TechStuff

A Google engineer was suspended after sharing a document suggesting that Google's LaMDA conversation model may be sentient. But if a machine was sentient, how could we tell? What does the Turing Test ...

13 Jun 202247min

What are Stingrays and how are they used in surveillance? Jonathan brings in the guys from Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10 Jun 20221h

The committee investigating the January 6th insurrection reportedly wants Twitter to hand over more internal communications about what folks in the company knew about the planned event. Tesla is facin...

9 Jun 202229min

The word algorithm pops up a lot in tech discussions, but what the heck is an algorithm? From learning about an Arabic genius to discovering a way to figure out what day of the week falls on any given...

8 Jun 202249min

We get an update on Elon Musk and his quest to own or walk away from Twitter. We also learn what Apple unveiled at WWDC 2022. And we hear about an AI-piloted ship crossing the Atlantic.See omnystudio....

7 Jun 202217min

Why is it so hard to define concepts like artificial intelligence and machine learning? What do those even mean? And how does it work? We take a very high level look at AI and machine learning. See o...

6 Jun 202250min

What did the teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge have to do? Who won? And what does this mean for the future of robotics?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3 Jun 202237min

Apple is facing pressure from regulatory agencies around the world to allow developers to use payment systems outside of Apple's own. You could say the battle with Epic is where that got started. See ...

2 Jun 202250min