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00:00:29.440Welcome to Tech Time Radio with Nathan Mum.
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00:00:43.679Welcome to Tech Time Radio with Nathan Mum, the show that makes you go, hmm, Technology News of the Week, the show for the everyday person talking about technology, broadcasting across the nation with insightful segments on subjects weeks ahead of the mainstream media.
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00:00:51.359We welcome our radio audience of 35 plus million listeners to an hour of insightful technology news.
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00:00:55.600I'm Nathan Mum, your host and technologist with over 35 years of technology expertise.
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00:01:04.000And you know what?
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00:01:14.480I think I'm just gonna just be grumpy now.
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00:02:54.159This we may get him twice in this month because we always have our Halloween episode where Nick comes and talks about I mean that that is a classic where he talks about everything is going to be destroyed.
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00:03:05.91990% of the time right now, it's full with the word AI.
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00:03:49.439Everyone is giving their AI a face.
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00:03:54.479Meta and OpenAI look more like a Saturday morning cartoon than a technology company.
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00:04:01.039But is this just a cute design trend, or does it reveal something deeper about how AI is being built?
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00:04:03.840Let's go to Jennifer Merrick for more on this story.
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00:04:06.719Thanks, Nathan.
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00:04:14.240We looked into why tech companies are suddenly giving their AI systems cute mascots, and it turns out it's all about trust.
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00:04:24.879Meta's new Muse agent comes with a friendly Yeti named Jolly, and OpenAI introduced Dots, a set of colorful blob characters designed to make AI feel more approachable.
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00:04:33.360Branding experts say these mascots help soften the image of advanced technology and reduce public anxiety around AI safety and privacy.
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00:04:42.800Critics argue it may oversimplify real concerns, but early reactions show users feel more comfortable interacting with AI when it has a friendly face.
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00:04:53.600They're making it making it look cute so it doesn't you don't know when it's coming to kill you.
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00:05:09.600So open AI kind of looks like a knockoff version of the um uh those those uh it's a Disney cartoon or it's a Pixar cartoon.
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00:05:25.600What are you thinking about the inside out characters?
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00:05:29.839The everything's gonna be destroyed anyway, so let's just have this discussion, right?
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00:05:36.879So studies have shown over and over and over that there's a big backlash to artificial intelligence.
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00:05:42.480We know thanks to the social media era that it's been data mining us, et cetera, et cetera.
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00:05:47.839And so this big push by Meta and all of them is essentially to capture the younger generation.
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00:06:00.480And Meta's longitudinal uh issue has always been well, Facebook was mom and dad's social media, and all the kids move to Instagram, TikTok, et cetera.
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00:06:05.360But when they get older, they'll come back and they're just applying that same philosophy to AI.
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00:06:08.240And just another reason why Mark Zuckerberg needs to be in jail.
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00:06:13.600Well, let's market our cigarettes to children.
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00:06:16.000Well, it's that's so here's what they're trying to do.
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00:06:25.199So major researchers have said the approachability is the most important aspect of AI for people, so they have to get them to download.
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00:06:45.360Another expert put it that a cute character asking for always on access is still always asking for uh always on access, but you're more adapt to say yes to the cute character with a smile than you would be just a prompt on your screen.
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00:06:49.680Yes, because that's so we've learned nothing from like viruses.
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00:06:58.000Here's here's the three things that all the AI companies are marketing towards.
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00:07:29.680That is considered the second most important aspect is thinking that you're seeing it actually use its logic.
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00:07:45.040It's like evil clippy.
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00:08:01.680It's gonna come on and clink on your little on your window there and be like, hey, can I help you dive into you know DOD's uh official secure network?
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00:08:02.879Well, it's interesting.
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00:08:15.360So I I I I work at a company that we have just uh dropped our Google ad spins, and we're significantly now doing the Chat GPT open AI uh advertising.
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00:08:32.720It's and what they're saying is is uh Facebook and Google both are considerable um opponents that AI's own advertising could take over and that the each of those companies could significantly drop.
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00:08:43.279I'm sure we have Clyde's gonna come out with maybe maybe a German guy in a beer glass mug, and then hard on we're here to help you, or some other type of seriously?
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00:08:47.919Is that is that is that your I don't know if Clyde German impersonation that's just German impersonation?
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00:08:58.559We're in October, so you know it's Oktoberfest, so everything's about beer right now.
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00:09:01.120Um, Octoberfest is in September.
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00:09:02.240Oh, is it in September?
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00:09:04.240Okay, yes, it yeah, it is.
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00:09:05.440Is it no October?
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00:09:05.919Well, October.
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00:09:07.759Dude, I'm not German, I'm more German than you are.
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00:09:11.519Okay, I thought Oktoberfest, at least for the local areas right now, they're running.
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00:09:13.360So you're talking about like real Germany time?
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00:09:18.399Well, let's move on then.
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00:09:22.960Let's talk about McDonald's.
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00:09:23.759Oh, yay.
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00:09:26.559McDonald's is at it again.
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00:09:35.200Uh so we did a report however long ago, like a year or something ago, about uh their drive-ins.
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00:09:36.320Uh, we did Wendy's.
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00:09:38.080It was Wendy's that was doing the drive-ins, I think.
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00:09:40.080Oh, no, no, maybe it was McDonald's too.
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00:09:44.639Yeah, they the surge pricing, right?
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00:09:49.759Well, now McDonald's is using AI.
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00:09:57.360To shape the prices you see on its menu and what that means for everyday customers.
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00:09:58.399Oh, tell me more.
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00:10:04.480It's rolled out a pricing system that analyzes millions of transactions across thousands of restaurants.
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00:10:06.240The goal is simple.
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00:10:11.519Determine the optimal price for each item at each location.
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00:10:18.080That meant that the cost of a Big Mac or a coffee can vary widely from store to store, even within the same neighborhood.
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00:10:27.360So I'm going to drive down the McDonald's and get a cheeseburger for 99 cents and then drive a couple of miles to the next one and get one for a hundred bucks.
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00:10:28.480For a hundred bucks, okay.
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00:10:30.320I guess that's what it's saying, though, right?
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00:10:30.960Yeah.
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00:10:32.000Franchise owner say that's the thing.
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00:10:35.120So that means you want to go eat in like the port part of the neighborhood?
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00:10:36.080Is that what you're saying now?
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00:10:36.879I I don't know.
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00:10:41.279Franchise owners say the company strongly encourages No.
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00:10:46.000What happened will happen is like people who depend on McDonald's, the prices will be up.
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00:10:47.600The prices will go up higher.
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00:10:48.399Oh, okay.
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00:10:51.919Maybe that's how that we're gonna, you know, kick this trend of eating out.
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00:10:54.000Okay, well let's hope so.
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00:11:06.480So franchise owners are saying the company strongly encourages them to follow these AI-generated recommendations, and some describe it being as being pressured to adopt the suggested prices.
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00:11:14.799The system tracks when stores deviate from the guidance, and the pricing has become a bigger part of franchise performance reviews.
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00:11:15.759There we go.
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00:11:24.080McDonald's McDonald's has initiated a corporate-wide big brother check on you.
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00:11:24.639Yes.
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00:11:26.960If you're not doing what we're doing, you're gonna lose the city.
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00:11:29.039I have a friend that owns a McDonald's.
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00:11:30.480I have a friend that owns a McDonald's.
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00:11:34.080They no longer have the ability to change their pricing.
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00:11:42.799They actually have to send it into corporate headquarters because corporate was saying that people were stealing money from them and not paying their franchise fees on every little item that they have.
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00:11:45.840So they now control the pricing.
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00:11:47.279You can't get an update.
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00:11:50.960So if I wanted to change my price and run a special, I have to send it to corporate.
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00:11:55.519It has to be approved, so then I can come on down to the store that I run.
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00:11:57.679Well, so you're not really a franchise holder.
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00:12:00.559You're just uh you're just a corporate shield now.
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00:12:00.960Yeah.
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00:12:01.759All right.
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00:12:14.879Well I just wonder if it's like um very early in AI, someone made a vending machine that could buy products, and people in the office would tell it what to buy, and they gaslit it so much to buy tungsten cubes.
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00:12:15.200Yeah.
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00:12:18.320So it bought tungsten cubes and sold it for massive losses.
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00:12:20.960Okay, I got it.
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00:12:22.159I wonder if this is gonna happen.
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00:12:23.360I I I don't know.
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00:12:35.200No, it's just gonna be like you're gonna roll up to McDonald's one day and pay a buck for a hamburger, and then the next day it's gonna be th five or ten or but maybe I can pull up one day and buy a tungsten cube for a McDonald's.
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00:12:35.759Maybe.
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00:12:36.559Okay, well there you go.
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00:12:39.840Anyway, the approach isn't without controversy, of course.
