019 WTFuture - Sun Storms, Future of Freedom, and Silicon Frontiers

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This week you are in for a ride through space, bizarre weather, and cool  tech with the likes of us! We kick things off by unraveling the mystery behind strangely tropical, Hawaiian-like July weather, linking it to intense solar activity, hyperactive sunspots, and massive coronal holes that might even be triggering earthquakes along the Pacific Ring of Fire. From there, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Viking 1 Mars landing, diving deep into the spicy, decades-long scientific drama over whether its infamous labeled release experiment actually discovered alien microbes half a century ago. We use the AI’s to animate  the  “panspermia” theory that humanity’s primordial ancestors might have been blasted off the Red Planet on meteorites and hitched a ride to Earth.

And then it’s back to Earth, where we look at how “monster” AI models—like China’s 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 and smartphone-sized powerhouses like Caltech’s Bonsai 27B—are completely shattering the large data centers via phone sized AI’s.  Bobby explores how immortal billionaire AI avatars will soon run corporations, or if future silicon-based lifeforms will simply view humanity as a “carbon infestation”, as in the first Star Trek movie. Sun explores the Future of Freedom, humans and AI’s in terms of property rights. Toss in a scandalous, legendary anecdote about John McAfee and a creativity conference in Hollywood and you have a must-listen episode that will leave you with some new insights into what’s now with the future and some great links to explore. Enjoy.

Future News - Honoring Men on Moon Big 50, Last 2019 Lunar Eclipse, Amazon satellite network proposed, Billionaire sending artists to the Moon, Libra Goes to Washington D.C.

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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 flight to and landing on the moon, a milestone in human achievement by most anyone’s measure.  Keep an eye on the TV, internet and radio as there are some great documentaries and films out there on the topic, such as Chasing the Moon on PBS. This week is also the last lunar eclipse of the year, and Facebook’s Libra crypto offering comes under the eyes of Congress. Enjoy!