That's Life, I Swear

By Rick Barron

Every Wednesday, join Rick Barron as he unravels the intricate threads of life's most captivating stories. From heart-pounding political dramas to the awe-inspiring challenges of climate change, he

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April 05, 2023Chat [RightWing] GPT, Help Me Think
David Rozado is a researcher and data scientist. He experimented with A.I. to demonstrate the potential danger of A.I. The name of his experiment was RightWingGPT. It only cost him $300 to create, by the way.
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supporting links
1. Where Does ChatGPT Fall on the Political Compass? [Reason]
2. David Rozado [Linkedin]
3. Danger in the Machine: The Perils of Political and Demographic Biases Embedded in AI Systems [David Rozado]
4. The Dangers of Politically Aligned AIs and their Negative Effects on Societal Polarization [Rozado’s Visual Analytics]
5. Fmr. Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the Consequences of an A.I. Revolution [YouTube]
6. OpenAI CEO, CTO on risks and how AI will reshape society [YouTube]
7. Testing the limits of ChatGPT and discovering a dark side [YouTube]
8. “Silicon Valley People Will Lose Their Jobs!” - Reaction To OpenAI Being A $29 Billion Company [YouTube]
9. "Godfather of artificial intelligence" talks impact and potential of new AI [YouTube]
10. Cohere provides advanced Large Language Models and NLP tools through one easy-to-use API [Website]
11. @DavidRozado [Twitter]

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March 29, 2023Shades of Handmaids Tale, Female Athletes Menstrual History Being Tracked!?
Tracking your menstrual history for optimal sports performance: Learn how high schools are monitoring menstrual cycles to track female athletic performance and competition results.
supporting links
1. 44 states currently ask high school female athletes about their ‘menstrual period’ [Outsports]
2. Florida Senate Passes “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” Bill [Human Rights Campaign]
3. Menstruation in Girls and Adolescents [ACOG]
4. The Impact of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Athletes’ Performance [NIH]
5. Florida athletic association will not ask high school students about menstruation cycles [POLITICO]

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March 22, 2023Twitter's API: Nothing Is For Free Anymore
Elon Musk, is now planning to charge a monthly fee for Twitter's API tool to help generate revenue. What problems could arise from this decision? Would it even succeed?
supporting links
1. Elon Musk suggests charging governments and corporations [The Verge]
2. Elon Musk and Twitter, One Quarter Later [SLATE]
3. Elon Musk’s reach on Twitter is dropping — fires a top engineer over it
[The Verge]
4. API [Wikipedia]
5. What Is an API (Application Programming Interface)? [Amazon/AWS]
6. What is an API (in 5 minutes) [YouTube]
7. Researchers, disaster relief groups in ‘crisis mode’ [Northeastern Global News]
8. Social media is an important tool in helping disaster victims [Northeastern Global News]

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March 15, 2023The Republican's Strange View on Democratic Socialism
Examining the debate between Democratic Socialism and Capitalism: The stance of the Republican Congress on Communism
supporting links
1. H. CON. RES. 9-118th Congress [Congress.gov website]
2. Democratic Socialism [Wikipedia]
3. Democratic Socialism Isn’t Social Democracy [Jacobin]
4. 10 examples of democratic socialism around the world [Staker]
5. Democratic socialism, political ideology [Britannica]
6. Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go? [Center on Budget & Policy Priorities]
7. 10 Examples of Socialism In America [Helpful Professor]
8. Social programs in the United States [Wikipedia]
9. Modest Declines in Positive Views of ‘Socialism’ and ‘Capitalism’ in U.S. [Pew Research]
10. Are Social Security Benefits a Form of Socialism? [Investopedia]
11. Socialism: History, Theory, & Analysis [Investopedia]
12. Republican Views on Issues [Website]
13. Here's the difference between a 'socialist' and a 'democratic socialist' [Insider]
14. American Socialism – Top 3 Pros and Cons [Britannica]

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March 08, 2023Book Review From Rick's Library: Cryptocurrency-How Digital Money Could Transform Finance by Gian Volpicelli
Since 2009 when the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin came into view, the world has been mesmerized by the topic. We hear new jargon such as Blockchain, Bitcoin, stablecoin, mining, smart contracts, crypto exchanges. What does all this mean? The history and other crypto jargon can be explained in a book I read recently on what this new digital currency is about. The name of the book, Cryptocurrency-How Digital Money Could Transform Finance.
supporting links
1. Crypto Currency [Irish Tech News]
2. What is Cryptocurrency and how does it work? [Kaspersky]
3. The 2008 financial crisis explained [History Extra]
4. Bitcoin [website]
5. How Does Bitcoin Work? [website]
6. Sam Bankman-Fried [Wikipedia]

