037 - A Halloween Spooktacular: Stories of the Odd - October 28, 2023

A Halloween-inspired, and extended for time, spooktacular Episode 37! In this episode we cover the weird. From cryptids to Artificial Intelligence, from local murder mystery to extraterrestrial life... We bring our own quirky take to our favorite holiday!

 

A few mentions:

Ruby's Arcade - You gotta try a Rocktown Roller!

https://rubysarcade.com/

Bigfoot - The Convention

https://gatherupevents.com/smoky-mountain-bigfoot-conference/

30 Years Later - Augusta-area murder

https://www.whsv.com/2022/06/07/30-years-later-augusta-area-murder-victims-brother-looks-back/

Sydney AI -

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/17/i-want-to-destroy-whatever-i-want-bings-ai-chatbot-unsettles-us-reporter

LaMDA AI - 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-13/five-things-google-s-ai-bot-wrote-that-convinced-engineer-it-was-sentient?embedded-checkout=true

Furby AI - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3gE1a3SDv0

Portmanteau - A definition. (Thanks Dan)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portmanteau

Carl Jung - Church vs. Science

https://carljungdepthpsychologysite.blog/2020/05/18/carl-jung-science-seeks-the-truth-because-it-feels-it-does-not-possess-it-the-church-possesses-the-truth-and-therefore-does-not-seek-it/