The Skeptics Guide #925

1

Introduction

00:00 • 3min

2

The Importance of Fashion and Dress in a Different Subculture

02:44 • 2min

3

The Importance of Conformity in the Corporate World

04:27 • 2min

4

The First Time I Traveled With Nothing

06:01 • 2min

5

Google's Lambda Is Sensient

07:34 • 2min

6

The Energy Battery, a Double as Powerful Battery

09:16 • 2min

7

The History of the Woolly Mammoth Meatball

11:02 • 3min

8

The Future of Myoglobin

13:46 • 2min

9

The Future of Lab-Grown Meat

15:41 • 3min

10

What Is a Blitzar?

19:01 • 5min

11

The No-Hair Theorem for Black Holes

24:22 • 3min

12

The Evolution of Genetic Modification Technologies

27:05 • 2min

13

Transgenic Bioengineering: The Future of Genetic Engineering

29:18 • 2min

14

How to Pick Up Sound by Interpreting Micro Movements in an Object Near the Audio Source

31:26 • 2min

15

Who's That? Noisy

33:01 • 2min

16

The S.G.U.'s New Noise

34:32 • 2min

17

The SGU Conference: Socializing and Interacting

36:48 • 2min

18

Pseudoscience in Therapy: A Skeptical Field Guide

38:21 • 2min

19

The Skeptics Guide to AI Software Lambda

40:17 • 1min

20

The Effects of Emotional Manipulation on Mind Systems

41:45 • 3min

21

Google's Response to Safety Testing

44:22 • 2min

22

Lambda: A Language Model for Dialogue Applications

46:12 • 2min

23

How Lambda Trains GPT-3 and GPT-4?

47:58 • 2min

24

The Difference Between Training and Training

49:42 • 2min

25

The Black Box Concept of AI Systems

51:16 • 3min

26

Lambda's Sentience

53:53 • 2min

27

The Effect of Language Modeling on Anxiety

55:53 • 2min

28

The Role of Sensation in Anxiety

57:28 • 2min

29

The Solipsism Argument for Sensitivity

59:01 • 2min

30

The Neuroscience of Sensation

01:00:41 • 3min

31

Occam's Razor and Logic

01:03:32 • 2min

32

The Human Brain Functions Differently Than Lambda

01:05:12 • 2min

33

The Evolution of Nerve Cell Networks

01:07:02 • 2min

34

The Effect of Training on the Brain

01:08:41 • 2min

35

The Torn Type Test and the Future of AI

01:10:19 • 2min

36

The P Zombie Problem

01:12:09 • 2min

37

The Importance of Sentence in Intelligence

01:13:46 • 2min

38

The Imposter Syndrome

01:15:44 • 2min

39

The Importance of Emotional Control

01:17:24 • 2min

40

Lambda and the Human Brain

01:19:50 • 2min

41

Lambda: A Language Model

01:21:28 • 2min

42

The Neuroscientific Definition of Consciousness

01:23:03 • 2min

43

The Importance of Consciousness

01:24:57 • 2min

44

The Limits of Consciousness

01:26:29 • 2min

45

Would You Have Sex With a Robot?

01:28:29 • 2min

46

The Evolution of Sentience

01:30:07 • 2min

47

The Dystopia of Artificial Intelligence

01:31:40 • 2min

48

The Science News Items of the Week

01:33:16 • 2min

49

The Importance of Nano Diamond and Quantum Sensors

01:35:02 • 2min

50

Nano Diamond Quantum Sensing

01:37:04 • 2min

51

The Negative Effects of Stress on Plants

01:38:41 • 2min

52

The Distribution of Biomass on Earth

01:40:21 • 2min

53

The Uncertainty of Estimating the Biomass of Bigger Things

01:42:24 • 2min

54

The Complexity of the World

01:43:57 • 3min

The Skeptics Guide #925 - Apr 1 2023