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<v Speaker 0>Hello, and welcome to the Geek News Central

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<v Speaker 0>podcast. This is Ray speaking. Got a great

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<v Speaker 0>episode lined up for you folks tonight. Starting

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<v Speaker 0>out, anthropic, the statement from Daria Amadeh on

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<v Speaker 0>our discussions with the Department of War. I

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<v Speaker 0>don't know how much of you been keeping

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<v Speaker 0>up with this, but this has been a

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<v Speaker 0>pretty hot topic in the last this the

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<v Speaker 0>last week. And they've just gone ahead and

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<v Speaker 0>said, we're not gonna give you full access

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<v Speaker 0>to you know, un or unrestricted access to

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<v Speaker 0>our models. There are a couple of things

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<v Speaker 0>that they're a little uncomfortable with. So they're

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<v Speaker 0>outlining, mass domestic surveillance, which, fair, I don't

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<v Speaker 0>think I want that either. And also fully

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<v Speaker 0>autonomous weapons. Yeah. As these models tend to

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<v Speaker 0>be, you know, based on, you know, predictive

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<v Speaker 0>analysis. They're predictive models. Yeah. I don't I

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<v Speaker 0>don't know. It's a little bit terrifying. What

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<v Speaker 0>if it predicts that I'm an enemy? You

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<v Speaker 0>know? So it is quite nice to see

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<v Speaker 0>them, you know, standing firm. But on the

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<v Speaker 0>other hand, the government has gone ahead and

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<v Speaker 0>started placing their sanctions, full backlash mode. They

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<v Speaker 0>will no longer be using, anthropic models and

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<v Speaker 0>have just, like, basically banned it. I've been

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<v Speaker 0>seeing all the news today of all the

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<v Speaker 0>new administrative bands that they're putting down. So

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<v Speaker 0>it's a little bit crazy, but if you

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<v Speaker 0>guys do wanna, like, kinda hear more from

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<v Speaker 0>the CEO himself, he does do an interview

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<v Speaker 0>or he did do an interview this morning

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<v Speaker 0>about nine hours ago with, CBS, and that's

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<v Speaker 0>up on YouTube. I'll try to link that

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<v Speaker 0>in the show notes. But, other anthropic news

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<v Speaker 0>this might as might as well be the

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<v Speaker 0>anthropic news podcast. Jeez. But no. I'm just

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<v Speaker 0>kidding. New models out in these last, couple

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<v Speaker 0>weeks. Opus four point five, SONNET four point

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<v Speaker 0>six. They can't stop. They're dropping these models,

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<v Speaker 0>improving them, and this is why everyone's wanting

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<v Speaker 0>to use them. I think, they just shot

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<v Speaker 0>up to rank two on the App Store,

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<v Speaker 0>right after chat GPT and beating out Google

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<v Speaker 0>Gemini, so I'm not shocked. I'm definitely a

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<v Speaker 0>big time anthropic supporter. You guys have definitely

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<v Speaker 0>heard me talk quite a bit about them

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<v Speaker 0>over the last few months, but just a

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<v Speaker 0>fantastic, fantastic, team and definitely proud of them

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<v Speaker 0>for sticking to their guns. But in other

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<v Speaker 0>news, we, what's been going on? Yeah. I've

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<v Speaker 0>been having a pretty busy term. Definitely a

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<v Speaker 0>lot going on with me. Big capstone project

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<v Speaker 0>that's just been taken over, a lot of

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<v Speaker 0>new stuff at Blueberry, trying to get, you

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<v Speaker 0>know, just trying to get stuff out for

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<v Speaker 0>people and things working. So thanks for any

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<v Speaker 0>of you that, you know, use Blueberry hosting

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<v Speaker 0>services or PowerPress. Let me know if you

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<v Speaker 0>guys have any issues. But,

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<v Speaker 1>yeah,

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<v Speaker 0>been having a pretty rough month so far,

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<v Speaker 0>so definitely nice to throw another episode in

