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00:02:22.159Well, we're going to be talking a little bit about our government in China.
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00:02:45.680But now it's time for the latest headlines in the world of technology.
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00:02:55.280Today's top story is the global robot wars.
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00:03:02.080Today we're opening with a story that could reshape the future of AI robotics and global power.
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00:03:04.400The United States has taken a dramatic step.
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00:03:19.039Now the FCC has moved to block foreign-made humanoid and quadruple robots, which quadruped uh quadruped.
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00:03:26.479Four-legged, or it also includes the track system.
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00:03:32.719So if it has a track system on it that runs on those, as you see in Terminator 2, that also is a part of that terminology, also.
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00:03:46.639Citing national security threats and the risk of foreign intelligent infiltration.
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00:04:08.879The FCC's new order bans future imports of foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots, placing them on the agency's covered list unless they receive special exemptions.
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00:04:19.839Existing approved robots can still be sold, but any new models from overseas, especially from China, which dominates global robot production, are now effectively blocked.
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00:04:29.519The FCC says these machines pose unacceptable national security risks, including data collection, surveillance potential, and remote commandeering.
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00:04:33.680China has already condemned the move and warned of countermeasures.
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00:04:35.439Now back to the studio.
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00:04:38.800All right, let's dig into what this really means.
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00:04:52.480Because the FCC frames this as a national security shield, um that they can then kind of create their own rules, but this is a trillion dollar race for AI on robotics.
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00:04:56.879Now China ships 90% of the humanoid robotics just last year.
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00:05:00.800Their companies include three of the major global leaders.
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00:05:03.920So what does this ban really do to protect Americans?
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00:05:08.720Or is it really protecting American companies from a competitor that's already winning?
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00:05:09.600That's kind of the question.
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00:05:10.959Now, you know what I think it is?
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00:05:19.839I think that we are in a big trouble because if China retaliates, US robotic firms could lose access to critical components.
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00:05:24.399What if China right now and all these companies decide that they're no longer doing updates for these robots?
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00:05:25.839Guess what they do?
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00:05:29.360They stop, they can they can they can stop working.
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00:05:30.720They should they could have they can stop.
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00:05:38.959They should watch the movie, they should move watch the movie uh iRobot, and then they can update it to, you know, like take over the whole United States.
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00:05:41.120But what happens at the end of iRobot?
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00:05:43.920They shut all the computers, uh the all the droids down, right?
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00:05:48.720No, they get they get they get reset.
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00:06:00.160Okay, so so that is okay, so that could absolutely happen here.
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00:06:03.519What if China decides to reset all these robots that are out there working right now?
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00:06:04.800What's gonna happen to Amazon?
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00:06:06.319You know what's gonna happen to work.
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00:06:12.879That might that might uh have we might shed some light on that in the second story here.
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00:06:14.480Okay, well, it's interesting.
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00:06:15.839Here's what people are saying about it.
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00:06:18.240Paul Miller from Forester says the U.S.
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00:06:25.199wants to shield domestic robot makers and prevent foreign censor platforms from operating near critical infrastructure.
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00:06:30.879Well, that makes sense because these robots have access normally to everything, they're seeing everything uh in a factory floor.
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00:06:39.199Now, China's Ministry of Commerce calls the ban a discriminatory and an overreach of national security.
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00:06:41.920This is kind of where I keep on struggling with that.
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00:06:43.839Yeah, but here's the problem, right?
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00:06:48.800We get almost all of our electronic and battery technology from China, right?
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00:06:58.959Yeah, so if we start playing with that, we're just gonna lose access to the components that we need to do this.
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00:07:02.160Now, what about all the memory we need to run all of our AI devices?
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00:07:04.399That's all being manufactured in China, too.
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00:07:05.360That's what I'm saying.
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00:07:09.040So uh, you know, this is just one of those, this is just one of those.
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00:07:13.920It feels like sort of a saber rattling thing about, you know, technique.
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00:07:22.079Okay, but so this isn't about robots dancing to malls or delivering packages, it's about US and China fighting for who's gonna own the AI-powered machines.
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00:07:29.360Um I'm gonna have to hire somebody with an iPad to come over with a remote control Roomba.
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00:07:30.800Well, no, but just think of that.
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00:07:37.600If you're an Amazon or Ford and you have these automated systems and these robots, they're gonna have to go and hire real American people again.
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00:07:38.480No way.
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00:07:40.560This is this is a crisis to be horrible.
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00:07:51.199All right, and story number one.
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00:07:54.720What do we have for story number two?
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00:07:59.279What would happen if you walked into a school and were greeted by a sex bot?
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00:08:01.519A sex bot?
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00:08:02.079Yeah.
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00:08:08.639Uh if I walked into a school like a high school or a college or or or uh, you know, I don't know.
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00:08:13.439Probably I think there was uh movies made in the 80s about this.
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00:08:20.480Yeah, school district pauses a plan to deploy a humanoid robot in class after the public's outcry.
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00:08:22.000Who's shocked about this?
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00:08:23.519Uh I don't know what we got.
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00:08:33.440Uh, you know, we've been talking about this for months about how we're shoving, we're trying to shove all these humanoid robots into things, and somebody's trying to put it into a classroom.
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00:08:46.320School district in Western New York has officially slammed the brakes on its plan to deploy a robotics humanoid robot named Sally as a teaching assistant.
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00:08:55.840And yes, that robotics, the company that spent years insisting his robots are not sex dolls, while the internet collectively raises its eyebrow.
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00:09:00.879Now, before anyone panics, the district says the robot was supposed to help with STEM and art classes.
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00:09:03.600But just increase like 3x.
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00:09:04.000Yeah.
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00:09:05.120I don't know.
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00:09:13.360But when parents saw the photos, you know, the silicon skin, the dazed expression, and the Halloween clearance bin wig.
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00:09:14.159Okay, yeah.
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00:09:16.879The community responded exactly the way you expect.
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00:09:17.759Absolutely not.
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00:09:20.240What is this thing and why is it in a school?
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00:09:22.799And honestly, can you blame them?
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00:09:36.720Realbotics LLC keeps insisting they're totally sess separate from their sister company, Intima LLC, which happens to own RealDoll, which is one of the biggest sex robot manufacturers on the planet.
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00:09:41.120Totally separate, no crossover, no shared tech, no shared staff.
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00:09:50.080Uh and this is the the part where I get to say, you know, I told you so.
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00:09:58.559Because the second you start doing this, you mix human order robots, AI, and a corporate family tree that looks like it was drawn by someone hiding evidence.
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00:10:02.159You're going to get public outrage and you're going to get it facts.
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00:10:11.120Facts are the district plans to use Sally as a as an actual classroom assistant because the robot cost$57,000.
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00:10:12.799How much?
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00:10:14.240$57,000.
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00:10:15.679$57,000.
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00:10:16.000Yeah.
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00:10:17.600For a for a robot.
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00:10:18.399For a robot.
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00:10:21.919So couldn't you hire like two assistants for like$30K each?
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00:10:29.440Well, considering teachers nationwide are underpaid and thousands of positions are unfilled, this is one of the ways they are trying to figure this out.
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00:10:37.759Uh I don't think that's really a reason for why those positions are unfilled, but hey, okay, you know.
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00:10:48.559So Sally supposedly can generate lessons, translate a hundred plus languages like C3PO, and prompt teachers if they lose their place.
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00:10:49.279Okay.
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00:10:57.279Uh RealBot claims that Sally will not hallucinate facts and will say I don't know instead, which yeah, we all know that's not gonna happen.
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00:11:03.200They also say Sally won't be connected to the internet in order to protect student data.
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00:11:03.840Really?
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00:11:09.759You're telling me no student after school is gonna go plug in that bot and any and get an update?
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00:11:10.399Yeah.
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00:11:12.879After after the public, right?
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00:11:13.919These are the smart kids.
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00:11:15.120So the smart kids are gonna say.
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00:11:16.240Oh, just wait.
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00:11:16.720Just wait.
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00:11:18.960All right, just wait to see what happens, right?
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00:11:22.720After the public backlash, the district paused the deployment.
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00:11:26.000Look, uh, schools need tech literacy, yeah.
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00:11:32.240Students will use AI anyway to their detriment, and teachers need that support.
