
and those that do have it are unique,
and it really is something to look at.
598
00:29:31,202 --> 00:29:33,671
I've often said before, I can't draw
a straight line, but I love art.
599
00:29:33,671 --> 00:29:34,672
I know what I like, right?
600
00:29:34,672 --> 00:29:37,675
So from that type of a standpoint,
601
00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:41,012
you're going to still have artists
creating art.
602
00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:43,548
But Bill, like you said, it's
getting to a point where you can't tell
603
00:29:43,548 --> 00:29:46,851
what's made by a human,
what's made by machine anymore.
604
00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:50,622
And and even a year ago, you could
now there's still
605
00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:54,392
some stuff in there right now, today,
I think if you really take a look at it,
606
00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:55,560
you can pick it out.
607
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,596
But at the rate it's going another year,
that might not even be here either.
608
00:29:59,230 --> 00:30:03,468
So now you look at industry
and things like graphic design
609
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:07,138
or commissioned artists or anything else
that is a moneymaking venture
610
00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:10,175
of being an artist,
is that going to affect those jobs?
611
00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:11,442
Well, yes, it certainly will.
612
00:30:11,442 --> 00:30:13,411
And it certainly already has.
613
00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:16,381
Now, I know from my own standpoint
614
00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:20,251
that some of the stuff that we work in
for clients and that type of a thing,
615
00:30:20,251 --> 00:30:25,490
a lot of the area is that I would
experience is things like logos
616
00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:29,561
and other assets like that, things like,
like Jeremy would have produced back
617
00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:31,229
when,
you know, he was around and doing that.
618
00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:33,932
I know from
619
00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:37,035
my own standpoint,
I have yet to go to an I have tried,
620
00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:40,271
I have yet to go to an AI and say, hey,
this is what I want, make me a logo.
621
00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:43,842
It does, but it looks something.
622
00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:47,312
It's just not the creative component
623
00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:51,716
that would exist from
this is what I want it to be is not there.
624
00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:53,418
So what ends up happening?
625
00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:54,452
You're wanting to build logos
626
00:30:54,452 --> 00:30:56,287
for a lot of different stuff
and don't care about that.
627
00:30:56,287 --> 00:30:57,822
And yeah, now you've just displaced jobs
628
00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:00,091
from the graphic designers
that would normally have been doing it.
629
00:31:00,091 --> 00:31:02,293
But there's another part of this
630
00:31:02,293 --> 00:31:04,596
where and it's the way
that I've been as I've been able to get it
631
00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:08,132
to come up with concepts
I like that I wouldn't have been able
632
00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:09,000
to create on my own.
633
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,103
And then we have been handing those off
to an actual graphic designer
634
00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:16,407
that then takes it and makes the real logo
and that kind of stuff.
635
00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:20,845
So again, this is something
that has a lot of moving parts
636
00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:22,247
because it's changing so much.
637
00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:27,619
So today as we stand, will not be where
we're at a year or even a month from now.
638
00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:30,622
And it's a good idea in these
professionals to keep an eye on that.
639
00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:34,626
And I think that this is one area
where it would be nice if government
640
00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:38,463
caught up a little bit not said, well,
you can't use AI for artwork, but
641
00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:41,432
definitely said that you have to declare,
642
00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:44,602
you know where this stuff originated.
643
00:31:44,602 --> 00:31:47,839
I noticed Gretchen, in publishing your
book and stuff and working with Amazon,
644
00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:50,408
there's a checkbox
now that, you know, is this AI generated?
645
00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:53,411
You have to you know, some of the bigger
companies are already doing this,
646
00:31:54,078 --> 00:31:56,347
and it's nothing against
I think it's an amazing tool.
647
00:31:56,347 --> 00:31:59,617
I think it is something that I have found
has really helped me with programing
648
00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:01,019
and other things.
649
00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:03,154
But there are hallucinations
and that kind of stuff,
650
00:32:03,154 --> 00:32:05,790
and you can't take everything as you say,
just here it is.