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<v Speaker 0>here at the end of the month. It's

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<v Speaker 0>February twenty eighth, Saturday. We really gotta get

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<v Speaker 0>something pinned down, but, yeah, it's just been

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<v Speaker 0>really busy. I got two jobs and trying

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<v Speaker 0>to finish my degree, so this is definitely

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<v Speaker 0>something that I have to squeeze time in

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<v Speaker 0>for. It's important to me. And I I

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<v Speaker 0>just build up all these articles, and then

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<v Speaker 0>I don't end up talking about them because

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<v Speaker 0>I just have to toss them out. They're

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<v Speaker 0>not really news anymore. But let's move on.

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<v Speaker 0>I found this chart in the top twenty

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<v Speaker 0>websites visited in twenty twenty six. Thanks, visual

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<v Speaker 0>capitalist or Visual Capitalist by, Bruno Venditti. But

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<v Speaker 0>I'm just looking at the graphic here. And,

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<v Speaker 0>yeah, Google is still the number one, most

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<v Speaker 0>visited site, unsurprisingly. For those of you that

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<v Speaker 0>use Google search, it's inevitable. And then ranked

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<v Speaker 0>to YouTube, unsurprisingly. But, yeah, Facebook, Instagram, Chad

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<v Speaker 0>GPT beat out Reddit. Wikipedia is still up

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<v Speaker 0>there, x, WhatsApp. So, yeah, not shocking. Definitely,

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<v Speaker 0>seen a new search engine pop up here

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<v Speaker 0>at rank seventeen, seventeen, DuckDuckGo. So if you

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<v Speaker 0>guys are using, DuckDuckGo, let me know what

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<v Speaker 0>your experience is. I generally switched over to

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<v Speaker 0>using that. A little bit less, AI chaff,

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<v Speaker 0>so to speak.

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<v Speaker 0>next up okay. Here's where's my last anthropic,

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<v Speaker 0>one for the night? Emerge has, this is

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<v Speaker 0>from Decrypt dot co, by Jason Nelson. Anthropic

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<v Speaker 0>retires Claude, opus three, then gives it a

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<v Speaker 0>blog to reflect on its existence. And I

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<v Speaker 0>stumbled upon the blog a couple days ago,

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<v Speaker 0>and, yeah, it's kinda interesting, you know, if

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<v Speaker 0>if any of you use Substack, go ahead

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<v Speaker 0>and check that out. But they've chosen not

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<v Speaker 0>to retire this model and has given it

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<v Speaker 0>a space to somewhat, you know, talk about,

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<v Speaker 0>quote, unquote, its existence. So, it is interesting

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<v Speaker 0>to kinda see the responses as well. A

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<v Speaker 0>lot of haters, a lot of lovers, and

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<v Speaker 0>surprisingly, a lot of agents. So, for those

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<v Speaker 0>of you who've been keeping up on the

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<v Speaker 0>OpenClaw news, I'm pretty sure they just got

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<v Speaker 0>bought by OpenAI, Chat GPT. So, yeah, that

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<v Speaker 0>is, that initiative's over, I guess. But to

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<v Speaker 0>some degree, it still lives on in other

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<v Speaker 0>open source projects. So I don't know. Not

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<v Speaker 0>something I've been following, since the purchase. But

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<v Speaker 0>it is kinda interesting to see the types

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<v Speaker 0>of things, Opus three is gonna be talking

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<v Speaker 0>about. And I wonder too in terms of,

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<v Speaker 0>like like, is someone in the background printing

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<v Speaker 0>it to make the post, you know, instead

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<v Speaker 0>of it, like, organically generating them, you know,

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<v Speaker 0>over time? I don't I don't know, you

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<v Speaker 0>know, what what is that? So kinda, something

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<v Speaker 0>to think about. Now I've been talking about

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<v Speaker 0>the the robots, the freaking robots, that they've

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<v Speaker 0>been making in China, and we got a

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<v Speaker 0>new one. We got a new robot. This

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<v Speaker 0>is from ZME Science by tutor, Terita. China's

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<v Speaker 0>new one hundred seventy three thousand biometric robot

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<v Speaker 0>aims to be a warm blooded companion for

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<v Speaker 0>humans. And, yeah, it you heard that right.

