55 Future Now - The Elon/OpenAI law suit and the rise of AGI, NASA sonifies entire Galaxy and The Cosmic Hand, Gaian Mind Sensors, Bird-sized Ornithocopter, real-time 3D map of Solar System, Blood test for Dementia, Methylene Blue uses

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Lots happening in the AI universe this week, including Sun’s quite humorous report with examples of Google’s faux paus in the name of woke culture.  EMO by AliBaba is scary-good at taking any source image plus audio and making the image look like they are saying/singing the audio. This can bring to life any decent picture of a person, ressurecting dead friends and relatives, putting words in anyone’s mouth. EMO is not released yet, but should be out in time for fun shenanigans with the upcoming presidential election..We also discuss the law suit between Elon Musk and OpenAI, a big issue when it comes to the public being aware of what’s actually going on with the rise of AGI, Artifician General Intelligence.  Could that holy grail alread exist in the form of Q*, or perhaps even Sora, OpenAI’s formidable entery in the text to video arena? We discuss.  

Some great space news this week, including sonification of several interesting areas of interest in space, and a very cool interactive 3D map of the solar system, including the planets, moons, asteroids, space probes, and many earth satellites, all in real time! In the medical world we are excited to report of a blood test that works for some forms of dementia, such as Altzheimers.  Bobby shares a use of biographical video recording that helped his mother, when she was suffering from dementia, and discusses Methylene Blue, a long time compound that seems to stimulate the brain’s neurons by increasing mitochondrial function.  Enjoy!

NASA scanning The Cosmic Hand, supernova remants 1700 light years away.

43 Future Now Show - Interview with Kathryn Saari on social engineering local politics,Elon Musk/Alex Jones on X on evolution, bacteria improves mental health, microbiome affects moods, Billy Sunshine/Gabrielle Cianfrani check in from Key West, Mystery Origins of elements beyond the Periodic Table,Titantic sunk by fire?, Jimmy Stewart's voice resurrected for story telling!

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Activist Kathryn Saari checks in, reminding us of how important it is to connect directly with our elected Kathryn Saari practicing ‘social engineering’ at Santa Cruz City Councilrepresentatives locally, such as our city council members.  Even though many city councils are now online, including ours in Santa Cruz County, it is much more impactful to actually attend the meetings and engage our representatives in person, especially if you are a beautiful woman.  (I made that last part up). Kathryn also suggests we stay on top of the county’s interest in automotive license plate readers and their potential abuses. 

This week Alex Jones was re-admitted to Twitter, er, X. after a multi-year ban, and Elon speaks to him directly on X Spaces, a truly epic conversation! We have a link and excerpt for you, with some deconstructions of the significance of this group voice chat. 

Also, our regular irregular caller/guests Billy Sunshine and Gabrielle Cianfrani check in from their resort party pad in the Key West,  Florida with their ‘report’ on what’s going on there with them.And if you like Jimmy Stewart you may love or possibly hate his resurrection for narrating a ‘sleep’ story.  We give you a sample that is ‘spookily’ effective.  Was the Titantic sunk by fire as well as ice?  New evidence suggests yes! And other new evidence suggests that our microbiome directly affects our moods.. pass the microbes! ..enjoy!