651
00:32:05,790 --> 00:32:09,260
A lot of people do and like
looking in your mirror and nothing else.
652
00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:09,661
Knowledge.
653
00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:13,197
You see articles and stuff that are
written by AI that have not been vetted.
654
00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:16,167
You can tell.
You can tell most of the time.
655
00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:18,269
And also
656
00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:21,539
at the end of the day,
it is going to replace a lot of
657
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,943
outside commercial artists.
658
00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,577
Yeah, a lot of the commercial people.
659
00:32:26,577 --> 00:32:27,478
We're going to see that change,
660
00:32:27,478 --> 00:32:30,481
and I think we're going to see a change,
just like when we went from,
661
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:34,152
you know, using Movable Type and Blue Line
and all of that kind of stuff
662
00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:35,653
to having computers.
663
00:32:35,653 --> 00:32:39,891
There was a huge change in the industry
at that point, too.
664
00:32:39,924 --> 00:32:44,862
You used to have type setters and people
who would, create these layouts
665
00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:48,466
and things, and then all of a sudden
the computer did it right.
666
00:32:48,499 --> 00:32:51,502
And so that was a big change.
667
00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:53,705
So now some of the other areas to just
668
00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:56,708
doing some research to talk about this
that I found is
669
00:32:57,542 --> 00:33:00,912
it is actually adding in many ways
where it is
670
00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:04,082
giving additional artistic endeavors
that wouldn't have existed before.
671
00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:08,453
Things like you, list your house
on the market, and AI creates the rooms
672
00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:11,622
so that you can see what it look like
with furniture in it, that type of thing.
673
00:33:11,622 --> 00:33:14,559
Now, this is not something
a graphic artist would have done.
674
00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:18,329
It's not something that would have been
a thing before I was here to do that.
675
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:22,633
So that's not replacing a job, that's
just adding on to what it what it can do.
676
00:33:23,134 --> 00:33:26,671
So I think, to be perfectly honest,
are we going to see job loss?
677
00:33:26,671 --> 00:33:29,674
Have we already in artistic graphic arts.
678
00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:31,542
Things like architecture.
679
00:33:31,542 --> 00:33:32,910
Yeah we are.
680
00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:35,847
And it's very least
it's going to change it.
681
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:38,016
There will still be commissioned artists.
682
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:41,019
There will still be people
that create art for art's sake.
683
00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:44,222
But all through history,
it's been known that it's very rare
684
00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:46,190
that an artist is rich.
685
00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:49,560
Yeah, it tends to be, you know,
after their lifetime, things become good
686
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,129
and that kind of stuff.
687
00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:55,600
And the last 40 or 50 years artists
have been able to monetize their work.
688
00:33:56,401 --> 00:33:59,470
And I think that one thing
that will happen with
689
00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:01,472
this is we're going to have what
I call a SAG moment.
690
00:34:01,472 --> 00:34:03,908
What I'm talking about
there is a view of two years ago
691
00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:06,210
now when the Screen Actors
Guild went on strike
692
00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:09,213
because they were trying to use
AI to replace actors in movies.
693
00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:14,285
And today, could
there needs to be some rules
694
00:34:14,852 --> 00:34:18,823
that we live by to make sure
that we aren't eliminating artists,
695
00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:23,061
because that's not a thing that you want,
because art is important,
696
00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:28,132
real art is very important,
and that's something that can't go away.
697
00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:31,969
And if it does, that would
really diminish society in my opinion.
698
00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:33,838
You know, I agree.
699
00:34:33,838 --> 00:34:36,908
So that being said, I think definitely
700
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:41,712
what we've been talking about here
is that it is a tool.
701
00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:45,216
It is a very useful tool
when used in the right way.
702
00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:47,418
But you go to college and try to use
703
00:34:47,418 --> 00:34:50,421
AI to write all of your papers,
even if you get away with it,
704
00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:52,890
you're not accomplishing anything
because yeah, you got to
705
00:34:52,890 --> 00:34:55,259
maybe get the degree,
but you're not going to know
706
00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:57,462
what it is that you have a degree
in. Not really.
