Ben’s house gets swarmed by bees, we find new ways to lie to children to get them to do what we want, and we discuss all the ways AI can kill us (there’s a lot).
Intro (0:00-10:27)
Bee Swarm Video
Maintaining normalcy during a quarantine (10:27-35:37)
Bad At Magic Episode 17 Josh interviews Ben about his missionary service
Smarter Every Day: Snatch Blocks
Mark Rober: Squirrel Ninja Obstacle Course
Bad At English (35:37-39:09)
Faff:
Noun (Britain,slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time. Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff.
Verb (Britain,slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity. She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.
Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense (39:09-end)
Quanta Magazine article: Common Sense Comes Closer to Computers
Automated Journalism
Alan Turing: The Imitation Game (movie) and The Enigma (Book)
Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue
Ex Machina trailer
Stamp Collecting Robot threatens humanity?
Rogue Robots
How to stop the stamp-collecting robot: The Orthogonality Thesis
Ben’s house gets swarmed by bees, we find new ways to lie to children to get them to do what we want, and we discuss all the ways AI can kill us (there’s a lot).
Intro (0:00-10:27)
Bee Swarm Video
Maintaining normalcy during a quarantine (10:27-35:37)
Bad At Magic Episode 17 Josh interviews Ben about his missionary service
Smarter Every Day: Snatch Blocks
Mark Rober: Squirrel Ninja Obstacle Course
Bad At English (35:37-39:09)
Faff:
Noun (Britain,slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time. Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff.
Verb (Britain,slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity. She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.
Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense (39:09-end)
Quanta Magazine article: Common Sense Comes Closer to Computers
Automated Journalism
Alan Turing: The Imitation Game (movie) and The Enigma (Book)
Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue
Ex Machina trailer
Stamp Collecting Robot threatens humanity?
Rogue Robots
How to stop the stamp-collecting robot: The Orthogonality Thesis