Long-time listener Joe Diamond writes in and asks about his EPK–electronic press kit. What works and what improvements can you make when presenting yourself in a freeform brochure of your own design? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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What is the first plant we should grow on Mars? And the second? Did older civilizations leave us warnings about natural and environmental disaster? The Zoo Crew have to investigate and finger an animal in a 911 call curiosity. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Concrete: what do you know about it! A new material that could be an AI tech breakthrough. Starlink modems “hacked.” Space bubbles!!! What if Google or Amazon went down? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
After Things is taking the week off! We’ll be After next time!
Bryce reports in on how his marbles project is doing after having launched a Patreon. What levels is it setup in and how could he expand what he offers to supporters without compromising the show? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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Confusion in print: can an artificial intelligence hold a patent? Stories from using the DALL-E system and prompts that create interesting images. Some of the precarious parts of AI media generation. One man responsible for two VERY weird things. Shut up! A lovefest for Jeff McBride. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Andrew shares the story of Simon Coronel, who took won the FISM Grand Prix Close-up, the top-level international competition for magic. How does your journey affect your goal and how can you keep your eyes on that goal? What is your label and does your label meet your goal? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Justin’s back from the European Weird League. Let’s have a movie night–what snacks do we need? How big of a snake would you live next to? Birds! Where are they and how do we protect crops from them? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
How do you get an opportunity in a time of high convenience and tech? To get started, who has to tell you yes? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Stone-cold philosophy is blowing up! We have new information on “Bionic speed reading.” Conflicts online and having empathy. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
We talk about the first images released from the James Webb Space Telescope and some of the oddities you might have missed. Researchers think they’ve found a new mammal that farms, but the jury’s still out. 20 questions: why is a man suing Bass Pro Shops? Rounded out with some interesting DALL-E ideas: what does DALL-E think a Tesla vacuum or fridge would look like? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
LINK: Mike Hassaballa “DALL·E 2 Imagines Tesla Household Products” https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/dall-e-2-imagines-tesla-household-products-df2fae7254df
Brian held his first class on being a creative and story-telling. How did it go? How much confidence does he have for it? What goals did he hit and what’s next? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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Videogames in 1D and 4D: they’re here! The fourth-dimension doesn’t have to be time, it can be an intersection of 3D and 2D spaces. What about simple 3D image generation? Cool DALL-E conversations from people who have the future of wish-granting powers. How can artificial intelligence like DALL-E 2 go from a superb toy to a revolutionary part of our lives? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
How do you keep track of reminders? Email, notes, whiteboards, what works for us? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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We need to think big. Starship will be big and they’ve got a big build bill. Hotels in space: good idea or bad? Where does space tourism sit in the economic model of space? Can we see more from space by looking directly into our sun? Probably! Artificial intelligence and fusion and automation could open up a door to new human lifestyle breakthroughs in this decade. Voyager I and II will power down as soon as 2025. What are we most looking forward to in space-exploration? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
We’re back and we are imagining training artificial intelligence to create dynamic media that can be rewritten, recut, and A/B tested in realtime. What would a post-scarcity world look like post-tech-singularity? A future where real-time media modification could be automatic–that’s coming from a world where animatronics can do human-sized stunts on a theme park schedule. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
We go up and up in SpaceX’s Starbase rocket facility, which the FAA has approved for rocket launches (given a few dozen changes). A bet is made! Will a fully-reusable rocket launch twice within this calendar year? Would you take $2,000 to leave your house for about 30 days (some details apply)? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
