Episode number 135 – June 29th 2023

This week's guest: Amoli Kulkarni from Community Engagement

Links to this week’s stories:

Factories in space:

https://www.designboom.com/technology/first-space-factory-orbit-varda-space-industries-rocket-lab-06-26-2023/

Cyber attacks - War? Terrorism? Espionage?:

https://digitalpeacenow.org/

AI created more jobs last time:

https://www.nber.org/papers/w31357

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/microdata/european-union-labour-force-survey

How do you identify who a kid is:

 https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/identifying-the-trade-offs-in-online-age-verification/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two activists to talk about what makes them creative.

Guests on this episode:

Nancy Metayer Bowen : https://www.instagram.com/nancymetayerbowen/

Karen Smith: https://www.facebook.com/sicklefreebroward/

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Episode number 134 – June 22nd 2023

This week's guest: Autumn Dec from Main Library

Links to this week’s stories:

Oceans of stories:

It is sad about the submersible disaster but that is what adventures are about

Visiting an old boat wreck:

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44281/20230613/3-000-year-old-well-preserved-hand-sewn-zambratija-boat.htm

Orcas teaching others:

Dark Patterns and how to regulate:

Metahuman news anchors:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 133 - June 15 2023 – New emerging dialect of English in South Florida, a critical ingredient for life found on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, and a Postcard from Mars.  

This week's guest: Sheena Sewell from the African American Research Library & Cultural Center  

Links to this week’s stories:  

"Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida" 

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-linguists-english-dialect-emerging-south.html 

"Critical Ingredient for Life Discovered at Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus" 

https://scitechdaily.com/critical-ingredient-for-life-discovered-at-saturns-icy-moon-enceladus/ 

"This 'postcard' of a Mars day from NASA's Curiosity rover is gorgeous" 

https://www.space.com/curiosity-mars-rover-morning-afternoon-postcard

Links to this week’s stories:  

Library Highlight: 

 Juneteenth African drumming, dancing, and storytime  

Juneteenth with Sista Keachia: A Celebration of Freedom 

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Main Library 

https://broward.libnet.info/event/8598877  

Juneteenth: A Musical Celebration  

Music, spoken word performance, free food 

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 1:00 pm, Main Library  

https://broward.libnet.info/event/8194334 

Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR  

Episode number 131 – June 1st 2023 - Space is still exciting, power from space, erasing strangers, is AR worth it

This week's guest: Kimberly White from Community Engagement

Links to this week’s stories:

Space is still exciting:

 https://www.space.com/spacex-dragon-ax-2-reentry-splashdown-photos-videos

https://www.axiomspace.com/news/ax2-allcrew-pressonference

Going to space to see the sun:

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/in-a-first-caltechs-space-solar-power-demonstrator-wirelessly-transmits-power-in-space

Should you erase the strangers:

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/05/magic-eraser-google-photos-family-album.html

Is AR worth it?

 https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/30/23733833/niantic-wol-mixed-reality-experience-ai-talking-owl

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This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two painters to talk about what makes them creative.

Guests on this episode:

Kristen: https://www.instagram.com/tincanart_25/

Bonnie Zhou: https://bonniezhou.com/pages/about

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Episode number 130 – May 25th 2023 - Accessibility matters, finding asteroids, how important is AM, and how hot do you like your food?

This week's guest: Lisa Jackson from AARLCC

Links to this week’s stories:

Accessibility Matters:

 https://www.engadget.com/the-tech-industrys-accessibility-related-products-and-launches-this-week-130022115.html

Help find asteroids:

Daily Minor Planet:

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet

AM radio?:

How hot is too hot?

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Episode number 129 – May 18th 2023 - What will you pay for free TV, how do you feel, sharks need to breathe, and AI music creation

This week's guest: Matt Kelly from Creation Station Music

Links to this week’s stories:

It won’t cost much, just your information:

Don’t believe what you feel:

Sharks swim to breathe, how do they hold their breath?

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2023/05/hammerhead-sharks-hold-breath-on-deep-water-hunts-study-finds/

Google and AI in the music business

Aitest kitchen → Google MusicLM

Google MusicLM

Like Dall-e or MidJourney, but for music.

MusicLM Application

https://aitestkitchen.withgoogle.com/experiments/music-lm

MusicLM Examples

https://google-research.github.io/seanet/musiclm/examples/

Industry Reaction

Labels are not happy! Record labels are asking all platforms to remove ai generated content as it is copyright infringement. If Google agrees to this, then it

Google fair use argument in a nutshell:

The benefits of new technology such as Ai out way any potential copyright issues that may arise.

Artist Reaction

Examples -> Grimes

Grimes

Matt Kelly AI Song

I made a song completely with AI about making music at the Collier City Library, featuring recording artist Drake as the vocalist. 

Tools Used to Create

Chat GPT --> Create lyrics using the

"Write lyrics in the tone of drake about the

Google MusicLM --> Create beat with the

“trap beat melodic piano, motivating and great for the

TopMediAi --> Free text to speech Ai

Copy and pasted lyrics from Chat GPT into voice

Ableton --> Put all the pieces together

Lyrics!

Intro:

Yeah....

You know I've been.... everywhere in the world but,

nothing like the Collier City Library

Shoutout Mr. Bob and Mr. Greg

You know I'm in the studio like everyday...

Verse 1:

Yeah, I'm in the Collier City Library,

Feelin' inspired by the books I see,

Flipping through pages, gettin' lost in time,

I'm surrounded by stories and rhymes.

Chorus:

But it's the music that really moves me,

Got me feeling like nothing can stop me,

I love making music in this library,

It's the perfect place to set my soul free.

Verse 2:

The beats and the melodies, they come alive,

Echoing through these walls, I feel revived,

I pour my heart and my soul into every track,

And the Collier City Library's got my back.

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Episode Number 128

This week's guest: Autumn Dec from MN

Links to this week’s stories:

Low pay for basic human work:

https://www.wired.com/story/should-you-get-paid-for-teaching-a-chatbot-to-do-your-job/

How much to be a human?

https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-openai-ai-contractors-15-dollars-per-hour-1850415474

Lying about Lying:

Are you more human than AI?

https://www.psypost.org/2023/05/study-uncovers-a-surprising-discrepancy-between-the-effects-of-perceived-vs-actual-use-of-ai-in-conversations-81817

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30938-9

 The most invasive species is….

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/07/most-common-invasive-species-in-united-states/70189818007/

https://www.eddmaps.org/tools/state.cfm

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