So I say "Terminator or biogas" and he says "what about basilisk" so that's a great way to end the night

"AI is like a child who is utterly convinced that their dad could beat up your dad."

AI is an old white man. I said what I said.

Look. This talk is brilliant. But it's not linear, so it's hard to live share. So I'm putting this down and just going along for the ride.

If you've been following this page for a bit, you'll know that I always enjoy the third talk of the night more drunkenly

"I'm studying AI so I try to use it as much as I can, even though I hate it."

Audience is torn. I am delighted.

When you sign in Cree, it's a different language. You don't use words, but the sounds have meanings.

How's an AI going to figure that out? (Is I believe what is the point of this)

"I don't want to be out on a list because I, you know, study the fascists"

AI: can the Terminator just kill us now

Kidding that's not his talk.

But I wish it was.

Up last: Nathan LaMarche is up last!

He made the joke and I didn't get it

Hmm later probes were shown as female. Super weird but cool I guess

Ross just asked me how many Hanson brothers there are and told me he's going to make a joke. I'm concerned.

And that killed anthropomorphism.

In the 1970s, the USSR realized it couldn't compete with the Apollo program, and said "fuck it let's make space stations instead"

Journalists, propagandists, artists, all worked on making Soviet advances in robotics and space technology something the average comrade could appreciate and be proud of.

a group of people are singing in a classroom with the words we went to the moon in 1969 not 1970 but a year sooner ALT: a group of people are singing in a classroom with the words we went to the moon in 1969 not 1970 but a year sooner

Raise your hands if the only reason you remember when the USA moon landing happened was Even Stevens

"boom" was in poor taste as I realized a moment later when. Mackenzie discussed the Soyez-1 tragedy.

Then the USSR started to struggle in life and in their space program, and guess what. Boom. Return of anthropomorphism.

Once they actually started sending humans into space--cosmonauts--they didn't need to anthropomorphise the machines so much.

USSR launched the first woman into space in 1963.

They used their propaganda to make their probes seem cool while dropping sick burns on American probes (shown here snoozing)

a man wearing a potato costume and a strainer on his head . ALT: a man wearing a potato costume and a strainer on his head .

Maybe like this

Soviet space program babay

Making the machines relatable was effective in creating support for science and technology.

For example, this soviet satellite making its way downtown

Anyway. Journalists used a lot of personification/anthropomorphism to make scientific advances more accessible for the public.

Sorry I got distracted