Episode 110 - “Br-AI-n: Listen to episode 109 First” - 1/3/24

Welcome to Episode 110 and a whole new year!  But wait, before you forget about 2023 completely, we ask that if you have not yet listened to Episode 109 (air date 12/20/23), go back and do so before enjoying Episode 110.  There are lessons to be learned before you delve further into the holy terror that is AI....   Elongated skulls in Rome https://www.iflscience.com/cemetery-full-of-deformed-long-skulls-reveals-the-chaos-after-the-fall-of-rome-55862   The Mandela Effect https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/unserious-psychology/202312/the-psychology-behind-the-mandela-effect     Theta waves https://singularityhub.com/2023/07/23/scientists-found-the-source-of-a-key-brain-wave-for-memory-and-creativity/     Shape of the brain https://scitechdaily.com/century-old-paradigm-overturned-brain-shape-matters-more-than-neural-connectivity/     AI scores in top percentile for creative thinking https://www.psypost.org/2023/12/ai-scores-in-the-top-percentile-of-creative-thinking-214895     AI can read your thoughts https://www.iflscience.com/ai-brain-activity-decoder-can-translate-thoughts-into-written-words-68686     A breakthrough in understanding whale language https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a35kp/scientists-have-reported-a-breakthrough-in-understanding-whale-language     AI lie detector https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/ai-lie-detector#Echobox=1680279620   AI faces perceived as more real than human ones https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202311/people-now-see-ai-generated-faces-as-more-real-than-human-ones