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00:11:41.679But replacing human educators with a silicone android that looks like it wandered out of a tech convention after being plugged in backwards, that's desperation.
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00:11:54.960Let's be real, this isn't happening because robots are suddenly great teachers, it's happening because districts are broke, teachers are burned out, and someone convinced the superintendent that a fifty-seven thousand dollar robot with a wig was a good idea.
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00:11:59.840So, yes, the district says Sally will never replace teachers.
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00:12:10.720But based on the rollout, the optics and the backlash, Sally won't be replacing anything, except maybe the superintendent's peace of mind.
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00:12:15.440And who knows, maybe Sally will go home with the superintendent.
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00:12:16.399Alright.
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00:12:22.080So what do you think about having uh an Android teach you?
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00:12:25.039I'm I don't have an and I'm not I no.
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00:12:25.600No?
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00:12:28.799Oh you don't want an Android ever teaching anybody?
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00:12:32.720No.
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00:12:37.120I would like to fix the education system so that you know teachers get paid well.
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00:12:38.320That would be nice.
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00:12:47.039But hey, you know, I'm just uh I'm just an old grumpy guy who remembers the good old days when we didn't have all these weird problems.
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00:12:49.759Uh we had yeah, we I'm sure we had weird stuff.
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00:13:03.919Hey, you know, things might be looking up because if uh America has fired the first shot in the robot wars and China retaliates by not doing this, then you know, that whole that whole humanoid robot thing will solve itself.
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00:13:06.559Today is all about robots.
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00:13:07.919We've got a lot of robot stories.
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00:13:08.559It's pretty fun.
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00:13:09.200There we go.
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00:13:11.200All right, okay, so that's that's that.
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00:13:11.919Well, that's that.
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00:13:12.159All right.
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00:13:13.039Well, story number three.
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00:13:15.919This is gonna make you uh feel even better about yourself.
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00:13:20.559Most Australian teens still are on social media after the three-month ban.
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00:13:22.000Remember, we talked about this ban?
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00:13:24.000You actually had this story.
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00:13:26.960Australian regulators are facing a stark reality.
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00:13:31.120The country's under 16 social media ban isn't working.
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00:13:41.840A new e-safety report shows that more than 81% of kids as ages 10 through 15 are still on social media platforms, just three months after the law took effect.
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00:13:44.879Now remember, this is a countrywide law.
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00:13:49.200Yeah, if you're uh 15 or under, you cannot be on social media.
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00:13:50.879They just they just did that.
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00:13:58.159So now, even more concerning about half says the platforms never check their age, allow them to keep or easily recreate accounts.
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00:14:08.000The ban was designed to drastically reduce teens social media, forces platforms to implement real age checks and boost offline activity, but none of that has happened.
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00:14:16.159Teens stayed online, platforms rarely enforce the rules, parents became less aware of their kids' habits, and offline life didn't change a bit.
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00:14:20.399Now, Australia has passed the rule, but the enforcement never followed through.
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00:14:30.559It's got weak age assurance systems were the primary failure, and many teams simply listed themselves as 16 or older and were incorrectly flagged as that.
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00:14:31.279Despite the ban.
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00:14:34.159Do you see why I'm the grumpiest guy on the internet?
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00:14:35.440So you see why.
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00:14:36.159I do see that.
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00:14:43.120Despite the ban, the studio found no meaningful increase in offline activities like sports, arts, and community events.
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00:14:44.159So this did not work.
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00:14:52.240But millions of dollars were spent to create a countrywide ban where teens who violate it are not punished, nor are the parents.
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00:14:56.879The legal responsibility falls entirely on the platforms that are not in that country.
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00:14:58.960So there are no ban.
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00:15:02.480I mean, it's really tough for you to say, oh, we're gonna ban Facebook.
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00:15:02.960We're gonna ban.
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00:15:05.679You know, they do this in North Korea, and I think it works.
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00:15:12.799Well, yeah, I guess if you if you get rid of everything and create your own rules and laws, I guess that would work.
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00:15:14.240So here's where we're at.
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00:15:30.080If you're a country or a state or any legislator that thinks that you can change your teenage kids in your country by imposing a law with no penalties other than please don't do it, guess what?
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00:15:33.200That just opens the door for people to do it even more aggressively.
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00:15:36.399Is that is that is that the Nathan Mum human behavior expert?
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00:15:40.080That is well, that is the human well, that's what the stats are telling.
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00:15:42.000I'm not even making that up.
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00:15:46.480More people are on social media now with the band than they were previously.
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00:15:52.080So you spend millions of dollars to say that you're gonna ban something to get more people to do it.
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00:15:54.879Why would you have spent any money at all?
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00:15:56.960Why would you have even made it an issue?
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00:16:02.159Um, I'm going to say something that I'm often quoted by the AI as saying a lot.
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00:16:02.639Okay.
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00:16:03.440People are stupid.
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00:16:04.320No, people are stupid.
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00:16:05.600All right, okay.
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00:16:08.960Well, that ends our top technology stories of the week.
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00:17:16.559All right, welcome back to Tech Time with Nate the Mum.
00:17:16.720 -->
00:17:20.480Our weekly show covers technology subjects without any political agenda.
00:17:20.640 -->
00:17:24.079We verify the fact, we do it with a sense of humor, and of course, with a little whiskey on the side.
00:17:24.160 -->
00:17:27.599Today, Mark Gregoire, our whiskey connoisseur, is not in the studio.
00:17:27.839 -->
00:17:28.160You know what?
00:17:28.240 -->
00:17:37.119We're just gonna now say on this reading uh Mark is joining us remotely, and then when he's in the studio, it'll be like, Wow, he's in the studio today.
00:17:37.279 -->
00:17:38.880So a big party then.
00:17:39.039 -->
00:17:40.000That would be a big party.
00:17:40.240 -->
00:17:40.559All right.
00:17:40.640 -->
00:17:44.880What have you chosen for us to do or to sip today?
00:17:45.200 -->
00:17:56.400Well, today you guys are using the 2025 Flavor Whiskey Evan Calendar, which is the 24 remarkable whiskeys we are using for our year-long blind whiskey competition.
00:17:56.640 -->
00:18:01.119So our listeners are listening in to see which one Nathan and Mike like best for the year.
00:18:01.279 -->
00:18:02.960So everybody come along for the ride.
00:18:03.039 -->
00:18:10.720We do this once a month while they uncover new tastes and try and train for the second year of their senses to become true connoisseurs.
00:18:10.880 -->
00:18:16.240Now, today is round two, two of three, where they're going to choose the winner to move on.
00:18:16.319 -->
00:18:19.119If they disagree, I get the lucky deciding vote.
00:18:19.279 -->
00:18:21.279So hopefully they disagree.
00:18:21.759 -->
00:18:22.160All right.
00:18:22.400 -->
00:18:24.319Now, let me tell you about these two whiskeys.
00:18:24.640 -->
00:18:24.880Okay.
00:18:25.519 -->
00:18:34.559So today you are tasting two whiskies that come from very different corners of the world, and they take two very different approaches to bending the rules.
00:18:34.640 -->
00:18:46.559Now, the first blends whiskey with spirits that include components from nearly a century old, meaning part of what is in the glass predates television and nearly all of Nathan's pop culture references.
00:18:48.160 -->
00:18:59.279The second comes from one of the world's fastest growing whiskey regions and uses an unusual combination of woods intended to create layers of sweetness, spice, and savory character.
00:18:59.599 -->
00:19:04.079So today's blind tasting is simply about which approach Nathan and Mike enjoy more.
00:19:04.160 -->
00:19:08.240So everybody stay tuned later in the show to see which one moves on.
00:19:08.960 -->
00:19:09.519All right.
00:19:09.680 -->
00:19:10.799Well, thank you so much.
00:19:10.880 -->
00:19:12.319I I really uh I like it.
00:19:12.480 -->
00:19:13.759So give the viewers a little hint.
00:19:13.839 -->
00:19:15.440One of them is isn't number one.
00:19:15.599 -->
00:19:17.119I think one is number sixteen.
00:19:17.279 -->
00:19:18.079Is that correct?
00:19:18.319 -->
00:19:20.319Uh one is sixteen and one is ten.
00:19:21.440 -->
00:19:21.759No.
00:19:22.799 -->
00:19:23.440What?
