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Geeks Squawk Ep 317

Jeff Sandhu | Matt Armitage

06-Oct-17 10:30

Geeks Squawk Ep 317

On this episode, the geeks talk how a few individuals are creating an AI God, how New York City mice have been evolving to eat stuff like pizza, the 3 latest Nobel Prize winners for discovering gravitational waves, Mexloop as Mexico wants to build its own Hyperloop transportation and how we might be using evaporating water for energy in the future. Also, King Of The Crowd is back, as we highlight Travis - a portable live translator tool!

0:44.818 - An AI god will emerge by 2042 and write its own bible. Will you worship it?

6:39.302 - New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza

9:35.200 - Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists for the detection of gravitational waves

13:02.828 - KOTC - Travis

17:35.793 - Mexico Wants to Build a Hyperloop That Cuts a Six-Hour Trip Down to 45 Minutes

21:09.736 - Energy from evaporating water could rival wind and solar

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu

Presented by: Jeff Sandhu


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