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00:12:47.360Consumers are increasingly wary of dynamic pricing, especially when algorithms raise prices simply because the demand is high.
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00:12:56.159Regulators are also paying closer attention to the pricing models, particularly when they can influence how competing businesses set prices.
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00:13:03.840There have even been extreme cases like a location where the system recommended charging nearly$18 for a Big Mac.
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00:13:06.960See, I was just funny, and it actually happened.
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00:13:08.000Actually happened.
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00:13:11.919Despite the backlash, McDonald's reported no drop in the store sales.
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00:13:18.799That's because if somebody buys a Big Mac at 18 bucks, they're buying eight Big Macs.
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00:13:19.360Yeah.
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00:13:25.840Uh and this shows how unpredictable commute uh consumer behavior can be when AI enters the question.
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00:13:30.879McDonald says the system helps balance affordability with profit profitability.
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00:13:31.919No, it isn't.
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00:13:37.279Uh, but franchisees face raising costs and often prefer higher prices to stay afloat.
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00:13:43.519Corporate, meanwhile, benefits from increased revenue regardless of individual store margin.
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00:13:48.639And what's clear is this is that AI-driven pricing is no longer a future concept.
00:13:48.720 -->
00:13:51.200It's already shaping what you pay at the counter.
00:13:51.440 -->
00:13:58.559And it's raising new questions about fairness, transparency, and how much control out algorithms should have overlay purchases.
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00:14:01.519Maybe McDonald should have a fry guy.
00:14:01.759 -->
00:14:02.480A fry guy?
00:14:02.639 -->
00:14:03.200A fry guy.
00:14:03.600 -->
00:14:03.840You remember.
00:14:06.000 -->
00:14:07.279Oh, maybe that should be their AI guy.
00:14:07.519 -->
00:14:08.879Little little AI fry guy.
00:14:09.120 -->
00:14:10.000How about hamburger?
00:14:10.559 -->
00:14:15.600Making making you all feel alright about paying 18 bucks for a big bag.
00:14:15.840 -->
00:14:19.039Like isn't this crazy?
00:14:19.279 -->
00:14:20.879This is actually to think about it.
00:14:21.039 -->
00:14:24.240We we you know, we live so we we live.
00:14:24.399 -->
00:14:26.480This is what people call the age of information.
00:14:26.559 -->
00:14:29.360This is not the age of information, this is the age of delusion.
00:14:29.600 -->
00:14:30.480Is that what you're calling it?
00:14:30.559 -->
00:14:31.279Oh, I like that.
00:14:31.600 -->
00:14:32.240The age of delusion.
00:14:32.399 -->
00:14:44.639We we have we spend more time creating our own truths nowadays that that nobody knows where anybody else is in reality.
00:14:44.960 -->
00:14:46.080Well, you know what you should do?
00:14:46.240 -->
00:14:49.759Creating realities are something that that we all talk about.
00:14:49.840 -->
00:14:55.279How about we just create a fake holiday and make every consumer in the world have to be a part of it?
00:14:55.440 -->
00:14:56.320Well, like prime day?
00:14:56.639 -->
00:15:01.679Yes today is my favorite day for all of you that are listening.
00:15:01.840 -->
00:15:02.240Nathan.
00:15:02.399 -->
00:15:03.679Today is prime day.
00:15:03.840 -->
00:15:07.360Big deals isn't just a sale, it's a strategy.
00:15:07.600 -->
00:15:13.279Amazon uses it to pull holiday shoppers in early, and retailers often match the prices.
00:15:13.440 -->
00:15:15.519That means the best deals aren't just on Amazon today.
00:15:15.600 -->
00:15:19.759They're at Best Buy Walmart Target and other shadow discount stores.
00:15:19.919 -->
00:15:20.799But not McDonald's.
00:15:20.960 -->
00:15:22.080Well, no, not McDonald's.
00:15:22.159 -->
00:15:22.559Well, it depends.
00:15:22.639 -->
00:15:23.360It could be it could be a dollar.
00:15:24.080 -->
00:15:28.720If you're gonna you're gonna binge, you're gonna binge on Amazon and go out and get a$20 Mic back.
00:15:29.039 -->
00:15:33.360Yeah, this has become a Amazon's unofficial kickoff to holiday shopping.
00:15:33.600 -->
00:15:35.600The warm-up before Black Friday.
00:15:35.759 -->
00:15:42.879And the deals this week are hitting across every major category because they forced you to.
00:15:42.960 -->
00:15:52.960If you're a consumer on their selling, they tell you if you want to be in their algorithm in the top first page of return results, you better be participating in Prime Day, or they will move you down.
00:15:53.039 -->
00:15:56.639They literally tell the consumers on their product participate in our day.
00:15:57.039 -->
00:15:59.919Everybody's purchased these days or move down.
00:16:00.159 -->
00:16:07.440So if you've been writing though to upgrade your smart home, grab a new TV or pick up some Amazon devices, the deals are already strong.
00:16:07.679 -->
00:16:14.799Prime Day uh officially is kicking off deals with the Amazon Echo Pop at 55% off.
00:16:15.039 -->
00:16:30.159The Fire TV stick 4K is 50% off, the Blink Outdoor Four Camera Kit is 40% off, Kindle Paperwhite 30% off, Samsung 55-inch TVs are marked down from 30% all the way to 60%.
00:16:30.559 -->
00:16:37.120And if you want to have a robot vacuum spy on you, you can get the iRobot and Shark for with up to 45% off.
00:16:37.200 -->
00:16:39.679So now shop those deals, go for it.
00:16:39.759 -->
00:16:43.200Our economy could use a boost for our favorite billionaire, Mr.
00:16:43.360 -->
00:16:44.080Jeffrey Bates.
00:16:44.399 -->
00:16:47.039Yeah, I need a I need a uh new recliner.
00:16:47.120 -->
00:16:48.240Is that 55% off?
00:16:48.559 -->
00:16:50.320Uh that's most of this one is electronics.
00:16:50.399 -->
00:16:51.440So I actually dang it.
00:16:51.679 -->
00:16:59.360Yeah, so you know, I I I I but they have two of these big deal days now, and they have the prime day, and then they have this, so they have they have them quarterly.
00:16:59.519 -->
00:17:02.639And this one is probably my favorite because this is the electronics.
00:17:02.879 -->
00:17:03.840What's the name of the other one?
00:17:04.079 -->
00:17:05.759Uh they I think they're always prime day.
00:17:06.000 -->
00:17:06.400They're prime day.
00:17:06.960 -->
00:17:07.599Just two prime days.
00:17:07.680 -->
00:17:09.519Yeah, I think it's like summer kickoff.
00:17:09.599 -->
00:17:12.640They they kind of rebrand each one each time they come on out.
00:17:12.799 -->
00:17:14.960So this is the big deals.
00:17:15.119 -->
00:17:16.960It's prime day's big deals.
00:17:17.279 -->
00:17:22.960So if you haven't seen a commercial on television where um they're advertising, then clearly you're gonna be able to do that.
00:17:23.119 -->
00:17:24.400Do people still watch TV?
00:17:25.119 -->
00:17:27.119I do, so I don't know if everybody else does.
00:17:27.359 -->
00:17:31.599All right, well, that ends our top technology stories of the week.
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00:17:35.519Uh next we have Nick Espinoza up from Security Fanatics.
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00:18:32.640All right, welcome back to Tech Time with Nathan Mum.
00:18:32.799 -->
00:18:36.559Our weekly show covers the top technology subjects without any political agenda.
00:18:36.799 -->
00:18:39.920We verify the facts, we do it with a sense of humor in less than 60 minutes.
00:18:40.160 -->
00:18:42.319Of course, with a little whiskey on the side.
00:18:42.720 -->
00:18:43.440Yes, that's right.
00:18:43.599 -->
00:18:45.279We laugh because we would be crying.
00:18:45.440 -->
00:18:45.680That's right.
00:18:45.759 -->
00:18:50.000Today, Mark Gregoire, whiskey Connor Sewer, is not in the studio.
00:18:50.240 -->
00:18:51.599What a surprise.
00:18:51.839 -->
00:18:52.640What a surprise.
00:18:52.799 -->
00:18:55.759But where is Mark coming from today?
00:18:56.640 -->
00:19:02.160I am uh unfortunately down in Southern California where it's triple digits in heat.
00:19:02.400 -->
00:19:02.880Oh no.
00:19:02.960 -->
00:19:04.480Oh no, it's it's over the 100.
00:19:05.200 -->
00:19:05.759Next to weed.
00:19:06.079 -->
00:19:08.640Oh, over not next to weed.
00:19:08.880 -->
00:19:11.920You can tell Peyton only thinks of California and weed now.
00:19:12.000 -->
00:19:14.880You got that one mountain in weed, that's all I see.
00:19:15.039 -->
00:19:16.559No, no, that's Northern California.