00:19:23.839 -->
00:19:24.720That's not correct.
00:19:25.279 -->
00:19:25.839That's not correct.
00:19:26.240 -->
00:19:28.000That's a zero one one zero.
00:19:28.240 -->
00:19:28.960Oh, it's a zero one.
00:19:29.119 -->
00:19:30.000It's it's it's zero one.
00:19:30.079 -->
00:19:30.559Okay, it's one.
00:19:30.640 -->
00:19:33.519It's one I'm looking at it upside down and I saw it's a little bit.
00:19:33.759 -->
00:19:34.880Numbers, numbers are difficult.
00:19:35.039 -->
00:19:35.920We understand.
00:19:37.519 -->
00:19:39.200The English language numbers.
00:19:39.359 -->
00:19:40.720You know, just just basically.
00:19:40.880 -->
00:19:41.680You're not batting a thousand.
00:19:41.920 -->
00:19:42.559Come on, buddy.
00:19:42.799 -->
00:19:49.279For for a technology person, zeros and ones, that's what we but but you look at it though, it can look like 10 from the side there, right?
00:19:49.599 -->
00:19:50.880It can look like a 10.
00:19:51.599 -->
00:19:51.839Sure.
00:19:52.000 -->
00:19:54.240If you need it to look like a 10, it looked like a 10.
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00:19:56.400One and 16 for our listeners.
00:19:56.480 -->
00:19:58.480Which one are you leaning towards right now, Nathan?
00:19:58.720 -->
00:19:59.759Um, absolutely.
00:19:59.920 -->
00:20:00.640This was one.
00:20:00.799 -->
00:20:02.960So uh one is like huge.
00:20:03.359 -->
00:20:04.16016.
00:20:05.119 -->
00:20:07.680Uh yeah, I don't even know if I like 16.
00:20:07.759 -->
00:20:11.759So that might may have been a pick that I voted down and maybe you guys overrode me.
00:20:11.839 -->
00:20:12.880Is that what happened on that one?
00:20:12.960 -->
00:20:13.279I don't know.
00:20:13.359 -->
00:20:14.640I don't like 16 at all.
00:20:14.960 -->
00:20:15.759I'll tell you later.
00:20:15.920 -->
00:20:18.000Mike, what are you leaning towards?
00:20:18.319 -->
00:20:28.079Um, I think I might have to take the fifth on that because it's matching up with El Paladot over here.
00:20:28.240 -->
00:20:28.480Uh uh.
00:20:29.200 -->
00:20:29.920Very interesting.
00:20:30.000 -->
00:20:31.200This is very interesting.
00:20:31.279 -->
00:20:32.799So, Mike, don't feel bad.
00:20:33.039 -->
00:20:33.359Okay.
00:20:33.519 -->
00:20:34.880Oh, that was a hint from Mark.
00:20:34.960 -->
00:20:35.440Did you hear that?
00:20:36.079 -->
00:20:40.880No, I mean the the shot glass, the one in the shot glass has a really good flavor burst.
00:20:41.119 -->
00:20:41.920It does, it does.
00:20:42.079 -->
00:20:44.000And it doesn't have too big of a bite either.
00:20:44.240 -->
00:20:48.559But it has a lingering taste, and the other one kind of tastes like the other one's very plain.
00:20:48.799 -->
00:20:49.359Plain.
00:20:49.680 -->
00:20:54.160Well, as you guys drink, drink responsibly, because heaven can wait.
00:20:54.319 -->
00:20:54.559All right.
00:20:54.640 -->
00:20:56.720Well, with our whiskey tasting completed, let's move on.
00:20:56.799 -->
00:20:58.000Don't go anywhere, Mark.
00:20:58.319 -->
00:21:00.880Oh, let's move on to our feature segment.
00:21:00.960 -->
00:21:04.720Today we bring back the world's hottest game sweep in the nation.
00:21:04.880 -->
00:21:07.200It's tech, it's trivia, it's all out fun.
00:21:07.359 -->
00:21:09.039Let's start the next segment.
00:21:09.519 -->
00:21:13.039And now we have two truths and a lie.
00:21:13.759 -->
00:21:14.400All right.
00:21:14.640 -->
00:21:23.039As we do this, I'm gonna read three articles, and you guys are gonna try to pick out which one of these is completely false and which one of the other two are true.
00:21:23.119 -->
00:21:26.160Now, you cannot look at the internet, you cannot be scrolling, yeah.
00:21:26.319 -->
00:21:27.359Everything has to be down.
00:21:27.519 -->
00:21:29.200You are just listening to the story.
00:21:29.279 -->
00:21:35.440This is gonna be interesting because we have Tracy at behind our board, so she's now gonna get a chance to listen to this too.
00:21:35.680 -->
00:21:37.680Mike and Mark, here we go.
00:21:37.839 -->
00:21:42.079Story number one as Nathan refines his AI prompting skills.
00:21:42.319 -->
00:21:49.839All right, story number one Snapchat pushes back on AI, spotlights new prioritized human creators.
00:21:50.079 -->
00:21:59.759Snapchat is making a major shift in how content gets posted on its service and spotlight feed announcing that human made videos will now be prioritized over fully.
00:22:00.240 -->
00:22:01.519AI generated content.
00:22:01.599 -->
00:22:10.400The company says the change is designed to protect originality, improve viewer experience, and ensure real creators, not automated content mills, get rewarded.
00:22:10.640 -->
00:22:17.200Starting this month, fully AI generated videos will no longer be recommended on Spotlight and it's no longer eligible for monetization.
00:22:17.359 -->
00:22:25.839Even if creators disclose that they use AI, Snapchat's updated guidelines make it clear authentic authenticity comes first.
00:22:26.160 -->
00:22:26.960Authenticity?
00:22:27.200 -->
00:22:28.319Authenticity comes first.
00:22:28.880 -->
00:22:29.039Okay.
00:22:29.200 -->
00:22:31.039The platform isn't banning AI entirely.
00:22:31.119 -->
00:22:35.680Videos that use Snapchat's own AI editing or enhancing tool will still qualify.
00:22:36.160 -->
00:22:39.440But they'll carry visible labels that say AI involvement.
00:22:39.759 -->
00:22:49.519Snap points to a 120% increase in unique spotlight contributors of the past year as evidence that AI creation is overtaking original content.
00:22:49.759 -->
00:22:52.720Story number one Snapchat pushes back on AI.
00:22:53.680 -->
00:22:58.880Story number two, Tesla reported is testing its first smartphone, the Model T model.
00:23:00.079 -->
00:23:03.519Tesla is preparing for one of the biggest tech curveballs of the decade.
00:23:03.680 -->
00:23:13.359Multiple uh internal leaks suggest the company is quietly testing a prototype smartphone called the Model T Mobile, marking Tesla's first move into the mobile hardware market.
00:23:13.440 -->
00:23:33.440According to supply chain sources, the device is already in the late stage development and includes several signature Tesla features, including Starlink Optimized Antenna System, Solar Assist Charging Strip, so that you can charge it in the sun or any remote location, a custom Tesla OS designed for AI automation, probably integrated into Grok.
00:23:34.160 -->
00:23:39.359Deep integration with Tesla vehicles, including biometric unlocking and remote prep.
00:23:40.160 -->
00:23:45.759A new glass display called Electroglass, rumored to be shatter resistant.
00:23:46.160 -->
00:23:56.720Early reports say the phone is being produced in a limited pilot running at Tesla's Formont facility that will spend tooling underway at its Texas factory.
00:23:56.880 -->
00:24:08.799Insiders claim Elon Musk initially dismissed the idea of a Tesla phone, but approved the project after engineers just demonstrated Starlink powered mobile connectivity in the on-device vehicle AI.
00:24:09.119 -->
00:24:10.079That's story number two.
00:24:10.240 -->
00:24:12.480Tesla is coming out with a smartphone.
00:24:12.720 -->
00:24:16.319And story number three: robots are going to the gym.
00:24:16.640 -->
00:24:20.160Surprising new trend is emerging in the fast-growing robotic industry.
00:24:20.319 -->
00:24:28.720Before robots ever stepped onto a factory floor or hardware warehouse, many of them are spending time in what they call now robot gyms.
