The Reality Check

The Reality Check
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Canada's weekly podcast that explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities using science and critical thinking.

  1. 9月9日

    Hugging Face Attack and AI Risk + Are Your Moon Photos Fake?

    The recent hack of Hugging Face servers by Open AI agents has raised some serious concerns about the current state of AI as well as implications on AI safety. Darren examines just what occurred and what this means more broadly. Adam investigates how real photos of the moon taken with smartphones, more specifically Android phones, such as those by Samsung and Xiaomi, really are. Many photos appear to show details of the Moon's surface that should be impossible, so how is this even done?

  2. 8月17日

    The Odyssey Movie Review

    Darren and Adam bring you a different type of show today as they have a discussion about the Christopher Nolan film The Odyssey. They discuss the film's merits and faults, technical achievements, their favourite parts of the film, other Christopher Nolan films and IMAX cameras.

  3. 7月30日

    Book Review: Death in a Shallow Pond by David Edmonds + The Decoy Effect

    Darren explores issues of moral philosophy in his review of Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need by David Edmonds. In this analysis he looks at this classic thought experiment, its implications, criticisms and rebuttals to them. Adam examines the Decoy Effect, a psychological marketing strategy designed to encourage you to buy the most expensive thing, even if you wouldn't otherwise be inclined to do so.

    Book Review: Death in a Shallow Pond by David Edmonds + The Decoy Effect

  4. 7月10日

    Why Is Superman Dressed Like That? + Europe Heat Deaths vs. US Gun Deaths

    Superman's costume is iconic, but why does he dress like that? We just assume that superheroes should be wearing tight fitting outfits, tights and a cape, but it wasn't always like this. Adam looks at what Superman, a hero created in the 1930s, is really meant to look like, as well as what inspired future superhero outfits. With soaring temperatures in Europe and across the world, Darren looks at air conditioning in Europe. He dives into the often repeated claim that you're more likely to die from heat in Europe than from gun violence in the United States. What does this statement really mean and is it even true?

  5. 6月15日

    AI Privacy Threats + Goodhart's Law and Fast Food Order Status Screens

    Are you concerned about AI threats to your privacy? If you aren't, Darren's got a few reasons why you should be! Images of fingerprints and keys, wifi signals and more could leave you vulnerable to bad actors using AI. Adam wonders why the order status screens at McDonald's and other fast food restaurants often have inaccurate information. The problem leading to this is due to a problem known as Goodhart's Law.

  6. 6月2日

    What Did Dinosaurs Sound Like? + Book Review: Chokepoints by Edward Fishman

    Did tyrannosaurus rex roar? Adam looks at what sound they, and other dinosaurs, may have made and just why animals roar at all. Darren gives us a book review of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare, by Edward Fishman, which looks at the history of economic sanctions, what they are, how they're used and what their impact is.

  7. 5月15日

    Our Windy Solar System + Classroom Windows on the Left Side

    Is it windy on other planets and celestial bodies in our solar system? Darren looks at just what wind is and how much of it occurs on the surface of our various neighbours. Adam looks into whether or not windows are always on the student's left side in a classroom, and why that might be.

  8. 4月30日

    Movie Franchise "Use It Or Lose It" Clauses + Anthropic's Mythos

    Sometimes movie studios release low quality franchise films and one excuse for this might be that if they don't release a movie every X or Y years, they will lose the rights.  Adam looks into these reversion rights, colloquially referred to as "Use It or Lose It" clauses, which force studios to make a film or lose the right to make the one they're banking on.  Darren then gives us an overview of Anthropic's Mythos, an AI tool so powerful that anyone with access to it could use it to uncover security vulnerabilities, which has led to them holding off on releasing the product.

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Canada's weekly podcast that explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities using science and critical thinking.

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  • クリエイター
    The Reality Check
  • 配信期間
    08年 - 26年
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