e467 — Total Recall

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Published 27 May 2024

Michael R and Andy get together to talk through this week’s articles. In this episode, the team talks about the Daylight DC-1 computer, Welsh and Korean metaverse examples, AI and much more.

The co-hosts start things off with the Daylight DC-1 computer – a tablet that tempted both Andy and Michael to hit the buy button because it is an easy to use, calming e-ink computer that can be used inside and outside. They resist (for now) though may change their minds later on.

Wales and Korea loom large in the metaverse this week – check out the show notes for examples of them.

One of the stories circulating this week deals with the suggestion of using (non-toxic) glue to make cheese stick better to pizza. If you want the original Google searches without additional AI, you can add an additional query parameter to suppress the AI.

Microsoft’s new Recall Feature reminds the team of Rewind, a capability discussed in episodes 391 and 435. Also featured in this episode is an example of how Copilot is working within the context of a Minecraft experience, with the helpful Copilot suggesting what is needed to craft a sword. One can imagine the 2024 version of Zork’s “maximum verbosity” to control the level of help the AI may provide when playing a complex game, adapting to the user’s success or frustration in executing specific tasks.

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Selected Article Links

Calm Tech

Daylight Computer

Boy Genius Report article: Daylight’s new $729 computer ditches blue light for a paper-like display

Metaverse

Cymru Wales Metaverse

GamingPH article: InZoi, a Life-Simulation Game like The Sims, but with a Korean Twist

InZoi

OpenAI & Google

404 Media article: Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for F$$$smith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue

BBC article: Glue pizza and eat rocks: Google AI search errors go viral

UDM14 AI Free Google search

Objective Development’s Little Snitch Version 6

Microsoft AI

Mashable article: Microsoft’s new AI ‘Recall’ feature is like hitting ‘CTRL + H’ on your entire digital life

Rewind.ai

Games at Work e435: Space Junk

Games at Work e391: FAIL Whale

IMDB: Total Recall

Copilot + Minecraft demo

One last thing

phys.org article: Powering wearable devices with high-performing carbon nanotube yarns