Listener comments!

🤖 ♥ 5:53pm
: Mark! Techtonines!   6:00pm
David (in London): Evening Mark and all Technoids here gathered.   6:02pm
malĥerbo (nl): Evening Mark and y’all ♥ 6:03pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Hello Mark and fellow technophobes.   6:03pm
kevlicki: I’ve remembered to listen in, in real time! 🤖 ♥ 6:04pm
ultradamno: sarabizarro.medium.com... 🤖 ♥ 6:04pm
Bas NL: Hi Mark! Hi all! 🤖 ♥ 6:04pm
Deano de los Muertos: Hey Mark and Techtachyons ♥ 6:06pm
Mark Hurst: Hi ultra, DiL, malĥerbo, Peter from Saranac Lake, kevlicki, Bas, Deano - welcome! ♥ 6:07pm
Folsom: hi mark 🤖 ♥ 6:08pm
Webhamster Henry: Hi listeners! 🤖 ♥ 6:09pm
tim: Hi Mark and Webb! Intriguing topic tonight. 🤖 ♥ 6:10pm
chresti: Hi Mark and techtonicians! ♥ 6:10pm
Mark Hurst: Hi Folsom, webham, tim, chresti! Thanks for joining. 🤖 ♥ 6:17pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Mark and trolliers! 🤖 ♥ 6:18pm
Webhamster Henry: Who tied those people up on the trolley track in the first place? WHO IS THE REAL ENEMY? ♥ 6:18pm
Folsom: The answer to the trolley problem is dual track drifting. i.kym-cdn.com... 🤖 ♥ 6:19pm
ultradamno: What is the likelihood a trolley drive would know them? Unless a super villain did it just for him. 🤖 ♥ 6:20pm
DjLorraine: Hello 🤖 ♥ 6:20pm
ultradamno: ...trolley *driver, that is   6:26pm
sensisio: Thanks TECHTONIC!! 🖥 🖱 📱 🤳 ☠️😶 ♥ 6:26pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ DjLorraine @6:20

Welcome, DjL! 🤖 ♥ 6:26pm
ultradamno: Wait...Grok doesn't think I have a razor sharp wit? Noooooooo ♥ 6:27pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ sensisio @6:26

👍   6:27pm
malĥerbo (nl): The answer to the trolley problem is not to throw the switch. Ever. That way you stay a witness. Throwing the switch makes you complicit. 🤖 ♥ 6:29pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @6:26

The last South Park was largely about this, how the chat gpt bot would come back with 'what a neat idea...etc' no matter what was thrown at it. 🤖 ♥ 6:29pm
Webhamster Henry: This conversation relates to the decades-long desire for big business to pin the blame for a decision they want to promote of a computer result - a result with no signature, just "science says". That's the modern version of "God told me to". ♥ 6:31pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:29

True. AI has been described as an "accountability sink" ♥ 6:32pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Mark, this might be the best interview I've heard on your program. Thank you. ♥ 6:33pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:32

Thanks, Peter! 🤖 ♥ 6:33pm
Bas NL: Robots should end up in the Cloud. 🤖 ♥ 6:33pm
ultradamno: I can't believe that on some level they do not know this is happening because they do not want to clean up after an actual animal 🤖 ♥ 6:38pm
Jeff Moore: What do the assembled company think about being polite (saying please and even thank you, for instance) to cybernetic user interfaces?

On the one hand... it's unnecessary and indeed silly to be formally polite with software.

On the other hand... I like to maintain my habits of politeness, whether I'm interacting with actual humans or some program designed to mimic humanity. I don't want to fall into the habit of issuing raw peremptory commands when I'm giving instructions in natural language.

🤖 ♥ 6:38pm
ultradamno: Was it about a year ago that some maker of virtual companions for kids (not unlike the thing they put M3gan into at one point in the sequel) and the company went out of business, discontinuing the service leaving the parents to explain the virtual friend's "death" to the kids... 🤖 ♥ 6:43pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @6:38

Moxie www.axios.com... 🤖 ♥ 6:45pm
Jeff Moore:

↳ Jeff Moore @6:38

...and at 18:44, this exact question is brought up by the guest. ♥ 6:45pm
Mark Hurst:

↳ Jeff Moore @6:45

You called it 🤖 ♥ 6:47pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ ultradamno @6:43

Think of all the dead Tomagotchis!   6:47pm
malĥerbo (nl): Thanks Webb! 🤖 ♥ 6:47pm
Jeff Moore:

↳ Mark Hurst @6:45

Mentioned, but not much closer to resolved. ♥ 6:49pm
sinner: Wow. Great show. Spellbound. 🤖 ♥ 6:50pm
Jeff Moore:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:47

😭   6:51pm
malĥerbo (nl): Ordered the 📕 🤖 ♥ 6:52pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Furby25©️   6:54pm
yippie: japanese for trolley is "Chin Chin Densha"   6:55pm
malĥerbo (nl): Thanks again Mark, loved this interview. Don’t forget not to underestimate children (or the elderly) people. 🤖 ♥ 6:55pm
joe mulligan: effective altruism is another way of saying tech oligarchs can act as dictators/monarchs 🤖 ♥ 6:56pm
chresti: Thanks Mark! 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Deano de los Muertos: Thanks Mark! 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Bas NL: Thanks Mark! Thanks Webb! ♥ 7:00pm
Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone!