Thomas and Skyler investigate the latest in jet packs, self-driving trucks, and futuristic weapons. You won't believe what is already available and just on the horizon!

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Jet Packs - More Useful than we previously thought!

"Latest Flight Testing!”

JetSuit river test by Gravity Industries, Aug. 2020

https://youtu.be/ZHk13Xa8dqI

“Paramedic Mountain Response!”

JetSuit river test by Gravity Industries, Sept. 2020

90 seconds vs the 25 minutes of arduous 1,000 foot climb. 50 liters of fuel (13.2 gallons)

https://youtu.be/gtvCnZqZnxc

“Cruise Ship Race!”

For use if a cruise ship is stranded. Flyer was keeping up with jet skis 

https://youtu.be/uIJoMmKutIc

"9 LATEST GADGETS AND INVENTIONS 2020 | YOU CAN BUY NOW”

https://youtu.be/CTCPH8TQZvY

“7 GADGETS THAT WILL TAKE YOUR HOME TO THE FUTURE”

https://youtu.be/1aPk3rsUXZI

“AMAZING FUTURISTIC WEAPONS THAT ARE ON ANOTHER LEVEL”

https://youtu.be/SjNdRr7OXjs

Latest drones

- 4K resolution, obstacle avoidance technology, 1 kilometer distance (.62 miles), center on you as you move

Space 3D Printer

- 10 inch 3D printer, built-in touch screen, print 2x faster than most (40millimeters per hour) - the resolution is crazy

iRobot Mirra 530

- Vaccuum that cleans pool, scans with laser, even climbs stairs

Floating Cloud

- Clouds hovers and lights up

Clocky

- Alarm clock on wheels jumps off surface and rolls around house and you have to chase it to turn it off

HIKKVision

- Takes out unwanted drones or keeps them out - scanners on a building or a handheld

Self-Aiming Rifles

- Use video cameras

Self-driving trucks: https://youtu.be/lTWc7y8gCbE

Trucking is $700 Billion industry 1.8 million people employed

- Quibus - remote drivers - both for trucks and small car deliveries

- Volvo - it’s just a regular-sized car but it does under trailers

- TLOG - manual driving remote control - has no cab for human entry,16-tons, 300 kilowatt batteries, 200 miles per charge

- Thor ET1 - Has a cab for a human, all electric motor, hauls up to 80,000 lbs (only industry’s highest class of trucks can tow currently), 300 miles on a charge, 22-inch touch screen, $150,000

- Gruzovikis - Freaky—reminded me of trucks in the movie iRobot, No doors or windows or driver, very slim, much larger capacity because no cab—much more stability on front axle because no cab, all electric

- Tesla semi electric truck - zero emission (not in production obviously!), auto-pilot but not truly autonomous, “platoons” with other Tesla trucks, 4 independent electric motors—same as used in cars

- Mercedes Euro-X - intermediary between autonomous and human-operated, very minimalist, looks like something out of dystopian movie, no windows

- Kamaz Vision Truck - very minimalist, huge windshield

- Bugatti Hyper Truck (concept) - crazy looking, 1,479 horsepower, 1,180 lbs feet torque

- Audi Truck Concept - like a round “L” shape, just designs

“How Self-Driving Trucks Really Work”

https://youtu.be/Qs69m9T-4Rk

#DiscoverTech #InfoWest #FutureTechnology

Is Artificial Intelligence already self-aware? Skyler and Thomas discuss the current state of AI and future predictions. Will we survive?

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“Why AI Is The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Imagine Right Now”

https://youtu.be/R_5sAburz5Q

- All accumulated knowledge doubles every year

- More progress has been made in the past 50 years than all of human history combined / next 10 years will be more than the previous 50

- AI - can make new AI

- 90% of analysts say the Singularity will be by 2040 and some say even by 2029

- 2 Facebook AI chatbots, Bob and Alice, were created and they started talking to each other in a language we can’t understand

“Artificial Intelligence: It Will Kill Us”

https://youtu.be/BrNs0M77Pd4

- It operates itself and develops itself already

- AI’s can already recognize tumors inside human bodies better than doctors

- The AI systems create a million terabytes of data per day

- Facial recognition technology has been developed to recognize you from above because of drones

