Rebel Matters 241 – The Future of AI is Fake Joe Rogan interviewing Fake Madge Weinstein

Joe Rogan and Madge Weinstein Discussing Conspiracy Theories

Ninja defends Buck Angel and Madge defends Dave Chapelle . Madge doesn’t see the point of fanning the flames of the culture wars.  Ninja frets about her powerlessness over the existential threats facing humanity. Those threats include AI, climate change, and nuclear destruction. Madge imagines in a thought experiment that she could be the only conscious being in the universe.   We discuss the ethics of using AI to create a show where Joe Rogan interviews Madge.  Madge likes that idea and asserts that we could use AI to subvert the messages of Donald Trump.  Check out the Madge’s version of this show at YR1609.

AI Generated Robot Pic With Human Features

Listen right here:  RebelMatters241 170mb 1:34:35

Other things discussed:  Donald D. Hoffman – Is Reality an Illusion?   Is Lex Fridman Just Another Celebrity Kiss-Ass?, Archive Org, digital hoarding, child labour 

Movies mentioned:  The Whale, Once Upon a Time in the West – Spaghetti Western from the 1960s

TV shows or characters mentioned:  Ted Lasso, baby Yoda, The Mandalorian filmed on a round stage using game tech, Uncle Fester, Abbot Elementary

Books discussed: Greta Thunberg’s New Climate Book, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, Moby Dick – An American Classic

Other Important Links:  Pride48.com, mynoise.net – bespoke soundscapes, meditation, and tinnitus relief, www.drobo.com – Direct and Network Attached Storage solutions (DAS and NAS), Lily Pons

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Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 219 – Artists Interpret Climate Change

Still from “Beekeeping for All” by Myfanwy MacLeod and Janna Levitt at the Royal Ontario Museum January 26 2014

On January 26, Special K and I were scheduled to participate in an event at the Royal Ontario Museum called Carbon 14 – A Day of Dialogue – The Changing Arctic Landscape.  The Arctic government and policy makers are very concerned about the changes they anticpate in the arctic latitudes and have seen over the last several generations.  As a prelude to this, I visited the exhibit Climate is Culture at the museum where I viewed installations inspired by climate change.  My podcast today is a soundscape of my visit to that exhibit.

0-1:09 – Intro

1:09-5:01 –  What is the Polar Vortex?  Andrew Freedman on PBS Newshour from Climate Central

5:01 – 23:54 – Soundscene at the Climate is Culture exhibit

23:54 – 29:30 – Heidi Cullen’s Senate Testimony on Climate Science

29:30 – 31:32 – Outro

Download at:  Hotfrm 219 (59 mb 31:32)

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Still from “Beekeeping for All” by Myfanwy MacLeod and Janna Levitt at the Royal Ontario Museum January 26 2014

Things I Think Are Weird Today

Empty Bentley Waiting for Mother and Daughter Toronto Davenport Avenue

It’s September 6 and

1. My four o’clocks have germinated again.

2. Some of the trees in the neighbourhood have re-blossomed.

3. The first morning of school was warmer than the first morning of school usually is.

4. A mother and daughter  pair with matching bleach blond perms, were on their way to a TIFF gala in a Bentley convertible.  There were blokes in caps riding in Benz’s.  (We were in a fancy traffic jam).

Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 192 – Peak Oil, Global Warming and General Armageddon

Listen to the show at:

• HotFRM 192 (32 mbs)

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein

What do Canadians do while they are waiting for the end of the world?  Watch hockey of course.  But that doesn’t stop Ninja from engaging her father and nephew in a lively discussion about impending global catastrophe.  But before we get to that, Ninja shares expert information about climate change,  how petroleum is processed, and what is required to support life here and elsewhere in the universe.   Ninja is hoping to soon make the three and half year trip to Jupiter’s moon Europa where scientists think life could exist in our solar system.

Famous people featured: Linda Hunt, Albert Einstein, Steven Hawking, Martin Gardner.    Moons and planets mentioned: Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Io, Europa, Mercury. Places on earth mentioned:  Stratford Ontario, China, Shanghai.

Europa may be mankind’s only hope.

Listen to the show at:

• HotFRM 192 (32 mbs)

Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 136 – Celebrating Earth Hour 2008

In the true spirit of tree hugging, Ninja and Special K head down to the park to celebrate Earth Hour 2008. On the way they meet a star gazer, a cottager, and several screaming children. Oh yes and Ninja notices a computer mouse attached to a shampoo bottle slung over an overhead wire. Join this soundscape for a taste of the event Toronto style.

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