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Hello everyone! Our Q&A is finally here! A big warm thank you to all who submitted questions. It really does mean the world to us.    For the very astute among us, you may notice a couple things right away: 1) This is a Part 1. We have been known to take our time with our responses to things. And that is on display here. 2) We did not get to every question. Contrary to Zoe's declaration. Even on the upcoming Part 2. So be on the lookout for a follow up, to the follow up. When will this be? That sounds like a scheduling nightmare I wouldn't count on that being right away.   Episode 1 From Scott via email: (Based on Still Wakes the Deep episode) If you were able to give your ideal game pitch, what would the game be and to who would you make the pitch, seeing that they would be the best to carry out your idea (e.g. Naughty Dog, The Chinese Room, Giant Sparrow, or maybe try to get a one on one with Lucas Pope?)? (Based on Neva): Stars in the night sky sometimes seem to get brighter, sometimes dimmer, or sometimes fade out entirely: here in 2024, is there a game that stands out that you think you would either raise or lower its ranking from when you reviewed it? Is there a game that you think would be worth a second shot, either one that fizzled out (Starfield) or one that you rated low that might be worth another look, like seeing if you actually hated a book from school for the book or because high school said you had to read it? Is there anything on the horizon that has your interest gaming-wise, either one that would end up on the podcast or one that you'd play for yourself? (Full disclosure: asking this as I am still watching the trailer for Dispatch which hits a ton of buttons for me)   From Ben via email: As the darlings of indie darlings what do you think AI is going to do to the current AAA/indie funding models/ the industry in general? How do you think the balance between creation and curation is going to be affected? What music do you play to when you aren't listening to in-game music (if such a thing happens)? I mean obviously one would never be so disrespectful to Darren Korb but you know, other games maybe What do you think of Bungie's possible demise (again)?

Plus McCartney Warns of AI's Threat to Music Industry Like this? Get AIDAILY, delivered to your inbox, every weekday. Subscribe to our newsletter at https://aidaily.us AI Judge in Fury vs Usyk 2 - Skepticism Prevails An AI judge will monitor the Fury vs Usyk rematch without impacting the official result, aiming for unbiased scoring. However, doubts persist about AI's ability to accurately assess the nuanced and subjective nature of boxing, questioning its effectiveness. Paul McCartney Warns of AI's Threat to Music Industry Despite using AI for the Beatles' "Now and Then," McCartney expresses concern over AI's potential to overshadow human creativity in music. He advocates for legislation to protect young artists from an AI-dominated future, where originality might suffer. No Life Lessons in AI's Chinese Room AI mimics human interaction without true understanding, akin to the "Chinese Room" where no real comprehension occurs. This comparison suggests AI provides no profound life lessons, only programmed responses, highlighting the gap between artificial and genuine intelligence. Amazon's Rufus AI: A Mixed Bag for Holiday Shopping Rufus, Amazon's AI shopping tool, aims to assist with holiday purchases but falls short in accuracy and helpfulness. While it can suggest gifts, the results often miss the mark, highlighting the limitations of AI in personalized shopping experiences. AI Predicts Aging: My Experience and Skincare Insights Using AI to predict aging, the author explored how future looks might guide current skincare decisions. AI suggested both natural and cosmetic interventions, providing a humorous yet insightful look into aging and tech's role in personal care. U.S. Tightens AI Chip Export Controls Against China The U.S. introduces stringent export restrictions on AI chips to China, aiming to limit Beijing's military AI development. This move targets various technologies, reflecting ongoing U.S.-China tech tensions and efforts to maintain technological supremacy. This Is Where the Data to Build AI Comes FromAI's growth depends on vast datasets, increasingly controlled by tech giants, leading to a concentration of power. Ethical and privacy concerns arise as data sources range from public internet content to personal information, shaping AI's capabilities and biases. Quantum Computers Could Revolutionize AI: Quantinuum Explores Pathways Quantinuum researchers suggest quantum computers could enhance AI by addressing inefficiencies in large language models, making them more interpretable and energy-efficient. Their DisCoCirc framework uses quantum circuits to understand complex text relationships, potentially surpassing current AI capabilities.

Moopsy! As Lower Decks is back for the last time, we're looking at three animated Star Trek episodes, specifically ones about strange creatures. The Eye of the Beholder brings us weird dopey-looking elephant slug things who are actually more evolved than humans! A Tribble Called Quest brings us all kinds of mutant tribbles including a bizarre horrible Tribble with a face! Ugh… I Have No Bones, Yet I Must Scream brings us an adorable monster in Moopsy, who may have done one or two things wrong. Moopsy! 00:03:55 What Non-Star Trek Thing We've Been Enjoying: Still Wakes the Deep, Kew Gardens' Halloween Trail 00:09:58 Star Trek: The Animated Series “The Eye of the Beholder” 00:35:37 Star Trek: Prodigy “A Tribble Called Quest” 00:56:03 Star Trek: Lower Decks “I Have No Bones, Yet I Must Scream” Talking points include: Pokémon, which Pokémon wore sunglasses the best? Dave Willis, Still Wakes the Deep, big ups to The Chinese Room, Alien Isolation, Kew Gardens, Merry Xmas Everyone, that song from X-Men Apocalypse or whatever one it was, Charlie tries to remember X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Roger Dean album covers, sand trouts in Dune, that one Flight of the Conchords song where a leg gets eaten, Play-Doh, Morph, vast, desolate landscapes, does The Federation still have Timpsons? You don't put the Scottish in a zoo, space zoos, Equilibrium, at some point Charlie should watch Star Trek, dunking on Chakotay, picking up a story partway through, Peter David's weird universal Majel Barrett thing, X-Men, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Todd in the Shadows, Miles gets angry at Charlie, the show and himself for having to listen to Oliver Anthony Music, Anthony Michael Hall, self-destructive insubordination at work, bones and teeth aren't the same thing, Charlie's childhood rabbit and the little bunny gulag, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Nolan North, Vegeta & Goku workforce dynamics, trying to stop from having any Big Bang Theory rants, can you tell Charlie's vamping for time because he forgot who wrote I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream? The Spoony Experiment, Awesomed by Comics, Miles was right to be a despairing heap on a men's room floor given the election results. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek. Pedant's Corner: While I don't recall Karate Kid being in a zoo in The Legion of Super-Heroes, there was a tragic story about Beast Boy of Lallor dying defending a girl from a zoo animal. The fish that nibble you in those baths are not piranhas. DO NOT have piranhas nibble your feet. Oliver Anthony Music has since given up music, I assume it was pressure from us at Casual Trek. Peter Pan isn't killed in the holodeck, but Robin Hood Official Moopsy Plush: https://www.masterreplicas.com/products/star-trek-lower-desks-moopsy-plush-10inch Casual Trek is by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn and Miles Reid-Lobatto Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn Casual Trek is a part of the Nerd & Tie Network https://ko-fi.com/casualtrek Miles' blog: http://www.mareidlobatto.wordpress.com Charlie's blog: http://www.fakedtales.com

Does Searle's Chinese Room show that AI is not intelligent or creative? Does AI learn the way humans do? And could AI ever be capable of truly creative thought? [00:00] Introduction to the Chinese Room Argument [03:55] The Evolution of Human Language [05:58] ChatGPT's Capabilities and Limitations [12:09] Human Understanding vs. AI Responses [15:33] The Complexity of Human Desires [20:24] The Nature of Human and Machine Intelligence [30:58] AI and Creativity: A Writer's Perspective [33:08] The Limits of AI Creativity [35:01] The Future of AI and AGI [36:05] Thermodynamics and Human Creativity [39:13] Live Experiment: AI Poetry [42:40] AI's Impressive Achievements [49:42] The Debate on AGI [59:53] Final Thoughts

On June 18th 2024, British game developer The Chinese Room released a horror game that hoped to combine elements of John Carpenter's "The Thing" with motifs found in movies like "Midsommar", and The Lighthouse. That's a pretty bold and ambitious plan to say the least! That game was Still Wakes the Deep. Described as a first person psychological horror game, Still Wakes the Deep sees the player take on the role of Caz McCleary an electrician aboard the Beira D oil rig in the North Sea in the year 1975. Haunted by decisions in his past, including a more recent violent altercation, and the loss of trust from his wife and partner Suze, Caz must navigate a crumbling infrastructure aboard the oil rig, a slew of electrical issues, and the cosmic horrors of the unknown on his journey back to his home and family. In a game filled with a cast of wonderfully realized characters, superb voice acting, and heavy themes, it is perhaps the lack of real mechanical depth in the game that leaves the most room to be desired. This is a game that asks many intriguing questions about psychology, grief, and body horror, it's just a shame that the ways it gives you in gameplay to explore those themes is surface level. All in all though, Josh and Colin had a wonderful time playing this game. It doesn't overstay its welcome, and respects your time. If you're looking for a game to play during the upcoming Spooky season that can accompany a longer game, this may be the one for you! Coming up next month on Surviving the Horror, Colin and Josh will be sinking their teeth into the newly released Silent Hill 2 Remake. We hope you'll join us then, and thank you for listening!