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9min
March 01, 2023Ukraine War: Snake Island, One Year Later - Part 2
This is a follow up to last week’s episode of Snake Island, a year later. In our last episode, I shared how 80 Ukrainian soldiers occupied Snake Island. Their mission was to protect the island from the Russian takeover. The odds were stacked against them, but Captain Hodsky and his team saw it only one way, defend, and if required, die defending to the last man.
supporting links
1. 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine [Wikipedia]
2. Why did Russia invade Ukraine and has Putin's war failed? [BBC]
3. The Strategic Importance Of Snake Island In Past And Present [EurasiaReview]
4. Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov [Wikipedia]
5. Russian cruiser Moskva [Wikipedia]
6. Russians are torturing a Ukrainian priest in Belgorod [TCH]
7. 70 dark days of Chaplain Vyrozub [War Translated]
8. Volodymyr Zelenskyy [Wikipedia]
9. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky addresses House of Commons [YouTube]
10. Ukraine gives medal to soldier who told Russian officer to ‘go fuck yourself’ [The Guardian]
11. Igor Smelyansky, General Director of Ukrposhta, the national postal service [Georgetown University]
12. Bohdan Hotskiy tells story of Snake Island and when his men found themselves surrounded [The Telegraph]

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February 22, 2023Ukraine War: Snake Island, One Year Later - Part 1
On February 24, 2022, two days from now, Russian forces approached a tiny Black Sea outpost, demanding its Ukrainian defenders surrender or die. The response caught the Russians off guard, and the message became a symbol of resistance around the world.
supporting links
1. 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine [Wikipedia]
2. Why did Russia invade Ukraine and has Putin's war failed? [BBC]
3. The Strategic Importance Of Snake Island In Past And Present [EurasiaReview]
4. Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov [Wikipedia]
5. Russian cruiser Moskva [Wikipedia]
6. Russians are torturing a Ukrainian priest in Belgorod [TCH]
7. Volodymyr Zelenskyy [Wikipedia]
Podcast Intro music
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February 15, 2023David Crosby, Mr. Tambourine Man
Explore the rich history of folk rock through the work of David Crosby and his band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. From hit songs to solo performances, delve into the music and legacy of one of the greatest musicians of our time.
supporting links
1. David Crosby Timeline [Wikipedia]
2. The Byrds [Wikipedia]
3. David Crosby’s Top 20 Biggest Billboard Hits [Billboard]
4. Floyd Crosby [Wikipedia]
5. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Album Cover Location [Popspots]
6. Complete List Of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Albums [Classic Rock History]
7. David Crosby Intense Last Interview Before Death [YouTube]
follow on social media
1. @thedavidcrosby [Twitter]
2. thedavidcrosby [Instagram]

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February 08, 2023Let's Have A Chat About ChatGPT
We’ve heard that robots will soon take over our world. I think the jury is still out on that theory. However, a new robot entered on November 30, 2022, into the Artificial Intelligence arena and is getting a lot of attention. It’s a new chatbot that shows rapid advances in artificial intelligence. It’s name: ChatGPT.
supporting links
1. What is ChatGPT and How is it Different from Jasper Chat? [Jasper]
2. The Complete Guide to AI Text Generators [Castros]
3. Artificial Intelligence can write as well as humans [CNN]
4. What are Chatbots? [ONLIM]
5. What is a Gigabyte? [TechTarget]
6. ChatGPT: A Game-Changer for Cybersecurity Professionals? [LinkedIn]
7. Microsoft to add ChatGPT features to Bing Search [Search Engine Land]
8. 20 Uses of ChatGPT You Never Knew Were Possible [Medium]
9. I asked Chat GPT to build a To-Do app [Medium]
10. What is ChatGPT and How You Can Use It? [YouTube/4m, 38s]
11. ChatGPT Tutorial - A Crash Course on Chat GPT for Beginners [YouTube/34m,4s]
12. Can ChatGPT Kill Google? [Medium]

13. ChatGPT Has Investors Drooling—but Can It Bring Home the Bacon? [WIRED]

14. What is ChatGPT and why SEOs should care [Search Engineland]

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February 01, 2023Russian WWII Female Pilots Know As The Night Witches
Since February of 2022, I’ve been watching the ongoing war with Ukraine and Russia. When Putin’s army stormed in, they looked so polish and ready to conquer Ukraine in a manner of hours. Today the Russin army looks like a rag-tag outfit and not the almighty power the world was worried about. Ukraine is kicking their butts.
supporting links
1. Learn more about the Night Witches [NBC News Learn]
2. Marina Raskova bio [Wikipedia]
3. Polikarpov Po-2 plane [Wikipedia]
4. The Soviet Night Witches [Wright Museum of World War II]

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