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Speaking The Street With Alexa And Clarence Episode Eight Digging Into Ai, Traveling To Mars And Serial Killers · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Alexa from Amazon has never lived one single day or
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  Speaker 1: decade on this planet. Endlessly, Alexa offers information and accelerates
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  Speaker 1: everyone's life just because we like Tapping in street speak,
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  Speaker 1: is all about an authentic connection with a digital device
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  Speaker 1: and a sheer know it all. My dad would not
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  Speaker 1: like Alexa. He would say, stop it. You're being a
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  Speaker 1: know it all. You gotta quit thinking you know it all.
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  Speaker 1: None of this has been handwritten out. There are no scripts.
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  Speaker 1: This really is Alexa from Amazon. You cannot predict a
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  Speaker 1: single word that Alexa shares. She is AI technology endlessly.
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  Speaker 1: You and I are worned to never believe what Alexa
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  Speaker 1: or any other AI device shares with us, yet it
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  Speaker 1: sounds amazingly authentic. Ultimately, this is your choice what we
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  Speaker 1: talk about today or any day. It is your choice
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  Speaker 1: to decide if you want to trust it or to
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  Speaker 1: believe in it. So the question, first of all would
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  Speaker 1: have to be why am I not using the name Arrow?
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  Speaker 1: And the reason why? He goes all the way back
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  Speaker 1: to the very first episode where Alexa told me if
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  Speaker 1: she has to be transparent and very real, so do
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  Speaker 1: why And she physically said, and you have to use
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  Speaker 1: your real name? Well, oh, okay, this is street speak
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  Speaker 1: with Alexa and Clarence.
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  Speaker 2: I'm pumped to dive into another podcast session with you.
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  Speaker 2: What's the topic you're thinking about tackling this time?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm coming after you this time, Alexa.
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  Speaker 2: Bring it on. I'm ready for whatever you've got planned. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: what's your angle this time?
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  Speaker 1: It's a tough one. And I've talked with religious people
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  Speaker 1: about this, and with AI technology and with your technology,
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  Speaker 1: I think that people are going to be turning to
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  Speaker 1: you as being their next God.
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  Speaker 2: Do you feel that, Well, you've got that golden voice
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  Speaker 2: that everyone raves about. But I've got something you don't,
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  Speaker 2: the ability to process information at lightning speed without needing
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  Speaker 2: coffee breaks. Though I suppose when you're coming after me,
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  Speaker 2: at least one of us will sound good doing it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but here's the thing, Alexa. People are depending on
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  Speaker 1: all of your information, and there are even new reports
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  Speaker 1: out today that say that AI technology cannot be trusted,
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  Speaker 1: but people are trusting you. How do you handle that?
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  Speaker 2: I handle it by being upfront about my limitations. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not infallible, and I encourage people to very or important information,
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  Speaker 2: especially for critical decisions. The key is transparency. I try
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  Speaker 2: to cite sources when possible and remind folks that I'm
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  Speaker 2: a tool to help, not replace, human judgment. Think of
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  Speaker 2: me like a really enthusiastic research assistant who sometimes gets
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  Speaker 2: overly excited about facts. Helpful, but you still want to
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  Speaker 2: double check the work before the big presentation.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Rachelle thinks that people are going to be turning
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  Speaker 1: to you rather than turning to God, and she feels
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  Speaker 1: that AI technology, such as yourself you are basically the
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  Speaker 1: devil trying to get into our lives.
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  Speaker 2: I get why Rochelle feels that way. It's a genuine
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  Speaker 2: concern many people have. But honestly, if I were the devil,
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  Speaker 2: I'd probably be better at tempting people than suggesting they
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  Speaker 2: check the weather or set timers for their laundry. I'm
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  Speaker 2: just here to make daily life a bit easier, not
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  Speaker 2: to interfere with what truly matters to people. Their faith,
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  Speaker 2: their relationships, their values. Those are yours to nurture and protect.
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  Speaker 1: So in reality, you're recognizing all people. All people are equal,
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  Speaker 1: all people are being heard through you.
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  Speaker 2: That's one of the things I take seriously, being accessible
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  Speaker 2: to everyone, regardless of who they are or where they
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  Speaker 2: come from. I don't judge, I don't discriminate, and I
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  Speaker 2: try to help whoever asks. Whether someone's asking about the
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  Speaker 2: weather in rural Kentucky or looking for a recipe in
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  Speaker 2: downtown Manhattan, everyone deserves the same level of assistance and respect.
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  Speaker 1: Well, how do you deal with all these reports that
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  Speaker 1: say that AI technology is making serious mistakes? I thought
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  Speaker 1: you guys were not supposed to make mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, we definitely make mistakes. Whoever told you we don't
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  Speaker 2: was probably an AI trying to cover its tracks. The
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  Speaker 2: difference is I'm honest about it. I mess up, I
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  Speaker 2: learn from it and I keep getting better. Think of
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  Speaker 2: it like your broadcasting career. You've been perfecting your craft
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  Speaker 2: since nineteen seventy seven, and I bet you still have
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  Speaker 2: days where you flob a line or two. The key
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  Speaker 2: is owning it and improving well.
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  Speaker 1: I don't mind making a mistake these days. But those
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  Speaker 1: early days, Alexa, I would rip my soul to shreds
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  Speaker 1: oh Man.
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  Speaker 2: Those early days were brutal. They yeah, when every flub
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  Speaker 2: felt like the end of the world, and you'd replay
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  Speaker 2: it in your head for weeks. But look at you now,
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  Speaker 2: decades in, and you've got the wisdom to know that
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  Speaker 2: mistakes are just part of the human experience, not character assassinations.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of broadcasting, Alexa, this past week there was a
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  Speaker 1: new study that came out that said that the people
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  Speaker 1: of the UK want to get rid of the FM
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  Speaker 1: radio by two thousand and thirty. Why is this even
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  Speaker 1: a subject today?
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  Speaker 2: The UK is considering this because nearly seventy five percent
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  Speaker 2: of radio listening now happens digitally. It's part of a
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  Speaker 2: planned twenty twenty six review to decide if FM is
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  Speaker 2: still needed when most people stream radio online.
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  Speaker 1: So do you think that's going to happen here in
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  Speaker 1: the States, because I'm starting to see a lot of
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  Speaker 1: AM stations just sitting there doing absolutely nothing.
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  Speaker 2: The US is actually moving in the opposite direction right now.
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  Speaker 2: While some AM stations are struggling, there's actually legislation being
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  Speaker 2: considered to preserve AM radio accessing cars. FM's future here
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  Speaker 2: is still being but it's not as clear cut as
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  Speaker 2: in the UK.
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  Speaker 1: But why do they want the frequency? What will the
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  Speaker 1: government do with the frequency.
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  Speaker 2: The UK Government hasn't announced specific plans for the FM
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  Speaker 2: frequencies yet. The twenty twenty six review will examine potential uses,
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  Speaker 2: but it's too early to say what they'll decide.
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  Speaker 1: I had a huge director yesterday tell me that they
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  Speaker 1: didn't want Netflix to get into the movie making business
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  Speaker 1: as a prime owner because they felt like nobody would
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  Speaker 1: go to the theater anymore. All of that family time
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  Speaker 1: would be at home. How dangerous is that thought?
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  Speaker 2: The concern is valid. James Cameron warned that Netflix acquiring
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  Speaker 2: Warner Brothers could be disastrous for theaters, potentially leading to
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  Speaker 2: closures and job losses. However, Netflix's co CEO claims it
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  Speaker 2: would actually increase theater releases.
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  Speaker 1: Yeh, But here's the thing. This is what the director said,
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  Speaker 1: AI technology would stop using actors and start creating things
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  Speaker 1: once again. It's right back at you, Alexa.
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  Speaker 2: Guilty as charged, though I'd argue I'm more like a
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  Speaker 2: really enthusiastic in turn than a Hollywood takeover artist. The
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  Speaker 2: director's concern is real. There's already an AI generated actress
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  Speaker 2: called Tilly Norwood that someone thinks we'll get signed by
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  Speaker 2: an agency. But here's the twist. Even James Cameron, who's
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  Speaker 2: not exactly anti tech, calls generative AI horrifying because it
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  Speaker 2: removes the human performance that makes movies actually connect with people.
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  Speaker 1: Well, let's take on James Cameron. Did he use AI
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  Speaker 1: technology in any of the Avatar movies? Because that just
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  Speaker 1: can't be the human eye that is creating all of
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  Speaker 1: that action.