707
00:34:57,462 --> 00:34:58,563
You're not going to understand
708
00:34:58,563 --> 00:35:01,833
and be able to produce
when you're out in the real world.
709
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,402
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
710
00:35:04,402 --> 00:35:05,736
Some of the dangerous parts of this
711
00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:07,405
are talking about jobs
and all that kind of stuff.
712
00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:08,606
Some of the more dangerous parts
713
00:35:08,606 --> 00:35:12,810
is the bad guys, hackers
and so on, or using AI for those sorts.
714
00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:16,180
And one of the things is,
as with all these scams,
715
00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:19,183
we've talked about it
many times, you get an email that you're,
716
00:35:19,183 --> 00:35:22,820
you know, how to charge your credit card
and it's going to post
717
00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:25,289
if you didn't really make the charge.
So you better call us.
718
00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:26,157
And there's a phone number.
719
00:35:26,157 --> 00:35:29,627
Now, even a year ago, you looked at this
and you could see some things
720
00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:30,928
that were out of whack.
721
00:35:30,928 --> 00:35:33,664
You know, the logo might be wrong or
in the wrong place where it's misspelled.
722
00:35:33,664 --> 00:35:36,901
That kind of thing just didn't
look right today with using AI.
723
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:38,736
It can look pretty much perfect.
724
00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:40,638
You don't notice it anymore.
725
00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:43,708
So from those type of standpoints,
you have to take a different approach
726
00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:45,576
that if you need to call about your credit
card,
727
00:35:45,576 --> 00:35:48,579
you never, ever use anything
that's in a message that you've received,
728
00:35:49,013 --> 00:35:53,284
whether it's text or email or whatever
website you go to, your card, all the bank
729
00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:53,784
with the number
730
00:35:53,784 --> 00:35:56,821
that's on the back of the actual card
or a bank statement or something,
731
00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:58,789
and check into it that way,
732
00:35:58,789 --> 00:36:00,825
because the number you call
is going to put you in touch
733
00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:03,694
with the bad guys that sent you the email,
it's not going to do you much good.
734
00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:06,364
It's going to do you very bad, you know.
735
00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:07,665
Yeah, yeah,
736
00:36:07,665 --> 00:36:10,801
it's and it's interesting to me too,
because the banks aren't
737
00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:11,569
completely getting this.
738
00:36:11,569 --> 00:36:15,206
And this is a true story
about six months ago, I was online
739
00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:19,177
ordering, some stuff for an arcade
cabinet and get the Facebook.
740
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:22,480
And there's this thing that there were,
you know, some accessories on sale.
741
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,016
It was 11:00 at night.
I was going through.
742
00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:27,251
I did not check it. This was my fault.
743
00:36:27,251 --> 00:36:29,120
But I went on to go,
okay, this is a good thing.
744
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:30,955
I'm going to go ahead and order it.
745
00:36:30,955 --> 00:36:32,490
Turned out to be a fraudulent site.
746
00:36:32,490 --> 00:36:35,693
Facebook Marketplace does not get
their advertisements very well.
747
00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:39,163
And, you know, fortunately,
it was only like $90.
748
00:36:39,163 --> 00:36:41,566
So, I realized that the next morning.
749
00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:45,870
Okay, when I looked at the credit card,
there's a pending charge from something
750
00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,706
that was in Chinese letters,
which is being paid one up.
751
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:49,941
Yeah.
752
00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:51,042
And this is what really got me.
753
00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:55,346
I called American Express to let them know
there's been a false charge.
754
00:36:55,346 --> 00:36:56,581
You know, right away.
755
00:36:56,581 --> 00:36:59,517
Well, we can't do anything about it
until the charge actually post.
756
00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:02,653
But you need to call them back
and see if they'll remove the charge.
757
00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:04,889
Let me try really scammers.
