Month: October 2019

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Science In Action - Drought likely to follow India’s floods

India has experienced some of the worse monsoon weather in years, but despite the extreme rainfall climate models suggest a drought may be on the way, with higher than average temperatures predicted for the months following the monsoon season.

We also hear warnings over the state of the world’s aquifers, with water levels in many places already low enough to affect ecosystems.

We examine the consequences of two historic eruptions. How Indonesian volcano Tambora changed global weather and why papyrus scrolls blackened by Italy’s Vesuvius can now be read again.

And from Australia the discovery of a new species of pterosaur in Queensland.

Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Julian Siddle

(Photo: Commuters make their way on a waterlogged road following heavy rainfalls in Patna.Credit:Getty Images)

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You're Wrong About - The O.J. Simpson Trial: Nicole Brown Simpson Part 1

Mike and Sarah begin their epic journey into O.J. Simpson's trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, beginning with the story of Nicole's life with O.J. until their marriage in 1985. This episode contains descriptions of violence and domestic abuse. Like so many of the women we talk about, Nicole deserved better.

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Lex Fridman Podcast - Gary Marcus: Toward a Hybrid of Deep Learning and Symbolic AI

Gary Marcus is a professor emeritus at NYU, founder of Robust.AI and Geometric Intelligence, the latter is a machine learning company acquired by Uber in 2016. He is the author of several books on natural and artificial intelligence, including his new book Rebooting AI: Building Machines We Can Trust. Gary has been a critical voice highlighting the limits of deep learning and discussing the challenges before the AI community that must be solved in order to achieve artificial general intelligence. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on iTunes or support it on Patreon. Here’s the outline with timestamps for this episode (on some players you can click on the timestamp to jump to that point in the episode):

00:00 – Introduction
01:37 – Singularity
05:48 – Physical and psychological knowledge
10:52 – Chess
14:32 – Language vs physical world
17:37 – What does AI look like 100 years from now
21:28 – Flaws of the human mind
25:27 – General intelligence
28:25 – Limits of deep learning
44:41 – Expert systems and symbol manipulation
48:37 – Knowledge representation
52:52 – Increasing compute power
56:27 – How human children learn
57:23 – Innate knowledge and learned knowledge
1:06:43 – Good test of intelligence
1:12:32 – Deep learning and symbol manipulation
1:23:35 – Guitar

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Immunisation shot? The case against Binyamin Netanyahu

Political deadlock in Israel is now inextricably intertwined with a case against the prime minister. An eventual coalition could provide him with immunity, or could seal his political fate. The signature social reform of Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, faces furious opposition—but it might be even more risky for him not to pursue it. And, South Korea’s beauty industry has gone global, even as its biggest cosmetics retailer struggles.
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The Best One Yet - Microsoft’s new “Phonebook”, Chipotle’s anti-breakfast carne asada strategy, and the World Trade Organization’s major decision

Don’t call it a phone — Microsoft just cooked up a 2-part foldable phone that creates a whole new product category (its mojo is back). The World Trade Organization (WTO) just decided on a 15-year trade dispute between Boeing and Airbus that reveals how trade conflicts should go down. And Chipotle’s new-ish CEO makes a bold move during the breakfast wars — focus on dinner and everything the previous CEO wouldn’t do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Adam Schiff’s Inquiry

Adam Schiff was elected to Congress as part of the blowback against House Republicans after the Clinton impeachment saga in the late 1990s. Now he’s at the forefront of another spectacular political scandal enveloping Washington. Schiff, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, has been a leading critic of the Trump administration. But that doesn’t mean he’s losing his cool now that the impeachment inquiry is officially underway. Schiff remains composed, pragmatic, and understated—which might be the best tactic for squaring off against the president.

Guest: Todd Purdum, staff writer at the Atlantic.

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The NewsWorthy - Bernie Hospitalized, Surface Duo & Joker Controversy (+ Talking Podcast Industry) – Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

The news to know for Thursday, October 3rd, 2019!

Today, we're talking about Dems latest warning to the White House, and why Bernie Sanders ended up in the hospital.

Plus: Google privacy, a surprise announcement from Microsoft, a $1 billion donation, and the controversy surrounding Joker.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview about the podcast industry. Paul Colligan shares what's changing and what to expect next.

Today's episode is brought to you by FabFitFun. Use the code 'newsworthy' for $10 off your first box.

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Sources:

Dems Threaten Subpoena: NPR, Fox News, The Hill, NYT

Bernie Sanders Hospitalized: ABC News, Washington Post, The Hill

WWII Plane Crash: AP, CNN, CBS News

Former Cop Sentenced: ABC News, USA Today 

Market Drops: NBC News, WSJ, Bloomberg

MLB Playoffs: CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports

Google Privacy Tools: TechCrunch, USA Today, CNBC

Microsoft Surface: Cnet, CNBC, The Verge

Melinda Gates Commits $1B: Time, The Verge

Joker Premiere: AP, Variety, Hollywood Reporter

 

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #266 – “Fad Diets” with M.K. Paulsen

In this episode, Rivers and Sam (Carter's off on assignment) sit down with comedian and star of Amazon Prime's 'Inside Jokes', M.K. Paulsen to talk about a wide variety of issues including Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman, the Barefoot Contessa, Rivers' garden, and Sam and M.K.'s early comedy days in Texas. When they finally do get down to business, it's all about the phenomenon of the fad diet. M.K. tells us about doing intermitant fasting which seems pretty normal but then we talk about some of the most ridiculous diets ever including "Fletcherizing". It's bananas. Follow M.K. on all forms of social media @MKPaulsen and listen to his podcast "Roommates 4-Lyfe".  Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @CarterGlascock Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod