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    <title>Dave &amp; Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Excel”</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera.
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    <itunes:subtitle>Not our circus, not our monkey.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Episode 256: Kufelik Olmak</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about printer cartridges with viruses, cryptography with psychedelics, and drinking with baskets</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about printer cartridges with viruses, cryptography with psychedelics, and drinking with baskets 
Fallout (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series))
Dave endorses Pixel Buds Pro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Buds#Pixel_Buds_Pro)
Dave can’t endorse Google Gemini Advanced (https://gemini.google.com/advanced)
Laudato Si (https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html), paragraph 107
HP CEO evokes James Bond-style hack via ink cartridges (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-ceo-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-fights-viruses/)
These 'Psychedelic Cryptography' Videos Have Hidden Messages Designed to Be Seen While Tripping (https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akkd9/psychedelic-cryptography-videos-have-hidden-messages-designed-to-be-seen-while-tripping)
Too Drunk to Drive? Forget Ubers, Take a Basket Man Instead (https://www.historyinmemes.com/2023/02/19/too-drunk-to-drive-forget-ubers-take-a-basket-man-instead/)
Cutting Room Floor
* Once “too scary” to release, GPT-2 gets squeezed into an Excel spreadsheet (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/once-too-scary-to-release-gpt-2-gets-squeezed-into-an-excel-spreadsheet/)
* This Guy Made a Dating App Where You Can Only Date Him (https://gizmodo.com/flirt-with-los-mayers-app-developer-dating-art-1851258014)
* Reggaeton Be Gone (https://www.hackster.io/roni-bandini/reggaeton-be-gone-e5b6e2)
We Give Thanks
* The D&amp;amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! 
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  <itunes:keywords>Fallout, Google, Pixel Buds, Pixel Buds Pro, Gemini, Gemini Advanced, Pope Francis, Laudato Si, HP, printers, ink cartridges, ink, buffer overflows, psychedelic cryptography, cryptography, Turkey, Kufelik Olmak, Kufe, Kufeci, drinkinkg, baskets, gig economy, Uber, GPT-2, Excel, dating apps, reggaeton, Reggaeton Be Gone</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about printer cartridges with viruses, cryptography with psychedelics, and drinking with baskets </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series)" rel="nofollow">Fallout</a></li>
<li>Dave endorses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Buds#Pixel_Buds_Pro" rel="nofollow">Pixel Buds Pro</a></li>
<li>Dave can’t endorse <a href="https://gemini.google.com/advanced" rel="nofollow">Google Gemini Advanced</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html" rel="nofollow">Laudato Si</a>, paragraph 107</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-ceo-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-fights-viruses/" rel="nofollow">HP CEO evokes James Bond-style hack via ink cartridges</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akkd9/psychedelic-cryptography-videos-have-hidden-messages-designed-to-be-seen-while-tripping" rel="nofollow">These &#39;Psychedelic Cryptography&#39; Videos Have Hidden Messages Designed to Be Seen While Tripping</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.historyinmemes.com/2023/02/19/too-drunk-to-drive-forget-ubers-take-a-basket-man-instead/" rel="nofollow">Too Drunk to Drive? Forget Ubers, Take a Basket Man Instead</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/once-too-scary-to-release-gpt-2-gets-squeezed-into-an-excel-spreadsheet/" rel="nofollow">Once “too scary” to release, GPT-2 gets squeezed into an Excel spreadsheet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/flirt-with-los-mayers-app-developer-dating-art-1851258014" rel="nofollow">This Guy Made a Dating App Where You Can Only Date Him</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hackster.io/roni-bandini/reggaeton-be-gone-e5b6e2" rel="nofollow">Reggaeton Be Gone</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!</li>
</ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about printer cartridges with viruses, cryptography with psychedelics, and drinking with baskets </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series)" rel="nofollow">Fallout</a></li>
<li>Dave endorses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Buds#Pixel_Buds_Pro" rel="nofollow">Pixel Buds Pro</a></li>
<li>Dave can’t endorse <a href="https://gemini.google.com/advanced" rel="nofollow">Google Gemini Advanced</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html" rel="nofollow">Laudato Si</a>, paragraph 107</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-ceo-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-fights-viruses/" rel="nofollow">HP CEO evokes James Bond-style hack via ink cartridges</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akkd9/psychedelic-cryptography-videos-have-hidden-messages-designed-to-be-seen-while-tripping" rel="nofollow">These &#39;Psychedelic Cryptography&#39; Videos Have Hidden Messages Designed to Be Seen While Tripping</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.historyinmemes.com/2023/02/19/too-drunk-to-drive-forget-ubers-take-a-basket-man-instead/" rel="nofollow">Too Drunk to Drive? Forget Ubers, Take a Basket Man Instead</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/once-too-scary-to-release-gpt-2-gets-squeezed-into-an-excel-spreadsheet/" rel="nofollow">Once “too scary” to release, GPT-2 gets squeezed into an Excel spreadsheet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/flirt-with-los-mayers-app-developer-dating-art-1851258014" rel="nofollow">This Guy Made a Dating App Where You Can Only Date Him</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hackster.io/roni-bandini/reggaeton-be-gone-e5b6e2" rel="nofollow">Reggaeton Be Gone</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!</li>
</ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 255: Living an Eternal Life of Strings and Wooden Whimsy</title>
  <link>https://dgshow.org/255</link>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>David Egts &amp; Gunnar Hellekson</author>
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  <itunes:author>David Egts &amp; Gunnar Hellekson</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about ethical AI, AI operating systems, employees parroting their bosses, and parrots parroting parrots</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>32:21</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about ethical AI, AI operating systems, employees parroting their bosses, and parrots parroting parrots
Bloons TD 6 (https://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Mobile/Bloons-TD-6.html)
Google ~~Bard~~ Gemini ~~Ultimate~~ Advanced (https://gemini.google.com/)
Meet Goody-2, the AI too ethical to discuss literally anything (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/09/meet-goody-2-the-ai-too-ethical-to-discuss-literally-anything/)
MemGPT (https://memgpt.ai/)
MemGPT: Towards LLMs as Operating System (https://research.memgpt.ai/)
MemGPT Explained! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQmZmFERmrg)
Managerial ventriloquism: Own Your Words to Gain Authority (https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/own-your-words-to-gain-authority/)
D&amp;amp;G This Week in What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Zoo Hopes Plan to Introduce Famous Cursing Parrots to Larger Flock Doesn't Backfire (https://gizmodo.com/zoo-hopes-plan-to-introduce-famous-cursing-parrots-to-l-1851194097)
Cutting Room Floor
* Functional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly language (https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/functional-16-bit-cpu-built-and-runs-in-excel-including-128kb-of-ram-16-color-display-and-a-custom-assembly-language)
* Pooky Park (AI-generated 1950s TV commercial for a creepy puppet theme park) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryNtckMT49M)
We Give Thanks
* The D&amp;amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! 
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>Bloons, Google, Bard, Gemini, Goody-2, MemGPT, managerial ventriloquism, parrots, cursing, CPUs, Excel, Pooky Park, AI</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about ethical AI, AI operating systems, employees parroting their bosses, and parrots parroting parrots</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Mobile/Bloons-TD-6.html" rel="nofollow">Bloons TD 6</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gemini.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google <del>Bard</del> Gemini <del>Ultimate</del> Advanced</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/09/meet-goody-2-the-ai-too-ethical-to-discuss-literally-anything/" rel="nofollow">Meet Goody-2, the AI too ethical to discuss literally anything</a></li>
<li><a href="https://memgpt.ai/" rel="nofollow">MemGPT</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://research.memgpt.ai/" rel="nofollow">MemGPT: Towards LLMs as Operating System</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQmZmFERmrg" rel="nofollow">MemGPT Explained!</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Managerial ventriloquism: <a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/own-your-words-to-gain-authority/" rel="nofollow">Own Your Words to Gain Authority</a></li>
<li>D&amp;G This Week in What Could Possibly Go Wrong: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/zoo-hopes-plan-to-introduce-famous-cursing-parrots-to-l-1851194097" rel="nofollow">Zoo Hopes Plan to Introduce Famous Cursing Parrots to Larger Flock Doesn&#39;t Backfire</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/functional-16-bit-cpu-built-and-runs-in-excel-including-128kb-of-ram-16-color-display-and-a-custom-assembly-language" rel="nofollow">Functional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly language</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryNtckMT49M" rel="nofollow">Pooky Park (AI-generated 1950s TV commercial for a creepy puppet theme park)</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!</li>
</ul>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about ethical AI, AI operating systems, employees parroting their bosses, and parrots parroting parrots</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Mobile/Bloons-TD-6.html" rel="nofollow">Bloons TD 6</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gemini.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google <del>Bard</del> Gemini <del>Ultimate</del> Advanced</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/09/meet-goody-2-the-ai-too-ethical-to-discuss-literally-anything/" rel="nofollow">Meet Goody-2, the AI too ethical to discuss literally anything</a></li>
<li><a href="https://memgpt.ai/" rel="nofollow">MemGPT</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://research.memgpt.ai/" rel="nofollow">MemGPT: Towards LLMs as Operating System</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQmZmFERmrg" rel="nofollow">MemGPT Explained!</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Managerial ventriloquism: <a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/own-your-words-to-gain-authority/" rel="nofollow">Own Your Words to Gain Authority</a></li>
<li>D&amp;G This Week in What Could Possibly Go Wrong: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/zoo-hopes-plan-to-introduce-famous-cursing-parrots-to-l-1851194097" rel="nofollow">Zoo Hopes Plan to Introduce Famous Cursing Parrots to Larger Flock Doesn&#39;t Backfire</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/functional-16-bit-cpu-built-and-runs-in-excel-including-128kb-of-ram-16-color-display-and-a-custom-assembly-language" rel="nofollow">Functional 16-bit CPU built and runs in Excel, 3Hz processor includes 128KB of RAM, 16-color display, and a custom assembly language</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryNtckMT49M" rel="nofollow">Pooky Park (AI-generated 1950s TV commercial for a creepy puppet theme park)</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!</li>
</ul>]]>
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