Season 7, Episode 1 - Who holds the power?

We start off with a literal bang: people are successfully achieving nuclear fusion out of their kitchens. Beyond that, we chat about discovering new properties for the element bismuth, the world’s thinnest pasta, 3D-printing your own airplane, and of course much more in the realm of AI.

One of these articles concerns US government intervention on AI driving rent prices up across the country. In the week since we recorded this, the official White House sources for the case have been taken down, in a general purge of information the new administration is conducting.

With that in mind, what is the future you would like to build?

Sean’s links:

• AI algorithms driving rents up

• What is the value of labor in the world of AI?

• 3D print your own airplane for $120 (Titan Dynamics website here)

• Influencers getting elected to Indonesian parliament

• Nuclear fusion in your kitchen

Ben’s links:

• The world’s thinnest pasta

• Bismuth quesadilla = future PCBs?

• Bismuth magnetic properties = more sustainable electronics?

• AI does well diagnosing by the book, fails to diagnose real patients

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