Listen "Episode 253: Better Than a Stick in the Eye"
Episode Synopsis
This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about poisoned USB drives, poisoned web searches, poisoned AI models, and a guy pretending to be a mannequin
Gunnar says the Oura Ring (https://ouraring.com/) is delightful
Dave achieves Platinum Pro (https://exploreamerican.com/platinumprostatus/)?
Dave becomes an author using AI (https://www.youtube.com/@TheNerdyNovelist)?
Diabolic Drive Stealthily Injects Keyboard Strokes While Being a Functional USB Drive (https://www.hackster.io/news/diabolic-drive-stealthily-injects-keyboard-strokes-while-being-a-functional-usb-drive-cd255a46db2d)
Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search (https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/)
Related: Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/googles-ai-assistant-can-now-read-your-emails-plan-trips-double-check-answers/)
Related: Spotify Has an AI Music Problem—but Bots Love It (https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-ai-music-robot-listeners/)
Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meet-nightshade-the-new-tool-allowing-artists-to-poison-ai-models-with-corrupted-training-data/)
Polish police arrest man who pretended to be a mannequin before stealing jewellery (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/polish-police-arrest-thief-who-pretended-to-be-mannequin/103005598)
Related: Fake Waffle House worker steals from register at end of her ‘shift,’ Georgia police say (https://news.yahoo.com/fake-waffle-house-worker-steals-131226183.html)
PARA method (https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/): corny, but it works!
Cutting Room Floor
* Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but it's Donkey Kong Country (Full Album) (https://youtu.be/7HNRQJ-DdNg?t=1066)
* RATM - Killing in the Name, but it's Sega Genesis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBJ9O9WoV0)
* News Broadcasts from Alternate Histories (https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/News-Broadcasts-from-Alternate-Histories/)
* The New Order is a narrative-driven Hearts of Iron 4 mod that’s compelling and bleak (https://www.wargamer.com/hearts-of-iron-4/mod-the-new-order)
* The Talk: Kanye West & Elon Musk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxtTF_dUHQ)
We Give Thanks
* The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
Gunnar says the Oura Ring (https://ouraring.com/) is delightful
Dave achieves Platinum Pro (https://exploreamerican.com/platinumprostatus/)?
Dave becomes an author using AI (https://www.youtube.com/@TheNerdyNovelist)?
Diabolic Drive Stealthily Injects Keyboard Strokes While Being a Functional USB Drive (https://www.hackster.io/news/diabolic-drive-stealthily-injects-keyboard-strokes-while-being-a-functional-usb-drive-cd255a46db2d)
Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search (https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/)
Related: Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/googles-ai-assistant-can-now-read-your-emails-plan-trips-double-check-answers/)
Related: Spotify Has an AI Music Problem—but Bots Love It (https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-ai-music-robot-listeners/)
Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meet-nightshade-the-new-tool-allowing-artists-to-poison-ai-models-with-corrupted-training-data/)
Polish police arrest man who pretended to be a mannequin before stealing jewellery (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/polish-police-arrest-thief-who-pretended-to-be-mannequin/103005598)
Related: Fake Waffle House worker steals from register at end of her ‘shift,’ Georgia police say (https://news.yahoo.com/fake-waffle-house-worker-steals-131226183.html)
PARA method (https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/): corny, but it works!
Cutting Room Floor
* Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but it's Donkey Kong Country (Full Album) (https://youtu.be/7HNRQJ-DdNg?t=1066)
* RATM - Killing in the Name, but it's Sega Genesis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBJ9O9WoV0)
* News Broadcasts from Alternate Histories (https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/News-Broadcasts-from-Alternate-Histories/)
* The New Order is a narrative-driven Hearts of Iron 4 mod that’s compelling and bleak (https://www.wargamer.com/hearts-of-iron-4/mod-the-new-order)
* The Talk: Kanye West & Elon Musk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxtTF_dUHQ)
We Give Thanks
* The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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