Changelog & Friends

Doomed to discuss AI

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Author, journalist, travel writer & software engineer Jon Evans joins us to weigh in on the cultural history (and present-day sentiment) of AI doom. Along the way, we talk plausible Sci-Fi, ultrasound drug delivery, the maybe-evolving laws of physics & even weirder stuff.

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    • Featuring:

    • Jon Evans – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
    • Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Exadelic on Amazon
    • Inside GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault
    • A Study: Ancient Egyptians used sound waves in building pyramids
    • Extropia’s Children Redux - by Jon Evans
    • The Only Way to Deal With the Threat From AI? Shut It Down | Time
    • Nick Jones
    • Dennis E. Taylor

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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