Geek Speak with Lyle Troxell

Large Language Models and Human Minds

Most people say LLM are just language prediction systems… but how do human minds work comparatively? Can ChatGPT think, understand, or comprehend? Can you? It’s been a while since Ben, Brian, and Lyle geeked out… join us. * Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early experiments with GPT-4 - Microsoft Research [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/sparks-of-artificial-general-intelligence-early-experiments-with-gpt-4/]

Tech News and Non Woo Meditation

NFT insider trading, tech experts urge to resist Crypto industry influences, larges plant is a Sea Grass in Australia, Safari is popular, Microsoft Excel reduces remote data types – and Lyle’s hot take on meditation. * U.S. charges OpenSea ex-employee in first NFT insider trading case | Reuters [https://www.reuters.com/technology/opensea-employee-charged-with-insider-trading-nfts-2022-06-01/] * Tech Experts Urge Washington To Resist Crypto Industry's Influence - Slashdot [https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/171201/tech-experts-urge-washington-to-resist-crypto-industrys-influence] * The World's Largest Plant Is a Self-Cloning Sea Grass in Australia - Slashdot [https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1634247/the-worlds-largest-plant-is-a-self-cloning-sea-grass-in-australia] * New data shows only two browsers with more than 1 billion users | Ars Technica [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/safari-has-1-billion-users-but-it-still-cant-touch-chrome/] * Microsoft is killing Money in Excel along with Wolfram Alpha data types [https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-money-excel-wolfram-alpha-data-types/] * Samsung To Close LCD Business - Slashdot [https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/215235/samsung-to-close-lcd-business] * Question your Perception episode with Ben Jaffe on Lunch with Lyle [https://lwl.troxell.com/episodes/question-your-perception] * Muller-Lyer Illusion: Optical Illusions in Psychology [https://www.verywellmind.com/how-the-muller-lyer-illusion-works-4111110] * The True Purpose of Mindfulness [https://wakingup.com/mindfulness-letter]

Delegate, Automate, Concentrate

Quincy Larson [https://twitter.com/ossia] is founder and CEO of the non-profit software school freeCodeCamp, where anyone can go and lear to program for free. Quincy is making real change in the world. This episode was recorded for my podcast Lunch with Lyle [https://lwl.troxell.com/] * Quincy mentioned two corses on freeCodeCamp * Learn Responsive Web Design by Building 20 Projects [https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/responsive-web-design-certification-redesigned/] * Relational Database Course [https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-run-freecodecamps-relational-databases-curriculum-using-docker-vscode-and-coderoad/]

The Software Arts: Algorithm - Arithmetic

Professor Warren Sack joins me to speak about the history of Algorithm, including Donald Knuth – Art of Computer Programing, Five Axioms of Algorithms, and When Computers Were Human. This is Part 1 of 2 on Algorithm.

Lasers for listening and seeing, music production, and recycling

In this non-edited episode of GeekSpeak Lyle calls Ben impromptu to chat about using lasers for listening to rooms remotely, lasers being used to view into rooms, Ben’s recent focus on Music Production, and finally a story about California being better about communicating recycling possibilities on packaging. * NLOS Keyhole Imaging Can See Inside a Closed Room [https://gizmodo.com/a-single-laser-fired-through-a-keyhole-can-expose-every-1847638281] * Ben Here (Ben Jaffe's music) [https://open.spotify.com/artist/043xlOub76hcZJrxsbc2m2?si=soxdT-QoSrmWmr8Cn_X5kw&dl_branch=1&nd=1] * Recycling symbol can’t appear on non-recyclable items, California bill says | Ars Technica [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/recycling-symbol-cant-appear-on-non-recyclable-items-california-bill-says/] * Gary Anderson - the creation of the "chasing arrows" Recycling symbol (pdf) [https://logoblink.com/img/2008/03/recycling_symbol_garyanderson.pdf] * This Episode as Video on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75-yjQLfXc]