00:24:28.960 -->
00:24:35.039Huge warehouses are being involved as robotics evolve beyond simple automation into advanced AI-powered systems.
00:24:35.119 -->
00:24:39.680Developers are discovering that teaching a robot a task is only half the challenge.
00:24:39.759 -->
00:24:44.720The bigger challenge is preparing it for unpredictable situations it will encounter in the real world.
00:24:44.880 -->
00:24:52.079To address this, the robotics developers are creating specialized training environments where robots can safely gain experience before deployment.
00:24:52.240 -->
00:25:04.000Looking much like a military outlier, the robot gym allow machines to practice thousands of scenarios, make mistakes, recover, and learn without disturbing operations and creating safety risks.
00:25:04.240 -->
00:25:11.599Engineers can expose robots to conditions that might be dangerous, expensive, or simply too rare to recreate during normal testing.
00:25:11.920 -->
00:25:19.759Industry experts say this approach is becoming increasingly important as the robotics sector shifts into the so-called physical AI systems.
00:25:20.000 -->
00:25:22.880The concept is similar to flight simulators used by pilots.
00:25:23.039 -->
00:25:33.119Rather than learning critical lessons during live operation, robots develop experience in controlled environments where failures become valuable training opportunities instead of costly mistakes.
00:25:33.680 -->
00:25:34.640All right, there we go.
00:25:34.799 -->
00:25:37.440Robots are going to the gym.
00:25:37.599 -->
00:25:43.599Tesla's new Model T and Snapchat pushes back on AI.
00:25:43.839 -->
00:25:47.359Which one of these stories is the lie?
00:25:47.599 -->
00:25:49.440We're going to start on the board first.
00:25:49.599 -->
00:25:53.680So, Tracy, which one of these three stories do you think is not true?
00:25:54.480 -->
00:25:56.640Well, I wasn't really listening.
00:25:57.519 -->
00:25:58.160Sorry.
00:25:58.480 -->
00:25:58.720Okay.
00:25:59.440 -->
00:26:00.319So I really didn't hear the.
00:26:00.720 -->
00:26:02.079I like this new board operator.
00:26:02.400 -->
00:26:06.880Yeah, I was sorry, I was working on the board, so I was not paying attention to the very first.
00:26:07.359 -->
00:26:09.119Snapchat pushes back on AI.
00:26:09.279 -->
00:26:10.079I I understand.
00:26:10.240 -->
00:26:16.240So I what I did hear though, I think that um B, Tesla making a phone, is the one that's not real.
00:26:16.480 -->
00:26:17.440You think it's not real?
00:26:17.519 -->
00:26:17.680Okay.
00:26:17.839 -->
00:26:18.799And why is that?
00:26:19.119 -->
00:26:22.000Um, just because I haven't heard anything.
00:26:22.240 -->
00:26:22.480Okay.
00:26:22.640 -->
00:26:22.880All right.
00:26:22.960 -->
00:26:23.599That's okay though.
00:26:23.680 -->
00:26:23.920That works.
00:26:24.079 -->
00:26:24.400That works.
00:26:24.559 -->
00:26:24.799All right.
00:26:24.880 -->
00:26:25.200Mark.
00:26:25.279 -->
00:26:26.000Well, you know what?
00:26:26.480 -->
00:26:27.039You know what we did this?
00:26:27.440 -->
00:26:31.839That's a very weighted I uh that statement just does it all right there, I think.
00:26:32.160 -->
00:26:32.640Yes, does it?
00:26:32.720 -->
00:26:39.279Okay, you know what's interesting is we had a story on here, what, uh three months ago that was fake, that actually became true.
00:26:39.599 -->
00:26:40.559So that's what's horrible.
00:26:40.720 -->
00:26:41.039All right.
00:26:41.200 -->
00:26:42.880So uh we'll go to you next, Mike.
00:26:42.960 -->
00:26:43.440What do you say?
00:26:43.680 -->
00:26:47.839Tesla's phone, Snapchat pushback, or robots going to the gym.
00:26:48.000 -->
00:26:54.319Okay, well Snapchat pushing back on AI, that that sounds pretty true.
00:26:54.400 -->
00:26:54.559Okay.
00:26:54.960 -->
00:27:01.519Because uh everybody is complaining about AI generated crap on social media social media.
00:27:01.680 -->
00:27:03.599So that's probably true.
00:27:04.400 -->
00:27:12.960Uh training robots in gyms, I've seen I've seen those facilities, so I'm pretty sure that's that's the the correct one too.
00:27:13.519 -->
00:27:15.680Uh Tesla making a phone.
00:27:16.480 -->
00:27:22.559Yeah, that seems a little that seems even outside Elon's weird thought processes.
00:27:22.720 -->
00:27:36.400So if if there was a phone being developed through any of Elon's companies, I would think it would be Starlink that is developing a phone, not not Tesla, the car company.
00:27:36.640 -->
00:27:37.200Okay, all right.
00:27:37.359 -->
00:27:38.079We'll go to Mark.
00:27:38.160 -->
00:27:39.200Mark, you're up.
00:27:40.160 -->
00:27:41.440Well, I don't want to disagree.
00:27:41.519 -->
00:27:46.000So I thought the robots in the gym was a crazy story, but Mike says he's seen them.
00:27:46.079 -->
00:27:48.960But I was like, that's so crazy, it's gotta be true.
00:27:49.759 -->
00:27:57.519And then the Snapchat one, um, all the kids are pushing back on AI, so that makes sense.
00:27:57.680 -->
00:27:59.279They want to keep that demographic.
00:27:59.519 -->
00:27:59.680Okay.
00:28:00.000 -->
00:28:02.079Tesla phone actually sounds pretty easy.
00:28:02.400 -->
00:28:09.519It sounds like something Musk Musk would want to do, you know, especially with like Mike said, the satellite network, kind of corner that, and you can make a Trump phone.
00:28:09.680 -->
00:28:10.799Yeah, you know?
00:28:11.279 -->
00:28:18.480So um, but I don't I think this is one of those where the story is gonna become true later.
00:28:18.559 -->
00:28:21.279But right now, I'm gonna I'm gonna vote for Tesla as the false.
00:28:21.839 -->
00:28:23.039All three of you guys are correct.
00:28:23.279 -->
00:28:24.319The Tesla reported.
00:28:24.559 -->
00:28:26.160Well, you just let it out right away.
00:28:26.480 -->
00:28:27.599You didn't build up any.
00:28:28.079 -->
00:28:30.559No, all of all of you are correct, all of you are correct.
00:28:30.799 -->
00:28:33.200I clearly could not get that.
00:28:33.440 -->
00:28:49.599Um but let me just tell you, um, there has been rumors that if there was gonna be a phone created, he would want to create it after the Model T is the name of his phone because he enjoys Ford's first Model T is production line type of deal.
00:28:49.839 -->
00:28:53.039Of course, he would uh he would like Henry Ford.
00:28:53.279 -->
00:28:54.400So I'll leave it at that.
00:28:54.640 -->
00:28:57.279Okay, the research on listeners on Henry Ford.
00:28:57.519 -->
00:29:03.440So this Tesla reported testing phone that today is August 4th, right?
00:29:03.519 -->
00:29:04.559Today is August 4th.
00:29:04.640 -->
00:29:24.880I just want to say that we will probably be predicting the future because none of this is real yet, but this all comes from scraped information that I have found regarding the possibility of them building a phone, and it would actually be built by Tesla because they already have the hardware chips as where they would actually have to build it from.
00:29:25.119 -->
00:29:31.680So I think this is a story yet to come when they do announce a Model T mobile phone.
00:29:31.839 -->
00:29:34.240You come back to this deal here and we will see it.
00:29:34.319 -->
00:29:36.000So we'll do it through Snapchat.
00:29:36.160 -->
00:29:37.200You do it through Snapchat.
00:29:37.440 -->
00:29:38.240All right, well, guess what?
00:29:38.319 -->
00:29:41.039You guys all was a 10-year-old.
00:29:41.200 -->
00:29:45.279I I wonder if if Tracy would have said something else first, would that have swayed your guys' votes?
00:29:45.519 -->
00:29:46.240No, no, okay.
00:29:46.799 -->
00:29:57.359No, but the fact the fact that she said, I have not heard anything about it, that was that was just cream on the We know who the uh technology news person is in the house.
00:29:57.519 -->
00:29:58.000Yeah.
00:29:58.400 -->
00:30:03.759Because the minute she said that I knew you weren't talking about it, and I knew that that was your little AI prompt.
00:30:03.920 -->
00:30:05.440Well, robots are going to the gym.
00:30:05.519 -->
00:30:08.480I figured we'd do robot, robot, robot story that you guys would figure.
00:30:08.720 -->
00:30:12.160I was trying to figure that you would think that I threw that in there, and then it okay.
00:30:12.480 -->
00:30:12.960All right, all right.
00:30:13.119 -->
00:30:14.240Well, let's move on.
00:30:14.559 -->
00:30:15.839I lost again.
00:30:16.000 -->
00:30:17.440See, there's logic to that story.
00:30:17.599 -->
00:30:18.720There's logic to that story.
00:30:18.880 -->
00:30:22.000Uh do you know more about that story?
00:30:22.079 -->
00:30:24.480Because that one's I mean, Mike, you said you've seen them.
00:30:24.559 -->
00:30:36.079I've yeah, yeah, I've seen I've seen I've seen video footage of them training robots in these facilities where they have they have uh setups like like uh obstacle courses and stuff.
00:30:36.319 -->
00:30:36.799Yep.
00:30:37.200 -->
00:30:41.359There's like seven different describe it.
00:30:41.599 -->
00:30:45.119Seven different places you can actually rent to get to put your robots in there.
00:30:45.599 -->
00:30:48.720Mark, are you saying that you fell for Nathan's strategy?
00:30:49.599 -->
00:30:50.559Almost.
00:30:51.279 -->
00:30:51.759Almost.
00:30:51.839 -->
00:30:55.039But it was the it was the set the one that was way out there in my mind.
00:30:55.200 -->
00:30:56.400You know, robots in the gym.
00:30:56.480 -->
00:30:56.960What the heck?
00:30:57.039 -->
00:30:58.559The other two were just realistic.
00:30:58.799 -->
00:30:58.960Okay.
00:30:59.279 -->
00:31:05.839Is this like those places there go where you we saw the videos of the robot going crazy and hitting everything in the whole wide like the room?
00:31:06.240 -->
00:31:06.960That was the restaurant.
00:31:07.200 -->
00:31:09.039That was a restaurant in in LA.
00:31:09.279 -->
00:31:10.079The dancing robot.
00:31:10.960 -->
00:31:12.319They actually have a bunch of these now.
00:31:12.480 -->
00:31:13.200These are popping up.
00:31:13.440 -->
00:31:17.519It's almost as bad as the uh workout trend with the CrossFit things.
00:31:17.599 -->
00:31:20.480You see these now popping up all over these robot type of deals.
00:31:20.559 -->
00:31:21.519So all right.
00:31:21.759 -->
00:31:23.039It's like goat yoga.
00:31:23.200 -->
00:31:23.759That's right.
00:31:23.920 -->
00:31:24.799Or hot yoga.
00:31:24.960 -->
00:31:25.759No goat yoga.
00:31:25.920 -->
00:31:26.960Oh, goat, goat yoga.
00:31:27.039 -->
00:31:27.920What is goat yoga?
00:31:28.079 -->
00:31:29.200They do yoga with goats.
00:31:29.440 -->
00:31:30.000Are you serious?
00:31:30.160 -->
00:31:30.400Yes.
00:31:30.559 -->
00:31:30.799Wow.
00:31:30.960 -->
00:31:34.160Okay, let's move on now to our favorite segment.
00:31:36.240 -->
00:31:39.839We have the grumpiest guy in the world coming up.
00:31:58.480 -->
00:32:11.119Today's story, though, is a masterclass in academic justice, poetic irony, and the kind of student stupidity that makes me want to stand up and salute every teacher that's still fighting the good fight.
00:32:11.359 -->
00:32:11.680Okay.
00:32:12.640 -->
00:32:31.440A history professor at Alcorn State hid a secret AI trap in White Font, invisible to humans, but perfectly visible to uh every AI that lazy students use to help them out.
00:32:31.680 -->
00:32:32.079Alright.
00:32:32.240 -->
00:32:33.119And guess what?
00:32:33.440 -->
00:32:33.920What?
00:32:34.160 -->
00:32:47.359Out of the 35 students that turned in the essays that were assigned, 32 of those 35 students had been uh completely written by AI and not proofread.
00:32:47.519 -->
00:32:51.519So you're telling me only three students three students actually did the work.
00:32:51.599 -->
00:33:01.839Now, when we talked about this several years ago, what did I say was going to happen when we started allowing AI into the general population, especially in schools?
00:33:02.079 -->
00:33:10.960Help remind me uh that they were going to be using it to cheat and it was going to become common practice.
00:33:11.279 -->
00:33:11.599Okay.
00:33:12.240 -->
00:33:12.640Hey, Mike.
00:33:15.599 -->
00:33:19.680We can't prove those three students didn't use AI and cheat.
00:33:19.759 -->
00:33:22.880They may have just done a little bit of tiny extra work to prove that.
00:33:23.200 -->
00:33:23.599That's true.
00:33:24.400 -->
00:33:33.680Well, all they would have had to do is read their paper because what he embedded in there was like the word Madagascar, and he just made it white text so that you couldn't see it with your eye.
00:33:33.839 -->
00:33:34.000Yeah.
00:33:34.319 -->
00:33:42.880But the the reports that the kids turned in actually and they had nothing to do with like Madagascar, but they actually like then started talking about it in the reports.
00:33:43.039 -->
00:33:46.480All you do is read your own report and go, huh, that doesn't make any sense.
00:33:46.640 -->
00:33:46.880Yep.
00:33:47.039 -->
00:33:49.440So I'm gonna grump on this.
00:33:49.519 -->
00:33:50.640This is my grumpy stuff.
00:33:50.799 -->
00:33:51.359Okay, there you go.
00:33:51.440 -->
00:33:52.720All right, keep on going, keep on going.
00:33:52.960 -->
00:34:03.759All right, so 32 of these students turned in essays about the Industrial Revolution, which features random hallucinations about Madagascar, like she said.
00:34:04.000 -->
00:34:09.840So he put this white text in in the prompts or in the students' uh question.
00:34:10.000 -->
00:34:10.320Question.
00:34:11.360 -->
00:34:12.000In the question.
00:34:12.239 -->
00:34:14.719They kind of pasted it, put it exactly into it.
00:34:15.199 -->
00:34:17.920Put it into Chat GPT and it kicked us back.
00:34:18.000 -->
00:34:19.840Now they didn't even proofread it.
00:34:20.079 -->
00:34:21.119So the other three could have done it.
00:34:21.280 -->
00:34:26.079The other three could have done it and then proofread it and said, What the heck is this stuff and got it out.
00:34:26.159 -->
00:34:26.320Okay.
00:34:26.559 -->
00:34:34.559But the rest of them, the and this is why I I I complain about this because of this type of reason.
00:34:35.039 -->
00:34:35.519This is our future.
00:34:36.559 -->
00:34:38.079Yeah, this is our future.
00:34:38.400 -->
00:34:44.719They're using AI to do the work for them, and they're not even doing the work to make sure the AI did the right job.
00:34:44.880 -->
00:34:45.119Right?
00:34:45.199 -->
00:34:46.079Not a glance.
00:34:46.320 -->
00:34:46.480Okay.
00:34:46.800 -->
00:34:48.960Pure Olympic level n laziness.
00:34:49.599 -->
00:34:53.920One essay literally said Madagascar floats sideways through the afternoon.
00:34:54.079 -->
00:34:54.159Okay.
00:34:54.880 -->
00:35:01.039And another, the prompt spit out Madagascar purple bicycle whispers to the ceiling.
00:35:01.440 -->
00:35:01.760Okay.
00:35:02.000 -->
00:35:08.559And then my personal favorite, Madagascar wore a toaster to a basketball game.
00:35:08.880 -->
00:35:09.280Alright.
00:35:09.440 -->
00:35:09.760Okay.
00:35:09.840 -->
00:35:11.039That makes a lot of sense.
00:35:11.199 -->
00:35:13.519That's bordering on performance art right there.
00:35:13.679 -->
00:35:14.239All right.