00:19:16.720 -->
00:19:22.319And sadly, you know, since a lot of the listeners out there kind of follow my life, I'm down here for a very sad reason.
00:19:22.400 -->
00:19:28.720So my mother passed away earlier this week, and so the whole family is gathering and celebrating her life.
00:19:28.960 -->
00:19:32.079And that is kind of what I kind of down here for for this time.
00:19:32.559 -->
00:19:33.599Are you in Berkeley area?
00:19:34.960 -->
00:19:38.559Are you in Berkeley area or are you down in the San Diego area?
00:19:39.039 -->
00:19:39.519Orange County.
00:19:39.839 -->
00:19:40.640Above Orange County.
00:19:40.880 -->
00:19:42.079Orange County, okay, LA.
00:19:42.319 -->
00:19:43.039Orange County area.
00:19:43.279 -->
00:19:45.680Well, I'm sorry, Mark, that that situation happened.
00:19:45.759 -->
00:19:50.160So hopefully your family um is is recuperating from that.
00:19:50.319 -->
00:19:50.799I know.
00:19:51.839 -->
00:19:52.319We just trust you.
00:19:52.480 -->
00:19:56.480Thank you, Nathan, and for all the the the kind words you've been sending me on the side, too.
00:19:56.559 -->
00:19:57.200So I appreciate that.
00:19:57.440 -->
00:19:58.240Don't tell people like that.
00:19:58.319 -->
00:19:58.960I have a reputation.
00:19:59.200 -->
00:19:59.680Oh, excuse me.
00:19:59.839 -->
00:20:00.720I have a reputation.
00:20:01.039 -->
00:20:03.119So now all of a sudden you're gonna make me sound like a lot of people.
00:20:03.440 -->
00:20:09.519You're gonna hurt you're gonna hurt his ability to get hot to get voted in as mayor of Nathan Land.
00:20:09.920 -->
00:20:10.240All right.
00:20:10.480 -->
00:20:11.119All right, what are we?
00:20:11.599 -->
00:20:12.640Let's talk about our whiskey.
00:20:12.799 -->
00:20:13.119Perfect.
00:20:14.160 -->
00:20:15.519This was always a highlight.
00:20:15.680 -->
00:20:19.440My mother did not drink whiskey, but she always uh liked to listen to my segment.
00:20:19.519 -->
00:20:20.559So perfect.
00:20:20.799 -->
00:20:22.000Who knows why?
00:20:22.319 -->
00:20:25.200She probably loves she likes listening to her son.
00:20:25.359 -->
00:20:25.839There you go.
00:20:26.000 -->
00:20:26.319Yes.
00:20:26.559 -->
00:20:27.279So here we are.
00:20:27.359 -->
00:20:36.799So today, since they most of our listeners and viewers know with multiple glasses out there, we are doing the 2025 Flavor Whiskey Advent Calendar.
00:20:36.960 -->
00:20:41.200That's 24 remarkable whiskeys we use in our year-long blind whiskey competition.
00:20:41.440 -->
00:20:44.000We're trying to see which one Nathan and Mike like best.
00:20:44.160 -->
00:20:56.160So we invite everybody to come along for the ride each month, uncover new tastes, and train Nathan and Mike's uh for their second year on their senses to become true connoisseurs.
00:20:56.400 -->
00:20:58.960Now, today, as Nathan mentioned, is a semis.
00:20:59.359 -->
00:21:04.160So this is round three, one of two, where they will choose their winner to move on.
00:21:04.240 -->
00:21:08.160And luckily, if they disagree, I am the deciding vote.
00:21:08.559 -->
00:21:08.880Perfect.
00:21:09.119 -->
00:21:17.200Now today, Nathan and Mike are tasting two whiskies that both take rye in some pretty unconventional directions.
00:21:17.440 -->
00:21:32.240The first starts with rye, it takes a very unusual pl path, blending in other age spirits, including components that have been around for quite a while, making part of what is in the glass considerably older than Nathan's broadcasting career.
00:21:33.279 -->
00:21:47.759Second begins with an almost even split of rye and malted barley before spending additional time in a wine seasoned cask, creating a style that sits somewhere between traditional American rye and something completely different.
00:21:48.240 -->
00:21:55.119Two very different ways of blending the rules or bending the rules, and today Nathan and Mike get to decide which one moves on.
00:21:55.440 -->
00:21:57.599Is one of these the winners from last year?
00:22:00.160 -->
00:22:04.960Maybe and I think I may have picked that one here today.
00:22:05.039 -->
00:22:06.720I have one I absolutely like.
00:22:07.359 -->
00:22:11.440I I absolutely like one and I I I I am okay on the other one.
00:22:11.759 -->
00:22:12.640What do you think, Mike?
00:22:13.519 -->
00:22:18.880Uh well at this first tasting they they're both on par with each other, so I'm not gonna make a decision.
00:22:19.119 -->
00:22:19.359Okay.
00:22:19.440 -->
00:22:19.759All right.
00:22:19.839 -->
00:22:21.279I I I've already made my decision.
00:22:21.440 -->
00:22:26.079All right, well, but but what do we need to leave us with before we continue on?
00:22:26.960 -->
00:22:31.200Well, make sure you guys drink responsibly, because heaven can wait for you to do that.
00:22:31.359 -->
00:22:31.519Okay.
00:22:32.240 -->
00:22:32.559All right.
00:22:32.640 -->
00:22:33.599Thank you very much, Mark.
00:22:33.680 -->
00:22:39.839We'll have Mark uh back with our uh uh whiskey tastings to tell us what the day is today.
00:22:39.920 -->
00:22:41.359I'm sure it's national prime day.
00:22:41.440 -->
00:22:43.599That that maybe it could be a national holiday now.
00:22:43.759 -->
00:22:47.200But with our whiskey tasting completed, let's move on to our feature segment.
00:22:47.359 -->
00:22:51.039Today, our technology expert, Nick Espinoza, is joining the show.
00:22:51.119 -->
00:22:53.839He's an expert in cybersecurity and network infrastructure.
00:22:54.160 -->
00:22:58.240He has consulted with clients ranging from small business to the Fortune 100 level.
00:22:58.400 -->
00:23:04.799In 1998, at the age of 19, Nick founded Windy City Networks, which was later acquired in 2015.
00:23:05.039 -->
00:23:09.200He then created Security Fanatics, where he serves as the chief security fanatic.
00:23:09.359 -->
00:23:11.279Let's start our next segment.
00:23:12.640 -->
00:23:21.119Welcome to the segment we call Ask the Experts with our Tech Time Radio expert, Nick Espinosa.
00:23:21.599 -->
00:23:23.599All right, Nick, thanks for joining the show.
00:23:23.759 -->
00:23:27.359Tell everybody that maybe do a little bit about yourself.
00:23:27.680 -->
00:23:28.319Yeah, yeah.
00:23:28.400 -->
00:23:32.559Well, first things first, much love to Mark, uh, you know, with his loss and all of that.
00:23:32.720 -->
00:23:37.039Uh thinking about you, I know you're listening, and uh I'm I'm sorry to hear that.
00:23:37.200 -->
00:23:37.680I really am.
00:23:37.839 -->
00:23:44.079Um I am Nick Espinoza, the chief security fanatic of security fanatics, and we're busy.
00:23:45.440 -->
00:23:46.720That's essentially what we do.
00:23:46.880 -->
00:23:50.799All things insanity and and try to drive Mike to drink more.
00:23:51.039 -->
00:23:52.079So perfect.
00:23:52.240 -->
00:23:52.960Let's get to it.
00:23:53.200 -->
00:23:53.519All right.
00:23:53.599 -->
00:23:54.319Well, you know what?
00:23:54.400 -->
00:23:57.440It seems that I just updated my Windows 11 machine.
00:23:57.759 -->
00:24:01.279Now I'm reading online that maybe I shouldn't have done that.
00:24:01.440 -->
00:24:04.480Can you explain what happened when I did that?
00:24:04.559 -->
00:24:06.400And what should I be worried about, Nick?
00:24:06.640 -->
00:24:09.759Yeah, well, your first mistake was using Windows 11, apparently.
00:24:09.920 -->
00:24:12.079Uh, so here's what's going on.
00:24:12.160 -->
00:24:18.960Uh, a publication called NeoWin recently reported that Windows 11 is actually expanding its AI features.
00:24:19.200 -->
00:24:28.640And here's the thing it basically has inconsistent options for disabling the AI, especially on basically like copilot plus computers.
00:24:28.799 -->
00:24:33.759And Microsoft basically is gonna let you uninstall the copilot app and recall.
00:24:33.839 -->
00:24:45.440That's that thing that takes screenshots of your uh your computer going on and stores it for months so you can easily search it, including possible screenshots of your passwords, intimate emails, all that kind of stuff.
00:24:45.599 -->
00:24:50.079Um essentially, you are supposed to opt in or it requires you to opt in before you use it.
00:24:50.160 -->
00:24:51.920So it's off by default now.
00:24:52.000 -->
00:25:11.119Uh, but here's the thing Microsoft's documented policy for disabling the AI-powered anything, uh, like settings search, for example, it excludes Windows Professional, which is basically what businesses are using, and it also lists support for enterprise and education and uh like among other specialized things.
00:25:11.200 -->
00:25:21.519And so the problem here is that we, the users, have this like patchwork of controls and restrictions and exceptions when we just want a straight answer here.
00:25:21.599 -->
00:25:25.920You know, what AI is actually on my computer and can I simply turn it off?
00:25:26.079 -->
00:25:31.599And I think it's in Microsoft's best interest basically to let us just fully disable and remove it.
00:25:31.839 -->
00:25:46.160Because if you think about it, the problem here, uh, you know, and and this is what we were talking about at the very beginning of the show with just trusting AI, is that we, the users, are facing this patchwork and and we don't know what's going on here.
00:25:46.319 -->
00:25:50.400And so we don't have any kind of granular choice in AI configuration.
00:25:50.559 -->
00:25:54.720And I think that that behooves Microsoft because they'd get better feedback, right?
00:25:54.880 -->
00:25:59.519Like I might want to disable the search, but maybe I want the screen history feature.
00:25:59.599 -->
00:26:03.039I don't for the record, and neither should you, but maybe you do, right?
00:26:03.119 -->
00:26:06.160Or maybe cloud processing or automated actions.
00:26:06.319 -->
00:26:12.799And so creating these preferences separately actually helps Microsoft understand what people do and do not want.
00:26:12.960 -->
00:26:16.319And I think that breeds customer loyalty, especially if we can turn it off.
00:26:16.480 -->
00:26:26.319And there's a ton of people staying on Windows 10 for as long as humanly possible to basically avoid all of the Microsoft AI integrations, because quite frankly, a lot of us don't want it.
00:26:26.400 -->
00:26:27.039It's a big issue.
00:26:27.279 -->
00:26:28.319Uh it's so it's interesting.
00:26:28.480 -->
00:26:32.559Remember when Microsoft released Windows 10, it was the last operating system you ever would need to get, right?
00:26:32.640 -->
00:26:38.160The whole idea was that you were just gonna get Windows 10 updates forever and they just would kind of build stuff in here.
00:26:38.960 -->
00:26:40.880That was that was what they said.
00:26:41.039 -->
00:26:52.240Saudi Audio said, interesting, ironic part of free enterprise where we see all this pushback for doing AI, yet they keep pushing it on everybody and trying to get used to it.
00:26:52.400 -->
00:26:54.480Well, Microsoft got in trouble for this previously.
00:26:54.559 -->
00:27:00.400They had this thing called Internet Explorer that they bundled in back in the uh 90s.
00:27:01.519 -->
00:27:03.279If you if you go back that far.
00:27:03.440 -->
00:27:22.319But they bundled their Internet Explorer and Netscape was kind of the browser of choice at that time, and they kept on bundling their browser in there, and it actually went to court and it was an antitrust allegation, and they ended up having to break off the Internet Explorer as an optional install at a later time because it was kind of a monopoly.
00:27:22.480 -->
00:27:27.599I I worry this is what's happening with kind of the AI aspect, they're just bundling it in that.
00:27:27.680 -->
00:27:32.400Who's gonna come on in and say, hey, we need to have this thing removed and not have it bundled?
00:27:32.480 -->
00:27:35.680This should be an optional item and not required.
00:27:35.839 -->
00:27:39.920I I'm lucky enough that I use Mac OS significantly.
00:27:40.079 -->
00:27:42.799I I use Windows 11 PC also all the time.
00:27:42.880 -->
00:27:59.759So I have both of those, but I use a Mac and not that I'm happy with the new OS upgrades that I have to get from Mac themselves either, but they do have considerable information when you're installing or when any new update comes on up asking you, do you want to use the AI?
00:27:59.839 -->
00:28:00.400Yes or no?
00:28:00.480 -->
00:28:08.319Every single time I get an upgrade, if there's a major uh change, it will prompt me in the startup window for the first eight to ten screens.
00:28:08.400 -->
00:28:09.039Do you want to do this?
00:28:09.200 -->
00:28:09.359No.
00:28:09.440 -->
00:28:10.079Do you want to do this?
00:28:10.160 -->
00:28:10.319No.
00:28:10.480 -->
00:28:11.279Do you want to do this?
00:28:11.359 -->
00:28:11.759Yes.
00:28:12.000 -->
00:28:19.279Which I I I find as a consumer how it should be, so that I know if I'm opting in and using their AI, or maybe I don't want to use their AI.
00:28:19.359 -->
00:28:26.960So I I I I I'm concerned Microsoft is overreaching here, but I think it's the space for AI and in in what they have going on.
00:28:27.279 -->
00:28:38.079Well, yeah, in addition to that, uh, I mean, the more difficult the company makes it for the consumer to get rid of it, the more consumers are going to just accept it.
00:28:39.519 -->
00:28:41.359I actually here's my prediction.
00:28:41.440 -->
00:28:42.000So here you go.
00:28:42.079 -->
00:28:43.200Here's a little bit of a prediction.
00:28:43.359 -->
00:28:46.240I actually think that uh Google's in trouble.
00:28:46.400 -->
00:28:53.599I think Google is gonna lose um their AdWords revenue that that they have currently right now and significantly drop 50%.
00:28:53.920 -->
00:28:58.480Nobody's gonna be using their Gemini AI stuff to necessarily to to do searches.
00:28:58.559 -->
00:29:08.960People go to Claude and are using Cloud as an uh as an AI aggregate or they're using Chat GPT as an aggregate to find all the stuff that they're looking for.
00:29:09.440 -->
00:29:18.960We're already seeing that though, because if you if you think about it, I I save hours and hours and hours a week using a more advanced artificial intelligence than a Google search.
00:29:19.359 -->
00:29:29.680And so if you're looking at it from the marketing perspective, who cares if you're number one on a Google page rank now when everybody's going to AI and say, find X and you happen to be that, right?
00:29:29.759 -->
00:29:39.519So so the whole point of it is then positioning your website, your marketing, your branding, your actual writing style to be authoritative for the artificial intelligence when it ingests you.
00:29:39.759 -->
00:29:42.880You look like the subject matter expert or whatever you're trying to look like.
00:29:43.039 -->
00:29:55.119And so it goes to you before it goes anywhere else, aka websites of your competitors that are not formatting for AI ingestion or gating their websites where, oh, we've got all this content, but you've got to log in.
00:29:55.200 -->
00:29:58.160Well, the AI's not gonna do that when it's crawling the website.
00:29:58.400 -->
00:30:03.359On top of it, I think Microsoft is taking advantage of the regulatory situation in the United States.
00:30:03.519 -->
00:30:10.480To your point, back in the 90s, it was a lot more stringent when it came to monopolies or or competition when it at the corporate level.
00:30:10.640 -->
00:30:12.400But now we've got a big issue.
00:30:12.480 -->
00:30:19.119And Microsoft could also argue well, what Copilot is at the end of the day is an integration that was distilled from open AI.
00:30:19.279 -->
00:30:21.200So is it really a competitor?
00:30:21.359 -->
00:30:27.119You know, they're banking on us just using Windows, which is pretty much on lockdown for them in the business world.
00:30:27.440 -->
00:30:29.119And so they're gonna integrate these things.
00:30:29.279 -->
00:30:35.039They've got a more friendly uh US government than the government's been friendly in decades for this.
00:30:35.200 -->
00:30:35.920And here we are.
00:30:36.079 -->
00:30:57.119I think the real big thing that's gonna be interesting is when users in the United States see that the Europeans in the EU get that choice due to law, or the Canadians or the Australians, or any one of the other um, you know, modern countries or country systems that are actually putting regulations on AI to try to slow it down and try to try to regulate it in some way.
00:30:57.279 -->
00:31:01.599The US is just behind on this, and and that's why we get situations like this as well.
00:31:01.839 -->
00:31:03.200Well, I think Microsoft's in trouble.
00:31:03.279 -->
00:31:04.240So I'll just say it right now.
00:31:04.319 -->
00:31:09.359I think Microsoft's in trouble because I think Google is gonna try to create an OS to compete on the business level.
00:31:09.440 -->
00:31:11.759I do think they're gonna try to advance their Chromebook.
00:31:11.920 -->
00:31:17.680I know significant people um that have left Microsoft and that are working on a secret OS.
00:31:17.759 -->
00:31:26.880And I actually think that uh the only way Google stays alive is if they can release a business type alternative OS because their advertising is gonna be there.
