{"id":2079,"date":"2017-04-08T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2017-04-07T07:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T19:11:04","slug":"episode-eighty-nine-the-rampant-a-i-was-surprisingly-helpful-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2017\/04\/episode-eighty-nine-the-rampant-a-i-was-surprisingly-helpful-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Eighty Nine &#8211; The Rampant A.I. Was Surprisingly Helpful"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1414\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2079-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2079-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/89-Rampant-AI.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lushly forested ark cruises\u00a0between stars, collecting waifs and strays. \u00a0What are the motivations of the statue-like guardians, and what is visible though the cracks in the walls?<\/p>\n<p>An interstellar gold-rush spurs travelers to distant stars, but the extinction of the human race makes them the rarer commodity mid-transit.<\/p>\n<p>A world where the boundaries of genre are so thin, the heroes pursue their opponents from paradigm to\u00a0paradigm seeking to leverage their laws to their advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly roleplayers of the future raise up against their overly conciliatory robotic caretakers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_intelligence\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quantum_foam\">Quantum Foam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attitude_(heraldry)#Rampant\">Heraldic Rampant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Movie &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1355644\/\">Passengers(2016)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4159076\/\">Dark Matter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211;\u00a0Doctor Who episode with an oxygen forest; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flesh_and_Stone\">Flesh and Stone<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1286039\/\">SGU: Stargate Universe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hull_Zero_Three\">Hull Zero Three<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Bear\">Greg Bear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072564\/\">Space 1999<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep\">A Fire Upon the Deep<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vernor_Vinge\">Vernor Vinge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=395\">Episode Fifteen \u2013 Space-Wreck Exploration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/space\/deep-space\/a10885\/the-shkadov-thruster-or-how-to-move-an-entire-solar-system-17000392\/\">The Shkadov Thruster, or: How to Move an Entire Solar System<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oort_cloud\">Oort Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portmeirion\">Portmeirion<\/a> as seen in TV&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Prisoner\">The Prisoner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RPG &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twilight_2000\">Twilight 2000<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RPG &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/category\/products\/trail-of-cthulhu\/\">Trail of Cthulhu<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/category\/products\/timewatch\/\">Timewatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2070791\/\">Revolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3865236\/\">Into the Badlands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/phillipmann.co.nz\/books\/a-land-fit-for-heroes-1-escape-to-the-wild-wood\/\">A Land Fit for Heroes<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phillip_Mann\">Phillip Mann<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RPG &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/theonyxpath.com\/category\/worlds\/exalted\/\">Exalted<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luxor_Las_Vegas\">Luxor Las Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Dynamics &#8220;Nightmare-inducing&#8221; new robot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c\">&#8216;Handle&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cliff Richard &#8211; &#8220;Wired for Sound&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V57eqtN2K7E<\/p>\n<p>The AI Stop Button<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AI &quot;Stop Button&quot; Problem - Computerphile\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3TYT1QfdfsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Boardgame &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RoboRally\">RoboRally<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post-scarcity_economy\">Post-scarcity Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0098945\/\">Waiting for God<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0069602\/\">Last of the Summer Wine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Movie &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088933\/\">Cocoon (1985)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35175.Codgerspace\">Codgerspace<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alandeanfoster.com\/\">Alan Dean Foster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fallen_Angels_(science_fiction_novel)\">Fallen Angels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aylesbury\">Aylesbury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eFmuO6xJ36g\">The Mistake Guy from Scrubs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mistaaaaaaaaaaaake!\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eFmuO6xJ36g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Weirdly Pronounced Advert&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s Twilight Sparkle&#039;s Balloon\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rbBbV_zP1d8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>..weaponised into mind-breaking dub-step.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/m7r9xd13uZg?t=52s<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Figwit\">FIGWIT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Diamond_Age\">The Diamond Age<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neal_Stephenson\">Neal Stephenson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Two Ronnies<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Goodnight From Me and Goodnight From Him\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1CU5UPi7STk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Statue of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronnie_Barker\">Ronnie Barker<\/a> outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aylesbury\">Aylesbury<\/a> Waterside Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/89-RonnieBarker.jpg\" alt=\"statue of Ronnie Barker in Aylesbury\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1416\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2079-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2079-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-89-RampantAI.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS A lushly forested ark cruises\u00a0between stars, collecting waifs and strays. \u00a0What are the motivations of the statue-like guardians, and what is visible though the cracks in the walls? 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