00:35:14.559 -->
00:35:23.440Uh Professor Gibson, who set this all up, absolute legend here, calmly explained how he caught them and even let them contest the grade.
00:35:24.400 -->
00:35:25.519Only two tried.
00:35:25.679 -->
00:35:28.960The rest basically said, Yeah, the toaster thing knows me.
00:35:29.519 -->
00:35:34.559Uh these teachers deserve metal statues, heck, even a national holiday.
00:35:34.800 -->
00:35:41.360Uh, because uh they're fighting AI cheating burnout and students who think proofreading is a hate crime.
00:35:42.400 -->
00:35:46.079So yeah, this is the problem that we talked about before.
00:35:46.239 -->
00:35:50.639Academia is struggling, honor codes are collapsing like hard houses.
00:35:50.960 -->
00:35:57.519Students are out here submitting essays that read like a malfunctioning Roomba, which I have having a fever dream.
00:35:58.079 -->
00:36:07.760Uh, but today I'm happy to report that we have a win from this one particular teacher who understands AI and how to combat it.
00:36:08.000 -->
00:36:08.320Okay.
00:36:09.039 -->
00:36:20.000So uh as we move into the future and students get more lazy, Madagascar will still float sideways through your afternoon, thanks to AI.
00:36:20.639 -->
00:36:22.559So this I mean, this is really scary.
00:36:22.639 -->
00:36:29.199I mean I mean uh uh we're at a point now where I mean to proofread it.
00:36:29.440 -->
00:36:29.679Right.
00:36:29.760 -->
00:36:34.000This is why I I rarely complain about the actual technology.
00:36:34.159 -->
00:36:34.320Okay.
00:36:34.559 -->
00:36:38.719I know it sounds like it because I'm always complaining, but I rarely complain about the technology.
00:36:38.960 -->
00:36:41.119It's how the technology is used.
00:36:41.360 -->
00:36:41.840Yeah.
00:36:42.159 -->
00:36:55.039And this is the one this is one of the places where I really, really have trouble uh keeping my mouth shut because this is where people are supposed to be learning how to learn, not learning how to cheat.
00:36:55.360 -->
00:36:57.920So that would have taken literally 30 seconds to cut and paste.
00:36:58.000 -->
00:36:59.519So they they didn't spend any time on it.
00:36:59.840 -->
00:37:03.679They literally 30 seconds cut and paste, put it on a test, and submit.
00:37:03.920 -->
00:37:06.559And printed it out and didn't read it.
00:37:06.880 -->
00:37:19.920What if you're a doctor and you're in medical school and you're using AI to print out medical procedures that you're supposed to know.
00:37:20.480 -->
00:37:24.159Have you ever seen the TV series Doctor Dead or Doctor Death?
00:37:24.400 -->
00:37:25.119Yeah, I saw that.
00:37:25.360 -->
00:37:29.920Yeah, so I mean that was kind of that was pre-AI, but essentially he had no idea what he was doing.
00:37:30.159 -->
00:37:31.840Yeah, but he you know, he was a con artist.
00:37:32.079 -->
00:37:32.960So he was a con artist.
00:37:33.119 -->
00:37:37.760He he made a bunch of diplomas, people thought he was real, and he'd go on in there and had no idea.
00:37:37.920 -->
00:38:01.440Yeah, I'm not saying that this isn't a this isn't something that happened before, but we're talking we're talking about dangerous precedence that is going to echo out into the future, our future, as these people in these in these classes move into regular life and start working in these fields in which they've been using Chat GPT to cheat in.
00:38:01.760 -->
00:38:08.159Well, and the other thing is if you take it a step further and think about it, what if they did read it and they went, Oh, Madagascar?
00:38:08.320 -->
00:38:12.159I guess that must have to do with something with the Industrial Revolution and let it go.
00:38:12.400 -->
00:38:14.239Like they were not watching.
00:38:16.800 -->
00:38:17.599That'd be even scarier.
00:38:18.000 -->
00:38:18.159Right?
00:38:18.320 -->
00:38:19.199I mean, Madagascar was.
00:38:25.360 -->
00:38:30.559I guarantee you, somebody in there read it and went, Oh, I guess if Chat GPT knows, it must be in there.
00:38:30.880 -->
00:38:33.519All right, well that's sad because weren't these college students?
00:38:33.760 -->
00:38:34.559Yeah, these are college students.
00:38:36.159 -->
00:38:42.159Acorn University, which is supposed to be a pretty high-end uh I mean, they're a Division I school.
00:38:42.239 -->
00:38:45.840They have basketball programs.
00:38:45.920 -->
00:38:51.440They they are uh a small school, but uh a pretty pretty large.
00:38:52.000 -->
00:38:55.440So I'm here I'm here to say thank you, Professor Gibson.
00:38:55.599 -->
00:38:56.320Is it Gibson?
00:38:56.559 -->
00:38:57.360Yep, I think so.
00:38:57.599 -->
00:38:58.480Thank you, Professor Gibson.
00:38:58.719 -->
00:39:00.480And watch his videos online, they're pretty funny.
00:39:00.639 -->
00:39:02.639Uh and he's actually got a lot of other videos too.
00:39:02.800 -->
00:39:05.920All right, but now we need to move into something secret.
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00:39:52.320Uh, it is not uh Donkey Kong the video game, but that was a nice uh guess that somebody thought maybe it was Donkey Kong jumping on up and something like that.
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00:39:54.719Not a video game, it's uh something related to something.
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00:41:27.280And now, let's look back at this week in technology.
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00:41:32.639All right, we're going all the way in our way back machine to August 4th, 1988.
00:41:32.800 -->
00:41:36.960A computer shuts down NASA only a few seconds before ignition.
00:41:37.199 -->
00:41:41.679A computer halts an engine test in preparation for the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
00:41:41.920 -->
00:41:52.559The shuttle's engine's computerized controls determined that a valve was not closing fast enough and sent a major component failure command from the computer to all three engines, telling them not to fire.
00:41:53.039 -->
00:42:06.320The test and computer system were a part of NASA's effort to ensure NASA's effort to ensure the safety of Discovery, whose flight would be the first since the Challenger explosion in 1986.
00:42:07.440 -->
00:42:09.599The real story here is not the shuttle failed to start.
00:42:09.679 -->
00:42:19.119The story is how the computer successfully prevented humans from launching into every safety question being answered before we take a launch moving forward.
00:42:19.280 -->
00:42:25.920The computer behind the shuttle was the space shuttle IBM AP-101, a general purpose computer.
00:42:26.719 -->
00:42:35.599IBM developed these machines specifically for NASA's shuttle program after the incident that happened with Challenger.
00:42:36.000 -->
00:42:40.079So that was a pretty big incident into our uh NASA program.
00:42:40.159 -->
00:42:51.280The first versions were designed back in the 70s, but long before modern laptops or smartphones existed, the idea of having this computer shut down any operation was put into place.
00:42:51.519 -->
00:43:01.679Each continuously continues to compare its answers against each other's as they both run identical software simultaneously in two different platforms.
00:43:01.840 -->
00:43:06.400If one computer disagrees with the rest, it could be automatically isolated from the system.
00:43:06.559 -->
00:43:16.320This approach now helps with redundancy, fault tolerance, and was revolutionary for the time and became a model for later aerospace and industrial control systems.
00:43:16.639 -->
00:43:18.079That was this week in technology.
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00:44:18.000All right.
00:44:18.159 -->
00:44:20.800Can't wait until I'm back in the studio and we can dance together.
00:44:20.960 -->
00:44:21.280I know.
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00:44:22.159That's so much fun.
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00:44:22.639All right.
00:44:24.559 -->
00:44:25.679What do we got?
00:44:26.960 -->
00:44:28.880Well, we got today, August 4th.
00:44:28.960 -->
00:44:30.159What is today?
00:44:30.719 -->
00:44:31.280You know what?
00:44:31.440 -->
00:44:32.079What are we celebrating?
00:44:33.280 -->
00:44:33.840No, you know what?
00:44:33.920 -->
00:44:38.480I I looked up on my browser this morning and I got a big thing that said National Cookie Day.
00:44:38.639 -->
00:44:41.920Is it did you do the National Cookie Day?
00:44:42.159 -->
00:44:44.079Because it came up on my Bing browser.
