So the story goes that Sentient chatbots walk amongest us! Is it true? Or is it false? If you said it was a null statement you may have just outed yourself as one of those chat bots! This episode, we discuss the recent leak from Google that one of their engineers believed the chatbot he was communicating with had acheived sentience. What is intelli…

Welcome back to… the end? We had a lovely epsiode lined up and then the whole crypto market decided to punch itself in the face, so we decided to cover that instead Is this the end? We don’t know! But while history might not repeat itself, it certainly rhymes and we put on our pundit hats to talk about LUNA, algorithmic stablecoins, Terra, Tether a…

We are talking about what every one is talking about, War! Even though Ireland is probably the furthest point in Europe from Ukraine we are beginning to see the effects at the fuel pump and in cyberspace. What does war look like now where soliders can be on insta live at the same time! Were the HSE ransomware attacks in early 2021 actually some ear…

This episode we cover the amorality of technology and how it butts up against the messy real world of people and trying to model things like language and intent as implementation requirements. Hilarity ensues! In 2017 the video Slaughterbots! was posted on YouTube that showed a black Mirror like future where assassin drones existed and got slightly…

Photo by Barbara Zandoval on Unsplash WHOOSH, that is the sound of the future! Dave and Johnathan bring to you the very first podcast from the Metaverse (at least the first one they have done!). First the suggestion was to do a podcast about the Metaverse, then someone suggested lets do it in the METAVERSE! So we did it! Join the guys as they try a…

This week we discuss one of the biggest success stories in the open source world, Blender. Some people take up golf but instead both Dave and Jonathan took up blender and like golf you can spend years working on your technique. Where did Blender come from, what is it now and where is it going? THe guys recount their experience with this awesome too…

Photo by Joshua Michaels on Unsplash Well it is the new year (2022) and there are new words! Web3 is the one of new buzzword floating around, but what is it? Morketing 101 or the beginning for something new? With a new Matrix film about too we dive into a brand new world, but maybe it is the old world wearing a different suit! We don’t know, but so…

Just in time for Christmas (2021 for whoever is keeping track) we finally get to discuss where crypto is going. NFT, DAO, fungible, what does it all mean and do I need a cream for that? Everything you wanted to know about decentralized autonomous organization and decentralized prediction markets, but were afraid to ask! Will it reinvigorate the art…

Photo by Tandem X Visuals on Unsplash Well last week epsiode blew up! We entered the top 15 podcasts in the Irish Techonology charts, well done every one! Andreesen Horowitz is quaking in their boots! This episode we continue on our crypto discussion, what is crypto in 2021? It has been compared to tulip mania so many times now, we can safely say, …

This is it! The Crypto episode! It is the one topic that has been asked for again and again, so you get it! We cover how it all began and the two nerds that Dave and Jonathan are early forays into crypto before it was cool! How did we all get from spending 20 BTC on a cup a coffee to the total market cap exceeding $2.5 Trillion (That is Trillion wi…

You may not know it, but we are currently experiencing the first chipageddon ever! Basic microchips are in short supply, but fundamental enough that car manufacturers are have to stop factories and layoff workers. With the advent of computers, it allowed us to deploy Just In Time manufacturing. Parts are dispatched just before they are needed, and …

There is a runaway trolley, heading down a track, that will kill 5 people if you do nothing, but you can choose to divert the train and kill one person! What do you do? This is The Trolley Problem! Welcome to the world of moral psychology and how the thought experiment above is having real world discussions in the space of autonomous vehicles, covi…

Well we’re back and we have unfinished business. In our last epsidode we started discussing the RSS tags added to help make podcasting more searchable, and like a good cliffhanger we finished before even getting to the value tag. Nothing seems to have energised the podcasting community like the value tag. The value tag has been, depending on where …

And we are back again talking about podcasting and the big fight against the walled gardens and their deep pockets. It took, 150 million to pay of Joe Rogan, we won’t be as cheap! Dave explains to Jonathan what podcasting 2.0 is and where it is going, sexy things like RSS feeds and meta tags, we go nuts! It turns out to be such a massive project, w…

This episode we discuss how does one start a podcast? Everyone talks about wanted to do one. Dave walks Jon through the process of how one gets going, from recording remotely, editing, hosting and the gate keepers themselves the podcast directories, we get into it all! TLDR; Just start right now! Next episode we show you how to google google! Photo…

Lets talk about wearing masks. Some people have to wear masks as part of their day to day life, now the whole world is in some way used to wearing a mask to get about their day. Dave and Jonathan are happy to wear masks for the risk prevention they afford, maths is on their side, however it doesn’t mean that they like them. Dave has taken up chewin…

This episode we go back and cover the modern ancient history of phreaking. A skill that was impressive the American government was terrified that the hacker Kevin Mitnick could launch a nuclear missile merely by whistling down the phone. Dave and Jon recount their small exposure when information between computers was actual done by sound!…

This episode Dave and Jon discuss the classic 90s movie, Sneakers. A moderately successful film on release in 1992, it turns out to be one of the most prescient and visionary movies ever made to predicted the world in which we find ourselves living today. Ransonware attacks on public utilities. Questionable motivations of the United States Governme…

What is Artificial Intelligence? What is Machine Learning? In this episode Jonathan explains some of the base ideas behind these terms to Dave and a few other things. This is a podcasting 2.0 compliant podcast.By Dave Keeshan and Jonathan Byrne

In this episode Dave and Jonathan ramble on about cargo cults and how humans develop ritualistic behaviors that completely miss the point of what they are trying to accomplish. In programming, business management and even in science itself there are many examples of people doing silly things while appearing to look like they are working. links: Ani…

ZERO DAY rays volume light concept 3d illustration Welcome to the first podcast co-hosted by Dave Keeshan and Jonathan Byrne. Starting from the topic of Zero Day exploits Dave and Jon discuss how some of the decisions made by the likes of the NSA make in a backroom affect the day to day life of you an me. Will you ever look a trust the same way aga…