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Concerned about the impact we humans are having on them? Then charge up those AirPods - or Bluetooth headset - and get ready for The Animal Guide for Curious Humans. Creator and host Maureen Armstrong brings animal lovers, wildlife experts and decision makers together to discuss the habits and behaviours of animals—including us—and ways we can live together harmoniously in light of ever-increasing population, resource and climate pressures. The Animal Guide for Curious Humans will educate yo ...
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Today we are focussing on one of most intelligent, socially complex, and inspiring animals on the planet; elephants. While being indigenous to just two continents Africa and Asia, elephants are easily one of the most recognizable mammals on earth. While mainly living in the wild, for millennia humans have captured elephants for use as labor, for wa…
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Today we will be exploring some interesting studies relating to the welfare of farmed animals. As we have discussed before, billions of farmed animals around the world endure significant suffering and inhumane treatment to feed humans, largely in industrial farming. And yet, like other animals, cows, pigs and chickens, are sentient with clearly doc…
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When you think about medicine and animals, what comes to mind? For a lot of us, we first think of animal testing; clinical trials, lab mice, etc. But we don’t tend to think so much about the ingredients in our medicines and what animals they come from. Many common drugs and medicines like blood thinners, treatments for menopause and even vaccines c…
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Happy July everyone! Our guest today is Dr. Heather Bacon, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Heather has worked internationally on veterinary education and animal welfare projects for over 15 years. Her experience with and interest in animal welfare issues is so extensive it was…
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Today we are exploring the world of domestic cat behaviour. Chances are either you have a cat in your family or you know someone who does. There are around 400 million cats in households around the globe. We humans have long had a fascination with these beautiful creatures dating back to ancient Egypt. It is estimated that cats have been domestic p…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on YouTube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Today's Image Prompt: I think we need to talk about what…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Today's Image Prompt: Landmarks of the world, misspelled…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Today's Image Prompt: Wasn't the dogfight I was looking …
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - Today's Image Prompt: "people stare at volcano --ar 21:9 --niji 5" https://twitter.com/iamneubert/status/1662582366424948749 Today's Links: The End of Humanity (Corrections Dept.) https://time.com…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - Today's Image Prompt: "Batman, Joker, and other DC characters as Hippies https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/13qntoe/batman_joker_and_other_dc_characters_as_hippies/ Today's Links: AI Is …
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - Today's Image Prompt: "Clothing line inspired by tectonic plates." "I don’t want to give all of my secrets but I find the trick is to really think of words that have good reference for visuals bas…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7069266705834758144 Today's Image Prompt: "Canon photo of the ___________ after the apocalypse, abandoned, bombed, collapsed, dilapidated, over…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7067893540957081601 Today's Image Prompt: “Without question, the stupidest looking animal in the universe” https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7067542942550224896 Today's Links: Microsoft will ID its AI art with a hidden watermark https://www.pcworld.com/article/1923811?utm_source=tldr…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7067170629992488961 Today's Links: Built-in ChatGPT-driven Copilot will transform Windows 11 starting in June https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2…
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Tune in for your daily AI check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com. Today's Slides - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7066820396397813762 Today's Links: Medical AI's weaponization https://www.axios.com/2023/05/22/medical-ai-weaponization-artificial-intelligence…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! See the slides! - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7066455197656436736 Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com and Mackenzie Bowes from https://gptboss.com on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! See the slides! - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7065356068960268290 Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkerpelman…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Adam Kerpelman and Mackenzie Bowes on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkerpelman/ Mackenzie: https://www.linkedin…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Ramsay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/ A…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Ramsay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/ A…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Ramsay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/ A…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman from https://usemissionccontrol.com on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Ramsay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/ A…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Mackenzie Bowes and Adam Kerpelman on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Subscribe on Youtube for the uncut chat: https://www.youtube.com/@UseMissionControl/streams Ramsay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/ Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/…
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Today, we are talking about the impact of non-native and invasive wildlife when they are introduced into an environment. What effect can they have on native wildlife and the ecosystem on which they rely. Today’s guest is Paul Evans, a Science Writer and Outreach Coordinator at Croc Docs, a University of Florida team of biologists, ecological modele…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Today's Links: GPTBoss: https://gptboss.com Sleepy Labour Day https://www.instagram.com/cirquedukitsch/ Google and OpenAI will lose the AI arms race to open-source engineers, …