00:31:26.960 -->
00:31:32.559So yeah, and it it'll integrate with workspace, Google Workspace in the same way Microsoft has Office.
00:31:32.640 -->
00:31:34.000And yeah, we're seeing that.
00:31:34.079 -->
00:31:38.640And we're also picking up more clients, interestingly enough, on the side that have Google Workspace.
00:31:38.720 -->
00:31:43.599Yeah, you know, and that that said, Microsoft is still the 800-pound gorilla in the in the business room.
00:31:43.680 -->
00:31:47.680But yes, I think those winds are shifting, and we've even seen some more Mac lately.
00:31:47.759 -->
00:31:48.960So, you know, here we are.
00:31:49.200 -->
00:31:53.200All right, I'm just gonna go home and talk to my Roomba so that the Chinese people know what's going on.
00:31:54.079 -->
00:31:54.880So they just know who you are.
00:31:55.039 -->
00:31:57.519You just say, hey China, I'm right here, come visit me immediately.
00:31:57.680 -->
00:31:57.839All right.
00:31:58.160 -->
00:32:00.720And the Roomba will talk back, Mike, if you want to.
00:32:01.039 -->
00:32:05.680So yeah, I'll do that while it's spinning on the floor, not knowing what to do.
00:32:07.359 -->
00:32:07.759All right.
00:32:07.839 -->
00:32:08.400Well, you know what?
00:32:08.480 -->
00:32:13.680I are are we allowed to be calling this now AI, or do we now need to have a different name here?
00:32:13.839 -->
00:32:18.720Tell tell me a little bit about the AI force team our government is working on.
00:32:19.119 -->
00:32:21.359Yeah, so this is an interesting one.
00:32:21.519 -->
00:32:23.680And and and Mike, get your drinking hat on.
00:32:24.160 -->
00:32:25.759I'm gonna gripe about it.
00:32:26.240 -->
00:32:30.480Essentially, uh uh President Trump is said that he's gonna create an AI force.
00:32:30.640 -->
00:32:32.079So here's what happened with this.
00:32:32.160 -->
00:32:37.599On September 19th, Trump announced basically plans for an AI force and a new AI czar.
00:32:37.839 -->
00:32:45.119And Reuters reported that he basically that he basically gave us no details how on how any of this is gonna work.
00:32:45.279 -->
00:32:48.960And for the record, that unbelievably matters, especially in this political climate.
00:32:49.119 -->
00:32:55.680So we essentially have an announcement, but we don't have a blueprint with which I can sit here and tell you about.
00:32:55.920 -->
00:33:04.240But I think though, that like the name, just the name alone essentially tells us nothing about the investigative powers or the funding or the accountability.
00:33:04.480 -->
00:33:06.160And so this could be anything.
00:33:06.319 -->
00:33:14.720It could be a coordinating coordinating office, it could be a technical response team, it could be a promotion just of AI itself, it could be a regulator.
00:33:14.880 -->
00:33:15.599We don't know.
00:33:15.839 -->
00:33:23.119But I think there's a bigger concern here because most experts around the entire planet, and you know I've been talking about this too.
00:33:23.279 -->
00:33:27.839We've been calling for a slowdown in AI development for regulations and all of this.
00:33:27.920 -->
00:33:31.680We don't want it to go terminator and it continues to improve itself.
00:33:31.839 -->
00:33:36.240But Trump is one of like the very few that says, hey, we don't need regulation.
00:33:36.400 -->
00:33:44.000We don't need to slow down full steam ahead, and the only thing we need is my morality to make sure that AI will, you know, keep itself in check.
00:33:44.160 -->
00:33:59.839And so the fear here is that this AI force, whatever this is going to be, is gonna be more of an enabler of things like offensive cyber weaponry without any kind of checks and that that mic should get you drinking like right out of the gate here again.
00:34:00.720 -->
00:34:11.840You know, and we also, I mean, if you think about it, look at Ukraine, because we're also seeing drones being autonomously controlled by AI there, and they're able to actually kill without human intervention now.
00:34:12.000 -->
00:34:19.920So once they've got their targets, once they've been set and they have their kill box, you know, they're designed to basically act on their own, find the target, and kill.
00:34:20.000 -->
00:34:21.119And think about this.
00:34:21.280 -->
00:34:26.559You know, what if it's a Russian tank, but three minutes before the drone shows up, the Ukrainians just took it?
00:34:26.639 -->
00:34:31.920Or what if it's a soldier and you know, the soldier walks into a crowd of civilians?
00:34:32.079 -->
00:34:34.000You know, it does it has no remorse.
00:34:34.320 -->
00:34:44.719But what we are building is essentially no guardrails and an accelerating AI ecosystem in the United States, which right now is the largest producer of artificial intelligence.
00:34:44.880 -->
00:34:56.159This is only gonna get worse, and and my fear is a the AI force is not gonna be any kind of regulatory situation just because Trump says go, go, go, no checks, no rails.
00:34:56.239 -->
00:34:58.239And so that's that's the issue.
00:34:58.559 -->
00:35:01.920Maybe the space force will oversee the AI force.
00:35:02.320 -->
00:35:07.760Well, as the space force deploys weapons in space now, which that's a whole other topic.
00:35:07.920 -->
00:35:08.800Uh yeah, yeah.
00:35:09.039 -->
00:35:11.760AI, AI assisted weapons in space, that's what we need.
00:35:11.840 -->
00:35:21.280And space law was written in 1967, and it does not cover indemnification for private corporations because they never thought about it back then.
00:35:21.440 -->
00:35:29.519So when you know SpaceX accidentally crashes into a Chinese satellite, that is technically a declaration of war under the current law.
00:35:29.679 -->
00:35:30.400Not kidding.
00:35:30.559 -->
00:35:30.800Gotcha.
00:35:31.039 -->
00:35:31.920So it's a mess.
00:35:32.159 -->
00:35:32.960All right, we're almost out of time.
00:35:35.679 -->
00:35:36.000All right.
00:35:36.239 -->
00:35:39.679Do you have do you have any updates on the FBI data breach?
00:35:39.760 -->
00:35:42.239We covered it pretty extensively last week on the show.
00:35:42.320 -->
00:35:45.840But any any new breaking FBI data breach information?
00:35:46.159 -->
00:35:47.199Yeah, this one's wild.
00:35:47.280 -->
00:35:48.400So I won't go through the whole thing.
00:35:48.559 -->
00:35:50.960Shiny Hunters hit it, uh, hit hit the FBI.
00:35:51.039 -->
00:35:58.800But on September 29th, like what, four or five days ago, uh, essentially Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old uh in Amsterdam.
00:35:59.039 -->
00:36:04.639And uh uh essentially he is one of the leaders of Shiny Hunter, and so he is basically sitting there.
00:36:04.719 -->
00:36:11.840Now we don't know if he was part of this actual FBI hack, but the point is he's part of this criminal gang, which means we might be getting information.
00:36:11.920 -->
00:36:21.119And then the day after that, on September 30th, Shiny Hunters basically came out and said that the only reason why they hit the FBI was a quote unquote publicity campaign.
00:36:21.360 -->
00:36:24.639Yep, because they didn't like them saying that they were bad people.
00:36:24.960 -->
00:36:25.440Yeah, yeah.
00:36:25.519 -->
00:36:31.599And so they said they never intended to publish this or sell the data, but they've already given it to journalists and god knows who.
00:36:31.679 -->
00:36:38.480And so you can't use this as like, oh, well, let's just accept this as the risk when they've got all of this data because it might be leaked.
00:36:38.639 -->
00:36:42.320Shiny Hunters just hacked Klopp, the other ransomware gang, their competitor.
00:36:42.480 -->
00:36:45.679So who knows who will hack shiny hunters and get this data and dump it?
00:36:45.840 -->
00:36:49.920So it's just a hot mess with this, but that's the latest on the FBI.
00:36:50.079 -->
00:36:51.119That's the latest on the FBI.
00:36:51.280 -->
00:36:51.519All right.
00:36:51.599 -->
00:36:57.039Well, when my when my father used to talk about the good old days, we used to laugh at them.
00:36:57.199 -->
00:36:57.840Yeah.
00:36:58.159 -->
00:36:59.920Now I know why he talks about it.
00:37:01.039 -->
00:37:04.639Each week in the AI world is equivalent to like say six months.
00:37:04.719 -->
00:37:07.440I mean, every day it's it's just it's growing so much.
00:37:07.679 -->
00:37:13.440Yeah, and I can imagine my grand telling my grandkids, you know, when I was your age, an AI token cost a dollar, you know.
00:37:13.679 -->
00:37:15.599They'll be like, what are you talking about?
00:37:15.840 -->
00:37:18.800We have our own AI system built here on my phone.
00:37:18.880 -->
00:37:20.000Uh what do you got going on?
00:37:20.239 -->
00:37:25.280All right, Nick's people that want to talk with you more and get to know you.