00:44:44.960 -->
00:44:45.840Oh, you did not.
00:44:46.079 -->
00:44:46.400See?
00:44:46.800 -->
00:44:49.360See how see how he uses AI to cheat?
00:44:49.599 -->
00:44:50.159No, no, no.
00:44:50.239 -->
00:44:52.480I have a Bing browser that pops up information.
00:44:52.960 -->
00:44:54.480We all know about your Bing browser, buddy.
00:44:54.639 -->
00:44:55.440Okay, I get this.
00:45:01.760 -->
00:45:02.960It's chocolate chip day.
00:45:03.039 -->
00:45:03.599Is that what it is?
00:45:03.679 -->
00:45:04.320Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:45:04.400 -->
00:45:04.559Okay.
00:45:04.639 -->
00:45:05.119But what it was.
00:45:05.360 -->
00:45:09.840I had a whole thing, a whole joke prepared for this, but your son did not show up today.
00:45:10.079 -->
00:45:10.960Oh, he did not.
00:45:11.440 -->
00:45:12.159He's not on the board.
00:45:12.719 -->
00:45:14.079He's training dogs.
00:45:14.400 -->
00:45:16.079We'll still celebrate him.
00:45:16.159 -->
00:45:18.159Today is Hooray for Kids Day.
00:45:18.480 -->
00:45:19.679Hooray for Kids Day.
00:45:19.840 -->
00:45:20.320Oh boy.
00:45:20.960 -->
00:45:22.719That's really a never mind.
00:45:22.880 -->
00:45:24.000Is that okay?
00:45:24.159 -->
00:45:24.559All right.
00:45:24.800 -->
00:45:32.079So today, officially, we celebrate the boundless curiosity, imagination, and the joy children bring into the world.
00:45:32.480 -->
00:45:43.199It's also a reminder for adults to reconnect with their inner child, ask too many questions, laugh at inappropriate moments, and refuse, like Nathan, to eat anything green.
00:45:43.519 -->
00:45:52.639So spend some time playing, exploring, and appreciating the wonders of seeing the world before bills, meetings, and software updates ruin everything.
00:45:53.039 -->
00:45:53.360Okay.
00:45:55.119 -->
00:45:57.199Professor catchy cheating.
00:45:57.599 -->
00:45:59.440Everybody is just a bunch of sighs today.
00:45:59.519 -->
00:46:00.960It's hooray for kids' day.
00:46:01.119 -->
00:46:02.480Yay! I love kids.
00:46:02.639 -->
00:46:03.760The best part about kids.
00:46:04.000 -->
00:46:05.440You know, I have four of them.
00:46:05.599 -->
00:46:08.000And you know what's the best thing about all four of my kids?
00:46:08.159 -->
00:46:08.639What's that?
00:46:08.800 -->
00:46:09.679You're grown up.
00:46:09.840 -->
00:46:10.559Oh, there you go.
00:46:10.639 -->
00:46:11.280That that is nice.
00:46:11.440 -->
00:46:21.679Although then they get they get spouses and and then they get a bunch of other stuff, and then they get all their dogs that they have to train and everything that that goes through with that.
00:46:21.840 -->
00:46:23.360So all right, okay, continuing on.
00:46:23.519 -->
00:46:24.079All right.
00:46:24.559 -->
00:46:33.599Well, since today is all about curiosity and discovery, two qualities children possess naturally and adults occasionally rediscover after a couple of drinks.
00:46:33.920 -->
00:46:37.840Let's reveal what the two whiskeys behind the blind tasting are.
00:46:38.559 -->
00:46:44.239So one of them drumroll in no particular order.
00:46:44.719 -->
00:46:53.280We have Ha See's San Oaks Chinese Whiskey, the black label from Hasi's Distillery in Shanghai, China.
00:46:53.440 -->
00:46:59.599It's a single malt whiskey, non-age stated, 84-proof, 100% Chinese greens.
00:46:59.840 -->
00:47:02.320We assume malted barley, and it's$75.
00:47:03.519 -->
00:47:04.400From China.
00:47:04.719 -->
00:47:08.480Are they gonna shut down are they gonna shut down their uh whiskey deals with their robots?
00:47:08.719 -->
00:47:10.400It has nothing to do with robots.
00:47:10.639 -->
00:47:10.880Okay.
00:47:10.960 -->
00:47:11.920All right, continue on.
00:47:12.000 -->
00:47:12.159Okay.
00:47:12.800 -->
00:47:22.559And the other one is our winner from last year's Flavor calendar, Bakta 1928 rye whiskey from Vermont.
00:47:22.639 -->
00:47:25.840It's a Finnish rye whiskey, non-age stated, 100 proof.
00:47:25.920 -->
00:47:31.679It's 60% rye, 30% cavados, and a 10% blend of Armagnac.
00:47:31.760 -->
00:47:32.639And that's$67.
00:47:33.199 -->
00:47:35.039So you said that this was last year's sweet.
00:47:35.280 -->
00:47:37.599So one of these we picked as last year's winner.
00:47:37.840 -->
00:47:40.800Yeah, and they put it in this year's flavor calendar again.
00:47:41.280 -->
00:47:43.440Guess which one was which there, Nathan?
00:47:43.679 -->
00:47:45.280Oh no, now I feel really bad.
00:47:45.360 -->
00:47:47.519What if we don't pick the one that was the winner?
00:47:47.679 -->
00:47:47.840No.
00:47:48.639 -->
00:47:56.159Well, that's okay because you almost voted against the Bakta every single time last year, and so far, closely this year, too.
00:47:56.320 -->
00:47:58.400Oh no, so I'm kind of vote voting against this.
00:47:58.480 -->
00:48:00.800Do I change my mind and vote against that's the Chinese?
00:48:01.199 -->
00:48:03.679Don't change your mind based on what they are, change on what you like.
00:48:03.920 -->
00:48:05.119I think that's Chinese based right there.
00:48:05.280 -->
00:48:06.000That's the Chinese one.
00:48:06.159 -->
00:48:06.320Okay.
00:48:06.559 -->
00:48:07.119I'm pretty sure.
00:48:07.360 -->
00:48:07.920You're pretty sure.
00:48:08.079 -->
00:48:08.239Okay.
00:48:08.320 -->
00:48:08.559All right.
00:48:09.440 -->
00:48:11.679I have like this from the beginning, so we'll see.
00:48:11.840 -->
00:48:12.480All right.
00:48:13.360 -->
00:48:18.559Well, I can't wait to see at our pick of the day which whiskey we got.
00:48:20.639 -->
00:48:23.920And what is whiskey and technology like?
00:48:24.400 -->
00:48:26.320Well, whiskey and technology are such a great pairing.
00:48:26.480 -->
00:48:27.679Thanks there, Mark.
00:48:28.000 -->
00:48:32.800Like garage sales and hidden eBay gems.
00:48:33.360 -->
00:48:38.239So when you go out to a garage sale, you can find that hidden eBay gem and then you can post it on there.
00:48:38.480 -->
00:48:45.599Or if you need 5,000 different boxes of floppy discs, let me know because you can go to eBay and look for floppy disk.
00:48:46.000 -->
00:48:49.039Because I still am trying to sell my floppy discs at a unboxing.
00:48:49.360 -->
00:48:50.880Yeah, I may have found somebody.
00:48:51.039 -->
00:48:53.599I may have found somebody in like a year or more.
00:48:54.000 -->
00:48:54.960About a year and a half.
00:48:55.119 -->
00:48:56.159Yeah, we'll see.
00:48:56.239 -->
00:48:59.280But it it's gonna be uh a beautiful thing.
00:48:59.440 -->
00:48:59.920Well, hopefully.
00:49:00.320 -->
00:49:06.400I thought you were gonna go more like Goodwill and Rare Finds because of the the teenager that was going through.
00:49:06.480 -->
00:49:10.719I think it was Goodwill, but it was some kind of thrift shop, and you found Will Chamberlain's warm-up jacket there.
00:49:10.960 -->
00:49:11.519Yeah, yeah.
00:49:11.599 -->
00:49:14.159You know, you can find some pretty good uh finds if you go there.
00:49:14.239 -->
00:49:16.480I I feel like that's not Nathan's Forte.
00:49:16.719 -->
00:49:17.119What's that?