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Subscribe to the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Today's Links: GPTBoss https://gptboss.com Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr taking a selfie https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/1362zr6/barack_obama_and_martin_…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! More of the podcast: https://acceleratedaily.transistor.fm/ Today's Links: Prepare for the AI revolution https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/01/opinion/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-tech-technology/ Samsung Bans Staff’s AI Use After Sp…
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Tune in for your daily check in with Ramsay Brown and Adam Kerpelman on the last 24 hours in AI Acceleration! Today's Links ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html IBM to pause hiring in plan to replace 7,800 jobs with AI - Bloomberg N…
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Today we are exploring the healing power of connecting with animals. You have probably heard of programs in hospitals and nursing homes where animals, typically dogs, are brought in to interact with patients. The human-animal engagement has been found to be highly beneficial for many people and can help combat depression, anxiety and loneliness. Do…
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Today’s guest is Patti Ragan, founder and president of the Center for Great Apes in southcentral Florida. The Center is a sanctuary for orangutans and chimpanzees, many of whom were in the entertainment industry. Others were personal pets or research subjects. It is currently home to 27 orangutans and 42 chimpanzees and is the only accredited sanct…
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We know a great deal about cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) thanks to the remarkable work of scientists all over the world. They have been studied in their natural habitat as well as in captivity. As a result, scientists have identified the significant adverse consequences cetaceans experience in captivity in aquariums and other facilitie…
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How do we know when an animal is experiencing acute pain? As it turns out, for at least some animals like felines, a good indicator of their experience of pain can be seen in their faces. As we humans wince or grimace when we experience pain, so do cats. Our guest today is Dr. Paulo Steagall. Dr. Steagall and a team of researchers working at his la…
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How can we tell if an animal is truly well and has quality of life? The five domains model of animal welfare is designed to help scientists, veterinarians, animal caregivers in zoos and others evaluate and monitor the welfare of animals. But the model is also useful for us in our daily lives as we make decisions that affect the non-human animal kin…
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Monkeys are smart, sophisticated autonomous beings born to be wild and live in communities with their own kind. They aren’t meant to be pets or entertainers. Yet there are so many among us far from their natural habitat mainly due to the exotic pet trade and unregulated zoos. Others are acquired as subjects for scientific research and discarded aft…
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If you had to guess, how many mountain gorillas do you think remain in the wild today? For context, there are 7.9 billion humans in the world. How many mountain gorillas do you think there are? The answer: just 1,063. Until recently, there were a critically endangered species. Thanks in large part to today’s guest and her organization, the populati…
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It is estimated that around 65 billion broiler chickens are consumed by humans every year. Yet, how much do we really know about them? Today’s guest is doing fascinating and important research in animal behaviour, particularly chickens. Dr. Oluwaseun Sera Iyasere is a specialist in Animal Behaviour and Welfare and a Senior Lecturer in the Departmen…
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On today’s episode, we are taking a look at wild cats who have found themselves in human hands. Lions, tigers, lynx, servals, and other species of wild cats can be targets for profiteers running roadside petting zoos or who are filling a demand for exotic pets. These extraordinary creatures might be bred for their cubs to create a photo opportunity…
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Today’s episode is a brief one to touch base on some current news items and to tell you about some of the great episodes we have coming up. We start with the recent heartbreaking story from Dallas, Texas where a little two year old boy was mauled by a coyote while on the front porch of his home. My thoughts and prayers go out to this little boy and…
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Why is anyone still wearing fur despite the decades of protests against this practice? Unless you live in a remote community in which fur is used in the context of living responsibly off the land and as part of your culture, you don't need it for warmth. If you're wearing fur, the reason is vanity. In this episode of The Animal Guide For Curious Hu…
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More and more consumers are animal lovers, and their love of animals extends to what they buy. So more consumers are making purchasing decisions based on whether products are tested on animals. Many manufacturers have embraced cruelty free as part of their corporate culture. Others just print phrases like “Against animal testing” on their products.…
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What are animals exactly? Are they just things? Are they property? Can they be persons even though they aren’t people? We share background on an important legal case on the question of whether an elephant is, in legal terms, a person for the purpose of accessing certain legal rights. This case raises so many important issues regarding the human/non…
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In this episode of The Animal Guide we explore the systems used to put aquatic life on our plates, and how we can improve the lives of aquatic animals. Our guest is Catalina Lopez from the Aquatic Life Institute. She is the Director of the Aquatic Animal Alliance (AAA), a coalition of organizations working around the globe to reduce the suffering o…
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In the newest episode of The Animal Guide podcast show, we discuss one of the world’s most popular pets - dogs. Our guest is dog trainer Helen Prinold from the Canadian Association of Professional Dog Trainers. Helen has a Masters degree in Animal Behaviour, is CPDT-KA certified (Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed), a CDBC (Certi…
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