Episode 21 – Faffing About with AI

Show Notes :  Ben’s house gets swarmed by bees, we find new ways to lie to children to get them to do what we want, and we discuss all the ways AI can kill us (there’s a lot). Intro (0:00-10:27) Bee Swarm Video Maintaining normalcy during a quarantine (10:27-35:37) Bad At Magic Episode 17 Josh interviews Ben about his missionary service  Smarter Every Day: Snatch Blocks Mark Rober: Squirrel Ninja Obstacle Course Bad At English (35:37-39:09) Faff: Noun (Britain, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time. Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff. Verb (Britain, slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity. She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast. Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense (39:09-end) Quanta Magazine article: Common Sense Comes Closer to Computers Automated Journalism Alan Turing: The Imitation Game (movie) and The Enigma (Book) Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue Ex Machina trailer Stamp Collecting Robot threatens humanity? Rogue Robots How to stop the stamp-collecting robot: The Orthogonality Thesis For next time: Vote for a non-fiction book on Facebook or Reddit Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Mindset by Carol Zweck The System by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian Boyd by Robert Corham Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/badatmagic And don’t forget about the BAM Fitness Challenge