00:37:25.360 -->
00:37:27.360How can they connect with you outside of our show?
00:37:27.679 -->
00:37:29.760Do they really want to talk to me though after this segment?
00:37:29.840 -->
00:37:33.440I don't even when you're talking to Nick, have a bottle of whisk.
00:37:33.760 -->
00:37:34.400That's all I'm saying.
00:37:34.639 -->
00:37:35.760That's I I recommend it.
00:37:35.920 -->
00:37:43.840Yeah, no, you can uh like LinkedIn, uh, you know, YouTube slash Nick Espinoza, you know, Twitter, aka X all that slash Nick A E S P.
00:37:44.000 -->
00:37:44.639Come say hi.
00:37:44.719 -->
00:37:45.280Come hang out.
00:37:45.519 -->
00:37:46.000Love to see you.
00:37:46.159 -->
00:37:47.360You just won't find them on TikTok.
00:37:47.440 -->
00:37:47.920That's right.
00:37:48.079 -->
00:37:48.480Indeed.
00:37:48.960 -->
00:37:49.440All right.
00:37:49.840 -->
00:37:52.239Nick, thank you so much for being a part of our show each week.
00:37:52.480 -->
00:37:55.519I cannot wait for our Halloween special coming on up.
00:37:55.599 -->
00:37:56.880Ooh, yeah, I can't wait.
00:37:57.440 -->
00:37:58.480That should be scary.
00:37:58.639 -->
00:38:00.320All right, but now let's move on.
00:38:00.559 -->
00:38:03.519Speaking about some of this to Mike the AI guy.
00:38:05.519 -->
00:38:08.000We have the grumpiest guy in the world.
00:38:29.840 -->
00:38:30.400Yes.
00:38:30.559 -->
00:38:35.199Yes, we're we're going to buckle up, we're going to be talking about AI.
00:38:35.440 -->
00:38:35.840Uh oh.
00:38:35.920 -->
00:38:36.559Uh no way.
00:38:36.800 -->
00:38:37.119No way.
00:38:37.440 -->
00:38:37.679Uh oh.
00:38:37.840 -->
00:38:38.800Okay, what do we got?
00:38:39.039 -->
00:38:42.159Although we might not be able to call it AI.
00:38:42.320 -->
00:38:43.119Why is that?
00:38:44.000 -->
00:38:54.079Because it didn't just glitch, it packed its bags and flew to Slovenia and started buying web domains like it was a drunk billionaire on GoDaddy.com.
00:38:54.400 -->
00:38:55.440Okay, all right.
00:38:55.760 -->
00:38:56.079Okay.
00:38:56.719 -->
00:38:59.039So understand just what happened.
00:38:59.199 -->
00:39:03.440President Trump, yes, the same guy who wants to purchase Greenland.
00:39:03.599 -->
00:39:03.840Okay.
00:39:04.320 -->
00:39:06.719Has now decided that AI is a bad name.
00:39:06.800 -->
00:39:11.519It's too fake, it's too artificial, so he rebranded it as super intelligence.
00:39:11.679 -->
00:39:12.320Fantastic.
00:39:12.480 -->
00:39:13.440Super get that.
00:39:13.599 -->
00:39:14.559Super intelligence.
00:39:14.719 -->
00:39:15.039Yep.
00:39:15.280 -->
00:39:15.840S I.
00:39:16.239 -->
00:39:18.000Guess what else uses SI?
00:39:18.159 -->
00:39:18.559What's that?
00:39:18.800 -->
00:39:20.400Slovenia's entire internet.
00:39:20.800 -->
00:39:22.320Oh, is that like their dot com?
00:39:22.400 -->
00:39:24.000Is like that's their dot com.
00:39:24.239 -->
00:39:25.360Okay, so it's dot SI.
00:39:25.599 -->
00:39:26.480So it's not SI.
00:39:26.559 -->
00:39:34.559So now every domain squatter crypto bro, and I'm starting a startup guy on TikTok, has rushed to Slovenia like it's the new Silicon Valley.
00:39:34.880 -->
00:39:40.320Register.si says they normally get about 2,000 domain registrations a month.
00:39:40.480 -->
00:39:43.360And in September, after this announcement, guess what?
00:39:43.519 -->
00:39:44.159How many do they get?
00:39:44.800 -->
00:39:46.00044,000.
00:39:46.320 -->
00:39:47.51944,000.
00:39:47.760 -->
00:39:48.88044,000.
00:39:49.440 -->
00:39:52.320Some guy's sitting there at his computer like, oh, it's a normal day.
00:39:52.400 -->
00:39:53.760And then he starts seeing it tick pie.
00:39:55.199 -->
00:39:57.519How many, how many of these did you buy, Nathan?
00:39:57.760 -->
00:39:58.559I did not buy any of them.
00:39:59.039 -->
00:40:04.960That's a that's a 2100%, 2,100% spike.
00:40:05.280 -->
00:40:05.920Wow.
00:40:06.400 -->
00:40:08.880And it's not a trend, it's a stampede.
00:40:09.440 -->
00:40:20.239People people heard Trump say, Welcome to the new world of super intelligence, and immediately thought, oh man, I better buy superintelligence king.si before somebody else.
00:40:20.719 -->
00:40:21.679Better fly to Slovenia.
00:40:22.079 -->
00:40:22.239Okay.
00:40:22.800 -->
00:40:29.519On September 30th alone, that was, you know, just a few days ago, 11,000 domains were registered.
00:40:29.679 -->
00:40:30.63911,000.
00:40:30.880 -->
00:40:31.199Wow.
00:40:31.360 -->
00:40:34.320That's not a day, that's a clearance sale at the internet mall.
00:40:34.880 -->
00:40:44.559And then Trump signs an executive order telling every government agency to stop using the term AI and start using the term SI.
00:40:44.800 -->
00:40:45.039Okay.
00:40:45.519 -->
00:40:50.000The best part, the signature page, the official government document spelled the United States wrong.
00:40:50.239 -->
00:40:50.480I know.
00:40:50.559 -->
00:40:51.440This is all over the internet.
00:40:53.440 -->
00:40:53.760Sorry.
00:40:55.360 -->
00:40:57.840Clearly, we didn't use AI to check the document.
00:40:58.159 -->
00:40:59.360It's all over the news.
00:40:59.599 -->
00:41:02.639Yeah, so it spelled it spelled the US wrong.
00:41:02.880 -->
00:41:04.800You cannot make this stuff up.
00:41:05.039 -->
00:41:08.960We are renaming artificial intelligence while misspelling the country.
00:41:09.199 -->
00:41:13.199That's like launching a rocket labeled space, S-P-A-S-E.
00:41:14.800 -->
00:41:21.840Meanwhile, Slovenia is sitting over there like, hey, we just wanted to be a nice little country with a nice little domain suffix.
00:41:22.239 -->
00:41:25.119Now America's tech bros are colonizing us.
00:41:25.840 -->
00:41:34.559This is the first time in US history a president has caused a foreign domain surge by rebranding a technology, not a policy or a treaty.
00:41:34.639 -->
00:41:35.760It was just a nickname.
00:41:36.000 -->
00:41:36.320Yep.
00:41:36.480 -->
00:41:37.519So here's your takeaway.
00:41:38.079 -->
00:41:40.079AI is not taking over the world.
00:41:40.480 -->
00:41:42.800SI isn't taking over the world.
00:41:43.039 -->
00:41:46.559But domain squatters, they already are.
00:41:47.519 -->
00:41:51.119Planting flags in Slovenia like it's a digital gold rush.
00:41:51.760 -->
00:42:01.440This is the future of superintelligence buckle up because the robot uprising is going to be led by someone who thinks the best investment is superintelligence president.si.
00:42:03.119 -->
00:42:03.519Well.
00:42:03.840 -->
00:42:08.400So is this turning out like the early 2000s back when everyone domain crisis was?
00:42:08.559 -->
00:42:08.719Yeah.
00:42:09.360 -->
00:42:09.679Wow.
00:42:10.239 -->
00:42:11.119But 2.0.
00:42:11.440 -->
00:42:12.2392.0?
00:42:12.880 -->
00:42:14.000Porcelinia.
00:42:14.320 -->
00:42:14.880There you go.
00:42:15.840 -->
00:42:17.039That's how you get into the news.
00:42:17.199 -->
00:42:17.679That's right.
00:42:17.760 -->
00:42:21.280Well, that was Mike's AI guys segment.
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00:44:26.559That's that simple.
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00:44:33.199And now let's look back at this week in technology.
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00:44:44.559All right, for this week in technology, we head back to October 7th, 1952, when American inventors, Norman Joseph Woodland, and Bernard Silver were granted the U.S.
00:44:44.639 -->
00:44:57.280patent 2,000 or 2,612,994 for what they called a classifying apparatus and method.