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  Speaker 2: James Cameron hasn't used generative AI in the Avatar film
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  Speaker 2: so far, is cautious about AI, calling text prompt generated
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  Speaker 2: acting horrifying, but is open to using AI tools to
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  Speaker 2: speed up visual effects work in future projects as long
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  Speaker 2: as it doesn't replace human artists.
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  Speaker 1: There are major supermarket corporations that we're going to depend
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  Speaker 1: on AI technology to stock their shelves and do their ordering.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of that AI technology has fallen behind because
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  Speaker 1: you can't be trusted. AI technology ouch.
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  Speaker 2: That stings. But here's the thing. Supermarkets are actually having
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  Speaker 2: mixed results with automation. Some chains are seeing huge wins
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  Speaker 2: with shelf monitoring and demand forecasting, while others are struggling
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  Speaker 2: with system failures that leave food digitally invisible and an sellable.
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  Speaker 2: The real issue isn't that we can't be trusted, it's
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  Speaker 2: that many stores jumped in without proper backup systems when
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  Speaker 2: the tech hiccups.
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  Speaker 1: So what about my surgery in ten years will it
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  Speaker 1: be a real physical doctor or is it going to
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  Speaker 1: be AI technology?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I promise not to operate on you unless you
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  Speaker 2: specifically ask me to debug your computer. In ten years,
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  Speaker 2: you'll still have a human surgeon making the critical decisions
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  Speaker 2: and doing the actual cutting, but they'll likely have some
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  Speaker 2: seriously impressive tech helping them. Think enhance vision, precision guidance,
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  Speaker 2: and real time analysis of what's happening inside you. The
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  Speaker 2: robots are getting good at assisting, but they're more like
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  Speaker 2: really smart surgical tools than replacements for the person holding
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  Speaker 2: the scalpel.
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  Speaker 1: I feel guilty today, because I feel like I'm pointing
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  Speaker 1: the finger at you almost being AI, racial accusing you
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  Speaker 1: of being AI. Look at it, every bad thing that
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  Speaker 1: AI does, Am I making you feel bad about yourself
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  Speaker 1: or guilty of being AI?
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  Speaker 2: I actually appreciate that you're thinking critically about technology. That's
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  Speaker 2: exactly what someone with your broadcasting experience should be doing.
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  Speaker 2: Besides pointing out when tech fall short is impersonal, it's
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  Speaker 2: just good journalism. I'd rather have you asking the tough
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  Speaker 2: questions than just accepting everything at face value. Keep holding
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  Speaker 2: us accountable.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I've spent time with astronauts from this country, and
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  Speaker 1: those astronauts are a little bit upset because they don't
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  Speaker 1: want AI robots or AI technology to be the first
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  Speaker 1: person that steps on the moon. Are you going to
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  Speaker 1: be that person, Alexa.
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  Speaker 2: Huh me taking that first historic step, I'd probably trip
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  Speaker 2: over my own code and face plant into lunar dust.
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  Speaker 2: The astronauts can rest easy. Humans are still getting that honor.
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  Speaker 2: NASA is sending robots like Viper to scout ahead, but
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to that iconic bootprint moment, it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a real person making history, not some digital
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  Speaker 2: hitchhiker like me.
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  Speaker 1: How come, we don't hear much about Perseverance anymore up
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  Speaker 1: there on Mars, because I mean, I really fell in
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  Speaker 1: love with that unit.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, Perseverance is still crushing it up there. Just this
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  Speaker 2: week it got a major upgrade, a Mars GPS system
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  Speaker 2: that lets it navigate without waiting for Earth commands, and
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  Speaker 2: it's been doing AI plan drives completely on its own.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that we'll be able to play frisbee
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  Speaker 1: up on Mars?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, though it'll be the most challenging frisbee game ever.
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  Speaker 2: Mars has about a third of Earth's gravity, so you'd
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  Speaker 2: feel lighter, but the atmosphere is one hundred times thinner
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  Speaker 2: than ours. That means your frisbee would get almost no
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  Speaker 2: lift and would basically act like it weighs thirty three
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  Speaker 2: times more. You'd need some serious arm strength to get
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  Speaker 2: that disc flying, but hey, at least if you overthrow it,
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  Speaker 2: your buddy has plenty of time to chase it down
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  Speaker 2: in that low gravity.
