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#222: It’s Captured My Almonds

November 24th, 2023 · 95 minutes

Your hosts return to topics around AI—with a focus on the new class of wearables intended to bridge the gap between meatspace and The Great Intelligence.

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Things kick off with John trying to figure out how Merlin's ping-pong ball thing works.

Merlin has Follow-Up on The Flop House, and John fondly recalls how he used to name capes.

As a main topic, your hosts return to topics around AI—with a focus on the new class of wearables intended to bridge the gap between meatspace and The Great Intelligence.

For this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts discuss the 1997 movie, Contact.

Tune in to find out whether Merlin has properly completed the assignment. You pay for the whole seat, but you'll only need the edge.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, November 14, 2023)


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Will Hines
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Humane Ai Pin
Rewind AI pendant
The Curse (TV show)
Seiko TV Watch (1982)
LaunchBar
Alfred
Raycast
Butler
Twiki from Buck Rogers
Contact (1997)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Complicated History of Who Framed Roger Rabbit - YouTube
Cabel Sasser on DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs
No Way Out (1987)