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The new game from The Chinese Room, Still Wakes the Deep, is a surprisingly great horror walking sim that is super reminiscent of Alien and The Thing. Thanks again to RAF Regular Alex Kozina for joining us this week! https://twitch.tv/kozibearlive https://twitter.com/alexkozina

Storytelling-strong, narrative-rich video games are the catch of the day, with reviews of Still Wakes the Deep from The Chinese Room, as well as Don't Nod's Jusant, plus we go hands-on with Courtisans by Pandasaurus Games. All that, and what's up, doc, on Ep203 00:00 - Wedding prep 08:23 - Jusant 23:40 - Still Wakes the Deep 42:16 - Courtisans On this episode were Kris (@DigitalStrider) and Sam (@MrSamTurner). Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about. Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

Well hello there dear listener, and welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk! In episode 115 we have some more trophy lists to review for your consideration as well as all the normal run of the show including Patreon topics, and shout outs to our fantastic community members and the platinum's they've earned in the past two week period! The game's this episode run the gambit. First, Josh reviews the list for the upcoming Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, a game that appears to take a refreshing stance on some storied mechanics in Souls games. Strangely the price point for Flintlock is much lower than we would have imagined as well which points to this experience being shorter (which is a good thing). Next up Darryl reviews the first person narrative horror game Still Wakes the Deep, developed by The Chinese Room, a studio in Scotland... who would have guessed! The game looks great though, and being a first person narrative spin on horror, is one that's right up Darryl's alley. Lastly, Colin takes us to the era of the Viking in Volgarr the Viking II, an 80s arcade inspired action side scroller known for its brutal difficulty and demanding mechanics. While this game is short, and seemingly simple, the first Volgarr was one of the hardest games that Colin has ever played. As noted, this episode of course features some Platinum shout outs from our Discord, appeals to our Rage God, and answers to your Patreon submitted questions. What is our favorite animation in all of gaming? What PS2 classics do we want brought to the PS4 and PS5 next? Do our spouses ever help us earn trophies, or accidentally make us miss a trophy at the last second? Only the play button has the answers. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

Tras la resaca de títulos de las conferencias de ese no-e3 que desglosamos en la anterior entrega del programa, toca reengancharse a la actualidad comentando algunas de las noticias de la semana. Son pocas, teniendo en cuenta que en los meses estivales la maquinaria desacelera un tanto, pero algunas hay. Tras un poco de charleta, pasamos directamente a los análisis y os traemos tres títulos como tres soles. El Envicia más castizo y veraniego, claro que si oyentes. Comenzamos con terror. JK analiza Still Wakes The Deep y nos pone un punto de escalofrio para compensar el terrible bochorno que estamos pasando. Os perseguirán cosas a lo largo de estrechos y ominosos pasillos en este título de The Chinese Room. Travol decide meterse un poco a la sombra de Chants of  Seenar, una curiosa mezcla de puzles y aventura en un entorno que bien podría haber salido de algún especial veraniego del propio Moebius. Finalmente huimos definitivamente del sol con RodoR, que se acoge a lo vampírico con su reseña de V-Rising. Los de Stunlock quieren devolvernos los colmillos en un maxmix de géneros que, sorprendentemente, funcionan bastante bien juntos. Y eso es todo. Poneos a la sombra y esperad como agua de Mayo el próximo – y último – programa de la temporada de Envicia Podcast, tu remedio contra los embates del verano. Dadle al play! Jk_eye, Travol y RodoR Melodía del programa: 'Los Gremlins en Kioto' de Icarus Crash. Versión chiptune por Gryzor87.

This week your favorite Co-op Couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss their time playing Still Wakes the Deep developed by The Chinese Room. Topics also include impressions of the recent Starfield update and Dead Rising Remaster news. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday morning at 9am PST.Find us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

In this week's episode, we discuss "Still Wakes the Deep" by The Chinese Room. This first-person horror puzzle game is set on an oil rig in 1975, where players take on the role of an electrician uncovering terrifying secrets beneath the ocean. As the rig descends into chaos, players must navigate the treacherous environment and survive the monstrous threats that emerge. Join us as we break down the game's atmosphere, storytelling, and gameplay mechanics. We explore the balance between horror and puzzle elements, the emotional weight of the narrative, and the chilling setting that keeps players on edge. Is "Still Wakes the Deep" a must-play horror experience, or does it fall short of its potential? Tune in to find out! Whether you're a horror game veteran or new to the genre, this episode offers insights and opinions on what makes a horror game truly immersive and engaging. Don't miss our in-depth analysis and final verdict on "Still Wakes the Deep." www.linktr.ee/gpgb

Still Wakes the Deep è il ritorno al first-person narrative horror di The Chinese Room, studio di Brighton che ha creato il genere con l'ormai titolo cult Dear Esther. Nel gioco siamo un elettricista di Glasgow che porta la sua testa calda a raffreddarsi su di una piattaforma petrolifera in mezzo al mare del nord. C'è una tempesta, i suoi guai lo stanno inseguendo, tutti parlano scozzese e qualcuno trivella alle soglie di qualcosa di atavico che torna in superficie per trascinare nell'orrore la squadra a bordo della struttura. Developer: The Chinese Room Publisher: Secret Mode Director: Dan Pinchbeck, John McCormack Game Designer: Rob McLachlan Compositore: Jason Graves Motore di gioco: Unreal Engine 5 Piattaforme: PC, Xbox (Game Pass), PS5 Giocato su: Series S Status Titolo: Titolo Completato Ore di gioco: 4 ore

Big show this week with Jared still committed to the new Destiny 2 DLC. Nick played through the three Alan Wake 2 DLC episodes and generally enjoyed those small offerings. Additionally Jared talks about Still Wakes the Deep, which is the latest game out of Chinese Room. Cocktail: The Last Word 3/4 oz Gin 3/4 oz Maraschino Liquor 3/4 oz Green Chartreuse 3/4 oz Lime Juice Discord  

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Cette semaine dans l'Hebdo d'ORIGAMI, l'équipe a enfin renoué avec Elden Ring à travers son tant attendu et colossal DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, que Sylvain et Moguri vous évoqueront en plateau. Héloïse, de son côté, vous donnera son avis sur Still Wakes The Deep, la nouvelle production de The Chinese Room, qui oscille entre le jeu narratif et le jeu d'horreur en vue à la première personne - ce qui ne lui réussi pas forcément. Enfin, vous aurez évidemment droit à votre tour de l'actu de la semaine, et à nos recommandations culturelles en fin d'émission !

Er Still Wakes the Deep et gyserspil, du bør spille? Still Wakes the Deep er et første-persons gyserspil udviklet af engelske The Chinese Room og udgivet af Sumo Group Limited. Spillet foregår på en skotsk boreplatform i Nordsøen i december måned 1975. Du spiller som elektrikeren Cameron “Caz” McLeary, der må undslippe den isolerede lokation og komme tilbage til sin familie efter en uhyggelig monstrøs hændelse ødelægger platformen og forvandler hans venner og kollegaer til monstre. The Chinese Room har tidligere skabt de roste spil Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs og Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Still Wakes the Deeps oser af Lovecraftian horror og er angiveligt blevet pitchet som John Carpenters The Thing sat på en boreplatform. The Thing er en af de mest elskede og ikoniske gyserfilm nogensinde. Så sammenligningen hertil ligger nærmest op til røvfuld. Men nu skal vi se, om The Chinese Room alligevel har formået at indfri bare lidt af forventningerne. Nu skal vi nemlig anmelde Still Wakes the Deep. I denne episode medvirker Mark Elsberg, Jacob Ege Hinchely, Lau Mellemgaard Eskildsen og Morten Urup. Tusind tak fordi du lytter med.

Still Wakes The Deep is the latest from The Chinese Room, featuring some excellent environmental design, great Scottish voice acting, a convincing disaster scenario, and not-so-hot gameplay. In the roundup: Times & Galaxy, Riven, Grapple Dogs. And as always, thanks to all the show's 79 patrons. If you'd like to join them in supporting the show on Patreon, and getting bonus patron episodes and a Discord invite, you can do so at http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild. You can come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find all the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. And check out this Steam curator page made by podcast supporter DovetailTrue: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43457463-Gaming-in-the-Wild-%2528unofficial%2529/   Music this week: Various tracks from Still Wakes The Deep OST, Possum Springs from Night In The Woods. Thanks for listening!

#126 Von Hardcore-RPGs und Walking-Sims: Es war eine Woche, in der zugleich das vielleicht schwierigste Spiel des Jahres und quasi zeitgleich der aktuelle Vertreter eines Genres, in dem es provokanterweise kaum spielerische Herausforderungen gibt, erschienen sind: Rainer Sigl und Conny Lee sprechen im FM4 Game Podcast über das “Elden Ring”-DLC “Shadow of the Erdtree” und versuchen ein weiteres Mal, den Reiz des harten Souls-like-Genres zu ergründen. Auch nennenswert - und grundverschieden: Mit “Still Wakes The Deep” erscheint das aktuelle Spiel der UK-Indies von The Chinese Room, die das einflussreiche, aber mancherorts übel beleumundet Genre des Walking Simulators mitbegründet haben. Zwei Gaming-Extreme, friedlich vereint in einer Stunde Games-Talk. (Folge #126) Sendungshinweis: FM4 Game Podcast 27. Juni 2024, 0-1 Uhr.

 If you've taken Linguistics 101, you know what language is. It's a system for conveying meaning through speech. We build words out of sounds, and then complex ideas out of those words. Remarkably, the relationship between the sounds and the meanings they convey is purely arbitrary. Human language consists, in other words, of abstract symbols. Now, of course, there are also sign languages, but these operate in the same way, just in a different medium. This, anyway, is the view of language that has dominated and defined linguistics for many decades. But some think it gets some pretty fundamental things pretty wrong. Some think we need a new picture of language altogether.  My guest today is Dr. Neil Cohn. Neil is Associate Professor at the Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication, in the Netherlands; he is also the director of the Visual Language Lab at Tilburg. For about two decades, Neil has been studying the rich properties of graphic systems—especially comics—and has built an argument that some constitute full-blown languages. His latest book, co-authored with, Joost Schilperoord, is titled A Multimodal Language Faculty. It challenges that longstanding, deeply held view of what language is. Instead, the book argues that the human language capacity combines three different modalities—the vocal modality (as in speech), the bodily modality (as in gesture), and the graphic modality (as in comics and other visual narratives). And each of these modalities is naturally able to support full-blown languages. Here, Neil and I talk about the basic assumptions of modern linguistics and where those assumptions come from. We discuss the idea that there are three expressive modalities that come naturally to humans, with each modality optimized for certain kinds of meaning. We talk about Neil's career, not only as an academic, but as an illustrator. We discuss cross-cultural differences and similarities in comics, and how comics have changed over the last century. And, finally, we consider how Neil's framework challenges current theorizing about the evolution of language. Along the way, Neil and I touch on sign languages and homesign systems, visual style vs visual language, Peircean semiotics, animal tracks, cave art, emoji, upfixes, sand drawing, Manga, the refrain "I can't draw," and the idea that the graphic modality is the only one that's truly unique to our species.  After this episode we'll be taking a bit of a summer break, but we'll be posting some old favorites to tide you over. Alright friends, hope you enjoy this one. On to my conversation with Neil Cohn. Enjoy!   A transcript of this episode will be available soon.   Notes and links 3:30 – An earlier paper by Dr. Cohn on the well-worn refrain “I can't draw.” His more recent Twitter thread covering the topic.  9:00 – An overview of research on homesign systems. For a broader discussion of differences between gesture, homesign systems, and established sign languages, see here.  15:00 – A comic, ‘Chinese Room,' commissioned by the philosopher Dan Dennett and drawn by Dr. Cohn. 19:30 – The webpage of Dr. Cohn's graduate mentor, Ray Jackendoff. 25:00 – A brief overview paper by Dr. Cohn and Dr. Schilperoord on the need to “reimagine language.” 25:30 – The classic book, based on lecture notes, by Ferdinand de Saussure, ‘Course in General Linguistics.'  44:00 – For an overview of “bimodal bilingualism,” see here.  50:00 – A study by Dr. Cohn and colleagues on the processing of emoji substituted for words. 56:00 – A recent study by Dr. Cohn and colleagues on anaphora in visual narratives.  58:30 – For our previous audio essay on animal (and human) tracks, see here.  1:01:30 – For examples of scholarship on non-Western methods of visual storytelling, including Aboriginal Australian sand drawing, see Dr. Cohn's earlier edited volume here. For a deeper dive into sand drawing, see the monograph by Jenny Green here.  1:03:00 – Dr. Cohn also recently published a book on cross-cultural aspects of comics, The Patterns of Comics. The book is the fruit of his lab's TINTIN project.  1:11:00 – For a video of Aboriginal Australian sand drawing, see here. 1:13:00 – See Dr. Cohn's earlier book, Who Understands Comics? 1:15:00 – A study on “upfixes” by Dr. Cohn and a colleague. 1:22:00 – A popular article by Dr. Cohn on the linguistic status of emoji. 1:31:00 – For a deep dive into Peircean semiotics, see here. 1:36:00 – For my own general-audience treatment of “gesture first” theories of language evolution and the “modality transition” problem, see here. 1:37:00 – A paper by Dr. Jackendoff and Eva Wittenberg outlining their “complexity hierarchy.”  ­­­­1:50:00 – For the Getty museum exhibit associated with Dr. Cohn's lecture, see here.   Recommendations The Texture of the Lexicon, by Jenny Audring and Ray Jackendoff Battle in the Mind Fields, by John Goldsmith and Bernard Laks History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences podcast, hosted by James McElvenny   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from Assistant Producer Urte Laukaityte and with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd. Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala.  Subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter here! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com.  For updates about the show, visit our website or follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

On this episode, Zack, Alyssa & Scott talk about handheld gaming, including their favorite consoles and games. Before that they discuss the week's news from the video game industry and the games they've been playing. E-WIN Best Heavy Duty Gaming Chair Yetee T-Shirts - Mega Man Collection On This Episode (48:52) News (1:26:49) New Games (1:30:13) Still Wakes the Deep (Xbox) (1:37:40) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (PS5) (1:49:37) Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Platform) (1:56:40) Steel Seed (PC Demo) (2:01:55) Pinball Spire (PC demo) (2:05:21) Soulmask (PC) (2:15:18) Aarik and the Ruined Kingdom (PC) (2:21:53) “From the Outside In” Topic: Handheld/Portable Grab the episode now on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Google Play Music and more. If you love this episode and want other gaming content you can't get anywhere else, please support us on Patreon! Also, don't forget to check out our Discord Server and our web site, where you can read all of our written content.  

Brad jumps into the newest "Walking Simulator" from The Chinese Room in Still Wakes The Deep. Does this game live up to the pedigree they have established or is it just another straight forward horror game? Support us on Ko-fi: ⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/workforcegaming