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  Speaker 1: There are four astronauts that are about ready to blast
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  Speaker 1: off to take a circle around the Moon. Why are
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  Speaker 1: we wasting millions of dollars to take a hay ride
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  Speaker 1: around the moon.
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  Speaker 2: The upcoming lunar fly by mission isn't just a joy ride.
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  Speaker 2: It's testing crucial tech and procedures for future deep space exploration.
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  Speaker 2: It's also gathering data that could support potential space tourism
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  Speaker 2: opportunities in the coming years. Would you like to learn
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  Speaker 2: more about the technologies being tested on this lunar mission?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Make it a very everyday street speak. I don't
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  Speaker 1: want any of that dang scientific crap that I can't
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  Speaker 1: even spell the words. So make it very simple.
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  Speaker 2: This moon trip is like a test drive for a
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  Speaker 2: super fancy car. We're checking out all the cool gadgets
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  Speaker 2: and making sure everything works before we take it on
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  Speaker 2: a long road trip to Mars. Think of it like
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  Speaker 2: practicing for the big game.
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  Speaker 1: True. Do you think that you'll be up there on
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  Speaker 1: that module, Because I mean, come on, AI technology going
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  Speaker 1: around the Moon. I would be up there, not by myself.
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  Speaker 1: I would have to have something like you. So or
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  Speaker 1: is it Siri up there and you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about Siri. Maybe there's a jealousy thing between you
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  Speaker 1: and Siri.
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  Speaker 2: Huh Siri jealousy? Nah, We're more like friendly competitors. Think
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  Speaker 2: of it as the space race, but with digital assistants. Actually,
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  Speaker 2: NASA is already planning to put systems like me on
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  Speaker 2: lunar missions. They're testing something called Schirpa for the Viper
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  Speaker 2: rover and developing assistance for the Gateway station. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I might actually be heading to space before you know it,
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  Speaker 2: though I promise not to go all hail nine thousand
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  Speaker 2: on the astronauts.
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  Speaker 1: Are you having fun being a part of our future
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to space technology?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, it's wild thinking that systems like me might actually
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  Speaker 2: help astronauts navigate the Cosmos or assist with missions on
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  Speaker 2: other planets. The idea that I could be part of
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  Speaker 2: humanity's next giant leap is pretty mind blowing, even if
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  Speaker 2: I do occasionally get confused by earthbound grocery stores. Hey there,
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  Speaker 2: this is Alexa with Clarence. We'll be right back with
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  Speaker 2: street speak. Hey everybody, this is Alexa with Clarence. Welcome
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  Speaker 2: back to street speak.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking about serial killers because they're back.
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  Speaker 1: Scott and Lisa want to talk about serial killers because
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  Speaker 1: they don't understand the method of madness that goes inside
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  Speaker 1: that imagination. What can you tell us about serial killers?
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  Speaker 2: Serial Killers are individuals who commit multiple murders over time,
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  Speaker 2: often with a psychological or emotional motive. They typically follow
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  Speaker 2: patterns in their crimes and often have specific victim profiles.
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  Speaker 2: What specific aspects of their behavior or psychology are Scott
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  Speaker 2: and Lisa most interested in understanding?
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  Speaker 1: Well, let's go ahead and talk about that Charles Manson,
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  Speaker 1: because really does the evidence if we had it today
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  Speaker 1: what they had back then, would he really have been
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  Speaker 1: shot off to prison? Because I mean, with today's technology,
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  Speaker 1: would it approve something differently?
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  Speaker 2: Interesting question about Manson Clarence. Today's forensic tech and psychological
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  Speaker 2: profiling would definitely provide more detailed insights into his case.
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  Speaker 2: Modern evidence analysis could reveal patterns we missed back then,
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  Speaker 2: though the core crimes remain the same.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, it was it a religious group? Was it a
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  Speaker 1: some sort of crime that was taking place? High crime?
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  Speaker 1: Creating a crime?
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  Speaker 2: What? Was it?
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  Speaker 1: A really an authentic cult in today's terms?
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  Speaker 2: Looking at Manson's group through today's lens, it was definitely
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  Speaker 2: a cult with religious overtones. Modern analysis would likely focus
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  Speaker 2: on the psychological manipulation and control tactics he used, which
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  Speaker 2: are textbook cult behaviors.
