{"id":6953,"date":"2025-11-04T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:56:59","slug":"episode-787-artificially-unintelligent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2025\/11\/04\/episode-787-artificially-unintelligent\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 787: Artificially Unintelligent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 787\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k4zjZIIa4SU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1O9\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1O9\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2633\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6953-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep787_251103.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep787_251103.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep787_251103.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep787_251103.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep787_251103.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>QOTW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/posts\/pfbid02sEK8AJUSLGGzVWc6tNEQLAPZRxvkythrdzwFGqMuGgDt4ZojbBQ7pfJHzstLyMFl\">Before the internet made everything instantly available, what was your primary &#8216;analog&#8217; source for geeky information? 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