81. Dr. Patrick Collins: AI & UrbanLab Galway

Episode 81 is another failed conversation between Dr. Patrick Collins and Fender Jackson as they get sidetracked on AI and UrbanLab instead of talking about Pat’s book from Orpen Press. 

Conversation includes: (re)introductions; recap on Episode 28; augmented reality glasses by Magic Leap; AR vs. VR; Ironman; Minority Report; Google Glass; Captain America: Civil War; AI safety nets; Sam Altman and ChatGPT; the challenges the arts industry are facing with AI; Suno; Lumalabs; Sora; Moore’s Law; legislating for AI; artificially generated content on social media; the erosion of truth; Jeremy Bentham and his panopticon prison; the famine and the famine relief scheme; Central Statistics Office; the advantages of the work being undertaken by UrbanLab; Science Foundation Ireland; Prof Ulf Strohmayer; Oisin Slevin; Lua Flannery; shared experiences; good planning; ‘The Man With 1000 Kids’; the Netherlands; the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing; Ireland coming second to Viktor Orbán’s state finances; Ireland spending 8% of its budget at the local level; the proposed bypass of Galway; Pat’s work in Moycullen; the proposed greenway from Galway to Clifden; Heather Humphries; a lack of interconnectedness and being underfunded; J. P. McManus; peer assists; a new Ireland and the opportunities that could arise for the cities of the whole island as well as other topics. 

Relevant Links

www.urbanlabgalway.com

www.orpenpress.com

www.orpenpress.com/book-author/patrick-collins/

Additional Links

www.thejournal.ie/readme/local-authorities-6421796-Jul2024/

www.suno.com 

lumalabs.ai/dream-machine 

openai.com/index/sora

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLBW8L198GQ 

www.sfi.ie

www.galwaytourism.ie/connemara-greenway/#google_vignette

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