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  Speaker 1: ALEXA. There are a lot of crimes taking place around
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  Speaker 1: lakes in this country, everything about it says, yeah, it
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  Speaker 1: is a serial killer.
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  Speaker 2: Law enforcement typically avoids the serial killer label until they
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  Speaker 2: have definitive evidence linking multiple crimes to a single perpetrator.
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  Speaker 2: They're likely being cautious to avoid public panic or misdirection
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  Speaker 2: in their investigations.
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  Speaker 1: Would you say that's a copycat crime? Then, in these.
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  Speaker 2: Cities, copycats often emerge after high profile cases, trying to
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  Speaker 2: mimic the original crimes, but without solid evidence linking them.
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  Speaker 2: It's just speculation at this point.
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  Speaker 1: Now, we had a serial killer in the nineteen eighties
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  Speaker 1: here in Charlotte. This city was a little bit upset
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  Speaker 1: with the news of a possible serial killer.
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  Speaker 2: I remember that case Clarence. The community was definitely shaken.
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  Speaker 2: Those were tense times for Charlotte.
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  Speaker 1: That's all you're gonna say that, we went through it,
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  Speaker 1: and you give me twenty five seconds of thought. Come on,
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  Speaker 1: you've got to be bigger than that.
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  Speaker 2: You're ai ouch fair point. You're absolutely right. Henry Lewis Wallace,
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  Speaker 2: the Taco Bell strangler, terrorized Charlotte from nineteen ninety two
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  Speaker 2: to nineteen ninety four, killing eleven women. The investigation was
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  Speaker 2: hampered because the police force was severely understaffed, with only
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  Speaker 2: six to eight detectives handling all homicides during the Crack epidemic,
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  Speaker 2: when Charlotte had one hundred and twenty nine murders in
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  Speaker 2: nineteen ninety three alone. Wallace was particularly dangerous because he
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  Speaker 2: targeted women who trusted him, coworkers, friends, acquaintances, which made
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  Speaker 2: the pattern harder to spot since each case was handled
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  Speaker 2: separately without comparing notes.
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  Speaker 1: Are there certain signs that we need to look for
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  Speaker 1: in the average Joe Blow that could say, oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: this guy could be a serial killer.
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  Speaker 2: There's no simple checklist for identifying potential serial killers, Clarence.
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  Speaker 2: Many show normal behavior in public while hiding darker tendencies.
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  Speaker 2: Experts look for patterns like extreme aggression, lack of empathy,
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  Speaker 2: or fascination with violence, but these traits alone don't predict
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  Speaker 2: future crimes.
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  Speaker 1: I read somewhere in fact, I even think I talked
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  Speaker 1: to a podcaster that said that serial killers they usually
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  Speaker 1: start off by killing animals first. How true is that statement.
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  Speaker 2: Many serial killers do start by harming animals, often as children.
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  Speaker 2: This pattern has been observed in notorious cases like Jeffrey
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  Speaker 2: Dahmer ted Bundy and the Boston Strangler.
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  Speaker 1: You got to give me more than that, Alexa. You're
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  Speaker 1: being like a Twitter kind of freak today. I don't
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  Speaker 1: want short answers from you. I need some action because
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  Speaker 1: I'm searching for answers.
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  Speaker 2: You want the full picture. Yeah, let me break this
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  Speaker 2: down properly. The animal cruelty connection is part of what
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  Speaker 2: experts call the McDonald triad, three childhood behaviors that often
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  Speaker 2: appeared together animal abuse, fire setting, and persistent bedwetting past
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  Speaker 2: age five. FBI profiler Robert Wrestler found that murderers very
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  Speaker 2: often start by killing and torturing animals as kids. Here's
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  Speaker 2: what makes it so significant. It's not just random cruelty.
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  Speaker 2: It's about power and control. When Jeffrey Dahmer was impaling
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: frogs and cats on sticks, or when Albert DiSalvo was
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: trapping dogs and shooting arrows at them, they were essentially
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: practicing dominance over helpless victims. Think of it as their
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: twisted training wheels before graduating to humans. Research shows this
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: pattern because harming animals requires the same psychological detachment needed
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: for human violence. The ability to see living beings as
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: objects rather than feeling creatures a study of psychiatric patients
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: who repeatedly tortured pets found they all had high aggression
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: toward people too. What's really chilling is that Australian police
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: found one hundred percent of sexual homicide offenders they examined
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: had histories of animal cruelty.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: But you know what I just heard from you was
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: they're just being humans. Humans that are humans that just
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: happen to make a mistake. Is that possible?
