FFS Talk podcast

FFS Talk podcast

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FFS Talk podcast episodes

  • Episode 0153: BaristaBots
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: We have all encountered some form of automation kiosk at a retail establishment, maybe a McDonald’s or a movie theater or self-checkout at a grocery store, the early beginnings, or maybe you have encountered an automated bartender or barista, a moving food server bot or a self-driving car or self-flying drone, these are a little bit more, and then there is what comes tomorrow…


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • PodLink for FFS Talk https://pod.link/1829341893
    • Automat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    26 min
  • Episode 0152: Daily Politics
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Politics is messy business, one reason it is often off limits a discussion topic at your local, as it should be elsewhere. What else is there understood by so few yet divisive to such a degree? Hold that thought, these are always potential topics for future episodes…


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • PodLink for FFS Talk https://pod.link/1829341893


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    30 min
  • Episode 0151: Learn to Code
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: The Obama announcement in December 2014 about policy leaning in to coding literacy and direction came as there was a general move toward these, today there are some apparent doubts thanks to AI, but should we still?


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • PodLink for FFS Talk https://pod.link/1829341893
    • Learn to Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learn_to_Code


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    29 min
  • Episode 0150: Emotional Reporting
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Last week we did Reasoned Reporting, this week how about the Emotional version?


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • Pod.iink for FFS Talk https://pod.link/1829341893


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    25 min
  • Episode 0149: Reasoned Reporting
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: The human response is calibrated at two different levels, one emotional and the other, the second to respond, logical or reasoned. When we are receiving or otherwise consuming News Reports, we have four possibilities to consider, let’s look at two of them.


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • Pod.iink for FFS Talk https://pod.link/1829341893


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    34 min
  • Episode 0148: Automate Everything
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: In these exciting times, the notion that we can have some computer somewhere running some AI model do everything for us is gaining momentum and popularity, is this good?


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • Pod.iink for FFS Talk https://pod.link/1829341893


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    31 min
  • Episode 0147: Free
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Who doesn’t love free, whatever it might be? Well there are some caveats, perhaps…


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • No Free Lunch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch
    • xkcd Dependency https://xkcd.com/2347/


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    38 min
  • Episode 0146: Product Data Reporting
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: More and more of the products we use are phoning home to tell the mother ship about what the product is doing and how and where we are using it. Is this okay?


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    35 min
  • Episode 0145: AI Trust
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Odds are you use AI tools for something, sometimes or all the time, and thanks to momentum you probably take the response as truth. Is that a good idea?


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
    • METR examination of the OpenAI/HuggingFace incident (Ajeya Cotra on Dwarkesh Patel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X50zezLFWWI


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    51 min
  • Episode 0144: Dating Advice Tube
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Anyone can find, or give, advice about anything on YouTube and other media outlets, no matter your education or expertise. One disclaimer and you’re off the hook, and so among other things we have more advice on how to meet women than anyone should encounter in a lifetime.


    Links
    • FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
    • Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo


    AI Disclosure
    • Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of FFS Talk is 100% Human.
    • Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements.
    • A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.
    36 min

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This is a conversational show about problems and solutions, discussing what is working and what isn't and what "we" might do about it.