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Episode 478 – We Need To Talk About AI

Episode 478 – We Need To Talk About AI

Newspapers are printing summer reading lists of AI-hallucinated books. Apple “Intelligence” is making up fake BBC headlines. People are losing their minds as ChatGPT calls them “spiral starchildren” and “river walkers.” Join James in this week’s edition of The Corbett Report for a sobering look at the latest in AI nonsense.

Bitcoin $100,000: What Does It Mean?

Bitcoin $100,000: What Does It Mean?

Now that bitcoin has passed the $100,000 mark, let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work answering the question everyone is asking: what the hell is going on with bitcoin?

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New Year Open Thread (2024)

New Year Open Thread (2024)

Happy New Year, everyone. Thanks for the emails guys, but yes, my part of Japan is fine. I'll be back posting again in the coming week. In the meantime, Corbett Report members are invited to log in and post news, information, thoughts, ideas, solutions and whatever...

Reportage: Adventures in the New Media

Reportage: Adventures in the New Media

Could it be? Is it really true? Let me check . . . . . . Yes, there are the decorations in all of the stores. There are the trinkets and doodads festooning the local mecca of commerce, inviting credulous consumers to spend their hard-earned yen on cheap, slave-made...

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

Have you ever seen a news story about something you yourself have gone through? Or read a magazine article about a subject you happen to be familiar with? If so, then you've likely experienced what most people have felt in that situation: anger and bemusement. "How...

The REAL Dangers of the Chatbot Takeover

It's official: the chatpocalypse is upon us! Just ask our <sarc>friends</sarc> over at The New York Times: "A Conversation With Bing's Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled" Or consult the <sarc>experts</sarc> over at digitaltrends: "'I want to be...

February Open Thread (2023)

It's February, so it's time for the monthly open thread. As usual, Corbett Report members are invited to log in and engage in discussion in the comments below. Also, I'm posting this month's subscriber video here. For those who don't know, the subscriber video is a...

The Future of Food (Is Ours to Decide)

From GMOs and lab-grown meat to the "Eat Ze Bugs" agenda and molecular gastronomy, readers of What is the Future of Food? will know that the global cabal is busy cooking up nefarious plans for reengineering our food supply. And, as readers of Who Is Behind the Great...

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