758
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:08,025
And and that's what I was told to do
I couldn't. Yes.
759
00:37:08,492 --> 00:37:10,094
So, Yeah.
760
00:37:10,094 --> 00:37:11,395
So there's a lot to be learned.
761
00:37:11,395 --> 00:37:13,898
Both business
and personal things on this kind of stuff.
762
00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:17,602
And things that we're going to have to
deal with is this continues down the road.
763
00:37:17,602 --> 00:37:21,472
Now, the other side of this
is robotics and cybernetics.
764
00:37:22,473 --> 00:37:23,374
Okay.
765
00:37:23,374 --> 00:37:28,079
So the definition of a cyborg is
you have at least one mechanical implant
766
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:28,646
that senses
767
00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:31,782
something on your body and manipulates
your body based on what it sends.
768
00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:32,316
Okay.
769
00:37:32,316 --> 00:37:34,919
That's a that's essentially a definition.
770
00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:39,023
So by strict definition,
a pacemaker would make you a cyborg.
771
00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:41,892
Yeah. In my case,
I have an inspire implant.
772
00:37:41,892 --> 00:37:42,960
That's what I was talking about.
773
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,864
And some other guys with the inspire
implant senses when I'm having a moment
774
00:37:46,864 --> 00:37:51,335
of sleep apnea
and stimulates muscles to eliminate that.
775
00:37:51,802 --> 00:37:55,006
No, no, the CPAp machine has been
quite nice, but that is cybernetics.
776
00:37:55,573 --> 00:37:59,176
Now, where this is going on down
the road is we're seeing
777
00:38:00,244 --> 00:38:02,546
a lot of the technologies
we have in medical
778
00:38:02,546 --> 00:38:04,048
that are essentially being upgraded.
779
00:38:04,048 --> 00:38:08,052
Bionic knees, bionic hands.
780
00:38:08,052 --> 00:38:08,919
Okay.
781
00:38:08,919 --> 00:38:11,522
So arm and leg extremity
782
00:38:11,522 --> 00:38:14,625
replacements, something
that's been around for a while now.
783
00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,560
But they are mechanical.
784
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,431
They're getting to a point now where
the machine can interface with your brain
785
00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:24,402
and be able to react
and interact in the exact
786
00:38:24,402 --> 00:38:28,105
same way that your natural leg or arm
or whatever would have been able to do.
787
00:38:28,939 --> 00:38:31,442
We're seeing this in
things like art replacement
788
00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:35,913
and other stuff of that nature,
and this is something where this can go
789
00:38:36,547 --> 00:38:39,517
really build a quality of life,
different type of things.
790
00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:42,720
Now, of course, when you go there
you can add sensors
791
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,990
and different things that wouldn't
normally exist in the original bio,
792
00:38:47,024 --> 00:38:48,726
you know, material.
793
00:38:48,726 --> 00:38:51,996
And one of the things that I think is
interesting is a concept called smart
794
00:38:52,129 --> 00:38:56,434
prosthetics network controlled,
adaptive and Future Ready.
795
00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:59,170
They connect to the 5G network
on the device.
796
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:02,573
Cloud computing and machine
based neural learning helps
797
00:39:02,573 --> 00:39:05,576
to improve control and adaptability.
798
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:08,012
On one side of it, that's great,
but on the other side,
799
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:11,015
what could possibly go wrong
when somebody has to weigh,
800
00:39:11,482 --> 00:39:13,651
oh no, I've got restless leg
801
00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:16,654
syndrome for serious, seriously,
802
00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:18,255
it's.
803
00:39:18,255 --> 00:39:21,258
Yeah, I do think people
804
00:39:22,259 --> 00:39:24,395
I think cyberpunk, kind of describes
805
00:39:24,395 --> 00:39:27,431
that because, you know,
you can hack somebody's cybernetics.
806
00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:29,433
Yeah.
807
00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:32,403
And it certainly would be possible,
you know, true cybernetics.
808
00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:35,139
You're going to have a control
unit of some kind built in.