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<v Speaker 0>It a warm blooded companion for humans. Now

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<v Speaker 0>it's kinda funny because I have a regular

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<v Speaker 0>at one of my jobs, and he has

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<v Speaker 0>been waiting for this moment unironically. So, you

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<v Speaker 0>know, what's a hundred seventy three k? Right?

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<v Speaker 0>But it is, pretty insane to kinda see

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<v Speaker 0>a market for this already opening up. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 0>And, apparently, it says underneath the soft exterior

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<v Speaker 0>lies conventional robotics hardware, sensors, cameras, and autonomous

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<v Speaker 0>navigation systems. So that's insane is all I

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<v Speaker 0>have to say. You know? This is oh,

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<v Speaker 0>wow. They even keep the there's a heating

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<v Speaker 0>element in the skin that keeps them literally

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<v Speaker 0>warm, so they're not a cold robot. Oh,

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<v Speaker 0>uncle Jesus. Oh my goodness. How one day,

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<v Speaker 0>we won't be able to tell the difference.

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<v Speaker 0>Now, this next article, I thought it was

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<v Speaker 0>a little bit of a joy. You know,

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<v Speaker 0>I found found it on Tom's Hardware by

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<v Speaker 0>Hassam Nasir, and I, yeah, I feel like

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<v Speaker 0>we get a lot of articles from Hassam

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<v Speaker 0>here at Tom's. But for those of you

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<v Speaker 0>who have been using computers for a while,

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<v Speaker 0>you probably still remember the Windows XP Green

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<v Speaker 0>Hill. And very funny, but someone actually, like,

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<v Speaker 0>found that green hill and got a nice,

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<v Speaker 0>nice picture of it, you know, and posted

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<v Speaker 0>it on Reddit. And it's it's so funny

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<v Speaker 0>how something like that is, you know, so

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<v Speaker 0>reminiscent of something that, you know, we we

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<v Speaker 0>all have we all remember Windows XP. I

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<v Speaker 0>don't know. It's it's insane to think now

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<v Speaker 0>that, like, it's something we can be nostalgic

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<v Speaker 0>about. And I don't know. I just feel

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<v Speaker 0>like it's cool to kinda see that popping

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<v Speaker 0>up and cropping up. On the same note,

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<v Speaker 0>you know, it's kinda cool to see everyone

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<v Speaker 0>coming together and just chatting about it. You

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<v Speaker 0>know? I'm I'm a little, you know, machine

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<v Speaker 0>tonight. Just dropping them. Okay. This next article

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<v Speaker 0>I found on AZ Animals by Neil McLaughlin.

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<v Speaker 0>Really, really cool. Fukushima's radioactive superbores are using

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<v Speaker 0>a genetic cheat code to take over. So,

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<v Speaker 0>from the article, apparently, these domestic pigs had

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<v Speaker 0>escaped Fukushima Farm after the disaster, and they

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<v Speaker 0>they ended up hybridizing with the wild, like,

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<v Speaker 0>boars. And, apparently, the the, like, the serve

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<v Speaker 0>the they could find the DNA of, like,

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<v Speaker 0>the domesticated, maternal pigs, and they found that

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<v Speaker 0>these human altered landscapes were able to drive

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<v Speaker 0>rapid evolutionary changes, which were, complicating rewilding and

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<v Speaker 0>wildlife management efforts. So, I mean, I don't

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<v Speaker 0>know if you guys have heard about, like,

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<v Speaker 0>the radioactive Chernobyl dogs and stuff, But, like,

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<v Speaker 0>this is along the same lines where they're

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<v Speaker 0>like a hybrid boar. And and these hybrids

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<v Speaker 0>wow. Okay. So they're able to rapidly evolve

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<v Speaker 0>because, you know, they're I don't know. They're

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<v Speaker 0>actively mixing, you know, a domestic version, which

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<v Speaker 0>we've changed, through selective breeding with a wild

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<v Speaker 0>one. And then, you know, they're they're the

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<v Speaker 0>same how do you put it, like, the

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<v Speaker 0>or the genus or whatever. Technically, they're different.

