[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: All right, this is an article from today's LA Times, January 5th, 2024: Calling out the hype around AI, self-driving cars by Michael Hiltzik, and it's an article about this guy named Rodney Brooks, who started Roomba and claims to have built more robots than anybody else and it's Rodney Brooks's sixth …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is more on the feedback section of www.rickrosner.org. This one is from Michael. mcim116@gmail.com "Hi Rick, my name is Michael. I want to ask you about your daily intake of baby aspirin for positive cognitive changes. What exactly about baby aspirin has a positive effect on our brains, and could that …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What do you think about epoxy and glue? Rick Rosner: I've become a glue fan over the past few years. We probably have five or six different kinds of glues for other purposes in the house. Epoxy is lovely. I used it 15 or 20 years ago; I had a coloured epoxy kit that was great for …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We just talked about the Turing test, a shorthand. I want to take a different angle based on the intuitions around ChatGPT. I've used it and learned how to work with it to do all sorts of things that can be a helpful tool. So, we were talking about the Turing test and …
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: So, regarding Twitter's turning into a cesspool, you and I have been talking, and it's more than just talking. It's not just chatting; it's trying to develop stuff and discuss stuff, and we've been doing this for nine years. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: That's a significant amount of time. Rosner: Yeah, and we've generated hundreds of …
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: So, as you may know, Elon Musk bought Twitter more than a year ago now and has presided over making it a haven for right-wing lunatics and assholes relaxing a lot of the quality control that got people in trouble for saying heinous bullshit. So, many good people have left, and that's …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is feedback for www.rickrosner.org Devin.devinsummers123@gmail.com "The Creator Holy Spirit and the Creator Holy Spirit, free will, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments, infinitely large and the small oblivion is within all creation beyond the elemental particles, and then as per the two Creator's Word, the Bible present Testament all things living word …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, STUMPME. Gmail is trytostumpme@gmail.com This is from the feedback for www.rickrosner.org "Hey Rick, it's been a few years… [Editorial note: I don't know who the hell this person is.] "I'm not sure if you're still doing high IQ stuff, but I'd like to discuss profit sharing for monetized content. Can you share your …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is John Doe, oakenbark@yahoo.com "Dear Rick Rosner, I tried contacting Chris Langan, but he's not easy to reach. I may have shifted this reality to something that I didn't want. I need some help getting back towards the present moment. I'm not really sure how else to explain this except with …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, this is Gavin Joiner. Feedback to www.rickrosner.org gavjoiner@gmail.com "What supplements or nootropics do you take now? I'm taking four 4-chloro Modafinil Phosphatidylserine and a few fish oils here and there, but I want your take on what I should or shouldn't be taking. The reason for why I ask is because you …
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