Episode 65 - Intelligence

Cheyenne joins Ben in the studio this week to discuss intelligence… human, biological, artificial, or otherwise. To get the conversational juices flowing (eew!), they talk about the games they are currently playing: Project Zomboid and Cult of the Lamb. Upon becoming adequately lubricated (again… eew!), they talk about the definition of the word intelligence and the “types” of intelligences. Along with the excessive use of the word dry, other topics of conversation this week include: IQ tests, Mensa meetings, college culture, robot baristas, AI artists, goldfish driving cars, grown brain cells playing Pong, and the game Spore by Maxis. 00:00:21 - “We are your hosts for the Two Vague Podcast this week,” and Cheyenne’s absence 00:01:45 - Project Zomboid by The Indie Stone, a post-apocalyptic SIMS 2, and your COD 00:05:50 - Cult of the Lamb by Massive Monster, and 9 out of 10 doctors recommend… 00:11:28 - A nebulous topic, the definition, a gum condition, and a little dip in the 1900s 00:13:58 - The 9 types of intelligence, our fathers, drinking bleach, and walking into walls 00:17:40 - Intelligence Quotient, Mensa meetings, memory, and knowledge retention 00:22:48 - Changing the (college) academic culture, staying in school, and new experiences 00:25:50 - Splitting hairs, Cheyenne crystalizes, Ben’s attorney, and college degrees 00:28:18 - Artificial intelligence, building robots, computers with feelings, and sentience 00:31:25 - The hypothetical barista, sex robots, and AI communication methods 00:35:20 - Training robot baristas, the moisture content of cappuccinos, and probing questions 00:40:02 - 77 Snickers bars, an AI designing its own body, and fears about automation 00:42:59 - An AI winning an art contest, Ben’s fair pun, and programs being “creative” 00:46:21 - Rules for casual art contests, abstract concepts, and DALL-E’s diversity problems 00:49:05 - Cheyenne’s “Non-binary person in cornfield” as “imagined” by WOMBO’s dream AI 00:51:22 - Teaching goldfish how to drive, and Ben’s imagined future of taxicabs 00:53:50 - Teaching grown mouse and human brain cells how to play Pong (badly) 00:57:26 - Biological computers, augmenting the human brain, and remembering stuff 01:02:25 - Rotting brains, developing skills, dopamine, and games that teach 01:06:21 - Cheyenne explains the game Spore developed by Maxis and released in 2008 01:10:15 - Ben and Cheyenne have different opinions about messing around with asteroids 01:12:59 - Closing thoughts on the word intelligence Note: The “Non-binary person in cornfield” image from the episode artwork was created (by Cheyenne) using WOMBO’s dream AI. For more information on this AI artist, go to https://www.wombo.art/