00:49:17.280 -->
00:49:19.039Goodwill's going to Goodwill.
00:49:19.440 -->
00:49:20.639Oh, we go I go alive.
00:49:20.800 -->
00:49:21.199I go a lot.
00:49:21.440 -->
00:49:25.599I believe that, but you know, you finding rare items there, I'm not pretty good.
00:49:25.840 -->
00:49:26.800That's where I buy my underwear.
00:49:26.960 -->
00:49:33.039All right, let's prepare for our technology fail of the week brought to you by Lead Executive Services.
00:49:33.280 -->
00:49:36.320Technology experts to help you out of a technology fail.
00:49:36.639 -->
00:49:37.920Congratulations.
00:49:38.079 -->
00:49:39.440You're a failure.
00:49:39.679 -->
00:49:41.199Oh, I failed.
00:49:41.280 -->
00:49:41.840Did I?
00:49:42.079 -->
00:49:42.559Yes.
00:49:42.800 -->
00:49:43.440Did I?
00:49:43.679 -->
00:49:44.079Yes.
00:49:44.400 -->
00:49:44.719All right.
00:49:44.800 -->
00:49:50.800This week's technology fail comes to us across the United States, but specifically the state of Minnesota.
00:49:51.039 -->
00:50:01.039Now, water facilities in seven states were hit by coordinated cyber attacks, knocking out pressure, causing flooding, and locking operators out of their own systems this last year.
00:50:01.360 -->
00:50:10.639The FBI says hackers broke in through exposed programmic logic controllers, changing passwords and IPs like they own the place.
00:50:10.800 -->
00:50:13.599And the danger isn't just inconvenience.
00:50:13.760 -->
00:50:19.760When the pressure drops, untreated groundwater can seep into pipes, turning a cyber attack into a public health threat.
00:50:19.920 -->
00:50:32.400Minnesota was hit the hardest with over 30 facilities breached in a week, with activity matching early warnings about Iran hacking campaigns, according to internal memos shared with the press.
00:50:32.480 -->
00:50:35.920Now, federal agencies are urging utility companies to do the basics.
00:50:36.000 -->
00:50:38.239This is what the federal agency has issued.
00:50:38.559 -->
00:50:38.719No.
00:50:38.960 -->
00:50:44.000To create strong passwords, buy a firewall, and lock down internet-facing devices.
00:50:44.159 -->
00:50:48.559The fact that needs to be said is the technology fail.
00:50:48.880 -->
00:50:53.199Americans water infrastructure wasn't just attacked, it was wide open.
00:50:53.760 -->
00:50:57.440Didn't even have password, password one, two, three, or password.
00:50:57.519 -->
00:51:06.000They had wide open systems that anybody could come into and essentially shut off the water facilities for the state of Minnesota.
00:51:06.559 -->
00:51:13.039Now how can you I don't even know why you're even doing that?
00:51:13.360 -->
00:51:15.519Because we all know this is a failure.
00:51:16.320 -->
00:51:23.119Everybody should everybody in the IT environment for anything with the water treatment or anything in Minnesota should all be fired.
00:51:23.280 -->
00:51:24.960They should all be let go.
00:51:25.199 -->
00:51:32.719There is no way that you should have a system that is running your public health safety issues with water with no passwords.
00:51:33.039 -->
00:51:34.639Enough said, mic drop.
00:51:35.360 -->
00:51:36.559Those people shouldn't have a job.
00:51:36.719 -->
00:51:37.920All right, let's move on now.
00:51:38.320 -->
00:51:40.880That's probably because I use Chat GPT to cheat on everything.
00:51:41.119 -->
00:51:43.599So then uh let's go to the Nathan Nugget of the Week.
00:51:43.920 -->
00:51:46.480This is your nugget of the week.
00:51:46.719 -->
00:51:51.440Well, we've officially reached the point where even bedtime has a luxury tech scandal.
00:51:51.599 -->
00:51:54.400Now, the thing about it is just isn't expensive.
00:51:54.480 -->
00:51:55.280This is absurd.
00:51:55.679 -->
00:51:58.000Let's start with a 3D scan of your head and neck.
00:51:58.159 -->
00:52:00.320Like you're being fitted in a space helmet.
00:52:00.480 -->
00:52:04.079Then an AI model builds a digital twin of your sleeping posture.
00:52:04.480 -->
00:52:16.960A robotic milling machine carves the pillow foam with millimeter precision because apparently your head requires an aerospace grade engineering to develop the best pillow.
00:52:17.119 -->
00:52:23.119Once the science is done, then they glue on gold, sapphire, and a zipper with four diamonds.
00:52:23.199 -->
00:52:23.679That's right.
00:52:23.920 -->
00:52:26.880A diamond zipper for something that you can drool on.
00:52:27.280 -->
00:52:33.039It arrives in a branded box like you're unboxing a royal artifact instead of a glorified rectangle.
00:52:33.119 -->
00:52:38.719So, yes, this is the world's most expensive pillow coming in at a cost of$57,000.
00:52:41.360 -->
00:52:41.440Really?
00:52:43.440 -->
00:52:47.280Yeah, you could buy you can buy one of those robots for$57,000.
00:52:48.320 -->
00:52:59.440And I can sleep on that because combining medical imaging, robotics, AI modeling, and gemstones is much more expensive than that$19 pillow at Costco.
00:52:59.679 -->
00:53:01.360Yeah, if I I don't know.
00:53:02.159 -->
00:53:05.360So now let's move to our pick of the day whiskey tasting.
00:53:07.039 -->
00:53:10.880And now our pick of the day for our whiskey tastings.
00:53:11.679 -->
00:53:13.679Let's see what bubbles to the top.
00:53:13.920 -->
00:53:15.440Mark, do you got a pillow on order?
00:53:15.840 -->
00:53:17.599Are you one of the people waiting for that now?
00:53:17.760 -->
00:53:18.159Six months.
00:53:18.719 -->
00:53:20.320I need that sleep so bad.
00:53:20.480 -->
00:53:22.079That'd be beautiful.
00:53:22.320 -->
00:53:25.599Putting my head down on a gold bar sounds so comfortable.
00:53:26.639 -->
00:53:27.599Yeah, that's it.
00:53:27.920 -->
00:53:33.679So you guys have chosen to move on to the third round, the Bakta 1928 rye whiskey.
00:53:34.000 -->
00:53:35.599Oh okay.
00:53:35.920 -->
00:53:41.440And that's the one that uh has a hundred-year-old blend of Armagnac in it.
00:53:41.679 -->
00:53:42.000Okay.
00:53:42.159 -->
00:53:44.480And that's what we chose last year's winner, right?
00:53:44.719 -->
00:53:45.760That was last year's winner.
00:53:46.159 -->
00:53:47.840But I struggle with this sometimes, I guess.
00:53:48.079 -->
00:53:50.800Maybe I went back and looked.
00:53:50.960 -->
00:53:52.880Most times you did not vote voted up.
00:53:52.960 -->
00:53:55.599I had to be Mike, and then I was deciding vote on it.
00:53:55.760 -->
00:53:58.320Okay, this other stuff was just really, really blah.
00:53:58.400 -->
00:53:59.519So I don't know how we put that through.
00:53:59.760 -->
00:54:06.800I don't know why you come you You don't strike me as somebody who uh would come up with blah as being a problem.
00:54:07.039 -->
00:54:10.079Well, uh normally I like it, but this one actually tasted really good.
00:54:10.159 -->
00:54:10.960So I, you know what?
00:54:11.039 -->
00:54:15.280I I I Yeah, I mean they they both had pretty good flavors, but you're right.
00:54:15.360 -->
00:54:16.960The second one was blah.
00:54:17.519 -->
00:54:22.480I I wonder if I had some real other bitters because none of these had any uh bitter aftertastes.
00:54:22.559 -->
00:54:26.079So I wonder if it was going up against some that had a bad aftertaste.
00:54:27.360 -->
00:54:29.599It's just it's just your roving palette, buddy.
00:54:29.760 -->
00:54:30.800Okay, my roving palette.
00:54:31.039 -->
00:54:31.360Oh well.
00:54:31.440 -->
00:54:32.079Well, guess what?
00:54:32.239 -->
00:54:33.360We're about out of time.
00:54:33.440 -->
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