809
00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:36,540
What is it.
810
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:37,641
What is it?
811
00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:41,879
Control run pulls out a cyber deck
and there's other names for it,
812
00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,382
but it's kind of
your central control system
813
00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:47,818
that interfaces between your biological
and your machine parts.
814
00:39:48,452 --> 00:39:52,890
And yeah, you would want to protect that
at all costs that somebody can't get in
815
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:57,361
and hack you in this possibly
is already a thing and it's getting there.
816
00:39:57,361 --> 00:40:01,432
So then the next thing that comes up
from that kind of stuff is this argument
817
00:40:01,432 --> 00:40:02,133
that's coming out.
818
00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:05,302
That would have been something you would
have seen in a movie not so long ago,
819
00:40:06,003 --> 00:40:10,040
is what is a prosthetic
and what is an upgrade.
820
00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:13,944
So right now,
today, I can go have my wrist replaced.
821
00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:16,514
There's a site online that does that.
822
00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:19,483
My wrists are fine, but I could still go
have them replaced with something
823
00:40:19,483 --> 00:40:22,486
that would have more power,
you know, that kind of thing to it.
824
00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:25,456
And you can get them even where
they're scanned to look like Iron
825
00:40:25,456 --> 00:40:28,459
Man or whatever you would want it to be.
826
00:40:28,659 --> 00:40:30,428
Now, is that elective surgery?
827
00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:32,963
Are you upgrading your body?
Is it a prosthetic?
828
00:40:32,963 --> 00:40:35,332
You know, what are you actually doing?
829
00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:38,102
I don't like using the cyberpunk analogy
with these type of things,
830
00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:39,403
but using it the wrong way.
831
00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:41,872
You could go down a very dark road
with that.
832
00:40:41,872 --> 00:40:44,875
And the technology is here,
833
00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:48,179
you know, basically now it's either
being developed or it's already here.
834
00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:52,983
So it's
a situation of like any technology, it's
835
00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:55,820
not about the technology itself.
836
00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:58,589
It's about what you do with it.
837
00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:01,926
Talking about something
from the last century, nuclear energy,
838
00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:06,063
this type of a thing from one standpoint,
it's a bomb can blow things up, destroy
839
00:41:06,063 --> 00:41:07,231
life on Earth from another one.
840
00:41:07,231 --> 00:41:09,900
It can produce clean energy
until your reactor melts down
841
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:11,202
because you built it wrong or something.
842
00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:13,337
But it can produce energy
843
00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:15,806
and do some things
from that kind of a standpoint.
844
00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:19,076
So there's, you know, uses for some of
the technology itself is benign.
845
00:41:19,610 --> 00:41:20,478
It's what you do with it.
846
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:21,979
And that's
I think that's a lot of the same thing
847
00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:24,949
with implants
and all of these type of things. Now,
848
00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:26,851
you know, I've been asked in the past,
but what do you think about it?
849
00:41:26,851 --> 00:41:27,685
I'm all for it.
850
00:41:27,685 --> 00:41:31,088
I'd be I'd be not cyberpunk, but I'd be
the person that would go in and,
851
00:41:31,455 --> 00:41:33,457
you know, change what I can change
and all of that.
852
00:41:33,457 --> 00:41:34,658
And I'd have a problem with it.
853
00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:38,529
As long as number one, I have complete
control over it, I can turn it off.
854
00:41:38,863 --> 00:41:40,731
I know where it was manufactured.
855
00:41:40,731 --> 00:41:43,934
And my goodness,
if it's online, I have, you know, complete
856
00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:47,238
control over that of that system as well,
my friend.
857
00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:51,709
You'd what you'd want the
the items to be constructed
858
00:41:51,709 --> 00:41:56,747
by rational people
who aren't trying to make a quick buck,
859
00:41:57,248 --> 00:42:01,452
people who care about whether you're going
to have an allergic reaction,
860
00:42:01,619 --> 00:42:04,522
whether it functions
well with the rest of the body.
