What if you could sever the connection between the person you are at work, and the person you are when you leave the office? And neither of you would know the other existed. Would you do it? Richard and Dave discuss the Apple TV+ series, Severance.

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sen·tient  / ˈsen(t)SH(ē)ənt
adjective:
1. able to perceive or feel things
2. finely sensitive in perception or feeling
3. aware

Richard and Dave discuss the recent news that a Google engineer was put on leave after claiming a chatbot AI he had worked on had become sentient. A 5000-word interview with LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is available online here.

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Hosts Richard and Dave announce the new name for their Semi-Retired podcast.

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