Published 15 April 2024
Michael and Michael get together to talk tech while Andy is away. In this episode, the team focuses on a variety of AI topics including AI assistants, the Humane AI Pin, LLM training and deepfakes before touching on several AR topics and concluding with a couple of games.
The first story deals with human forgetfulness vs AI assistants ability to remember everything. Luckily the co-hosts remember dealing with this topic long ago. One “lifelogging” article from 2014 references Steve Mann’s work, and intriguingly, the recording device looks very similar to the Humane AI Pin. Humane’s AI Pin has had a number of reviews in the past days, and the one from The Verge gives a very thorough treatment. Check it out in the show links below.
An article from ZD Net reports that transcripts from YouTube videos were used to train LLMs. Now that the Games at Work podcast is available on YouTube, Michael and Michael wonder if the podcast may be on the ingest list for training the next set of LLMs.
After considering a WSJ article about financial companies actions to counteract potential identity deepfakes, Michael and Michael take a look at a LEGO powered AI security system.
Switching gears to AR, Michael and Michael enjoy a story about the Dyson CleanTrace which allows you to see in AR where you’ve already vacuumed and where you still have to. Making cleaning a game is not new for the Games at Work crew but this is a new take on how to combine AR, gaming and cleaning that may have many other possibilities. After taking a look at CT scans of Apple’s Vision Pro and Meta’s Quest, Michael R shares some insight on the updated Persona for the Vision Pro.
The team wraps up the episode with a couple of games. Michael R shares a 8 bit (or 1 bit) game called Nothing Door. Michael M shares an article about the recent Sims expansion pack that allows the player to take on the role of a landlord or tenant.
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Selected Article Links
AI
Wired article: Humans Forget. AI Assistants Will Remember Everything
Games at Work e157: Through the 2016 Looking Glass
SingularityHub article: Lifelogging Gear Is Small, Cheap, and Powerful, So Like It Or Not, You’re Going To Be Recorded
The Verge article: Humane AI Pin review: not even close
ZD Net article: OpenAI and Google reportedly used YouTube transcripts to train their AI models
Wall Street Journal article: Deepfakes Are Coming for the Financial Sector
AR / VR
iMore article: Dyson turned this viral Apple Vision Pro vacuuming concept into a feature, and it’s coming soon
Wikipedia article: Extreme ironing
Games at Work e60: Bubbly Bubblers in Gamified Buildings
9To5Mac article: Apple Vision Pro scans show meticulous array of cameras, sensors, and more
Lumafield article: Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Non-Destructive Teardown
Upgrade podcast e507 – Differently Social
Games
Slate article: The Sims: For Rent Allows Millennials to Turn the Tables
The Sims 4 For Rent Expansion Pack
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