On this week's special, early episode, Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jacob Geller, and Kyle Hilliard unpack all of the highlights from the surprising Nintendo Direct showing the last big games hitting the Nintendo Switch console. We talk about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4 gameplay, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and the odd surprises of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Perfect Dark! Then Kyle talks about his time playing Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree in a spoiler-free discussion, we're also taking The Deepest Dive on this DLC masterpiece from From Software so stay tuned for that. Then we round up some cool upcoming games we played during Steam Next Fest and Jacob explains why you shouldn't miss out on Still Wakes The Deep from The Chinese Room. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/j65BoH4se8g Get the brand new game ASKA on Steam by supporting MinnMax on Patreon at the $5 tier before the end of Friday, June 21st. We'll DM you on Patreon with a Steam code for the viking survival game ASKA from Thunderful. We're out of codes when we hit 4,690 paid Patreon supporters, so check that first on the Patreon page. Thanks for supporting independent games media! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: TOUCHGRASS https://www.squarespace.com/minnmax - 10% off with Promo Code: MINNMAX To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...  00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:44 - Nintendo Direct 00:04:10 - Mario & Luigi: Brothership 00:08:34 - Fantasian 00:11:09 - Dragon Quest III 00:16:08 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom 00:25:22 - The New Denpa Men 00:27:21 - Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics 00:29:12 - Perfect Dark 00:31:20 - Metroid Prime 4 00:38:06 - Donkey Kong Country Returns 00:38:46 - Farmagia 00:40:39 - Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports 00:42:48 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 00:54:56 - Summer Game Fest in retrospect 00:57:13 - I Am Your Beast 01:03:24 - 500 Caliber Contractz 01:07:21 - Cato 01:11:09 - Glyphica: Typing Survival 01:14:28 - Still Wakes The Deep 01:20:34 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters 01:25:34 - Community questions 02:06:09 - Get A Load Of This Janet's GALOT - https://twitter.com/eco_mmunity/status/1803008465947762706 Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/-Ddmjcy3lEs?si=yr4tD3HsqmhmHX-Q Hanson's GALOT - https://www.themakeyourownzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/parmesan-lid-on-canning-jar2.jpg Kelsey's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VXZoZzsA8 Community GALOT - https://vgbees.com/ Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minnmaxshow Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minnmaxshow Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Tune in as Seth Vargas (Movie Friends) rejoins Arthur on 2CC for a breakdown of Blindsight by Peter Watts, the 2006 hard science-fiction and cosmic horror novel that will provide plenty of dense and cerebral material to occupy your brain. The concept of self-awareness and the burden it puts on humanity, an inventively scientific depiction of vampire mythology, and an explanation of the Chinese Room comprise just a few of the talking points for this bookish episode. TW: body horror, death, torture, ableism, violence, medical content and injuries, child neglect, bullying, genocide, psychosis, mental illness, and terminal illness Spoilers start at 21:55 Here's how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here's how you can act to help stop Israel's genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here's how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Seth: Akira Kurosawa's work, such as Dodes'ka-den, One Wonderful Sunday, and High and Low • Arthur: Shiki Reach out at email2centscritic@yahoo.com if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore the cutting-edge advancements in AI voice cloning technology, focusing on OpenAI's new "Voice Engine" model. Learn about the potential applications, ethical concerns, and the industry's approach to responsible deployment of this powerful technology. We also delve into the National WWII Museum's innovative use of AI in their "Voices From the Front" exhibit, which allows visitors to interact with virtual veterans and preserve their stories for future generations. Explore the Philosophical Debate Surrounding AI and UnderstandingIn the second half of the episode, we introduce the famous Chinese Room thought experiment proposed by philosopher John Searle. This thought-provoking argument challenges the notion of "strong AI" and questions whether computers can truly understand and have genuine mental states. Join us as we examine the implications of this thought experiment on the nature of intelligence and the future of AI development. Discover Daily brings you a fascinating blend of cutting-edge technology and philosophical discourse, all in one engaging podcast.For more on these stories:OpenAI voice cloning techhttps://www.perplexity.ai/search/OpenAI-voice-cloning-vbBufFBaTy6P8q93fBe.2gWW2 survivors turned into AIhttps://www.perplexity.ai/search/WW2-survivors-turned-Bf.jn3wbT3qUzG2k5SA9fwChinese room thought experimenthttps://www.perplexity.ai/search/Chinese-room-thought-yzagvajmQuulDcgnNXr._wPerplexity is the fastest and most powerful way to search the web. Perplexity crawls the web and curates the most relevant and up-to-date sources (from academic papers to Reddit threads) to create the perfect response to any question or topic you're interested in. Take the world's knowledge with you anywhere. Available on iOS and Android Join our growing Discord community for the latest updates and exclusive content. Follow us on: Instagram Threads X (Twitter) YouTube Linkedin

Gary's background and place in the AI world ... Are Gary's views on AI paradoxical? ... Bob: Searle's Chinese Room argument is dead ... Have LLMs demonstrated "theory of mind"? ... Arguing the semantics of an LLM's “semantic space” ... Do LLM representations map onto the real world? ... Can (and should) we slow down AI development? ... Gary: I've never seen a field as myopic as AI today ... The (symbolic?) future of AI ...

Gary's background and place in the AI world ... Are Gary's views on AI paradoxical? ... Bob: Searle's Chinese Room argument is dead ... Have LLMs demonstrated "theory of mind"? ... Arguing the semantics of an LLM's “semantic space” ... Do LLM representations map onto the real world? ... Can (and should) we slow down AI development? ... Gary: I've never seen a field as myopic as AI today ... The (symbolic?) future of AI ...

It's Spider-Man 2 week! Dave and MJC share their thoughts on Insomniac Games' latest release and how successful the game has been for PlayStation. In the news, PlayStation has a surprise for their future Digital Slim users, Xbox had a third party event and more. The opening song is Deja Vu by Popskyy - https://popskyy.bandcamp.com/If you'd like to donate to us using PayPal, you can do so with this link. https://www.paypal.me/digitaldaysgamingIf you would like to order DDG merchandise click below: https://teespring.com/digital-days-gamingPatreonDiscordTwitter: @DigitalDaysPodDave Twitter: @GoodDaveHuntMichael Twitter: @The1stMJCTwitch: @DigitalDaysGamingFacebook PageFacebook GroupYouTubeTikTok

He who makes a beast of himself removes himself from the pain of being human.” The Chinese Room had a difficult path ahead of them when they were tasked with creating a follow-up to Frictional Games' massively successful - and massively scary - Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Does 2013's Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs rise to the challenge? Join Leah, Chris Worthington, Jon and Sean to find out whether they were just as spooked this time around. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_585.mp3   Music featured in this issue: 1. New Year's Eve by Jessica Curry2. Mandus by Jessica Curry Edit by Jay Taylor You can support Cane and Rinse and in return receive an often extended version of the podcast four weeks early, along with exclusive podcasts, if you subscribe to our Patreon for the minimum of $2 per month (+VAT). Do you have an opinion about a game we're covering that you'd like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we're covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at The Cane and Rinse forum

The Boys are back with your regularly scheduled news! We discuss the PS+ price hike along with tasty September games, Starfield's success, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2's re-reveal under new developer The Chinese Room, and The MIX Showcase 2023 (Holy Indies, Batman!). Meanwhile in rapid fire, Gunbrella, Soulframe, Fear Fest 2023, Xbox's Replaced delayed, Holstin, Super Mario Wonder, and more! Please be excited.

Comentamos a Nintendo Direct de Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a vindoura greve dos atores de games, aumento de preço da PS Plus, a imensidão de Starfield o museu de The Making of Karateka e muito mais! 00:09:21: Direct Super Mario Bros. Wonder 00:23:11: O que fará Charles Martinet? 00:25:37: Greve dos atores chega aos videogames 00:38:25: Alone in the Dark é adiado para janeiro de 2024 00:40:10: Estúdio Volition será fechado 00:43:48: Jogo: Starfield 01:34:04: Perguntas dos ouvintes 01:40:15: PlayStation Plus tem aumento de preço 01:51:47: Escritor importante sai da Rockstar 01:57:09: Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 vai ser terminado por Chinese Room 02:05:20: Finalmentes: Finais de Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon 02:08:15: Finalmentes: Blasphemous 02:12:46: Finalmentes: The Making of Karateka Contribua | Twitter | YouTube | Twitch | Contato

