35: Don't DeExtinct the Dodo, Humans vs Computers, and Art Forgery

Is it really possible to bring back the Dodo, and what even really happened in the first place?  Are there any games left that humans can beat computers at, and why might that be okay?  And what can art forgery tell us about art and the art world?Images/Videos we Mention:The TinkerToy Tic Tac Toe ComputerThe Rock Paper Scissors RobotSupport us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about: The Cherished Dodo, tinction, what does a dodo taste i mean look like, dodo art telephone, only 1 full skeleton, actualy lots of things die this way, invasive species also killed the dodo, Alice in Wonderland’s trendsetting the Dodo, Caroline’s clearly a Dodo person, Dodo DNA, Jurassic Park was a Documentary, I hope to die in a funny way, bringing the Bucardo back, the first De-extinction, and the first Double Extinction, DNA vaults, the nicobar pigeon, Cloacas are “Fun” according to Ella, let’s reintroduce the Dodos too why not, “bring a little bit of magic back to the mauritious”, ancient egyptian tic tac toe, the Shannon Number, The Mechanical Turk, TuroChamp, Chess was the Drosophila of AI, bad AI predictions, Deep Blue vs Kasparov, The Googolplex of Go games, Dr Fill the Crowssword AI, 100% Rock Papers Scissor Win Rate, Poker AI, this really cool game called Superluminauts, what’s “unfair” in AI? the power of art comes from yourself, the art of forgery, Han van Meegeren, Dodo in Gearl with a Pearl Earring we all make the same dumb joke, new Vermeer, don’t arrest me it’s just a forgery, there could still be Elmyr de Hory forgeries, F is for Fake, “if my work hangs in a museum long enough, it becomes real”, Tom makes a totally normal and not embaressing mixup of Van Gogh and DaVinci, how to spot a forgery, carbon dating forgeries, just look at it closely, identifying craquelure, mass spectrometry, so much of this is just about money, Salvator Mundi Ship of Theseus, were these reviews forged? Go check! the laughing peopleSources:Sources:NHM: Dodo De-Extinction Announcement Causes DebateNatGeo: The Dodo is Dead! Long Live the DodoSmithsonian: Article on Colossal BiosciencesColossal Biosciences: The DodoNature: What Would it Take to Bring Back the DodoThe Atlantic: Article on the DodoNatGeo: First Extinct Clone CreatedNHM: Frozen BanksTedTalk: De-ExtinctionBritannica: Gene EditingVideo on CRISPRRevive and Restore WebsiteMIT: The Plan to Bring Back the Passenger Pigeon---The TinkerToy Tic Tac Toe ComputerThe Shannon NumberTuroChamp Chess AINewell & Simon AI PredictionsNYTimes Deep Blue PredictionsKasparov on Deep BlueA GoogolPlex of Go GamesDr Fill Crossword AIRock Paper Scissors RobotPoker AIStarcraft AIAI SurveyAngry Birds AI PaperAnother Angry Birds AI PaperAngry Birds AI CompetitionAI Birds Competition BlogChess.com 100 Million Users---Authenticity and Viewing Art StudyIntent to DeceiveDetecting Art ForgeryDetecting Art Forgery 2Art Forgery DetectiveForgers Reveal Secrets of Paintings Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinlearn