In this episode, Cameron and Steve dive into the rapidly evolving world of AI, discussing the latest advancements and their societal implications. They explore new AI voice features, the potential dangers and benefits of AI companions and agreeable AI personalities, and the philosophical debate around AI sentience and relationships. The conversation touches on AI's role in business generation, the power of new models like OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini 2.5, and the ongoing copyright debate surrounding AI training data. They also get into the complexities of how Large Language Models (LLMs) like Anthropic's Claude actually "think," the expansion of AI into hardware by companies like LG, Apple's perceived lag in the AI race, and the future of AI integration in everyday tools like ebook readers. The discussion extends to advancements in open-source robotics, citing Nvidia's initiatives, and contrasts technological progress and STEM education focus between China (highlighting Huawei) and the US. Finally, they touch on the intriguing and potentially controversial "Network State" concept championed by figures associated with Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz, exploring the idea of tech-driven, independent city-states.
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Futuristic #37 – The Digital Human
In Episode 37 of Futuristic, Cameron Reilly and Steve Sammartino speak to a "digital human"!. They also get into a provocative discussion ranging from Donald Trump’s car yard antics to the implications of advanced artificial intelligence and China's rising technological dominance. They explore the intersection of crypto, agentic AI models, and new breakthroughs in AI-driven tech developments like humanoid robotics, diffusion-based language models, and synthetic voice AI. Wrapping up with conspiracy theories about tech manipulation of human perception of time, the hosts challenge listeners to reconsider assumptions about where technology is heading and who might ultimately hold the power.
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Futuristic #36 – Fight me, Grok
Steve and Cam catch up on the latest FUTURISTIC news, including Elon's new gaslighting AI Grok 3 writing porn, Microsoft quantum computing not totally made-up Majorana 1 chip, the fact that the world now has 1328 LLMs, and Zuck can now turn your thoughts into text. What could go wrong?
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Futuristic #35 – DeepSeek, Deep Research
On our latest episode we're talking about DeepSeek R-1, OpenAI's Deep Research, ChatGPT Tasks, Operator, o3 models, the Stargate project, China's cold fusion record, and K Eric Drexler talk 2024 on current nanotech.
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Futuristic #34 – Predictions for 2025
In this episode, Steve and Cam provide their top three tech/AI highlights from 2024 and provide their top predictions for 2025.
Each episode we look at the emerging technologies that are going to change our lives (ChatGPT, Claude, Tesla, other AI tools, robotics, nanotech) and try to work out the social, business and political consequences and opportunities.
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