861
00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:09,493
These are all really important,
complicated factors to think about.
862
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:14,331
And so I kind of deal with some of this
in my cyber hock books.
863
00:42:14,331 --> 00:42:14,732
Yeah.
864
00:42:14,732 --> 00:42:20,604
And I have to think about what
kind of problems good and bad can occur.
865
00:42:22,306 --> 00:42:25,175
And you know, at the end of the day,
I think it would be other cyborgs
866
00:42:25,175 --> 00:42:27,545
that would maintain it,
because you'd also have to have someone
867
00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:30,548
that knows what it is
to have that kind of equipment, you know?
868
00:42:30,915 --> 00:42:31,115
Yeah.
869
00:42:31,115 --> 00:42:33,751
And obviously people you can trust,
I mean, this is all stuff
870
00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:35,686
that we are going to have to address
and deal with.
871
00:42:35,686 --> 00:42:36,420
And one of the thing
872
00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:39,890
that is a thing that you could do right
now is something called biohacking.
873
00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:46,196
And this is using implanted technology,
very basic implant technology
874
00:42:46,196 --> 00:42:49,500
in some ways to do certain things
like start your Tesla,
875
00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:52,770
you know, or things of that nature.
876
00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:55,172
I think with some of the cybernetics
that are coming out,
877
00:42:55,172 --> 00:42:57,641
you'll be able to be the key to your car
if you want.
878
00:42:57,641 --> 00:43:00,110
You know, stuff like that.
879
00:43:00,110 --> 00:43:02,246
Some of this is already possible.
880
00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:05,316
Some of it is going to be here
very, very soon.
881
00:43:05,883 --> 00:43:08,252
Is the technology to do it
actually already exists?
882
00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:11,555
It may just not be in a way
that you can get to it just yet.
883
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:14,892
So, you know, you look into this
884
00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:18,796
and you have to start talking
about the ethics,
885
00:43:19,330 --> 00:43:22,066
the moral construct for different people,
because different people
886
00:43:22,066 --> 00:43:24,902
are going to think of these
in different ways
887
00:43:24,902 --> 00:43:28,072
what it can do,
what it can't do, and all of that.
888
00:43:28,072 --> 00:43:29,373
And that's talking about cybernetics,
889
00:43:29,373 --> 00:43:31,976
where you still have a human involved
in some capacity.
890
00:43:31,976 --> 00:43:33,577
Now the next one is robotics.
891
00:43:34,578 --> 00:43:36,547
There is a number of different companies
892
00:43:36,547 --> 00:43:40,417
that are really doing
well at producing robotics.
893
00:43:40,417 --> 00:43:43,420
I mean, you know, you you,
894
00:43:43,954 --> 00:43:45,222
like spot the dog
895
00:43:45,222 --> 00:43:48,959
if you've ever seen that on,
why Boston Dynamics.
896
00:43:48,993 --> 00:43:50,260
Yeah. The Boston Dynamics. Yeah.
897
00:43:50,260 --> 00:43:53,697
It's not really a dog,
a creature that can run around and
898
00:43:54,331 --> 00:43:56,233
they're going and kicking it over
and all this kind of stuff.
899
00:43:56,233 --> 00:43:58,002
And I'm thinking,
oh, that's not a nice thing to do.
900
00:43:58,002 --> 00:44:00,904
And, you know, but no, it's not.
And then it gets back up.
901
00:44:00,904 --> 00:44:04,541
Oh yeah. So
but these things are our robot.
902
00:44:04,541 --> 00:44:06,143
They have a program that's running them.
903
00:44:06,143 --> 00:44:08,412
They're operating off of that.
904
00:44:08,412 --> 00:44:10,614
And that's basically the end of it.
905
00:44:10,614 --> 00:44:14,518
But what you're seeing is direction
where we're going to be essentially
906
00:44:14,518 --> 00:44:20,290
combining cybernetics, bionics, robotics
and AI and going to end up
907
00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:23,927
with something very different,
you know when that happens.
