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e462 — Generating Both Sides
AI assistants that never forget, Humane’s AI Pin, training LLMs, Dyson’s example of using AR to gamify vacuuming, and persona updates for the Apple Vision Pro
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Published 15 April 2024
Michael and Michael get together to talk tech while Andy is away. In this episode, the team focuses on a variety of AI topics including AI assistants, the Humane AI Pin, LLM training and deepfakes before touching on several AR topics and concluding with a couple of games.
The first story deals with human forgetfulness vs AI assistants…
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#ai#AIPin#Apple Vision Pro#ar#assistant#CleanTrace#deepfake#Dyson#Extreme Ironing#Humane#lifelogging#LLM#Sims#vacuum
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e461 — Lawsuits & Swimsuits
Security, Open Source and more security, with GenAI challenges with art, name, image & likeness and an updated set of AR swim goggles.
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Published 8 April 2024
Michael, Andy and Michael get together to talk tech — focusing on a very healthy dollop of security and open source, with some GenAI art, and an updated set of AR swim goggles thrown in for good measure.
First, a little housekeeping – you may now find the Games at Work podcast on YouTube! If everything worked just right, this…
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e460 — AskEmilyPost: AI etiquette
AI generated music, wearable etiquette and AR user experience with a dollop of security & privacy, concluding with retro software & hardware.
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Published 1 April 2024
Andy and both Michaels get together to talk tech — focusing on AI generated music, wearable etiquette and AR user experience with a dollop of security & privacy.
Starting off with a reprise from last week’s episode, the co-hosts enjoy a discussion about music sparked by Suno, which uses GenAI to create new songs. This harkens back to…
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#000000#00000026#999999#ai#average#Commodore 64#etiquette#Heinz Remix#LLM#music#Music Genome Project#Screenbound#Suno#wearables
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e459 — Pendulums in the Stack
AI generated music with Suno.ai, an early look at the US DOJ complaint against Apple, pendulums as a source of randomness and a plethora of security and privacy articles.
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Published 25 March 2024
Andy and both Michaels get together to talk tech — focusing on AI generated music, security & privacy.
Starting off with the news about Suno.ai, the co-hosts discuss what generative AI music might be like, and what it may mean from a copyright perspective. This prompts Michael M to remember the Wired CD published in 2004,…
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e458 — Generative Podcast
AI thought experiment on replacing all music with Taylor Swift covers, AI software engineers, engaging talks at Monkigras & NASA’s game “The Lost Universe”
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Published 18 March 2024
Michael M and Andy get together to talk tech while missing Michael R – focusing on AI thought experiments, engaging talks at Monkigras and NASA’s tabletop game “The Lost Universe”.
Starting off with an article from NewScientist, Andy and Michael M engage in the thought experiment of whether an AI could replace all music (ALL music) with…
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#ai#cognition#Devin AI#GenAI#Johnny Cash#monkigras#monktoberfest#nasa#Puzzles of the Paladin#Taylor Swift#The Lost Universe
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e457 — It Looks Like You’re Recording a Podcast…!
Anthropic's AI needle in a haystack test, MicrosoftClippy, Microsoft Bob, Dune and Matrix inspired user experiences and much more
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Published 11 March 2024
Andy and Michael R get together to talk tech – focusing on LLMs, the return of Clippy, Steam games, physical and virtual user experiences and Cyber 205.
Starting off with an article from Venture Beat where the Claude 3 Opus LLM was subjected to what’s called a “needle-in-a-haystack” test, and reacted with the accurate recognition of…
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#ai#Anthropic#CDC Cyber#Claude#clippy#Cyber 205#Dune#Magic Room#Matrix#microsoft#Microsoft Bob#steam
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e456 — Not a Bot
The most recent spatial computing experiences, new innovations in AI from Google’s Genie, content badges signaling human created material, and a lively discussion on skill disintermediation.
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Published 4 March 2024
Andy, Michael and Michael are back in (virtual) studio together to talk tech. They check in on the latest spatial computing experiences with Michael R, discuss new AI announcements & trends and wrap up with several games.
The co-hosts start off the show with a roundup of the recent news articles on the Apple Vision Pro along…
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#ai#Apple Vision Pro#badge#Downpour#Genie#google#job#little big planet#Not by AI#Pitfall#skills#Spatial computing#Video Game History Foundation
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e455 — Star Trek vs. Douglas Adams
An episode focused on Science Fiction leading to Innovative Science Fact! Star Trek and Douglas Adams inspired technology, AI, games, XR and spatial computing. Glad to be of service!
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Published 26 February 2024
Michael and Michael are back in studio, inspired by an article that connects science fiction with scientific innovation leading to science fact. The post from the Interconnected blog posits that we are in the midst of a vibe shift, and that the technology is shifting from Star Trek to that from the imagination of Douglas Adams. The…
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#beautifulthings#Douglas Adams#hackathon#HHG2G#Joo Janta#LLM#Mono#NCSSM#SMathHacks#Star Trek#sustainability#UniHacks#VisionPro#XR
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e454 — I don’t remember a thing!
An AI & robot powered episode, replete with Goody2, Chess-GPT, Sora, MagicLab, Snorble, Grok, Doly and more!
