Robot or Not?

What makes a car a car, and not a truck, or an SUV, or a crossover?

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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When is Next Wednesday? Is it Wednesday? Or the Wednesday after that?

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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What makes something money? Is gold money? Is Bitcoin?

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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Do Sundays start the week, or end it? When does the week end, and is that the weekend?

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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What’s cooking? Is making tea cooking? John’s answers may surprise you. They certainly surprised Jason.

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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The proper way to eat popcorn. 🍿

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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Listeners Jono and Chris, and friend Tony Sindelar, have questions about what John defines as ‘camping.’ Suffering is surprisingly part of the calculation.

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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Listener Beth seeks enlightenment about what makes something a photo.

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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Listener Isaac wants us to judge if a certain “floating bridge” is actually a ferry. This leads, of course, to a discussion of infinite bridges and whether a fairy is a ferry in California.

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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If robots at a grocery-store warehouse works in tandem, are they robots? If they have a hive mind, are they still robots?

Hosts John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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