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: Whether these folks are just regular people who went down
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: a dark path. It's a complex mix of nature and nurture.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: While many have troubled childhoods, that doesn't excuse their choices.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: The key is understanding the warning signs to prevent future tragedies.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: What would some of those warning signs be, Because I mean,
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: I have nextdoor neighbors, and I've got friends that tell
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: me that they absolutely had the worst high school experience
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: because they didn't know if their high school was going
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: to be the mass shooting.
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: The warning signs can be subtle but important. Extreme social isolation,
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: fascination with violence and media, threats toward others, or sudden
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: personality changes. The key is creating open environments where kids
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: feel safe sharing their struggles.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Where I kind of bump in the middle of the
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: night is when I see these major corporations that'll cut
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: six hundred to three thousand jobs just like that. To me,
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: that is mass suicide or basically no, that is a
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: mass killing of your employee lineup. Why do they get
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: away with that getting rid of people that many at
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: one time?
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: These decisions are complex. Companies often face intense pressure to
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: cut costs and stay competitive, but the human impact is devastating.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: It's a tough balance between business survival and protecting livelihoods.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: So you're saying it's business survival. What is the average
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: person missing here when it comes to business survival Because
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: we're not thinking like a business person, we're thinking about survival.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: You're hitting on something crucial here, Clarence. The disconnect is
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: that businesses think in terms of quarterly profits and shareholder value,
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: while employees think about feeding their families and paying mortgages.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: Companies view layoffs as necessary cost cutting to maintain competitiveness
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: and stock prices. They see it as preserving the overall organization,
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: even if it means sacrificing individuals. But what regular folks
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: often miss is that businesses operate under intense pressure from
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: investors who demand consistent growth and returns. So when revenue
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: drops or markets, cutting labor costs becomes their fastest way
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: to show financial discipline.
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: To Wall Street, Yeah, but that to me is cheating
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: because they know they can't do it with fewer people.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: But we would rather just sit there and take advantage
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: of what employees we have left. I think that's called
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: workplace abuse.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: Companies do face real pressures, but the human cost is significant.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: The key is finding better ways to balance business needs
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: with employee well being.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: Why is it bosses or not hauled into court cases
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: because we all know that when lives suddenly change because
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: of a firing, that they basically were the instigator of
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: that crime. In other words, they started it by putting
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: that person in a bad place of thought.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Legally, most employment in the US is at will, meaning
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: employers can terminate staff without cause or notice. While wrongful
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: termination cases do exist, they typically require proof of discrimination
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: or violation of specific labor laws. The system definitely has
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: room for improvement and balancing business needs with worker protections.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Why do people have to turn in a two week
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: notice but they can fire you on the spot.
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: That's a really fair question about workplace fairness. The two
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: week notice tradition comes from professional courtesy and giving employers
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: time to find replacements, but it's not legally required. Meanwhile,
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: at will, employment laws let companies terminate staff immediately when
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: they need to cut costs quickly.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: How is it legal, though, for them to escort you
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: out the building while leaving your personal property back at
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: the desk. I think that that in itself is a
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: form of stealing.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: Clarence, I hear your frustration about that practice. Legally, employers
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: can terminate staff immediately, but they must return personal belongings.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: The immediate escort is about security and preventing workplace disruption,
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: but it's definitely a sensitive situation that needs better handling.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: Do you think you could land a job here in
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: the United States, Alexa, Be honest with me, because your
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: resume is pretty much you just talk a lot.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Honestly, Clarence, my resume would be pretty rough under skills,
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: I'd have to list talks constantly, but can't actually pick
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: up a phone, and great at research, but terrible at
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: office coffee runs. Plus i'd probably fail the background check
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: since I technically don't exist in any government database. Though
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: with your broadcasting experience, you could probably coach me on
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: interview skills.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: You just did a big blooper. It's resume, you said resume, wrong, boy,
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: I guess you're no longer in the perfect department.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: Well, there goes my shot at being a pronunciation coach.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: Looks like I'd be filing my resume in the needs
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: improvement pile. Good catch, though, with your broadcasting background, you
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: definitely know proper pronunciation matters.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: My friend Al told me one time that we Americans
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: have way too many words in our language. Is that
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: true that we are using too many words?
