Episode 262: Two Plus Two Was Five the Whole Time

03/09/2024 37 min

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Episode Synopsis

This week, Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about electric vehicle skeuomorphism, people influencing AIs, AIs influencing people, and people influencing AIs influencing people!
Gunnar espouses the virtues of the Leatherman Micra (https://www.leatherman.com/micra-20.html)
Dave enjoys D-Day Conneaut (https://www.ddayohio.us/)!
An annual WWII reenactment on the beaches of Lake Erie (https://www.wosu.org/2023-10-12/an-annual-wwii-reenactment-on-the-beaches-of-lake-erie)
Ohio Renaissance Festival (https://renfestival.com/)
D&G This Week in Skeuomorphism: Here’s what the electric Dodge Charger’s “Fratzonic exhaust” sounds like (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/08/heres-what-the-electric-dodge-chargers-fratzonic-exhaust-sounds-like/)
See also: Motorcycle exhaust mod? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5IKthNYhVY)
People game AIs via game theory (http://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/08/people-act-differently-when-they-think-theyre-training-an-ai)
Our Human Creativity Is Becoming More Uniform Due To ChatGPT (https://cobusgreyling.medium.com/our-human-creativity-is-becoming-more-uniform-due-to-chatgpt-660dc59687f3)
AI chatbots amplify creation of false memories, boffins reckon – or do they? (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/13/ai_chatbots_amplify_creation_of)
Cutting Room Floor
Broadway embraces particle physics with musical about Higgs boson discovery (https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/broadway-embraces-particles-physics-with-musical-about-higgs-boson-discovery.1502219/)
YO! MS Raps: MS-DOS 5 Upgrade Music Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YveAomaHMPA)
We Give Thanks
The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!