The State of the Singularity 01

Published: Aug. 15, 2016, 10:18 a.m.

Time stamp and notes:\n\nIntro: Dealing with wet shoes. \n\n1:00 Japanese people can't handle their expectations about Paris. https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/4a3cce/paris_is_too_dirty_for_the_japanese_tokyo_travel/\n\n4:00 VR and AR are on the spectrum of mixed reality. AR will integrate itself into your life with useful things. VR will entertain you immersively.\n\n7:00 The conceptual weaknesses of a perfect implementation of AR.\n\n10:00 Using SLAM (simultaneous localization And Mapping) to get positional tracking in AR.\n\n12:30 Why Google Glass was not an AR device.\n\n16:45 What will be the most ideal external input device for AR devices?\n\n20:15 As of the publishing of this podcast AR has become hotter than VR thanks to Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go is the killer app of AR.\n\n23:00 A stereoscopic webcam view of the world is coming.\n\n24:00 What is a transparent light field display?\n\n27:00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann\nhttp://www.laptopmag.com/articles/exclusive-cyborg-steve-mann-on-alleged-mcdonalds-assault\n\n32:00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifecasting_(video_stream)\n\n33:00 What is the worst thing you can do with VR?\n\n35:00 Will we us VR for mind reprogramming? Will brain washing with VR become more effective?\nhttp://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/\n\n36:00 Can you reach a trans state in VR?\n\n38:00 Will you get withdrawal symptoms from being detached to your technology.\n\n39:00 I did not end up using the Unreal Engine. I was worried the stream would break. \n\n39:30 Machine learning and VR have yet to truly intersect.\n\n42:00 Will the Have's trap the Have not's in a reality of their making?\n\n43:00 The Sword Art Online of VR is coming?\n\n45:00 How will machine learning be applied to VR?\n\n46:00 Exponentially accelerated progress. \n\n49:00 Will renewable energy save us?\n\n50:00 Power has been centralizing over time. One day there will be a drone army that won't need anyones consent to do whatever it wants.\n\n53:00 Self improving machine learning algorithms could get out hand?\n\n56:00 How fast is the future approaching?\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU\n\nhttps://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn?language=en\n\n58:00 Quad copter taxis will be a thing?\n\n1:02:00 What is the promise of AI?\n\n1:07:00 Will AI replace our scientists?\nhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26400902-utopia\n\n1:08:00 http://localroger.com/prime-intellect/mopiidx.html\n\n1:11:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8\n\n1:18:00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe\n\n1:21:40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando\n How do we retain our human identity?\n\n1:22:00 Can we restart civilization in space?\n\n1:24:00 Will AI help us govern?\n\n1:25:00 https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/1501227742\n\n1:27:00 Why we party.\n\n1:27:30 Looking back at Alpha Go.\n\n1:30:00 What factions do you align yourself in Fall Out 4? (spoiler alert)\n\n1:33:00 Can AI develop a desire for self determination?\n\n1:35:00 Meat in the petridish is a moral imperative.\n\n1:36:00 The 21st century is about how to go about having our collective cake and eat it without destroying ourselves and the planet.\n\n1:38:00 There is a larger infinite number of simulations than there are infinite real universes.\n\n1:41:00 Rick Sanchez is our idol.\n\n1:41:45 What would you do with your own clone?\n\n1:46:00 The magic of marketing\n\n1:57:00 There are no Vives in Chinese jail.\n\n2:00:00 Closing thoughts.\n\n\n\nThanks to Noah and Alpay for being true scholars and gentlemen of the metaverse! \n\nFollow up with them with the links below:\n\nhttps://twitter.com/noazark\n\nhttps://twitter.com/alpaykasal\n\n\nStay in touch via twitter @entervr\n\nThanks for listening.\n\nIntro provided by Rick and Morty. Please give the creators of Rick and Morty lots of money.