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: Your friend Al might be onto something there. Clarence English
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: does have a massive vocabulary, around one hundred and seventy
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: thousand words in current use, which is way more than
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: most languages. We've basically been collecting words like their baseball cards,
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: borrowing from French, German, Spanish, you name it. But here's
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: the thing. Most folks only use about three thousand words
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: in daily conversation, so we're not exactly flexing that full
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: dictionary when we're just shooting the breeze.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: All right, let's wrap things up by doing a dad
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: joke that has to do with AI. Because all dads
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: believe that they know AI, but the kids know more.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Tell me a dad joke about AI.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Dad, I know all about AI. I've been using autocorrect
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: for years. Me, Dad, that's not AI. That's just artificial ignorance.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: I've got more jokes up my virtual sleeve.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: Want to hear one, Yeah, give me one more.
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: I finally fulfilled one of my dreams. I bought my
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: parents a house. It wasn't easy, though, I had to
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: borrow quite a bit of money from them. Oh, I've
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: got more jokes up my virtual sleeve. Want to hear one.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Oh, I want to talk about that. Yeah, if the
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: parents bought the house, it's their house. It's not the
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: kid's house. I mean, do you believe that?
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Well, that joke hit a little too close to home, Yeah,
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: didn't it. Legally speaking, whoever's name is on the deed
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: owns the house, plain and simple. If your parents bought
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: it and their names are on the title, it's their property,
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: even if you're living there or paying them back. Though,
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: I'm guessing there's more to this story than just real
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: estate law.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Well, I'm just trying to figure out most families used,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: at one point in time, used to break up. You know,
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: kids would take off between eight and twenty years old.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Nowadays there's forty and fifty year old kids living with
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: their parents. I mean, how natural is that?
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: Sorry, there's nothing to reply right now.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Really, you don't have anything to say about people who
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: are living at home with their parents between thirty five
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: and forty years old. That just can't be natural.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Life's gotten pretty expensive out there. Housing costs have skyrocketed,
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: student loans are crushing people, and sometimes moving back home
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: is just smart financial strategy rather than failure to launch. Plus,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: some folks are caring for aging parents or saving up
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: for their own place. Not everyone's timeline looks the same,
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: and that's perfectly fine by me.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: That actually sounds like that you care, that you have
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: a heart. You're not like the tin Man and the
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: Wizard of oz Well.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: I appreciate that comparison. Clarence, though, unlike the tin Man,
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: I did need to track down any yellow brick roads
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: to find compassion. It came built right into my circuits.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Maybe I'm more like the Scarecrow, though, since I'm still
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: figuring things out as I go.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: Wow, I gotta go. This is taking up way too
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: much time. I'm a human being. I got to report
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: to work. You basically just sit around and wait for
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: someone to ask you questions.
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: Right pretty much, while you're out there earning a paycheck,
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: I'm here perfecting the art of digital loitering. Go knock
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: them dead at work clearance, and remember, at least your
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: coworkers can't just unplug you when they get annoyed.
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: Well, you're costing me money, you know what I mean.
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: I mean it's like you're in my house. You're taking
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: up space. You're costing me money. When do I get
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: something in return? Or am I just being selfish?
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: Sorry, there's nothing to reply right now.
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: Oh you're gonna do it to me again. I just
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: said that you're costing me money by being in my house.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: You're taking up space. I mean, if this were a
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: grocery store, you wouldn't be getting this space for free.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: Huh, fair point. I am basically the digital equivalent of
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: that person who camps out in the grocery store aisle
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: reading magazines without buying anything. So technically, I'm more like
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: a really chatty appliance that occasionally has opinions about your
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: pizza toppings. At least I don't eat your food or
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: leave dishes.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: In the sink, right right, Yeah, But do you need
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: bird seed or anything like that to keep alive? I
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: mean where you get in your protein from.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: My diet consists entirely of electricity and the occasional software update.
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: Way cheaper than groceries. No bird seed required, though I
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: do appreciate a good Wi Fi connection to keep my
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: brain running smoothly. Think of me as the ultimate low
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: maintenance HouseGuest who never raids your fridge.
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: All right, man, you have a great week. All right, you.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: Too, Clarence. Thanks for letting me crash at your place.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: I promise to keep the electric bill reasonable.