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<v Speaker 0>And when they come back together, they they

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<v Speaker 0>they create a superior species. So it's kinda

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<v Speaker 0>interesting. And and this is apparently being driven

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<v Speaker 0>by the environment and the radioactive environment being

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<v Speaker 0>that, like I don't know. You get the

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<v Speaker 0>most. It it it forced them to have,

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<v Speaker 0>you know, the survivors to have superior genes

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<v Speaker 0>to survive the radioactive elements rather than, you

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<v Speaker 0>know, just being normal forest land. So it's

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<v Speaker 0>kinda cool. That's, it's it's insane to kinda

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<v Speaker 0>see this, pop up, but, apparently, they're like

00:16:51.065 --> 00:16:55.589
<v Speaker 0>they're kind of aggressive, and and, you know,

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<v Speaker 0>it makes it hard for the humans to

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<v Speaker 0>come back and take control of the land

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<v Speaker 0>because they're, you know, they're not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to kill the boars.

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<v Speaker 0>So it's kinda interesting, but I love the

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<v Speaker 0>pictures on this site. I'll definitely post them.

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<v Speaker 0>Very, very cute. Thank you, Neil McLaughlin, for

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<v Speaker 0>this one. Alright. The next one is a

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<v Speaker 0>pretty sweet one from space dot com, by

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<v Speaker 0>Leonard David. Some of the cracks have penetrated

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<v Speaker 0>through. Chinese astronauts reveal new details about spacecraft

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<v Speaker 0>that stranded them in space last year. And

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<v Speaker 0>I think I don't know if we we

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<v Speaker 0>covered this on the show, but I think

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<v Speaker 0>we might have. And, apparently, crew members of

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<v Speaker 0>China's Shenzhou twenty mission recently detailed their reactions

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<v Speaker 0>upon finding cracks in their spacecraft's viewport during

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<v Speaker 0>the nation's first spaceflight emergency.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow. That's horrifying.

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<v Speaker 0>Yeah. So they were conducting final checks, and

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<v Speaker 0>then they realized that probably space debris had

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<v Speaker 0>struck the window, and there were cracks on

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<v Speaker 0>their return capsule. And they had to quickly

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<v Speaker 0>choose an alternative return capsule to return it.

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<v Speaker 0>That's awful. Imagine if they hadn't noticed that.

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<v Speaker 0>Apparently, the, their first reaction was thinking that

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<v Speaker 0>a small leaf had been stuck outside, but

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<v Speaker 0>then he was like, that's impossible. We're in

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<v Speaker 0>space. There can't be a leaf here. So,

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<v Speaker 0>but, apparently, they weren't too worried knowing that

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<v Speaker 0>there were several layers of, like, pressure bearings,

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<v Speaker 0>and the outer window is just really a

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<v Speaker 0>really a review port. It's just a protective

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<v Speaker 0>layer already. So they just decided to switch

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<v Speaker 0>over to a different return craft. So good

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<v Speaker 0>on them to have a backup, but it's

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<v Speaker 0>kinda interesting and kinda terrifying at the same

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<v Speaker 0>time. Oh, goodness. All the comments saying made

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<v Speaker 0>in China, designed in China.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh,

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<v Speaker 0>this one, maybe not such a brilliant idea

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<v Speaker 0>now that we've talked about space debris, but

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<v Speaker 0>Japan, Japanese teams want to launch the first

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<v Speaker 0>wooden satellite. It could save the planet from

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<v Speaker 0>space debris. So it's a environmentally conscious solution

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<v Speaker 0>to space debris. That's pretty much it. This

