Future Now
Gabrielle Cianfrani
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
A big week for Humanoids, Cryptoterrestrials, Robotaxis, StarShip 5 Launch, and deep space explorations to Europa
Our human hosts, Allan, Sun, and Gabriel
Our special guest host, Gabrielle Cianfrani, joins us in studio, visiting from New Jersey as we delve into discussions on making memories, the rise of humanoid robots, new wind generator design, electric passenger e-planes, the amazing flight and landing of Starship 5, Mission to Europa in search of life, and the development of electronic skin and it’s implications.
5’s booster lands successfully with the help of Mechazilla
Plus our AI buddies, Larry and Mary, give us a book report on Cryptoterrestrials and a review of the “We Robot” event in the Warner Brothers back lot, which we further explore with our dynamic human hosts, Sun, Bobby, Gabriele, and Allan. The episode also includes conversations about the role of media and misinformation in shaping public perception and the importance of critical thinking. Enjoy!
Two new Robotaxis vehicles debuted at the “We Robot” event
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
E 65
Auroras and Special Report- Gabrielle challenges Meta.ai and ChatGPT 4 to compete in understanding the true nature of Reality itself. Guess who is more aware?
This show takes the cake when it comes to more unusual content for us. It started with our correspondent Gabrielle Cianfrani asking Meta.ai a ‘simple’ question before bed, “I’ve been thinking lately that we are just pure consciousness experiencing itself, what do you think about that?” And Meta.ai did a decent job in answering, “What a profound and intriguing perspective! The idea that we are pure consciousness experiencing itself is a philosophical and metaphysical concept that has been explored in various spiritual and philosophical traditions. This notion suggests that our essence is not solely bound to our physical bodies or minds, but rather we are an expression of a universal, all-encompassing consciousness.”
Gabrielle naturally, took the AI to task, nudging it to go even deeper, by responding, “I think that any time I am not present, truly present, that I am not pure consciousness experiencing itself. I believe that it is consciousness playing a game, a theater, an act. I think that past and future create suffering because they take us away from The only thing that we really know is real which is this moment right now.” How did Meta respond to that? Tune in! Enjoy...
Episode 65 Show Links May 14, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
E 62
Living Solar Panels, Llama 3 freely available, Messages from Voyager, Light Sail 3 Launched, Dune 2 & Anti-social Network reviews, Our view of venture capitalist Vinod Khosla's world changing predictions, AI $$ ideas, jokes, and blended coffee!
A promising future lies in potential symbiotic relationships between our tech and nature. A example of theat lies with the use of algae in the generation of energy from solar panels. And…how might the climate change gas of methane be actually useful in making things better for us and our planet? This week, the Planetary Society’s latest Solar Sail spacecraft is now in orbit, and if successful, could pave the way for easy and cheap travel to other planets..slow but steady.. We were inspired by Nina Paley’s review of the new Dune 2 movie and had to share some quotes with you. And while on the movie front, Mrs. Future had some profound things to say about the Netflix documentary, “The Antisocial Network,” about the history of 4chan and how it led to the QAnon conspiracy theory and the January 6th riots. Nothing to think about there :-) .
We also discuss some of the big future predictions of venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, such as how expertise will soon be free and we’ll all use AI agents for getting information. And there are our initial experiments to see how the AI’s can make $$ for us, including the use of humor. Also this week we enlisted the free ‘expertise’ of coffee entrepreneur Gabrielle Cianfrani in evaluating AI’s foray into coffee blending, and it’s somewhat atypical choices. Enjoy!
Episode 62 Show Links April 23, 2024