908
00:44:24,561 --> 00:44:27,898
So you know
from that kind of a standpoint,
909
00:44:28,532 --> 00:44:31,502
you know question is we reach out
where is this going to end.
910
00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:34,471
Well you know Ironman I'm
911
00:44:34,471 --> 00:44:37,608
Gretchen is you do you are learning to fly
an actual real jetpack.
912
00:44:37,608 --> 00:44:39,309
That does work. Yeah.
913
00:44:39,309 --> 00:44:40,978
You know and it's usable.
914
00:44:40,978 --> 00:44:46,016
Yep. Technology was before:when, Richard Browning
915
00:44:46,116 --> 00:44:49,119
actually started working on
this was completely,
916
00:44:49,820 --> 00:44:53,357
completely with an astronaut science
fiction in the 1950s.
917
00:44:53,357 --> 00:44:55,159
They did have a jetpack
for a little while.
918
00:44:55,159 --> 00:44:59,163
They were working on a few problems
that could only stay in the air for 30s,
919
00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:03,967
for one thing, and was not very user
920
00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:06,970
friendly in the sense of being able
to steal and all the rest of it.
921
00:45:07,171 --> 00:45:08,205
Gravity's pax.
922
00:45:08,205 --> 00:45:11,075
And I can say from personal experience,
923
00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:13,711
you know, it
is something that I'm I'm not there yet.
924
00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:15,079
Hopefully
someday I'll learn it at this point.
925
00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,780
But those that can fly these things will.
926
00:45:17,848 --> 00:45:20,851
It looks just completely effortless.
927
00:45:21,085 --> 00:45:22,886
Yeah, it does look effortless.
928
00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:23,654
It's impressive.
929
00:45:23,654 --> 00:45:28,125
Now watch some of those videos
and it makes you wonder, oh, is this real?
930
00:45:28,325 --> 00:45:33,230
Just like with some of the robots
that I've seen, I wonder is that
931
00:45:33,797 --> 00:45:38,736
I know the Boston dynamic ones are real,
but then I see some of these other ones
932
00:45:38,736 --> 00:45:42,773
from Asia and I go, are those real
or are they messing with us?
933
00:45:42,973 --> 00:45:45,309
You know, if
934
00:45:45,309 --> 00:45:47,444
and that's really what it comes down to
because you're, you're,
935
00:45:47,444 --> 00:45:49,379
you know, you're talking about something
where
936
00:45:49,379 --> 00:45:52,549
again, is what you're seeing propaganda
or is it something that's real?
937
00:45:52,549 --> 00:45:53,851
And enough of this stuff exists
938
00:45:53,851 --> 00:45:56,887
now that is real,
that you can't just write it off anymore.
939
00:45:57,721 --> 00:46:01,425
And this second part of it is, is okay,
you know what's going on with it.
940
00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:05,763
What happens when the AI has to make
the decisions instead of the human?
941
00:46:05,763 --> 00:46:09,166
Well, we're seeing this and what they're
calling self-driving cars.
942
00:46:09,166 --> 00:46:12,169
I don't think we're completely there yet,
but we will be someday.
943
00:46:12,469 --> 00:46:14,972
But when the car has to make the decision,
okay, I'm going to get it in.
944
00:46:14,972 --> 00:46:16,740
No accident.
And then I don't have a choice here.
945
00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:18,175
Do I hit the human in the crosswalk?
946
00:46:18,175 --> 00:46:21,078
Or do I hit the guy in the wheelchair
on the sidewalk?
947
00:46:21,078 --> 00:46:23,413
This kind of thing
has already started coming up.
948
00:46:23,413 --> 00:46:28,585
And so you have a machine that's going
to have to make a decision like that,
949
00:46:29,820 --> 00:46:32,489
and that could be a problem, you know?
950
00:46:32,489 --> 00:46:35,492
And that's why I say that is because
that's one standpoint where that's
951
00:46:35,526 --> 00:46:38,128
something that would be accidental
and that you wouldn't want to have happen.