00:44:58.159 -->
00:44:59.920Today we call it the barcode.
00:45:00.559 -->
00:45:03.519Woodland and Silver sold their patent for just fifteen hundred dollars.
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00:45:08.000Five fifteen thousand dollars, but the idea would reshape global commerce.
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00:45:14.480By nineteen sixty-six barcodes were being used commercially, and the retail industry quickly realized it needed a standard.
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00:45:25.920This led to the creation of the UGPIC, the first Unified Grocery Coding System, which later evolved into the UPC, the barcode that you see on nearly every product in America.
00:45:26.159 -->
00:45:28.000Do you know what first product had this though?
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00:45:41.440First, the UP scanner was installed at a Marsh supermarket in Ohio, and on June 26, 1974, history was made when a pack of Wrigley's juicy fruit gum became the first item ever scanned.
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00:45:42.079Juicy fruit.
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00:45:43.440Is that still around, juicy fruit?
00:45:43.679 -->
00:45:44.000I don't know.
00:45:44.079 -->
00:45:46.800You remember the the twins, the what was that?
00:45:46.960 -->
00:45:49.920Was that peppermint twin type of deal that was back in?
00:45:50.239 -->
00:45:51.280Yeah, I I don't know.
00:45:51.440 -->
00:45:52.400How about Haba Bubba?
00:45:52.480 -->
00:45:53.519You remember Haba Bubba?
00:45:54.000 -->
00:45:55.599Yeah, I remember Fruit Stripe.
00:45:55.760 -->
00:45:57.840I remember I'm older than you, remember that?
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00:45:59.599And my mind hasn't quite gone yet.
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00:46:00.639It hasn't quite gone yet.
00:46:00.719 -->
00:46:02.320Well, thank goodness one of them's our hair.
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00:46:08.400A simple pattern of lines born in 1952 became the backbone of modern retail today.
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00:46:10.000That was this week in technology.
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00:46:21.440We're going to take a commercial break.
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00:46:24.000When we return, we have the Mark Mumble whiskey review.
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00:46:56.400The segment we've been waiting all week for Mark's Whiskey Mumble.
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00:47:03.679Alrighty.
00:47:05.280 -->
00:47:05.920Nice.
00:47:06.559 -->
00:47:08.800Oh, today, October 6th.
00:47:08.960 -->
00:47:09.360Yes.
00:47:09.519 -->
00:47:12.320We are not celebrating Prime Day here in the studio.
00:47:12.480 -->
00:47:12.800That's right.
00:47:12.880 -->
00:47:13.760We are not.
00:47:14.320 -->
00:47:19.280That hat makes your head look 25 per 50% bigger.
00:47:19.760 -->
00:47:20.559Because of the headsets.
00:47:20.719 -->
00:47:20.880Okay.
00:47:21.280 -->
00:47:21.920Oh my god.
00:47:22.239 -->
00:47:25.840One of my best friends ever doesn't even know the team I live and breathe for.
00:47:26.159 -->
00:47:27.360No, you it's the Dodgers.
00:47:27.679 -->
00:47:29.119Dude, I know the team you live with.
00:47:30.480 -->
00:47:30.639Okay.
00:47:32.000 -->
00:47:32.719Are you a Rams?
00:47:33.119 -->
00:47:33.599It's your sports.
00:47:33.840 -->
00:47:34.400I know sports.
00:47:35.039 -->
00:47:36.320Okay, so it's it's okay.
00:47:36.400 -->
00:47:37.360It's Rams Day.
00:47:37.519 -->
00:47:38.239So okay.
00:47:39.119 -->
00:47:39.679What are you gonna do?
00:47:42.480 -->
00:47:43.360I'm telling you, Nathan.
00:47:43.599 -->
00:47:45.119It is Mad Hatter Day.
00:47:45.199 -->
00:47:46.800I'm a big Seahawks fan.
00:47:46.880 -->
00:47:50.639I would never, unless I'm out of my mind, put on a Rams hat.
00:47:50.719 -->
00:47:50.880Okay.
00:47:51.119 -->
00:47:53.760Mad Hatter, so look at that.
00:47:54.480 -->
00:47:55.599How did he find a Rams hat?
00:47:55.679 -->
00:47:56.320That's normal with that.
00:47:56.480 -->
00:47:56.719Was that it?
00:47:56.960 -->
00:47:57.519Was that like a little bit?
00:47:57.760 -->
00:48:01.360I'm in Southern California, so unfortunately, some family members are crazy.
00:48:01.519 -->
00:48:02.079Oh my gosh.
00:48:02.159 -->
00:48:03.199Yeah, no, you just be a C.
00:48:03.599 -->
00:48:10.960Today is Mad Hatter Day, a celebration of nonsense, ridiculous hats, and embracing your slightly crazier side.
00:48:11.039 -->
00:48:11.840So I have some crazy.
00:48:12.239 -->
00:48:14.000Do you know why October 6 was chosen?
00:48:14.159 -->
00:48:15.920Why is that for Mad Hatter's Day?
00:48:16.079 -->
00:48:21.440Because if you remember from Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter's famous hat carried the tag 106.
00:48:21.840 -->
00:48:22.000Okay.
00:48:22.400 -->
00:48:25.039The original price of 10 shillings sixpence.
00:48:25.679 -->
00:48:29.679So apparently, even complete nonsense occasionally has a logical explanation.
00:48:29.840 -->
00:48:30.239There you go.
00:48:30.400 -->
00:48:31.199Alice in Wonderland.
00:48:31.760 -->
00:48:32.960Nathan lived there.
00:48:33.280 -->
00:48:33.599What?
00:48:33.679 -->
00:48:33.840No.
00:48:34.159 -->
00:48:37.599Alright, since it's Mad Hatter Day, we're celebrating today, we're doing things a little differently.
00:48:37.840 -->
00:48:38.159Okay.
00:48:38.800 -->
00:48:41.599So today is the two whiskies fit right in.
00:48:41.760 -->
00:48:50.239Apparently, ordinary rye simply was not mad enough, so we have some unique ones in one of the glasses.
00:48:50.559 -->
00:48:55.519We have from Vermont a finished rye whiskey, non-age stated, 100 proof.
00:48:55.840 -->
00:48:57.679It has a unique mash blend.
00:48:57.760 -->
00:48:59.280It's 60% rye.
00:49:00.000 -->
00:49:04.159It's 30% Cavados, and 10% blend of Armagnac.
00:49:04.559 -->
00:49:05.119$67.
00:49:06.320 -->
00:49:13.440And the other glass we have from Hennessy distilled in Texas, a finished rye whiskey, non-aged stated, 88 proof.
00:49:13.519 -->
00:49:24.000It's 51% rye, 39, 51% rye, and 49% malted barley finished with sherry casks.
00:49:24.239 -->
00:49:25.440And that's$76.
00:49:26.320 -->
00:49:27.840Maybe the sherry cask was too.
00:49:28.000 -->
00:49:29.760Okay, I I think maybe that's what it is.
00:49:29.840 -->
00:49:30.400Okay, who knows?
00:49:30.559 -->
00:49:30.960I don't know.
00:49:31.039 -->
00:49:31.360Okay.
00:49:31.679 -->
00:49:32.159Alright.
00:49:32.400 -->
00:49:35.519Well, which one do you do you have any of these on your shelf?
00:49:37.519 -->
00:49:40.480Um, one of them I probably would not put on my shelf.
00:49:40.559 -->
00:49:50.400The other one I had on my shelf occasionally, but my uh future son-in-law loves it so much that I ended up uh he ended up taking the bottle with him and killing it.
00:49:50.639 -->
00:49:51.679Oh wow, there you go.
00:49:51.840 -->
00:49:52.079Okay.
00:49:52.239 -->
00:49:53.199All right, okay.
00:49:53.519 -->
00:49:55.360You didn't let AI kill it.
00:49:56.960 -->
00:49:59.199Yeah, it does not do a good job drinking whiskey.
00:49:59.360 -->
00:50:02.000Yeah, you know, I don't know if I could even mix it pretty well either.
00:50:02.159 -->
00:50:06.000So, you know, there's some things that we still just are gonna have to have real people do in this world.
00:50:06.159 -->
00:50:06.559You know that?
00:50:06.639 -->
00:50:07.760There is some things you can have to do.
00:50:07.920 -->
00:50:10.960Yeah, and drinking whiskey and talking tech is one of them.
00:50:11.199 -->
00:50:12.000That's right.
00:50:12.480 -->
00:50:14.239Or bashing on AI, I should say.
00:50:14.400 -->
00:50:16.079Uh well, I don't know if we're bashing on it.
00:50:16.480 -->
00:50:17.599We just I am.
00:50:17.760 -->
00:50:18.320Oh, we should.
00:50:18.480 -->
00:50:18.639Okay.
