Episode #59: Watch Prey and Your Cat

12/08/2022 36 min

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Episode Synopsis

SHOW THEMES
 - Prey (2022) and Predator (1987)
 - High tech litter boxes
 - AI generated images vs editorial illustration
 - Again with the dead cow head
SHOW NOTES
 - 00:18 - Let's both not talk about the movie you didn't see
 - 00:58 - Newsflash: There is no "Prey 1"
 - 02:00 - Catherine answers a citizenship question
 - 03:00 - Streaming negates need for movie theaters
 - 04:15 - James recommends "Prey" (2022), revisits "Predator" (1987)
 - 07:18 - No spoilers here, just a Hollywood ending
 - 09:35 - "Predator" is a better action film, "Prey" is a better movie
 - 10:47 - Trolls in a twist
 - 12:15 - No subtitles for "French Klingon"
 - 13:40 - Cat poop in AI headlines
 - 14:20 - Cat litter is incredibly exciting?
 - 16:00 - Cats openly mock litter box technology
 - 18:00 - Nothing about this is AI, so just look at you cat
 - 20:35 - AI-generated digital art spurs debate about News illustrations
 - 21:50 - James breaks down AI
 - 24:25 - Comparing editorial illustration to AI generated images (DALL-E)
 - 26:57 - Is this just image sampling or will it evolve creatively?
 - 28:00 - The hubris of overcoming bias
 - 29:20 - Is your bias really your perspective?
 - 31:50 - Random connections generate new ideas
 - 33:02 - James leaves, Catherine talks to herself
 - 34:15 - We probably shouldn't ignore DALL-E!
 - 35:05 - Plastic wins at our demise!
 - 36:00 - In: AI all the way! Out: dead cow heads!