Through The Web ColdFusion Collective
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A weekly podcast that covers the latest in tech, innovation and the ever interesting world of the information super highway. Co-hosted by Dagogo Altraide and Tawsif Akkas. Through The Web Podcast is part of the ColdFusion Collective.
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The Problem with Boeing (and the Aviation Industry) ft. Mentour Pilot
In this episode we speak to @MentourPilot about the aviation history, the problems with Boeing and the future.
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00:00 - Who is Mentour Pilot
02:03 - Why he decided to be a pilot
03:43 - His YouTube Career
08:19 - Misconceptions about the aviation industry
11:42 - 2023 the lowest year of plane accidents?
12:42 - Airlines want to use a single pilot
16:43 - Do different planes feel different to fly?
17:36 - How accurate are flight simulators?
19:45 - The Boeing Situation
25:42 - MCAS System
35:34 - Reasons air travel is safe
38:07 - Innovation in the industry
40:47 - Electric planes
43:01 - Plane ticket prices will rise
44:19 - Outro -
OpenAI's Sora Changes Everything, Runway vs. Sora and The Future of this Podcast
We are back - but only for a bit.
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00:00 - Intro
00:23 - The Future of Through The Web
02:17 - Opening thoughts on Sora
09:17 - Will OpenAI Replace Existing Video Tools?
11:47 - Memes
12:56 - Implications
14:13 - Why aren't some people impressed?
22:24 - Testing Runway vs Sora
28:25 - Sora's Announcement
33:23 - AI's Next Five Years
37:54 - Outro -
Scams, Frauds and Everything In Between ft. Coffeezilla
An in depth and casual conversation with Coffeezilla himself where we break down his career, his motivation for exposing frauds and scammers and everything else in between.
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00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Who is Coffezilla?
01:27 - Are Coffeezilla and Stephen two different people?
02:47 - Coffezilla’s downtime activities
04:23 - Getting recognized in public
06:06 - YouTubers that he loves watching
09:57 - Coffee Break
12:44 - From Chemical Engineering to YouTuber
15:30 - Ridiculousness of scams
19:15 - Motivation of scammers
20:50 - Coffeezilla's rise in 2023
23:13 - Rolling Stone for grandparents
31:06 - Facing potential threats when investigating
33:11 - Drive behind uncovering scams
33:32 - Does crypto really have any value to society?
49:24 - Working for the government?!
52:05 - Is fraud at an all time high?
54:50 - Spotting signs of scams and frauds
01:01:10 - Logan Paul
01:02:26 - Outro -
Reacting to our 2023 Predictions
As we draw a close to 2023, we look back at the predictions we made for this year at the end of 2022. We got some right, a few semi-right and a few totally wrong!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Reaction to Prediction 1
10:24 Reaction to Prediction 2
16:54 Reaction to Prediction 3
20:02 Reaction to Prediction 4
24:35 Reaction to Prediction 5
30:33 Reaction to Prediction 6
35:20 Reaction to Prediction 7
44:00 Outro -
Google Gemini Reactions, ByteDance vs. OpenAI, Tesla Recalls, Loneliness Epidemic and AI News Channel
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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Recapping our personal year
02:24 - Favourite topics of the year
16:14 - Google Gemini Reactions
23:52 - ByteDance suspended by OpenAI
29:18 - Tesla Recalls Cars
38:15 - Tesla Robot
45:57 - Loneliness Epidemic
53:42 - Fully AI News Channel
1:00:53 - Outro
Mentioned in the podcast:
Meta AI in RayBan Glasses: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/metas-ray-ban-glasses-added-ai-that-can-see-what-youre-seeing/
X Cashflow Positive: https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/x-linda-yaccarino-debt-cash-flow-positive.html
Google Gemini Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZAiXYceBI
Google’s Blog on Gemini: https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-ai/#availability
Reaction on Gemini’s demo video: https://mashable.com/article/google-gemini-demo-video-editing
Tesla Recalled: https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-massive-recall-three-charts-d44e039a
Tesla Bot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpraXaw7dyc
Reel on indicator of happiness: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0w1sQaPMCT/?img_index=2
Channel 1 AI News Channel: https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-generated-news-anchors-channel-1
Demo for AI News Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecHioH8fawE
Additional reading on the LLM in Non-English Content Analysis: https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/non-en-content-analysis-primer-051223-1203.pdf -
Elon Musk MELTDOWN, OpenAI Sam Altman Chaos, Cybertruck Launch and China's Crazy Internet Speed
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00:00 - Opener
00:14 - Personal Updates
04:53 - Sponsored by Aura
06:23 - GTA6 Trailer Announcement
09:31 - Rockstar's Netflix Partnership
12:10 - Loneliness and Third Space
16:14 - OpenAI Sam Altman Drama
24:34 - Is Elon Okay?
31:56 - Cybertruck Launch
50:03 - "AI could threaten humanity in 5 years"
52:17 - Amazon's AI Chatbot Launch and Issues
58:37 - Google's Experimental Project
1:00:45 - China's New Internet
Mentioned in the podcast:
GTA6 Trailer: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67588537
Rockstar partners with Netflix: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/grand-theft-auto-the-trilogy-the-definitive-edition-arrives-on-netflix
OpenAI Drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yjc8AulnDk
Elon Musk DealSummit Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BfMuHDfGJI
Cybertruck Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Mzin0r9V8
Ex Google CEO warns about AI: https://futurism.com/the-byte/eric-schmidt-ai-five-years
Amazon's Problematic AI Chatbot: https://www.channelnews.com.au/amazons-ai-chatbot-q-has-accuracy-privacy-problems/
Google's Experimental Project: https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-experimental-geothermal-plant
China's New Internet: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3241453/china-launches-worlds-fastest-internet-12-terabit-second-link-years-ahead-forecasts
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