Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know
Society & Culture
If you're like millions of other people, you hate making phone calls. "Why can't I just text," you might think, "and only call if there's an emergency?" Google may soon have a solution with Duplex, a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out “real world” tasks over the phone. For many this feels like a startling and innovative convenience -- no more awkward conversations making appointments or routine check-ins, right? Yet critics of this concept warn we may be approaching something much bigger, and much more dangerous, than a simple piece of helpful software. If computers begin effectively impersonating you, how will you be able to prove your own identity?
They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CLASSIC: The Beatles Conspiracies
Listener Mail: First-Hand Experience with the Red Sea Conflict, Burner Credit Cards, AI Questions
Space Fungus!
CLASSIC: The Secrets of the Hidden Chinese Pyramid
Strange News: Zombie Deer, We Need to Talk About The Supreme Court, Cigarettes and 'Terrorism'
CLASSIC: Behind The Scenes of Atlanta Monster and Up and Vanished with Payne Lindsey
Listener Mail: PB Pills, Free Tablets, Community Takeovers?
What if plants are cultivating YOU?
CLASSIC: Is the Ark of the Covenant Hidden in Ethiopia?
Strange News: Mortgage Company Hacked, Operation Prosperity Guardian, Dolphin with 'Thumbs'
CLASSIC: Do angels have a language?
CLASSIC: The End Of The World with Josh Clark
CLASSIC: Italy's Satanic Murders
Listener Mail: One For The Witches, Cochlear Implants and Hearing Voices, The Hidden Lithium War
Mysterious Inventors, Part I: Crazy Cars and Creepy Islands
CLASSIC: The Control Group with Bret Wood
Strange News: Alabama's Fast Food Slave Trade, US Sweets Banned, Congress Draws A Line
What Happened to Glenn Miller?
Listener Mail: UK Disaster Prep, Airplane Safety, and North Sentinel Island
Ghost Minds and Grief Tech: Should We Bring Back The Dead?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Ridiculous History
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
Conspiracy Theories
Stuff You Should Know
Stuff You Missed in History Class