My life according to AI
"Brady Carlson, the radio host and journalist known for his work at NPR, is married to Megan Carlson. They have children together."
ELIZA Was An AI Chatbot Decades Before ChatGPT
For all the talk these days about the potential of generative AI, the systems still have a long way to go. For example, some recent research finds that some human users think ChatGPT comes off as less realistic than a famous chatbot from the 60s known as ELIZA.
How Google Street View Could Help Stop Invasive Weeds
A project out of the University of California - Davis uses images from a very well known navigation system to help slow the spread of invasive species.
Two Australians Once Had A Staring Contest For Over 40 Minutes
Around this time in 2011, an event that was definitely not a “blink and you’ll miss it” affair: a staring contest that took over 40 minutes.
These Smart Glasses Can Generate Real-Time Speech Captions For Deaf People
TranscribeGlass is a new set of glasses powered by artificial intelligence that can transcribe speech in real time and create captions for people who need them.
The Toronto Circus Riot Started Because Clowns Fought Firefighters At A Brothel
July 13, 1855 is the date of the Toronto Circus Riot, an event which sounds baffling and bizarre from the name alone, but the details are even weirder.
AI Phone Bots Foil Scammers By Wasting Their Time
Some experts are worried AI could undo human civilization, but some of it is trying to help people. Like a project that uses AI phone bots to keep phone scammers from scamming people.
Guy Goma Became An Internet Expert By Accident On Live TV
Today in 2006, IT job candidate Guy Goma rose to the occasion when a BBC TV producer mistakenly brought him onto a live show to talk about the internet, even though they were actually supposed to interview a different Guy on the air.
We Let AI Write This Show And Host Most Of It, Too
We had ChatGPT write what it thought was an episode of our podcast; then we had an AI-generated version of Brady's voice "read" that script.
The Air Force Once Bombed Montana
Today in 1944, the U.S. Air Force carried out a bombing raid in Montana. Even stranger, they did so at the request of the governor. We'll explain.