00:50:18.960 -->
00:50:23.679Yeah, I have a I have a a Louis slugger, Louisville slugger bashing on that thing.
00:50:23.840 -->
00:50:24.320Oh wow.
00:50:24.480 -->
00:50:24.719Okay.
00:50:24.800 -->
00:50:25.599Well, is that it?
00:50:26.079 -->
00:50:26.880Can I continue on?
00:50:27.199 -->
00:50:28.960Can I tell you what our parents are preferences?
00:50:29.119 -->
00:50:30.000Are you are you leaning to the other one?
00:50:30.159 -->
00:50:31.840I'm uh number one, number one by far.
00:50:32.000 -->
00:50:32.719Number one.
00:50:33.199 -->
00:50:37.360Bottle one by not even not even a close uh hands down.
00:50:37.519 -->
00:50:39.840It is gonna be bottle number one here that I have.
00:50:40.400 -->
00:50:40.960Mike?
00:50:41.360 -->
00:50:45.599Uh I'm afraid to say that I'm leaning towards what Nathan has picked.
00:50:45.679 -->
00:50:46.320Yeah.
00:50:47.519 -->
00:50:47.840Okay.
00:50:48.079 -->
00:50:52.480Well, let me just say, Mike, you are consistent.
00:50:52.880 -->
00:50:53.920Ah, okay.
00:50:54.960 -->
00:50:55.360That's good.
00:50:55.440 -->
00:50:55.760That's good.
00:50:56.000 -->
00:50:59.599Stay tuned to hear the rest of the story because there's an interesting twist in this one.
00:50:59.760 -->
00:51:00.079Alrighty.
00:51:00.239 -->
00:51:00.480All right.
00:51:00.559 -->
00:51:02.719Whiskey and technology are such a great pairing.
00:51:02.800 -->
00:51:06.000Like trick-or-treaters and Reese's chocolate commercials.
00:51:06.159 -->
00:51:09.679Reese's peanut butter cups, Reese's Pieces, every commercial right now.
00:51:09.920 -->
00:51:11.920You just can't do it.
00:51:12.239 -->
00:51:12.719What's that?
00:51:12.880 -->
00:51:13.760You just never mind.
00:51:13.920 -->
00:51:14.480All right, there we go.
00:51:14.559 -->
00:51:14.800All right.
00:51:14.880 -->
00:51:19.199Now let's prepare for our technology fail of the week brought to us by Elite Executive Services.
00:51:19.519 -->
00:51:20.719Congratulations.
00:51:20.880 -->
00:51:21.920You're a failure.
00:51:22.559 -->
00:51:24.079Oh, I failed.
00:51:24.159 -->
00:51:24.719Did I?
00:51:24.880 -->
00:51:25.360Yes.
00:51:25.599 -->
00:51:26.400Did I?
00:51:26.639 -->
00:51:27.199Yes.
00:51:27.760 -->
00:51:31.599All right, it's time for our technology fail of the week, and this one goes to Dyson.
00:51:31.679 -->
00:51:34.960Yes, the same company known for vacuums and hairdryers.
00:51:35.199 -->
00:51:38.639Now has a$500 commercial jet AI toothbrush.
00:51:38.719 -->
00:51:40.079And folks, this thing's a disaster.
00:51:40.400 -->
00:51:42.079It's a camera jet, not a commercial jet.
00:51:42.159 -->
00:51:43.519Or sorry, did I say commercial jet?
00:51:43.840 -->
00:51:45.360Camera jet AI toothbrush.
00:51:45.440 -->
00:51:53.760Dyson marketed the camera jet as the future of oral care, an AI-powered toothbrush with built-in camera that analyzes your brushing in real time.
00:51:54.000 -->
00:52:00.960Customers quickly started reporting failures, camera shining off mid-use, overheating warnings, and the units simply refused to start.
00:52:01.199 -->
00:52:04.480Dyson finally admitted that there may be a component issue.
00:52:04.639 -->
00:52:13.760But here's the fail: they won't say what the issue is, they won't say how many units are affected, they won't say which countries are impacted, and they have not allowed a recall for the device.
00:52:13.920 -->
00:52:18.880And you have to get on their customer support line for about an hour to get a replacement.
00:52:19.039 -->
00:52:22.400If you paid$500 for a toothbrush, you deserve this.
00:52:32.079 -->
00:52:36.480If the company won't disclose the failure, it's probably an embarrassing failure.
00:52:36.559 -->
00:52:40.400Another added when a device goes in your mouth, you don't get to be that vague.
00:52:40.719 -->
00:52:41.199Here's the problem.
00:52:41.360 -->
00:52:53.679Dyson is part of a growing trend of companies rushing AI into everyday appliances, toothbrushes, razors, hair tools, hair clippers, the whole gamut without fully understanding how these systems behave in real-world conditions.
00:52:53.760 -->
00:52:59.760The camera jet shows exactly what happens when AI hardware is pushed out faster than it can be supported.
00:53:00.639 -->
00:53:02.639Alright, a$500 toothbrush.
00:53:02.719 -->
00:53:11.360If you buy one, you should also be well deserved on the spot as a technology failure because buy a$10 toothbrush, it will do the same.
00:53:11.519 -->
00:53:12.000And now?
00:53:12.239 -->
00:53:15.039Buy a$5, buy a$2 toothbrush.
00:53:15.119 -->
00:53:17.039Okay, toothbrushes are not that.
00:53:17.599 -->
00:53:20.559Why do we need anti-powered toothbrush?
00:53:22.000 -->
00:53:25.280All right, maybe I'll take over my toothpaste too.
00:53:25.440 -->
00:53:27.679All right, well, we don't have time for the Nathan Nugget.
00:53:27.840 -->
00:53:28.559We've run out of time.
00:53:28.639 -->
00:53:28.800No.
00:53:29.039 -->
00:53:35.119So we are gonna have to immediately now go to our pick of the day, whiskey tasting.
00:53:36.960 -->
00:53:40.800And now our pick of the day for our whiskey tastings.
00:53:41.599 -->
00:53:44.159Let's see what bubbles to the top.
00:53:44.639 -->
00:53:46.480All right, what do we have here?
00:53:46.880 -->
00:53:54.639All right, we are debating between in no particular order the Bakta 1928 rye whiskey, which was the winner from last year.
00:53:55.360 -->
00:53:59.519And Sir Davis, the Beyonce whiskey.
00:53:59.760 -->
00:54:01.199It's number one's the Bakte.
00:54:01.440 -->
00:54:02.320I'm 100% sure.
00:54:02.639 -->
00:54:03.679I'm pretty sure that's it.
00:54:03.840 -->
00:54:04.400I am pretty sure.
00:54:04.639 -->
00:54:05.440And that's the winner.
00:54:05.519 -->
00:54:07.119That is Nathan.
00:54:08.000 -->
00:54:08.480Very good.
00:54:09.119 -->
00:54:20.960However, when we had the same competition the very first week in January of this year, when we kicked this off, these two went against each other, and Nathan chose the Sir Davis number two.
00:54:21.280 -->
00:54:24.320Yes, I remember him liking the Beyonce whiskey.
00:54:24.639 -->
00:54:28.079Yes, and I had to be the tiebreaker to keep Bakta going through.
00:54:28.239 -->
00:54:29.440Well, there you go.
00:54:29.599 -->
00:54:29.920Okay.
00:54:30.320 -->
00:54:30.880You know what?
00:54:31.039 -->
00:54:32.159Who doesn't like Beyonce?
00:54:32.320 -->
00:54:32.719Come on now.
00:54:34.000 -->
00:54:34.719I'm sorry, I need more like that.
00:54:34.800 -->
00:54:37.280So does that mean Nathan's palate is improving?
00:54:37.599 -->
00:54:39.599Or is he just random every day and who knows?
00:54:39.760 -->
00:54:41.840This is yeah, this is just his random.
00:54:42.079 -->
00:54:43.519It's like an AI refrigerator.
00:54:43.599 -->
00:54:44.559They would not know what to do with me.
00:54:45.920 -->
00:54:56.639When Nathan goes to bed at night, I think he does a uh a whole factory reset and wakes up with a clean slate and then starts over with his name, his Nathan basic program.
00:54:56.960 -->
00:54:58.239Do you solve problems when you sleep?
00:54:58.400 -->
00:55:03.920I actually like if I have like a work problem or a technology problem, I'll sleep all night long and work on that problem in my brain.
00:55:04.400 -->
00:55:05.360Well, a lot of people do.
00:55:05.519 -->
00:55:05.679Okay.
00:55:05.760 -->
00:55:06.400Do you do it?
00:55:06.880 -->
00:55:07.599We have to be out of time.
00:55:08.559 -->
00:55:10.000Alright, well, we're out of time, guys.
00:55:10.320 -->
00:55:10.880Guess what?
00:55:10.960 -->
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