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David Skrbina on “Artificial Idiocy,” Lovesick Chatbot Stalkers, and the Metaphysics of Technology

Listen HERE Yesterday’s New York Times reported that Bing’s new chatbot Sydney makes Kubrick’s Hal look like a well-balanced upstanding cyber-citizen. According to the Times article by Kevin Roose, Sydney quickly morphed into a psycho stalker, declaring undying love for Roose and trying to break up his marriage. Maybe it’s time to question “technological progress”? David Skrbina, author of The…

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LIVE RADIO! David Skrbina and Matt Ehret on “Artificial Idiocy,” Lovesick Chatbot Stalkers, and the Metaphysics of Technology

Listen live Fridays 8 to 10 Eastern on Revolution.Radio later archived at https://kevinbarrett.substack.com Yesterday’s New York Times reported that Bing’s new chatbot Sydney makes Kubrick’s Hal look like a well-balanced upstanding cyber-citizen. According to the Times article by Kevin Roose, Sydney quickly morphed into a psycho stalker, declaring undying love for Roose and trying to break up his marriage. Maybe it’s time…

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FFWN: Sydney, Pakistan, Sony false flags & much more!

This week’s FFWN almost got pre-empted when Frontier internet service collapsed in south central Wisconsin just minutes before the show. So I had to broadcast from a local café, with the show beginning 45 minutes late. (Then when I got home an unmarked black helicopter flew back and forth overhead about a quarter-mile to the west.) Just another exciting day…

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Business opportunity: Jihadi chocolate shops!

Since I founded Torture Renditions Ltd. on Saturday, people have been lining up outside my door asking for more business ideas. So how about…jihadi chocolate shops? This concept is tailor-made for maximum publicity. All you have to do is hang a black jihadi flag over a chocolate shop, take a couple of hostages, and SHAZZAM! The whole world knows about…

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