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Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood embark on a philosophical journey, starting with a tribute to the late Daniel Dennett, whose work on consciousness and thought experiments left a profound impact on Andrew. The conversation then shifts to AI, with Facebook’s new Llama 3 model stirring the pot in the open-source community, and robotics, where Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot demonstrates terrifying agility. The episode wraps up with the discovery of a potentially record-breaking fossilized snake, sparking a mix of awe and existential dread among the hosts.
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Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood embark on a philosophical journey, starting with a tribute to the late Daniel Dennett, whose work on consciousness and thought experiments left a profound impact on Andrew. The conversation then shifts to AI, with Facebook’s new Llama 3 model stirring the pot in the open-source community, and robotics, where Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot demonstrates terrifying agility. The episode wraps up with the discovery of a potentially record-breaking fossilized snake, sparking a mix of awe and existential dread among the hosts.
Picks:
Andrew Mayne: Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett
Brian Brushwood: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Justin Robert Young: House of the Dragon (HBO series)
Support Weird Things on Patreon
Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes Podcasts
Podcast RSS feed
Download url: https://weirdthingspodcast.com/uploads/20240423014053_2024-04-19-Weird_things_mixdown.mp3
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