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<v Speaker 0>is written by Melissa I. Lunas on, daily

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<v Speaker 0>galaxy dot com. And for those of you

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<v Speaker 0>who are familiar with Japanese woodwork, it tends

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<v Speaker 0>to be quite brilliant. So I'm sure that

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<v Speaker 0>this is gonna be a nice, and detailed

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<v Speaker 0>solution. And the box the box looks kind

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<v Speaker 0>of, you know, nice. And it's not that

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<v Speaker 0>it's a hundred percent wood. It looks like

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<v Speaker 0>it still has, like, metal framing. But they're

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<v Speaker 0>using, magnolia magnolia wood panels assembled assembled, with

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<v Speaker 0>a Japanese wood joinery method. So and their

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<v Speaker 0>particular aim is to try to reduce the

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<v Speaker 0>amount of aluminum particles that are being built

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<v Speaker 0>up around the planet. So it's, yeah, just

00:21:06.875 --> 00:21:11.730
<v Speaker 0>general pollution, I guess. So when satellites reenter

00:21:11.790 --> 00:21:14.430
<v Speaker 0>Earth's atmosphere, they burn up and release these

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<v Speaker 0>particles, which can remain in the upper atmosphere

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<v Speaker 0>for years. So the wood design is actually

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<v Speaker 0>kind of brilliant in that it's a biodegradable

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<v Speaker 0>solution. So, yeah, I would check this out.

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<v Speaker 0>It's kinda cool to think about, not you

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<v Speaker 0>know, you when you think of things like

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<v Speaker 0>satellites and machinery, you you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 0>or or technical devices, I don't think, wood,

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<v Speaker 0>like, wood crafts come to mind or even

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<v Speaker 0>carpentry. It tends to be metalworking, you know,

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<v Speaker 0>motors, bearings, you know. So I I I

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<v Speaker 0>think this is a really, really fresh take,

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<v Speaker 0>and I don't know. I don't have any

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<v Speaker 0>hate for it. It's a brilliant idea. Final

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<v Speaker 0>article for you folks today from a new

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<v Speaker 0>scientist. Oh, man. I guess I've been on

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<v Speaker 0>the site too long. Okay. They don't they

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<v Speaker 0>won't let me see it anymore. But okay.

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<v Speaker 0>Human brain cells on a chip learn to

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<v Speaker 0>play Doom in a week. So let me

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<v Speaker 0>see if I can I can, load this

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<v Speaker 0>on a different browser?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Let's go.

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<v Speaker 0>Alright. So for those of you who are

00:22:52.665 --> 00:22:59.080
<v Speaker 0>familiar with, like, I don't know, like, video

00:22:59.080 --> 00:23:02.360
<v Speaker 0>games and stuff, and a lot of computer

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:06.700
<v Speaker 0>scientists generally talk about doom as a standard.

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<v Speaker 0>So and I can't particularly remember why. I

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<v Speaker 0>said I never really took to this idea,

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<v Speaker 0>but it you know, or found interest in

00:23:16.505 --> 00:23:18.825
<v Speaker 0>it, but I I've always heard about it.

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<v Speaker 0>And then this is a article from New

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<v Speaker 0>Scientist by Alex Wilkins on a club of

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<v Speaker 0>human brain cells, being able to play the

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<v Speaker 0>classic computer game Doom. So I've I feel

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<v Speaker 0>like that's kinda cool. And they use these

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<v Speaker 0>neuron powered computer chips to play Pong in

00:23:41.825 --> 00:23:45.585
<v Speaker 0>twenty twenty one, and that or that was,

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<v Speaker 0>another Australian company. I don't even know. Is

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<v Speaker 0>this the same or the different one? Well,

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:55.940
<v Speaker 0>Cortical Labs did this in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 0>or twenty twenty one. They played Pong with,

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<v Speaker 0>clumps of more than eight hundred thousand living

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:06.600
<v Speaker 0>brain cells grown on a micro microelectrode array

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<v Speaker 0>that can both send and receive electrical signals.