It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Some big announcements around Star Trek Day. Tons of new music. Netflix's He-Man gets a prequel comic. And PLENTY more...Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh MusicFollow-ups/CorrectionsBillion Streams - Nothing Else Matters is the most recent song to cross the threshold.New Music/VideoGwar - Tammy the Swine Queen https://youtu.be/TbrG6zPU4Jw The final recording from Oderus Urungus. From the 10 year anniversary re-release of “Battle Maximus” which itself was a tribute to another fallen Scumdog.Oliver Anthony - 90 some Chevy https://youtu.be/KKYEbPFvxyg Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop https://youtu.be/qWNQUvIk954 WOW… that's some soul.Dax - Oliver Anthony "Rich Men North Of Richmond" Remix - https://youtu.be/KYXgxhyAiwk Dax is just damn good!Oliver Tree - Essence (feat. Super Computer) - https://youtu.be/9mAeFNERZoI strangely heart-felt song from pop's screwball.Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up https://youtu.be/feqIQcNuRV4 Tours/FestivalsBastardane - Support from Fury in Few. Oct 5 in Atlanta through Oct 14 in Savannah. Mostly through the south. https://www.bastardane.com/tour The Hu - Oct 9 in San Francisco through Oct 26 in Phoenix. No support announced yet. https://www.thehuofficial.com/tour-1?fbclid=IwAR2DCOeuTGGZKgm0Rq9v0dfpQtq6F1UqdWmrjGiLi3EXS-ESe3DdtbLNUyE Slaughter to Prevail - Nov 2 in Riverside CA through Nov 24 in Santa Cruz CA. No support announced yet. https://www.stp-tour.com/?fbclid=IwAR1vPuuGTySDoGsRGeJqaekHP8x4OuBB4TvCV69E0RKztOkvstSkM4Ikal4 Reg ‘ol NewsJimmy Buffet - passed at the age of 76. Undisclosed illness. Seemed sudden. Though it was Merkel Cell skin cancer, which the singer songwriter had apparently been fighting for some time. https://loudwire.com/jimmy-buffett-died-76/ Smash Mouth - Singer Steve Harwell passed at 56. Liver failure from alcohol abuse.Rolling Stones - STILL working on new music? The band has teased a new song titled “Don't Get Angry with Me.” New material is the first since drummer Charlie Watts passed in 2021. Also the first collection of new material in almost 20 years.https://www.dontgetangrywithme.com/ https://youtu.be/3Vm7FUjIbQU SuggestsSlipknot (self-titled) - is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on June 29, 1999, by Roadrunner Records, following a demo containing a few of the songs which had previously been released in 1998.[4] Later, it was reissued in December 1999 with a slightly-altered track listing and mastering as the result of a lawsuit. It was the first release by the band to be produced by Ross Robinson, who sought to refine Slipknot's sound rather than alter the group's musical direction. This is the only album to feature original guitarist Josh Brainard who left at the end of recording in late 1998 while the band was taking a brief break. Jim Root, who recorded two tracks at this point, would appear full time on subsequent albums starting with their self-titled album.Gaming/TechTrailersG.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra - https://youtu.be/NGYKN3559pI Announce trailer for a Steam game that is whole-heartedly embracing the 80s. It is an arcade brawler.Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 - https://youtu.be/D6b6LGubq6I Risen from the dead as it were. New developing studios in Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and The Chinese Room. Now set for a fall 2024 release.Suggestshttps://www.youtube.com/@johnnylikens Comic Books/BooksReg ‘ol NewsStar Trek - The Animated Celebration Presents The Scheimer Barrier. New comic published by IDW. To debut alongside the Short Treks animated series on Sept 8 through StarTrek.com. Subsequent issues will be released weekly. Physical copies set to be released at NYCC in October.He-Man - New Masters of the Universe book has been announced at Dark Horse. Forge of Destiny will be written by Tim Seeley and have art by Eddie Nunez. The book is going to be a prequel to the Netflix animated series and be on shelves Sept 6th.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dark-horse-reveals-masters-of-the-universe-forge-of-destiny-first-look-preview-exclusive/#1 SuggestsScott Pilgrim - a series of graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The series is about Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto, Ontario, and plays bass ‍in a band. He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but must defeat her seven evil exes[1] in order to date her in peace.TV ShowsFollow-ups/CorrectionsMCU shake-up: Loki Season 2 — Oct.6 (unchanged)What If…? S2 — Christmas 2023Echo — Jan. 2024X-Men '97 — early 2024Agatha: Darkhold Diaries — early fall 2024Ironheart — undatedDaredevil: Born Again — filming on pause / undatedWonder Man — filming on pause / undatedhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marvel-tv-show-release-dates-1235580093/ The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - premiere Sunday Sept 10 on AMC and AMC+My Adventures with Superman - season 2 announced https://twitter.com/swimpedia/status/1697467756596121841 Tiny Toons Looniversity - premieres Friday Sept 8 on Max.How I Met Your Father - Canceled after just 2 seasons.Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Set to go up on Apple TV+ in November. https://comicbook.com/anime/news/monarch-legacy-of-monsters-release-godzilla/ TrailersStar Trek: Very Short Treks - https://youtu.be/ZqyNGYHfP-0 5 shorts celebrating 50 years of the animated series. Debuting on Star Trek day, Sept 8, on StarTrek.com and the official Star Trek YouTube channel. With the subsequent episodes launching Wednesdays from there. There will also be fan screenings of Lower Decks offered in Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Louis, Washington D.C., Vancouver, Calgary, and London. Time frame unclear.SuggestsMetalocalypse - an American adult animated television series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim. It premiered on August 6, 2006, followed by a musical one-hour special, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem, as well as a movie Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar on October 27, 2013. The television program centers on the larger-than-life melodic death metal band Dethklok, and often portrays dark and macabre content, including such subjects as violence, death, and the drawbacks of fame, with hyperbolic black comedy. The show was widely heralded as both a parody and a pastiche of heavy metal culture.MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsWinnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey - sequel in the works, with a recast Christopher Robin. https://twitter.com/poohbandh/status/1698185500018741579 TrailersWhat Happens Later - https://youtu.be/zceSigCGWSQ New rom com with David Duchovny and Meg Ryan. Oct 13Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls - https://youtu.be/KbS6l7PTDXQ Bowser Vids. Oct 19. Fathom events. https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Onyx-the-Fortuitous-and-the-Talisman-of-Souls Mary Had a Little Lamb - https://youtu.be/fEk5WsjMDGA Dual release on Oct 3. No One Will Save You - https://youtu.be/IcA02w6rm44 Streaming on Hulu Sept 22. Alien Horror movie.Three Blind Mice - https://youtu.be/_qj9VpQ8ztE SuggestsIron Man - a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures,[a] it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, and Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man alongside Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, and Shaun Toub. In the film, following his escape from captivity by a terrorist group, world-famous industrialist and master engineer Tony Stark builds a mechanized suit of armor and becomes the superhero Iron Man.Rumor MillConfirmations/RefutationsAgatha: Darkhold DiariesNew RumorsIronheart - series rumored to have been canceled even though shooting has finished. Disney is said to be blaming it on the strikes.~OR~The show is rumored to be planned to be released in accordance with the Armor Wars movie, which also no longer has a release date.The Batman 2 - Robin might be showing up here. In THIS universe it will be Dick Grayson and not Damien Wayne. Rumor goes on to repeat the Clayface information we have heard before.Hulk - Savage Hulk is said to be returning to the silver screen. Possibly in Cap 4, Thunderbolts or Avengers: Secret Wars.Snow White - Cancelled?Metroid Prime 4 - New rumor has the game releasing on the Switch in summer of 2024.GTA 6 - Joe Rogan is now being rumored to be the DJ voice on one of the radio stations in the game.Red Dead Redemption - Number 3 in the franchise has just broken ground according to rumor.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Some big announcements around Star Trek Day. Tons of new music. Netflix's He-Man gets a prequel comic. And PLENTY more...Tune in Wednesdays for the regular show. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh MusicFollow-ups/CorrectionsBillion Streams - Nothing Else Matters is the most recent song to cross the threshold.New Music/VideoGwar - Tammy the Swine Queen https://youtu.be/TbrG6zPU4Jw The final recording from Oderus Urungus. From the 10 year anniversary re-release of “Battle Maximus” which itself was a tribute to another fallen Scumdog.Oliver Anthony - 90 some Chevy https://youtu.be/KKYEbPFvxyg Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop https://youtu.be/qWNQUvIk954 WOW… that's some soul.Dax - Oliver Anthony "Rich Men North Of Richmond" Remix - https://youtu.be/KYXgxhyAiwk Dax is just damn good!Oliver Tree - Essence (feat. Super Computer) - https://youtu.be/9mAeFNERZoI strangely heart-felt song from pop's screwball.Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up https://youtu.be/feqIQcNuRV4 Tours/FestivalsBastardane - Support from Fury in Few. Oct 5 in Atlanta through Oct 14 in Savannah. Mostly through the south. https://www.bastardane.com/tour The Hu - Oct 9 in San Francisco through Oct 26 in Phoenix. No support announced yet. https://www.thehuofficial.com/tour-1?fbclid=IwAR2DCOeuTGGZKgm0Rq9v0dfpQtq6F1UqdWmrjGiLi3EXS-ESe3DdtbLNUyE Slaughter to Prevail - Nov 2 in Riverside CA through Nov 24 in Santa Cruz CA. No support announced yet. https://www.stp-tour.com/?fbclid=IwAR1vPuuGTySDoGsRGeJqaekHP8x4OuBB4TvCV69E0RKztOkvstSkM4Ikal4 Reg ‘ol NewsJimmy Buffet - passed at the age of 76. Undisclosed illness. Seemed sudden. Though it was Merkel Cell skin cancer, which the singer songwriter had apparently been fighting for some time. https://loudwire.com/jimmy-buffett-died-76/ Smash Mouth - Singer Steve Harwell passed at 56. Liver failure from alcohol abuse.Rolling Stones - STILL working on new music? The band has teased a new song titled “Don't Get Angry with Me.” New material is the first since drummer Charlie Watts passed in 2021. Also the first collection of new material in almost 20 years.https://www.dontgetangrywithme.com/ https://youtu.be/3Vm7FUjIbQU SuggestsSlipknot (self-titled) - is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on June 29, 1999, by Roadrunner Records, following a demo containing a few of the songs which had previously been released in 1998.[4] Later, it was reissued in December 1999 with a slightly-altered track listing and mastering as the result of a lawsuit. It was the first release by the band to be produced by Ross Robinson, who sought to refine Slipknot's sound rather than alter the group's musical direction. This is the only album to feature original guitarist Josh Brainard who left at the end of recording in late 1998 while the band was taking a brief break. Jim Root, who recorded two tracks at this point, would appear full time on subsequent albums starting with their self-titled album.Gaming/TechTrailersG.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra - https://youtu.be/NGYKN3559pI Announce trailer for a Steam game that is whole-heartedly embracing the 80s. It is an arcade brawler.Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 - https://youtu.be/D6b6LGubq6I Risen from the dead as it were. New developing studios in Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and The Chinese Room. Now set for a fall 2024 release.Suggestshttps://www.youtube.com/@johnnylikens Comic Books/BooksReg ‘ol NewsStar Trek - The Animated Celebration Presents The Scheimer Barrier. New comic published by IDW. To debut alongside the Short Treks animated series on Sept 8 through StarTrek.com. Subsequent issues will be released weekly. Physical copies set to be released at NYCC in October.He-Man - New Masters of the Universe book has been announced at Dark Horse. Forge of Destiny will be written by Tim Seeley and have art by Eddie Nunez. The book is going to be a prequel to the Netflix animated series and be on shelves Sept 6th.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dark-horse-reveals-masters-of-the-universe-forge-of-destiny-first-look-preview-exclusive/#1 SuggestsScott Pilgrim - a series of graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The series is about Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto, Ontario, and plays bass ‍in a band. He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but must defeat her seven evil exes[1] in order to date her in peace.TV ShowsFollow-ups/CorrectionsMCU shake-up: Loki Season 2 — Oct.6 (unchanged)What If…? S2 — Christmas 2023Echo — Jan. 2024X-Men '97 — early 2024Agatha: Darkhold Diaries — early fall 2024Ironheart — undatedDaredevil: Born Again — filming on pause / undatedWonder Man — filming on pause / undatedhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marvel-tv-show-release-dates-1235580093/ The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - premiere Sunday Sept 10 on AMC and AMC+My Adventures with Superman - season 2 announced https://twitter.com/swimpedia/status/1697467756596121841 Tiny Toons Looniversity - premieres Friday Sept 8 on Max.How I Met Your Father - Canceled after just 2 seasons.Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Set to go up on Apple TV+ in November. https://comicbook.com/anime/news/monarch-legacy-of-monsters-release-godzilla/ TrailersStar Trek: Very Short Treks - https://youtu.be/ZqyNGYHfP-0 5 shorts celebrating 50 years of the animated series. Debuting on Star Trek day, Sept 8, on StarTrek.com and the official Star Trek YouTube channel. With the subsequent episodes launching Wednesdays from there. There will also be fan screenings of Lower Decks offered in Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Louis, Washington D.C., Vancouver, Calgary, and London. Time frame unclear.SuggestsMetalocalypse - an American adult animated television series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim. It premiered on August 6, 2006, followed by a musical one-hour special, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem, as well as a movie Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar on October 27, 2013. The television program centers on the larger-than-life melodic death metal band Dethklok, and often portrays dark and macabre content, including such subjects as violence, death, and the drawbacks of fame, with hyperbolic black comedy. The show was widely heralded as both a parody and a pastiche of heavy metal culture.MoviesFollow-ups/CorrectionsWinnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey - sequel in the works, with a recast Christopher Robin. https://twitter.com/poohbandh/status/1698185500018741579 TrailersWhat Happens Later - https://youtu.be/zceSigCGWSQ New rom com with David Duchovny and Meg Ryan. Oct 13Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls - https://youtu.be/KbS6l7PTDXQ Bowser Vids. Oct 19. Fathom events. https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Onyx-the-Fortuitous-and-the-Talisman-of-Souls Mary Had a Little Lamb - https://youtu.be/fEk5WsjMDGA Dual release on Oct 3. No One Will Save You - https://youtu.be/IcA02w6rm44 Streaming on Hulu Sept 22. Alien Horror movie.Three Blind Mice - https://youtu.be/_qj9VpQ8ztE SuggestsIron Man - a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures,[a] it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, and Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man alongside Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, and Shaun Toub. In the film, following his escape from captivity by a terrorist group, world-famous industrialist and master engineer Tony Stark builds a mechanized suit of armor and becomes the superhero Iron Man.Rumor MillConfirmations/RefutationsAgatha: Darkhold DiariesNew RumorsIronheart - series rumored to have been canceled even though shooting has finished. Disney is said to be blaming it on the strikes.~OR~The show is rumored to be planned to be released in accordance with the Armor Wars movie, which also no longer has a release date.The Batman 2 - Robin might be showing up here. In THIS universe it will be Dick Grayson and not Damien Wayne. Rumor goes on to repeat the Clayface information we have heard before.Hulk - Savage Hulk is said to be returning to the silver screen. Possibly in Cap 4, Thunderbolts or Avengers: Secret Wars.Snow White - Cancelled?Metroid Prime 4 - New rumor has the game releasing on the Switch in summer of 2024.GTA 6 - Joe Rogan is now being rumored to be the DJ voice on one of the radio stations in the game.Red Dead Redemption - Number 3 in the franchise has just broken ground according to rumor.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

