Subtitle: Kathy said it.

Alex and Kathy wade through the grey blobs of the past few weeks of Apple’s supposed Intelligence.

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AirPods Pro 2 adds 'clinical grade' hearing aid feature - 9to5Mac

Passwords on the App Store

Accessibility - The Lost Voice - Apple

Why AI image editing isn’t ‘just like Photoshop’ - The Verge

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Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology.

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What happened with Gemini image generation

Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis - The Verge

Always Infinity Commercial - YouTube

Amazon and iRobot agree to terminate pending acquisition - Jan 29, 2024

Haptic: Reaching Out to the Human Side of Tech

Conduit FM | Cotton Bureau

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Immediately after Sammy A's firing but before his rehiring, Alex and Kathy got together to discuss what led up to the OpenAI bonanza and how it affects the future of ordinary humans who don't have podcasts about robots

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A primer on p(doom) : r/singularity

p(doom) | the singularity is nearer

Top AI researcher dismisses AI 'extinction' fears, challenges 'hero scientist' narrative | VentureBeat

Microsoft joins OpenAI’s board with Sam Altman officially back as CEO - The Verge

Sam Altman is back, so what’s next for OpenAI and ChatGPT? - The Verge

Read Microsoft’s internal memos about the chaos at OpenAI - The Verge

Anthropic \ Home

Satya Nadella on (Almost) Hiring Sam Altman

Interview with Sam Altman two days before he was fired | Ep 58 - YouTube

Who Is OpenAI’s Sam Altman? Meet the Oppenheimer of Our Age

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they're dog walkers and HVAC techs. - The Washington Post

Jezebel Acquired by Paste Magazine

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

Aftermath

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The Unicorn Sidekick

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Alex talks AI, gatekeeping, and Digital Miyazaki with friend of the show and developer advocate Jay Miller.

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Jay Miller

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Microsoft Copilot

Steve Ballmer - Web Developers - YouTube

Conduit #59: Everything is Broken! - Relay FM

About GitHub

Llama 2 - Meta AI

This bunch of grapes just sold for $11,000 in Japan | CNN

Face Recognition Software Led to His Arrest. It Was Dead Wrong | WIRED

Pregnant woman's arrest in carjacking case spurs call to end Detroit police facial recognition | AP News

The Sunday Read: ‘Spirited Away to Miyazaki Land’ - The New York Times

Mimestream | A native macOS email client for Gmail

Journal - BrettTerpstra.com

Jaron Lanier - Wikipedia

Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant | Hachette Book Group

history of the entire world, i guess - YouTube

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Black Python Developers Community

Subtitle: Hi Jill!

Alex gives Kathy a rundown of their cautious optimism for visionOS, and how we can have more agency in this new era of computing. Becoming more cyborgian can mean we also learn how to be more human.

Kathy wants Alex to calm down because she's focused on preparing for Relay FM's annual Podcastathon to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. TOMORROW, Friday, September 22nd!

Alex notes that these two events, one weird and abstract, another weird but also a concrete way to help the fight in eradicating childhood cancer.

If none of that made sense, good! It means you'll like this episode.

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Introducing Apple Vision Pro - YouTube

Exclusive: Apple testing Siri language generating features

Learn - visionOS - Apple Developer

Exclusive: Apple testing Siri language generating features

Work with Apple - visionOS - Apple Developer

Haptic with Alex Cox

Conduit - Relay FM

Donate to St. Jude Childen's Research Hospital!

Alex needs that sweet sweet laptop sleeve.

Kathy used ChatGPT, and Alex continues to use ChatGPT a lot more than they probably should.

(Recorded May 2023, when it was still the bird site.)

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Large language model - Wikipedia

If you're unfamiliar with LLMs, the Wikipedia page is a great resource explaining the fancy jargon everyone's throwing around.

The Problem with Jon Stewart - YouTube

No, 50% of AI researchers don't believe there is a 10% risk that AI will kill us

Hard Fork: The Bing Who Loved Me + Elon Rewrites the Algorithm on Apple Podcasts

Hard Fork: The Bing Who Loved Me + Elon Rewrites the Algorithm on Apple Podcasts

Grimes says anyone can use her voice for AI-generated songs - The Verge

A.I generated song 2023 Drake ft. the Weekend - YouTube

Pictorial #68: AI Art, Revisited - Relay FM

Conduit - Relay FM

Kathy Campbell and Jay Miller on life, productivity, and reality

Haptic with Alex Cox - It's Great to See You

Alex meets a new professional visionary

Kathy still hasn't used ChatGPT, but Alex remains optimistic about the bots.

(Recorded March 2023 in a pre-visionOS world!)

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Kathy still hasn't used ChatGPT, but Alex remains optimistic about the bots.

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ChatGPT sets record for fastest-growing user base in history, report says

Pope in White Puffer Jacket / Pope Francis Drip | Know Your Meme

Kevin Roose’s Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot: Full Transcript

Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Future of Life Institute

GOP Rep Seemingly Doesn't Get How WiFi or TikTok Works 🤔

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Alex calls shenanigans on Sydney and Kevin's relationship, and Kathy brings some news from our friends making AIs in Ethical Edmonton!

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GPT-4 Developer Livestream - YouTube

CBC: Ethically Aligned AI

Why a Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled - The New York Times

Kevin Roose’s Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot: Full Transcript - The New York Times

NYT columnist experiences 'strange' conversation with Microsoft A.I. chatbot - YouTube

Cards Against Humanity's Black Friday A.I. Challenge

Google fires AI engineer Blake Lemoine, who claimed its LaMDA 2 AI is sentient - The Verge

Sci-fi magazine 'Clarkesworld' stops submissions after a rush of AI-made stories : NPR

Grand Wizard of Nothing | Do By Friday

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With the help of a calculator panda, the business unicorn breaks her silence.

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Steve Jobs AI features in spooky 'interview' with Joe Rogan AI

James Thomson (@[email protected]) - Mastodon

PCalc by James Thompson

ElevenLabs || Prime Voice AI

OpenAI

Do By Friday's "dream in A.I." challenge

Do By Friday AI Images of Alex's and Merlin's Dreams

Kathy Campbell | Chief Awesome Officer

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Alex and Kathy talked in December about Twitter. Hindsight sure is an interesting thing. They also celebrate no San Francisco Murder Bots, mourn the loss of the Mars Rover, and look forward to what might come next for the social Internet.

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San Francisco Has Reversed Its Killer Robot Plan | WIRED

One of InSight's Last Images – NASA Mars Exploration

Mastodon - Decentralized social media

Distributed social network - Wikipedia

Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data | Ars Technica

Kathy Campbell | Chief Awesome Officer

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Conduit #41: Accountability: Doing it Right - Relay FM

Become a Super Conductor - Relay FM

Kathy and Alex share their squishy thoughts about the viral sensation of AI avatars, independent art, open-source software, and the late great turtles.

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UPDATE ON THE KILL BOTS! San Francisco supervisors bar police robots from using deadly force for now : NPR

Lensa AI and ‘Magic Avatars’: What to Know Before Using the App | WIRED

Stable Diffusion

Invasive Diffusion: How one unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model - Waxy.org

Stable Diffusion and AI generated art is absolutely wild in every way – A Whole Lotta Nothing

Yours Truly, Through the Eyes of Stable Diffusion – 512 Pixels

For Trans Women Like Me, Facetune Is a Way to See Our Real Selves

AI image app Lensa helps some trans people to embrace themselves | Reuters