Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What's the most wrong you've been? Rick Rosner: So, where was I wrong? The other people were too. I was on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." We've talked about this before, but this was a huge mistake. They gave …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Is it possible the size of your second toes forced the restructuring of your entire foot and ankle to accommodate it? Rick Rosner: Nope. My second toe may give me extra stability. It means my shoes have to be bigger, …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: You can call people up and you get a hundred, if not a thousand, of different people in high positions to talk to you. Now, Lance never wants to take anybody else's advice about what to paint, but here's a suggestion …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: You said you talked to the Southern Poverty Law Center today about antisemitism. So here's another angle on it because Kamala Harris is married to a Jewish guy. One of the front runners to be her VP, assuming that she is …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: One of the most painful things I've ever done. One time, I... This takes a lot of setup. It's stupid. But people are stupid. I'm foolish in a lot of ways. So I'd met this girl in Boulder. The semester was …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the most disgusting thing you've ever eaten in the most gross context? Rick Rosner: To prove my toughness. My first job was as a bouncer. I've never been particularly bouncer-sized or sound at the fighting part of bouncing, …
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: There was one session maybe a month or two ago or even a few weeks ago. At one point, you were talking about representing information and having something like a rock or something. You crack it with a hammer, and …
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Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are the current taboos for comedians? What can't you make jokes about now? It's always something. What's it now? Rick Rosner: Well, just recently, a huge taboo popped up after the assassination attempt on Trump. You cannot say you …
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55Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: We've talked about it numerous times now: AI will claim to be conscious well before it's anything like what we would consider conscious. But its claims will probably be qualitatively similar in terms of their output as it goes from not …
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55Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: My wife and I were having a session with our couples counsellor, and I realized that at some point, AIs might want to be counselled by human counsellors—human shrinks. There will be centaurs—human-AI, like humans and AIs working in tandem. There …
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