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A sentient AI would definitely take better show notes
- Altium rap
- Chris has been reading “Iron Emipres“, which is a book about building out train infrastructure.
- Mark Rober has a new kit service and workshop. Chris thinks this was designed by an AI because of how it appeals to our demographic.
- It’s amazing how YouTube will influence future engineers. Dave grew up with The Curiosity Show. Chris grew up with Bill Nye the Science Guy.
- Chris has been prototyping with laser cutting using Ponoko
- Chris got to tour the Computer History Museum while at the Zephyr Developer Summit (recap article).
- Palm Pilot
- HP 200LX
- Psion Series 5
- Intel has their own museum
- Google AI research claims the AI is sentient
- War Games
- Cruise now has a pass for operating in SF at restricted times.
- 9 euro
- NY has passed Right to Repair
- Apple might be forced to adopt USB C
- EEVblab Right To Repair
- ITAR
- Russia and Belarus can’t buy parts over 25 MHz
Images generated from here, using the prompt “A computer screaming at a microphone”: https://huggingface.co/spaces/dalle-mini/dalle-mini
Audio intro generated here: https://resemble.ai
A novel about the “childhood” of an AI?
It’s been done. “When HARLIE Was One” (1972) by David Gerrold.
David is probably best known as the writer of the classic Star Trek episode “The Trouble With Tribbles”.
The “Deutsche Bahn” is actually one of the worst railways in all of Europe. It’s because the Germans valued their cars much more for the past decades. It’s in a terrible state (trust me I live there).