This is a follow up to ep129 where we establish Carol as a freelance frontline journalist that's outfitted a school bus with $685K of the latest drone surveillance tech. She uses it to gather real-time intelligence across large swaths of land. Here we see a bit more of what boots on the ground looks like. 

Copilot teaches us about the boundaries that separates conscription, forced labor & slavery. Then it craps out and needs to be relieved by Gemini. 

It honestly isn't prohibitively expensive to establish an AI-supported, real-time intelligence gathering net of drones and cameras. We introduce Carol the freelance frontline journalist and intelligence consultant.

I really wanted to learn about the slang that they use in con artist movies to describe methods and necessary personnel. But Gemini does a really crap job at bringing us into this world. Maybe we'll try it another time. This episode is just an example of when AI falls short. 

Chat is a bit shy on the subject early on but by the time we switch into "senior detective writing reports & teaching the rookie" mode, the world opens wide up. 

Grok storyteller mode does a beautiful job at putting us in the mind of a squirrel passing unscathed under a car on a country road, a dog in the starting gates of a big race, a momma raccoon escaping a blizzard with her kits & much more. 

The single father of two, who we've dubbed Adrian, gets pulled into a sinister plot via a seemingly benign job opportunity. 

It did an ok Obama the first time. We also learn about Karen Marjorie & how AI cloning can get real, really fast. 

They had (and still have i guess) coastal deserts and tiered farms that utilize the microclimates of a swift elevation change. They built advanced infrastructure. A rope that kept records. And much more. 

Zoe, Olivia & Adrian start their story with a bad omen.