Tesla, SpaceX, The Promise And Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence - And "Third Life"?

Marcel Gagné is a tech guy with a focus on Linux
and Open Source software. He is a multi-award winning writer and
columnist, and author of the "Moving to Linux" series of books.
He has written for a number of magazines. He is probably best
known as the creator of "Cooking With Linux", his trademark
column which ran for ten years in the Linux Journal. 


Outside of his open source wordsmithing, Marcel’s been an editor,
editor in chief, and is a published science fiction and fantasy
author. He's a former Top 40 DJ, a radio and television
personality, YouTuber, a pilot, an enabler, and an occasional
Agent Provocateur, and he folds a mean Origami T-Rex. Marcel also
co-hosts TIC TEK TOE, a light-hearted technology podcast, with
Evan Leibovitch, who was a former guest on the show.


Today Marcel and I are discussing his diverse career,
Tesla, SpaceX, the promise and ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
We also ponder VR and the possibility that Second Life was before
it's time. 


References


Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta is here, and it looks scary as
hell
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21528508/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-first-reaction-video


Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.?
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/who-should-stop-unethical-ai


Legal Scholars, Software Engineers Revolt Against War
Robots
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/a-treaty-to-ban-autonomous-intelligence-weapons/


Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change
https://www.wired.com/story/billionaires-use-vr-avoid-social-change/


How Roblox, a video game platform for kids, became a $30 billion
company
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/how-roblox-kids-video-game-platform-became-worth-almost-30-billion.html


Disclaimer


The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually
Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their
employer or any other affiliation.


Host and Producer: Tim Hampton


https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/


https://designthinkingtoronto.com


Guest: Marcel Gagné


https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelgagne/


Virtual voice over


https://www.nuance.com/


Music


Consequences by Nihilore


https://youtu.be/BaWaucm-ewc


Corrigendum


Marcel was right! Roblox became a $30 billion dollar company.