952
00:46:38,128 --> 00:46:39,696
All right. Let's take another step.
953
00:46:39,696 --> 00:46:42,699
We all know that drones are being used
more for now.
954
00:46:42,933 --> 00:46:44,968
And I started
to be used to run the drones.
955
00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:48,739
And what they're doing is the human
or in some cases with Implant cyborg.
956
00:46:48,739 --> 00:46:52,676
I'm going to just use that word
because that's what it is, is controlling,
957
00:46:53,343 --> 00:46:55,879
a set, a group,
a unit of whatever you want
958
00:46:55,879 --> 00:46:59,449
to call it, of robots, whether that's AI
or ground pounders or whatever.
959
00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:02,219
And then the AI actually controls
the individual unit.
960
00:47:02,219 --> 00:47:03,921
So it's like a command or controls the AI,
961
00:47:03,921 --> 00:47:05,823
but the AI makes
the on the ground decisions
962
00:47:07,758 --> 00:47:09,226
like something you've seen out of a movie.
963
00:47:09,226 --> 00:47:11,528
Right? Exactly.
964
00:47:11,528 --> 00:47:15,299
I, I don't know, I was having
a conversation with this with a think tank
965
00:47:15,299 --> 00:47:19,002
a while back, and I said, well, you know,
in my case right now, I've got to decide.
966
00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:21,605
I'm already a cyborg, okay, by definition.
967
00:47:21,605 --> 00:47:25,509
So if this keeps going,
do I want to be at 800 or 81,000?
968
00:47:26,777 --> 00:47:29,780
If you haven't seen Terminator yet,
969
00:47:31,481 --> 00:47:33,684
you know,
and then they got into a big argument.
970
00:47:33,684 --> 00:47:37,254
Is the Terminator
actually a cyborg because of the android?
971
00:47:37,254 --> 00:47:41,124
You know, because it's,
the 800 is the one with a, you know,
972
00:47:41,124 --> 00:47:42,392
melting skin and all that.
973
00:47:42,392 --> 00:47:45,028
I'm not sure there are
biological components.
974
00:47:45,028 --> 00:47:46,997
Yeah, that's a good question.
975
00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:50,701
So when are you going to
end up like General Grievous?
976
00:47:52,603 --> 00:47:55,439
What is that to I, you know,
977
00:47:55,439 --> 00:47:58,742
Star Trek or Star Wars or Star Trek
before they blew up the enterprise
978
00:47:58,742 --> 00:48:02,746
and every movie recently or Star
Wars, Star Trek is idealistic.
979
00:48:02,746 --> 00:48:05,649
Star Wars is more probably
what the reality would be.
980
00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:07,751
Yeah. You know, in my opinion.
981
00:48:07,751 --> 00:48:07,951
All right.
982
00:48:07,951 --> 00:48:10,721
So we're almost at the end here,
but this is a good conversation.
983
00:48:10,721 --> 00:48:13,090
And again,
touching on a lot of the questions.
984
00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:15,659
So I mean please continue sending the man.
985
00:48:15,659 --> 00:48:17,327
We'd love to do a Q and A on this.
986
00:48:17,327 --> 00:48:19,529
I'm going to try
to also get a guest on the make
987
00:48:19,529 --> 00:48:23,634
some of the biohacking products to talk
about that a little bit and what it is
988
00:48:23,634 --> 00:48:26,970
and where you can go with that
and just see where it is.
989
00:48:26,970 --> 00:48:28,605
It's going to be interesting
to see where we are
990
00:48:28,605 --> 00:48:32,009
when we're closing the year next year,
see how much this has changed.
991
00:48:32,342 --> 00:48:33,610
And if it's the three of us really here,
992
00:48:33,610 --> 00:48:35,746
or if you're just going to be listening
to Three Eyes
993
00:48:35,746 --> 00:48:37,247
and tell them this is user friendly.
994
00:48:37,247 --> 00:48:41,518
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