I don't think very many people want to strap on giant goggles onto their face and see their friends in avatar form in a false space. I feel like VR is kind of a technology that maybe someone will find out what it's for, but I haven't seen anything that clearly shows me what it'sfor. Well, also, I think narratives are often driven by news producers. And if you have a good 3D printed gun story, that's gonna, that's going to take your A block more than your 3D printed aircraft part story.
Once a technology is released into the wild, it doesn’t go back in the bottle. Except in one instance. PJ Vogt is the host of Crypto Island and an eponymous show, Weekly. You may have also heard him on Reply All or This American Life. Ricky Mulvey caught up with him to discuss: - The wild present and future for artificial intelligence - How virtual reality parallels early internet chat rooms - Incentives and tradeoffs in the decarbonization movement - The downfall of Flappy Bird Companies mentioned: META, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, TSLA, NTOIY Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: PJ Vogt Engineer: Tim Sparks
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