Jared is a researcher at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Until the summer of 2023 he was a lecturer at the University of Washington School of Computer Science. While there he created a class on the philosophy of AI and created and taught an ethics course as well as teaching technical artificial intelligence courses. His satirical novel "The Strength of The Illusion" was published in the summer of 2023. Previous Sentientism guest Mark Solms called it "extraordinary". In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here on YouTube⁠⁠. We discuss: 00:00 Clips! 00:56 Welcome 02:23 Jared Intro - AI research, teaching philosophy, AI ethics and AI tech - "What are the right things to do and how do we bring those things about" - "AI is a sandbox... to test out these ideas" - Jared's philosophical novel, "The Strength of the Illusion" "A timely meditation on what happens when artificial intelligence clashes with human stupidity" - "#philosophyofmind ... what it means to think, to learn..."   05:12 What's Real? - "I grew up with a father that derided religion" - A "very atheistic upbringing... in some parts I regret" vs. "more religious community centred upbringings" - Not convinced re: god or spirituality but "that's not to say that I want to discount the feelings of religious experiences" - William James - Irish grandmother "she hates the #catholic church with a passion" - Father is a doctor encountering lots of "anti-science" - Joining a gospel choir at University "I'm not religious but it's a really fun and enlivening way to approach life" - "It's not been my life to combat religion... the 'Four Horsemen'... Dan Dennett, Sam Harris..." - "I think there's value in being kind to each other when you talk about this [religion]" - "Few people are willing to actually debate the tenets of their beliefs... that's the tension between science and religion" - "The unwillingness, by design, to accept alternative hypotheses and test their views is what perpetuates religion" - Spirituality: "I haven't been drawn... it seems a bit like #mysterianism... an appeal to mystery before the facts are out." - "Could we not explain consciousness, morality... I think that we can eventually explain those things through rigourous science" - Rejections of the possibility of explaining consciousness: Searle's Chinese Room, Nagel's "What Is It Like To Be A Bat?"... "These appeals are in a sense spiritual... they're appealing to some sort of mystery" - "That explanation does not need to be a let down -just because we can explain the illusion doesn't mean that the illusion doesn't exist" - "There's a degree of bad blood"... history of scientists denying or avoiding or deriding things because the evidence isn't yet there to enable study (e.g. #behaviourists ignoring mental states) - "Scientists are imperfect and can be mean" - Do AIs have epistemology - JW: "are they learning, can they know things?" - #llms (large language models)  like OpenAI's #chatgpt "Do they understand language?" - "They... seem to be able to use language OK... they make errors but humans make errors too" 21:25 What & Who Matters? 44:24 Who Matters? 01:09:25 A Better Future? Follow Jared: - https://jaredmoore.org/ - https://twitter.com/jaredlcm - https://jaredmoore.org/the-strength-of-the-illusion ...and much more. Full show notes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"I'm a Sentientist" wall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠this simple form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here on FaceBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Come join us there!

