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  <title>Episode 253: Better Than a Stick in the Eye</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This week &lt;a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Dave&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Gunnar&lt;/a&gt; talk about poisoned USB drives, poisoned web searches, poisoned AI models, and a guy pretending to be a mannequin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gunnar says the &lt;a href="https://ouraring.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Oura Ring&lt;/a&gt; is delightful&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dave achieves &lt;a href="https://exploreamerican.com/platinumprostatus/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Platinum Pro&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dave becomes an &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheNerdyNovelist" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;author using AI&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/diabolic-drive-stealthily-injects-keyboard-strokes-while-being-a-functional-usb-drive-cd255a46db2d" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Diabolic Drive Stealthily Injects Keyboard Strokes While Being a Functional USB Drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Related: &lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/googles-ai-assistant-can-now-read-your-emails-plan-trips-double-check-answers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Related: &lt;a href="https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-ai-music-robot-listeners/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Spotify Has an AI Music Problem—but Bots Love It&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/meet-nightshade-the-new-tool-allowing-artists-to-poison-ai-models-with-corrupted-training-data/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/polish-police-arrest-thief-who-pretended-to-be-mannequin/103005598" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Polish police arrest man who pretended to be a mannequin before stealing jewellery&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Related: &lt;a href="https://news.yahoo.com/fake-waffle-house-worker-steals-131226183.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Fake Waffle House worker steals from register at end of her ‘shift,’ Georgia police say&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;PARA method&lt;/a&gt;: corny, but it works!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cutting Room Floor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/7HNRQJ-DdNg?t=1066" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but it's Donkey Kong Country (Full Album)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBJ9O9WoV0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;RATM - Killing in the Name, but it's Sega Genesis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/News-Broadcasts-from-Alternate-Histories/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;News Broadcasts from Alternate Histories&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wargamer.com/hearts-of-iron-4/mod-the-new-order" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The New Order is a narrative-driven Hearts of Iron 4 mod that’s compelling and bleak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxtTF_dUHQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Talk: Kanye West &amp;amp; Elon Musk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We Give Thanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The D&amp;amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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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 poisoned USB drives, poisoned web searches, poisoned AI models, and a guy pretending to be a mannequin</p>

<ul>
<li>Gunnar says the <a href="https://ouraring.com/" rel="nofollow">Oura Ring</a> is delightful</li>
<li>Dave achieves <a href="https://exploreamerican.com/platinumprostatus/" rel="nofollow">Platinum Pro</a>?</li>
<li>Dave becomes an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheNerdyNovelist" rel="nofollow">author using AI</a>?</li>
<li><a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/diabolic-drive-stealthily-injects-keyboard-strokes-while-being-a-functional-usb-drive-cd255a46db2d" rel="nofollow">Diabolic Drive Stealthily Injects Keyboard Strokes While Being a Functional USB Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/" rel="nofollow">Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search</a>

<ul>
<li>Related: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/googles-ai-assistant-can-now-read-your-emails-plan-trips-double-check-answers/" rel="nofollow">Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers</a></li>
<li>Related: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-ai-music-robot-listeners/" rel="nofollow">Spotify Has an AI Music Problem—but Bots Love It</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/meet-nightshade-the-new-tool-allowing-artists-to-poison-ai-models-with-corrupted-training-data/" rel="nofollow">Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/polish-police-arrest-thief-who-pretended-to-be-mannequin/103005598" rel="nofollow">Polish police arrest man who pretended to be a mannequin before stealing jewellery</a>

<ul>
<li>Related: <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/fake-waffle-house-worker-steals-131226183.html" rel="nofollow">Fake Waffle House worker steals from register at end of her ‘shift,’ Georgia police say</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/" rel="nofollow">PARA method</a>: corny, but it works!</li>
</ul>

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

<ul>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/7HNRQJ-DdNg?t=1066" rel="nofollow">Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but it&#39;s Donkey Kong Country (Full Album)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBJ9O9WoV0" rel="nofollow">RATM - Killing in the Name, but it&#39;s Sega Genesis</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/News-Broadcasts-from-Alternate-Histories/" rel="nofollow">News Broadcasts from Alternate Histories</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wargamer.com/hearts-of-iron-4/mod-the-new-order" rel="nofollow">The New Order is a narrative-driven Hearts of Iron 4 mod that’s compelling and bleak</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxtTF_dUHQ" rel="nofollow">The Talk: Kanye West &amp; Elon Musk</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 poisoned USB drives, poisoned web searches, poisoned AI models, and a guy pretending to be a mannequin</p>

<ul>
<li>Gunnar says the <a href="https://ouraring.com/" rel="nofollow">Oura Ring</a> is delightful</li>
<li>Dave achieves <a href="https://exploreamerican.com/platinumprostatus/" rel="nofollow">Platinum Pro</a>?</li>
<li>Dave becomes an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheNerdyNovelist" rel="nofollow">author using AI</a>?</li>
<li><a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/diabolic-drive-stealthily-injects-keyboard-strokes-while-being-a-functional-usb-drive-cd255a46db2d" rel="nofollow">Diabolic Drive Stealthily Injects Keyboard Strokes While Being a Functional USB Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/" rel="nofollow">Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search</a>

<ul>
<li>Related: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/googles-ai-assistant-can-now-read-your-emails-plan-trips-double-check-answers/" rel="nofollow">Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers</a></li>
<li>Related: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-ai-music-robot-listeners/" rel="nofollow">Spotify Has an AI Music Problem—but Bots Love It</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/meet-nightshade-the-new-tool-allowing-artists-to-poison-ai-models-with-corrupted-training-data/" rel="nofollow">Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/polish-police-arrest-thief-who-pretended-to-be-mannequin/103005598" rel="nofollow">Polish police arrest man who pretended to be a mannequin before stealing jewellery</a>

<ul>
<li>Related: <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/fake-waffle-house-worker-steals-131226183.html" rel="nofollow">Fake Waffle House worker steals from register at end of her ‘shift,’ Georgia police say</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/" rel="nofollow">PARA method</a>: corny, but it works!</li>
</ul>

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

<ul>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/7HNRQJ-DdNg?t=1066" rel="nofollow">Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but it&#39;s Donkey Kong Country (Full Album)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBJ9O9WoV0" rel="nofollow">RATM - Killing in the Name, but it&#39;s Sega Genesis</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/News-Broadcasts-from-Alternate-Histories/" rel="nofollow">News Broadcasts from Alternate Histories</a>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wargamer.com/hearts-of-iron-4/mod-the-new-order" rel="nofollow">The New Order is a narrative-driven Hearts of Iron 4 mod that’s compelling and bleak</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TxtTF_dUHQ" rel="nofollow">The Talk: Kanye West &amp; Elon Musk</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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