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Published 19 February 2024
Michael, Michael and Andy are back in studio with an AI and robot powered episode. The co-hosts start things off with the world’s “most responsible” AI chatbot, Goody-2. According to the website, this chatbot is so safely constructed and curated that it will not answer anything that may remotely be conceived as problematic or…
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e453 — Vision Pro a Pro-Pro
First week of productive use of the Vision Pro, Disney metaverse and physical placemaking with Epic / epic partnerships, streaming AI poetry and much more!
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Published 12 February 2024
Michael, Michael and Andy are back in studio to talk tech. Immersive engagement, user experience, advertising and strategic partnerships form the backbone of this episode.
Starting off, as one would expect, the team starts things off with Michael R’s experiences with the Vision Pro from the past week. Among the stories Michael shares,…
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#apple#Astoria#Brilliant Labs#disney#Epcot#Frame#google#Immersiveness#North Carolina#placemaking#Poem1#Southern Village#tube#Vision Pro
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e452- Before and After
Michael R shares his experience and expectations on Apple's Vision Pro.
Andy Representing at #FOSDEM24
While Andy is at FOSDEM and Michael M. Is traveling for business, Michael R. Goes deep on his experiences with the new Apple Vision Pro. He explains his history with Apple products, and is excited that the VP of Developer Relations at Apple sent him a note as a launch product app.
He begins with a little back ground on his history of using Apple products, from…
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#Apple Vision Pro#ar#Christian Selig#Demo#Ferrite#FOSDEM#FOSDEM24#googly eye#Juno#Marques Brownlee#Persona#Spacial Computing#twit.tv#Unboxing#visionOS#vr#Wasted Time#Wasted Time Pro#Xcode
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e451 — Fahrenheit
Immersive technologies from Microsoft, Disney, Samsung and of course, Apple. Nightshade for AI model & cooked.wiki disruption and the last flight of Ingenuity.
Picture by Michael Martine, Chicago Botanic Garden, Dec 2023
Published 29 January 2024
Michael, Michael and Andy are back in studio to talk tech. Immersive engagement stories from Microsoft, Disney, Apple and Samsung lead off the topics for this episode.
Staring with Microsoft, now Microsoft Teams supports 3D and VR sessions. Then, the team turns to Disney for a very foundational (heh)…
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e450 — Contractural Obligations
AI, humanoid robots that make coffee and fold laundry, Apple’s Vision Pro, Michael R’s Wasted Time Pro and a moment of zen in an emoji garden
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Published 22 January 2024
Andy and Michael M are back in studio to talk tech. While missing co-host Michael R, Andy and Michael M talk about AI, humanoid robots that make coffee and fold laundry, the uncanny valley, Apple’s Vision Pro, Michael R’s Wasted Time Pro app and take a moment of zen in an emoji garden.
Staring off with some old and new games, Andy and…
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e449 — AI in CES
AI, Automotive and HCI innovations at CES 2024, VR headset announcements and the creation of the Readyverse.
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Published 15 January 2024
Michael, Andy and Michael are back in studio to talk tech – and have a terrific show without the dreaded CESCrud focusing on AI, several human computer interface (HCI) technologies, new AR glasses, and a new metaverse.
This episode starts with a drive by of some of the automotive technology showcased at CES2024. AI seems to have…
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#Acer#ai#Bane#car#Cerence#CES#CES2024#Ernest Cline#mr. mumbles#Predator#Readyverse#Skyted#Valeo#XReal
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e448 — Bricks (Falling and Cars)
Copilot keyboard key, VR trackball for your feet, bricks (Tetris, cars, LEGO) and a whole lot more for the first recorded episode of 2024!
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Published 8 January 2024
Michael, Andy and Michael are back together to record the first episode of 2024 – and have a fantastic show on keyboard keys, a VR trackball for your feet, bricks in the form of a bricked car, the game of Tetris, the LEGO version of a Polaroid camera and a whole lot more.
This episode starts with the new Copilot keyboard key for…
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#ai#bricked car#clippy#CoPilot#Dave the Diver#keyboard#manual transmission#microsoft#Polaroid#star wars#tetris#trackball#treadmill#virtuix
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e447 — 23 and Games
2023 Year in Games review, including D&D, PC games like Baldur’s Gate 3, NPC (non PC games) on playdate & Steam such as Dave the Diver & Chicory
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Published 1 January 2024
Andy and Michael R are back while Michael M is away – and have a fantastic show on the DNA of 2023 in games.
This episode starts with a stroll down the beginnings of Dungeons and Dragons, with Michael R sharing a couple of links from the Internet Archive. He found a veritable treasure trove of documents, rulebooks…
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#ADnD#Baldurs Gate 3#beat saber#Dave the Diver#DnD#games#JordanYear#NPC#RPG#steam#Steam Deck#Toon#top games#wow
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e446 — Laser Light Show
HCI with lasers, lights & LLMs. Disintermediating Craigslist fediverse-style. Imagining a MarketPub for a fediverse of marketplaces. and… Vintage Vinyl
Photo by Michael Martine, Chicago Botanic Gardens #LightScapeChicago December 2023
Published 25 December 2023
Michael and Michael are back while Andy is away on holiday – and have a great show on communication, human-computer interfaces and more.
This episode starts with a story about using lasers to transmit data over long distances without a loss in fidelity. The data in question is a video…
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#ai#autonomous driving#communications#Fediverse#high fidelity#holodeck#hush#laser#LightScapeChicago#LLM#MarketPub#privacy#turquoise#Vintage Vinyl
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