In this episode, we dive deep into the astounding journey of technological evolution, from the Wright brothers’ inaugural flight to humanity’s giant leap on the moon, and onto the revolutionary frontiers of AI with ChatGPT. Let’s contemplate AI’s potential to become a new form of life, pondering its future impacts and the ethical dilemmas it presents. 

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Works Cited

  • “Apollo 11 Timeline.” National Air and Space Museum, airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions/apollo-11-moon-landing/apollo-11-timeline.
  • Edwards, Benj. “ChatGPT Is One Year Old. Here’s How It Changed the Tech World.” Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2023, arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/chatgpt-was-the-spark-that-lit-the-fire-under-generative-ai-one-year-ago-today.
  • “Figure.” FigureAI, www.figure.ai.
  • —. “Figure Status Update – OpenAI Speech-to-Speech Reasoning.” YouTube, 13 Mar. 2024, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq1QZB5baNw.
  • Houston, Space Center. “A Look Back at the Wright Brothers‘ First Flight.” Space Center Houston, 24 Jan. 2023, spacecenter.org/a-look-back-at-the-wright-brothers-first-flight.
  • “Wright Brothers First Flight – NASA.” NASA, www.nasa.gov/image-article/wright-brothers-first-flight.

Music in this Episode

  • All music AI generated from Suno

 

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