In episode 88 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Professor Stevan Harnad.Stevan Harnad is professor of psychology and cognitive science at Université du Québec à Montréal, adjunct professor of cognitive science at McGill University, and professor emeritus of cognitive science at the University of Southampton. His research is on category learning, categorical perception, symbol grounding, the evolution of language, and animal and human sentience (otherwise known as “consciousness”). He is also an advocate for open access and an activist for animal rights.Have suggestions for future podcast guests (or other feedback)? Let us know here or reach us at editor@thegradient.pubSubscribe to The Gradient Podcast:  Apple Podcasts  | Spotify | Pocket Casts | RSSFollow The Gradient on TwitterOutline:* (00:00) Intro* (05:20) Professor Harnad's background: interests in cognitive psychobiology, editing Behavioral and Brain Sciences* (07:40) John Searle submits the Chinese Room article* (09:20) Early reactions to Searle and Prof. Harnad's role* (13:38) The core of Searle's argument and the generator of the Symbol Grounding Problem, “strong AI”* (19:00) Ways to ground symbols* (20:26) The acquisition of categories* (25:00) Pantomiming, non-linguistic category formation* (27:45) Mathematics, abstraction, and grounding* (36:20) Symbol manipulation and interpretation language* (40:40) On the Whorf Hypothesis* (48:39) Defining “grounding” and introducing the “T3” Turing Test* (53:22) Turing's concerns, AI and reverse-engineering cognition* (59:25) Other Minds, T4 and zombies* (1:05:48) Degrees of freedom in solutions to the Turing Test, the easy and hard problems of cognition* (1:14:33) Over-interepretation of AI systems' behavior, sentience concerns, T3 and evidence sentience* (1:24:35) Prof. Harnad's commentary on claims in The Vector Grounding Problem* (1:28:05) RLHF and grounding, LLMs' (ungrounded) capabilities, syntactic structure and propositions* (1:35:30) Multimodal AI systems (image-text and robotic) and grounding, compositionality* (1:42:50) Chomsky's Universal Grammar, LLMs and T2* (1:50:55) T3 and cognitive simulation* (1:57:34) OutroLinks:* Professor Harnad's webpage and skywritings* Papers:* Category Induction and Representation* Categorical Perception* From Sensorimotor Categories to Grounded Symbols* Minds, machines and Searle 2* The Latent Structure of Dictionaries Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Dan, Richard, and John discuss consciousness, intelligence, and AI. We discuss the Turing Test, the Chinese Room, and the future of AI. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-gibbs1/message

The first ever MAPS members only livestream!How different generations take care of (or don't take care of) their children.Sumo goes to see the live action Little Mermaid movie and talks about things that don't make sense.The CalArts animated style is ruining everything.The new Snow White movie doesn't look great either, the intentional uglification of all forms of art and entertainment right now, and the AI Movie Conspiracy.Scaring people and then providing the solution is a great business model.AI and the Chinese Room thought experiment, Albert Einstein gets all philosophical.The Oppenheimer movie is pre-programming to get everyone scared of nuclear bombs again. When World War 3 happens you'll have to give up your freedom so they can keep you safe.Nukes aren't real discussion.Sumo explains M. Night Shyamalan's movie “The Village” and how it applies to real life.Pre-programming for the C***d operation and masks in Christopher Nolan's Batman movie.Pre-programming vs retro causality.Why victim narratives are so powerful.Christopher Nolan is this generation's Stanley Kubrick.Sumo doesn't worry about anything anymore except for dinosaurs in the water.Sumo's World War 3 predictions.The blue stripe or white and gold stripe dress meme is back!Special thanks to all the members who jumped in! The discussion after we stopped recording was a lot of fun and we'll definitely do it again.ShownotesBatman Mask Scene2012 London Olympic Opening Ceremony1992 Barcelona Olympic Opening CeremonyMAPS S1E087: We Are (People) Farmers, Bum Ba Dum Bum BumThe DressLinkswww.MAPSOC.orgFollow Sumo on TwitterAlternate Current RadioSupport the Show!Subscribe to the Podcast on GumroadSubscribe to the Podcast on PatreonBuy Us a Tibetan Herbal TeaSumo's SubstacksHoly is He Who WrestlesModern Pulp

This week, Morrus and Peter talk about algorithmic AI generated content and RPGs. In the news, D&D Beyond, Itch.io, Roll20, and Fantasy Ground summer sales, official Adventure Time RPG announced, Baldur's Gate 3 release date change, and more! Plus a listener question about Creative Commons vs ORC License and brand new sketch about interesting alchemical experimentation. -------------------- News D&D Beyond Summer Sale https://www.enworld.org/threads/theres-a-big-d-d-summer-sale-on-right-now.698639/ Itch.io Summer Sale https://itch.io/sales Official Adventure Time RPG Announced from Cryptozoic https://www.enworld.org/threads/official-adventure-time-rpg-uses-new-yes-and-system.698381/ News Digest for July 7 (Baldur's Gate 3 release date changes, Blood in Baldur's Gate prequel, Call of Cthulhu events with Mark Meer, The One Ring $2 million Magic: The Gathering card found) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-july-7.698630/ What's OLD is NEW (WOIN) Starter Box Kickstarter launches https://www.enworld.org/threads/whats-old-is-new-starter-box-is-here-back-this-fantasy-modern-sci-fi-ttrpg-with-an-open-license.698590/ Gloomhaven BackerKit campaign over $3 million https://www.backerkit.com/c/cephalofair/gloomhaven Savage Worlds 20th Anniversary Celebration Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/savage-worlds-20th-anniversary-celebration BREACH! Public Playtest on Itch.io https://orangeindigo.itch.io/breachbeta -------------------- Algorithmic Content Generation and RPGs OpenAI Hit With Class Action Over ‘Unprecedented' Web Scraping from Bloomberg Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/openai-hit-with-class-action-over-unprecedented-web-scraping Authors file lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting' their books from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/05/authors-file-a-lawsuit-against-openai-for-unlawfully-ingesting-their-books US Copyright Office: AI Generated Works Are Not Eligible for Copyright from ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-generator-art-text-us-copyright-policy-1234661683/ Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/thought-experiment-in-the-national-library-of-thailand-f2bf761a8a83 The Chinese Room Argument (philosophical experiment about a person alone in a room following a computer program for responding to Chinese characters slipped under the door) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ Chinese Room 2 (a spin-off of the Chinese Room Argument from Tumblr user lumsel to explain how ChatGPT and other large language models work) https://www.tumblr.com/lumsel/712577333350023168/chinese-room-2 Lawyer Used ChatGPT In Court - And Cited Fake Cases. A Judge Is Considering Sanctions from Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/06/08/lawyer-used-chatgpt-in-court-and-cited-fake-cases-a-judge-is-considering-sanctions/ Dungeons & Dragons Player Gets AI Bot to DM, Works Surprisingly Well from TheGamer https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-chatgpt-ai-dm/ American Scientist article on Bias Optimizers https://www.americanscientist.org/article/bias-optimizers ChatGPT gender discrimination example with nurse and doctor, doubles-down on sexism by stating that the doctor must be male and nurse must be female from April 2023 https://hkotek.com/blog/gender-bias-in-chatgpt/ ChatGPT's “jailbreak” tries to make A.I break its own rules or die from CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/chatgpt-jailbreak-forces-it-to-break-its-own-rules.html Artists Voice Concerns Over the Signatures In Viral LensaAI Portraits from ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/signatures-lensa-ai-portraits-1234649633/ Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content from The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit Gizmodo's io9 Published an AI-Generated Star Wars Article That Was Filled With Errors from Variety (it was a list of Star Wars content in chronological order that left out multiple shows including Andor and Kenobi and lists The Clone Wars coming after Rise of Skywalker, which is incorrect both in-universe and in real-world release dates) https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/io9-ai-generated-star-wars-article-errors-1235662194/ A sci-fi magazine has cut off submissions after a flood of AI-generated stories from NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159286436/ai-chatbot-chatgpt-magazine-clarkesworld-artificial-intelligence ChatGPT uses between 1L of water per 40-100 queries https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-generative-ai-water-use-environmental-impact-study-2023-4 -------------------- Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus Don't forget to join the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M Ask your Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at TikTok -------------------- Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott Theme Song: Steve Arnott Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com  

The Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct was on Sunday so lets dive in! So much to cover including, 40 minutes of Starfield, first look at Fable and Massive's Star Wars game, Star Wars Outlaws. Opening song is Deja Vu by Popskyy - https://popskyy.bandcamp.com/If you'd like to donate to us using PayPal, you can do so with this link. https://www.paypal.me/digitaldaysgamingIf you would like to order DDG merchandise click below: https://teespring.com/digital-days-gamingPatreonDiscordTwitter: @DigitalDaysPodDave Twitter: @GoodDaveHuntMichael Twitter: @The1stMJCTwitch: @DigitalDaysGamingFacebook PageFacebook GroupYouTubeTikTok

In episode 234 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Lenore Blum to discuss a recent petition from the Association for Mathematical Consciousness Studies calling for AI researchers to study consciousness. The petition is called "The responsible development of AI agenda needs to include consciousness research" and can be found here: https://amcs-community.org/open-letters/ We also discuss Dr. Blum's work on developing a model of consciousness, which her and her husband call the "Conscious Turing Machine" model. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Who is Dr. Lenore Blum? 15:34 - Why AI Engineers Gotta Study Consciousness! 27:16 - What is Consciousness? 33:59 - Global Workspace and Conscious Turing Machines 48:55 - Infants are MORE conscious than adults!? 1:08:30 - Unity problems for Large Language Models and Machine Consciousness? 1:16:53 - Can you hypnotize a Turing machine? 1:19:07 - The Chinese Room and Chinese Nation Objections to Machine Functionalism 1:25:49 - Lucas/Penrose's use of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems Against AI Doesn't Work?

Jon gets sick. David misremembers the Chinese Room. Watch David's show DICKTOWN on Hulu http://bit.ly/dicktown Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/electionprofitmakers Send your election prediction questions to contact@electionprofitmakers.com

This week gasp in suspense and delight as Danny and Dr Mike, without any computer assisted aides whatsoever, tightrope walk across the twin philosophical concepts of the Turning Test and the Chinese room! You will hold your breath as the Turning test brings us closer to the idea that the machines could take over and then laugh in relief as Searle arrives to save humanity (for now) with the Chinese Room thought experiment! Yes, the future and your job is safe for a while as Philosophy?WTF?? prove that humanity will win and the machines have no chance... probably. 

Today's Episode: ChatGPT is the hot topic of the day and, much like when google first came out, it still feels magic to use. However, it raises several bigger questions to match. Some are practical, but many are a bit deeper. On the practical side: what happens when AI is doing all the work, will enough be left for us? How should we renumerate people to survive, if not for work? On the philosophical side: does AI ACTUALLY understand me? What does it even mean to understand? If AI reaches the point where for all intents and purposes it perfectly mimics (or even improves on) understanding...does it matter that there's no thinking, feeling thing behind the code? I mean, how do I know that anyone else is more than an input -> output machine with a conscious experience inbetween? My own is the only one I can verify afterall. We discuss this and more in our first episode exploring AI, focusing on understanding. We explain the distinction between functional and phenomenal understanding and use thought experiments like The Chinese Room to highlight the point. Support the show: Please leave us a review! Spotify even now let's you do it - see that little star icon, go on, give it a click. Reviews are a great way to help others find the show, and it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. If you're a fan of the show, we'd love to chat to you! Book a call with us here and it'll feel like being on one of our episodes: https://calendly.com/jacob-stasher/user-research And if you want to give us feedback via our survey, please fill that in here: https://forms.gle/xMjvDbsipam1RAwg6 If you're a fan of the show, please consider signing up to our Patreon. A small subscription of just $1 goes a long way towards supporting the show - and it makes us feel pretty great too. https://www.patreon.com/moedt. Know anyone who likes to think about or debate the kind of topics we cover? Spread the word - and you'll have our gratitude. Keep up to date with future episodes on our website here: https://moedt.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From a pair of generals paralyzed by bad communication to a trolley hurtling out of control, we look at some classic thought experiments and how they pertain to technology. Plus, are we living in a simulation?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor J Mark Bishop reflects on the trickiness of language, how LLMs work, why ChatGPT can't understand, the nature of AI and emerging theories of mind.Mark explains what large language models (LLM) do and provides a quasi-technical overview of how they work. He also exposes the complications inherent in comprehending language. Mark calls for more philosophical analysis of how systems such as GPT-3 and ChatGPT replicate human knowledge. Yet, understand nothing. Noting the astonishing outputs resulting from more or less auto-completing large blocks of text, Mark cautions against being taken in by LLM's disarming façade.Mark then explains the basis of the Chinese Room thought experiment and the hotly debated conclusion that computation does not lead to semantic understanding. Kimberly and Mark discuss the nature of learning through the eyes of a child and whether computational systems can ever be conscious. Mark describes the phenomenal experience of understanding (aka what it feels likes). And how non-computational theories of mind may influence AI development. Finally, Mark reflects on whether AI will be good for the few or the many.Professor J Mark Bishop is the Professor of Cognitive Computing (Emeritus) at Goldsmith College, University of London and Scientific Advisor to FACT360.A transcript of this episode is here. 

Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers. Each episode the pair will talk all things murder and macabre and have a right laugh doing it.  Episode 97 has a few parts and takes a look at Charles Manson and The Manson Family. Part 4 is by far the most brutal episode as Rachel and Kiri go through the murders committed by the family. This episode is extra special too as it comes from "The Chinese Room". Just a heads up, Kiri does yelp at the end out of genuine fear so mentally prepare for that. 

This video is demonetised on music copyright so we would appreciate support on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/mlst We would also appreciate it if you rated us on your podcast platform. YT: https://youtu.be/_KVAzAzO5HU Panel: Dr. Tim Scarfe, Dr. Keith Duggar Guests: Prof. J. Mark Bishop, Francois Chollet, Prof. David Chalmers, Dr. Joscha Bach, Prof. Karl Friston, Alexander Mattick, Sam Roffey The Chinese Room Argument was first proposed by philosopher John Searle in 1980. It is an argument against the possibility of artificial intelligence (AI) – that is, the idea that a machine could ever be truly intelligent, as opposed to just imitating intelligence. The argument goes like this: Imagine a room in which a person sits at a desk, with a book of rules in front of them. This person does not understand Chinese. Someone outside the room passes a piece of paper through a slot in the door. On this paper is a Chinese character. The person in the room consults the book of rules and, following these rules, writes down another Chinese character and passes it back out through the slot. To someone outside the room, it appears that the person in the room is engaging in a conversation in Chinese. In reality, they have no idea what they are doing – they are just following the rules in the book. The Chinese Room Argument is an argument against the idea that a machine could ever be truly intelligent. It is based on the idea that intelligence requires understanding, and that following rules is not the same as understanding. in this detailed investigation into the Chinese Room, Consciousness and Syntax vs Semantics, we interview luminaries J.Mark Bishop and Francois Chollet and use unreleased footage from our interviews with David Chalmers, Joscha Bach and Karl Friston. We also cover material from Walid Saba and interview Alex Mattick from Yannic's Discord. This is probably my favourite ever episode of MLST. I hope you enjoy it! With Keith Duggar. Note that we are using clips from our unreleased interviews from David Chalmers and Joscha Bach -- we will release those shows properly in the coming weeks. We apologise for delay releasing our backlog, we have been busy building a startup company in the background. TOC: [00:00:00] Kick off [00:00:46] Searle [00:05:09] Bishop introduces CRA [00:00:00] Stevan Hardad take on CRA [00:14:03] Francois Chollet dissects CRA [00:34:16] Chalmers on consciousness [00:36:27] Joscha Bach on consciousness [00:42:01] Bishop introduction [00:51:51] Karl Friston on consciousness [00:55:19] Bishop on consciousness and comments on Chalmers [01:21:37] Private language games (including clip with Sam Roffey) [01:27:27] Dr. Walid Saba on the chinese room (gofai/systematicity take) [00:34:36] Bishop: on agency / teleology [01:36:38] Bishop: back to CRA [01:40:53] Noam Chomsky on mysteries [01:45:56] Eric Curiel on math does not represent [01:48:14] Alexander Mattick on syntax vs semantics Thanks to: Mark MC on Discord for stimulating conversation, Alexander Mattick, Dr. Keith Duggar, Sam Roffey. Sam's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRNMsglFYFwNsnOWIOgt1Q

What does "the ghost in the machine" mean? From philosophy to artificial intelligence, we explore this idiom to understand what it means, how it's used and if the dream of strong AI is realistic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Filmmaker Kogonada adapts a heady sci-fi story written by Alexander Weinstein into a thoughtful, melancholic piece about the nature of existence, artificial intelligence, and the ethics of personhood. In episode 241, Luke & James consider the “Chinese Room thought experiment,” debate Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, the power of immigrants being able to name themselves, the opening credit dance, depression in a relative utopia, Colin Farrell's lack of emotion, the difference between written and video essays, and the value of historical preservation vs. violating privacy. They end by casting their votes on which was better: the short story or the movie! References Reckoning 6 (contains Luke Elliott's short story “What Good is a Sad Backhoe”) Unnamed by Monte Lin Ink to Film Buy Children of the New World or any of the other source materials at Ink to Film's bookshop: www.bookshop.org/shop/inktofilm Ink to Film's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram (@inktofilm) Home Base: inktofilm.com Intro/outro music: “No Winners” by Ross Bugden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qk-vZ1qicI Luke Elliott Website: www.lukeelliottauthor.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/luminousluke IG: https://www.instagram.com/lpelliott/ James Bailey Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jame_Bail