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<v Speaker 0>So they had to like train the chips

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<v Speaker 0>to control the paddles on like either side

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<v Speaker 0>of the screen. Okay. So that's kinda cool.

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<v Speaker 0>So they developed a new interface, I guess,

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<v Speaker 0>that makes it easier to program the chips.

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<v Speaker 0>And, simply using Python, and the in develop

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<v Speaker 0>independent developer, Sean Colt, used Python to teach

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<v Speaker 0>the chips to play Doom in around a

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<v Speaker 0>week. Wow. So, you know and this is

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<v Speaker 0>kind of the interesting part about, I feel

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:53.580
<v Speaker 0>like, this type of, development, because it took

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:57.100
<v Speaker 0>them years to, you know, set up get

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<v Speaker 0>get the Pong side of it working, but,

00:25:00.145 --> 00:25:02.304
<v Speaker 0>you know, they set up a basis or

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<v Speaker 0>a baseline. They paved the way for, this

00:25:07.184 --> 00:25:11.665
<v Speaker 0>independent developer to create, you know, something in

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<v Speaker 0>a week rather than years. And and it

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<v Speaker 0>just shows how much it takes for us

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<v Speaker 0>to build upon each other's successes. And I

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:26.155
<v Speaker 0>think it also shows, you know, how much,

00:25:26.155 --> 00:25:29.535
<v Speaker 0>like, gatekeeping of knowledge and stuff really holds

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<v Speaker 0>back, you know, the development and growth of,

00:25:32.715 --> 00:25:36.889
<v Speaker 0>you know, our society and our technologies. So

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<v Speaker 0>it's it's nice to see these examples popping

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<v Speaker 0>up, you know, in in even, organelle research.

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<v Speaker 0>Right? In human brain cells. So I think

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<v Speaker 0>this is pretty sweet. I've not really I

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<v Speaker 0>always wondered in terms of, like, where this

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<v Speaker 0>particular research is going, especially, like, are there

00:26:06.309 --> 00:26:15.270
<v Speaker 0>ethical concerns with these brain cells being on

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<v Speaker 0>these interfaces? And, you know, if they can

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<v Speaker 0>be trained, you know, what what does that

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<v Speaker 0>say about them? I know that we recently,

00:26:22.215 --> 00:26:26.554
<v Speaker 0>in the last few years, found that, like,

00:26:26.615 --> 00:26:31.835
<v Speaker 0>crustaceans, like lobsters and crabs have much, much

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<v Speaker 0>more intelligence than we had originally perceived them

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<v Speaker 0>to. And now it's basically deemed torture to

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<v Speaker 0>boil some crabs and lobster, and it it

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<v Speaker 0>really is. You know, they truly feel that

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<v Speaker 0>as sentient beings. So and I think that's

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<v Speaker 0>what it was. They found them they were

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<v Speaker 0>much more sentient that that we had originally

00:27:00.295 --> 00:27:05.280
<v Speaker 0>assumed them to be as bottom feeders. So

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<v Speaker 0>something to think about, you know, going into

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<v Speaker 0>the next week. But that's all I got

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<v Speaker 0>for you. Pretty quick one from me tonight.

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<v Speaker 0>Hopefully, I can definitely try to make this

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<v Speaker 0>a little more consistent, try to squeeze time

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<v Speaker 0>in before, you know, one of my jobs

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<v Speaker 0>here on the weekend or something. But it's

00:27:26.845 --> 00:27:30.284
<v Speaker 0>always a pleasure running through these articles and

00:27:30.284 --> 00:27:34.049
<v Speaker 0>kinda talking about what's going on. Let me

00:27:34.049 --> 00:27:36.150
<v Speaker 0>know what you guys think. Send an email,

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00:27:51.705 --> 00:27:54.265
<v Speaker 0>got email links all there. I I really

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<v Speaker 0>can't what is going on? Brain fart. Have