The Reality Check

The Reality Check

Canada's weekly podcast that explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities using science and critical thinking.

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Episoder(350)

TRC #680: Annual Predictions: 2024 Edition + Down Syndrome Strength + A Special Message From Pat and Cristina

TRC #680: Annual Predictions: 2024 Edition + Down Syndrome Strength + A Special Message From Pat and Cristina

This year we retire our annual prediction segment with a final look back at how accurate, or rather how innacurate, we were in our predictions of what would happen in 2023. Darren examines the validit...

25 Jan 202437min

TRC #679: A Chat With Author Darren McKee: Uncontrollable

TRC #679: A Chat With Author Darren McKee: Uncontrollable

The crew gets to interview TRC's very own Darren McKee, author of the critically acclaimed book, 'Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World'. We chat ab...

23 Des 202330min

TRC #678: Darren's AI Book is Out!

TRC #678: Darren's AI Book is Out!

Wondering what the heck is going on with AI?  Why are some people so concerned? Darren's new beginner-friendly book Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the ...

26 Nov 20236min

TRC #677: Interview with Yoshua Bengio

TRC #677: Interview with Yoshua Bengio

World-renowned AI expert Yoshua Bengio talks with Darren McKee and Adam Gardner about his long career, why advanced AI could be harmful, and whether open-source of powerful AI models is a risk.

21 Nov 202359min

TRC #676: Phenylephrine Ineffective? + Bees Are Doing Fine

TRC #676: Phenylephrine Ineffective? + Bees Are Doing Fine

Cristina delves into the latest FDA advisory announcement shedding light on the ineffectiveness of phenylephrine, a widely used ingredient in several nasal decongestants. Adam revisits the myriad of n...

23 Okt 202324min

TRC #675: Mashup: The Centrifuge Brain Project + Avril Double + V-Steaming

TRC #675: Mashup: The Centrifuge Brain Project + Avril Double + V-Steaming

It's another mashup where we give you three segments from previous shows. First we revisit Pat's deep dive on a viral video of an amusement park ride. Next Adam takes on an Avril Lavigne conspiracy ...

3 Okt 202330min

TRC #674: How Does AI Image Generation Work? + Why Is A Bug Called A Bug?

TRC #674: How Does AI Image Generation Work? + Why Is A Bug Called A Bug?

Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Dall-e. Darren digs into an explanation of how artificial intelligence generates images and whether or not it is just copying.  Cristina looks at the fascinating history ...

29 Aug 202330min

TRC #673: UFO Whistleblower? + Will We Make Great Pets For An Artificial Super Intelligence?

TRC #673: UFO Whistleblower? + Will We Make Great Pets For An Artificial Super Intelligence?

Adam digs into recent headlines about UFOs and whistleblower David Grusch. Does this give any promising evidence that aliens may be among us? Next Darren ponders how our future AI overlords might tr...

9 Aug 202330min

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