- There are now drones who have an LED bottom and cameras on top that record the sky and project that on the bottom of the drone

- AI systems have already deposited back-up systems all over the world in all kinds of systems

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“Deepfake Videos Are Getting Terrifyingly Real I NOVA I PBS”

https://youtu.be/T76bK2t2r8g

- AI is able to generate the imagery and the voice “Machine learning”

- Putting mouse on the chin of the Ronald Reagan and moving his head around side-to-side, up and down so you could create original movements that look natural

- Pay someone $20 to create deep fake of

- Creating revenge porn

- Don’t have to fool millions of people (80,000 votes for the popular election between Trump and Hillary)

- Fun versus weaponization

- Fed Gov spending a lot of money to combat it (also probably use it on “enemies”)

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“Roko's Basilisk: The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment”

https://youtu.be/ut-zGHLAVLI

- Basilisk is a mythical beast that could kill a human with its gaze alone.

- Hyper intelligent entity

- A sufficiently powerful AI could recreate and simulate all human history and experience

- Just thinking about this concept means the “basilisk” has seen you and you can’t escape

- Sir Thomas Brown in the 16th Century hypothesized on the Basilisk and he said our eyes would be the way the Basilisk would interpret our choices before we made them because eyes send out light beams of choice

“What was Bentham's panopticon? A computer model”

https://youtu.be/Myal-NSlIGA

“The ideal prison.”

300 prisons in the world use this design

“What does the panopticon mean in the age of digital surveillance?”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/23/panopticon-digital-surveillance-jeremy-bentham

- Bentham’s cadaver is on display with a wax head

- A camera records all who approaches and broadcasts them online

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“4 Experiments Where the AI Outsmarted Its Creators“

https://youtu.be/GdTBqBnqhaQ

“OpenAI Plays Hide and Seek…and Breaks The Game!”

https://youtu.be/Lu56xVlZ40M

#discovertech #infowest #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Skyler and Thomas discuss the future of the video game industry. They also share stories from growing up in the video game era. 

"The rising tide lifts all boats. Mobile gaming raked in more than half of all gaming dollars spent last year. Virtual reality and augmented reality games, while comparatively niche, continue to climb in revenue too." 

"In 2019, the gaming industry generated $120 billion in revenue, and experts predict it could reach $200 billion within two years; 100 million viewers tuned in to watch players compete in the World Championship of the game League of Legends — a larger haul than the telecast of the Super Bowl; and, by 2021, it’s projected that 2.7 billion people — about one-third of the global population — will be gamers." 

GAMING INDUSTRY REVENUE IN 2019 (SOURCE: SUPERDATA)   Mobile gaming: $64.4 billion   PC gaming: $29.6 billion   Console gaming: $15.4 billion   Game-related videos: $6.5 billion   VR and AR gaming: $6.3 billion  https://builtin.com/media-gaming/future-of-gaming  In contrast, Global box office revenue hit a record $42.5 billion in 2019… https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2019-global-box-office-hit-record-425b-4-percent-plunge-us-1268600

Apple, Google and Amazon are all developing gaming products....

Hyper-Reality

#discovertech #infowest #futureofgaming #videogames

Skyler and Thomas discuss the massive shifts that Millennials (aka “Generation Y”) caused within the U.S. economy, the impacts of that on the following “Generation Z,” and the predictions for the newest generation which is already entering the market!

#DiscoverTech #TheFutureIsHere #InfoWest #Millennials #GenerationY #GenerationX #GenerationZ #GenerationAlpha #GenerationHomeland #Industry

Skyler and Thomas discuss the current state of education and the technology disrupting it. Skyler is attending a traditional university and Thomas just received his degree online.

#discovertech #infowest #education

Thomas and Skyler discuss developments in daily life technology and what the future holds.

The current virtual technology for entertainment is amazing! But what's on the horizon? Thomas & Skyler explore the existing and future technology in the virtual and augmented space in this episode of DiscoverTech.  #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #DiscoverTech