So how do Kwaku's kids know that it's FAFO Friday? "They're like, 'oh, we know you're doing the podcast 'cause we just hear you cackling through the walls.'"
So laugh along with Kwaku and me today as we work our way through a quick victory lap (stuff we said would happen last week happened!), why Sam is like that desperate guy at the bar who refuses to go home alone, quantum computing explained via children's literature, why the Jetsons are not reason enough for us to build humanoid robots, robot choreography (are we human or are we dancers?), wen self-driving cars in NY?, riding a wave of green lights up Manhattan's third avenue at 2 AM, artificial wombs and other moonshot off-shoots, and the real origin of Velcro (AI lied to me about it).
Plus... goat ranches, breakfast tacos, and what we're most excited about heading into SXSW. It's a choose your own adventure kind of day.
Chapters
- (01:24) - Victory Lap — We Called It
- (03:35) - OpenAI's Bar Guy Energy
- (06:38) - Waymo, Robot Choreography, and Green Light Waves
- (10:16) - Self-Driving Cars vs. New York Politicians
- (13:13) - What We're Most Excited About at SXSW
- (15:41) - Quantum Computing: Choose Your Own Adventure Edition
- (18:01) - Dire Wolves, Moonshots, and Tech Nobody Sees Coming
- (24:07) - Why Do Robots Need to Look Like Us?
- (29:22) - The SXSW Way-Back Machine
- (36:08) - Increased Regulation: Past, Present, or Future?
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Music by Jonathan Zalben
What is Future Around & Find Out?
You know what would be awesome? If we could build the future we want — before we muck it up.
Future Around & Find Out helps builders think clearly about AI and emerging technologies, grapple with the implications, and decide what to build next.
Independent technologist and former NPR journalist Dan Blumberg speaks with founders, makers, and you to celebrate breakthroughs, call BS on the hype, explore how things might go sideways — and how we can steer the future in the right direction.
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On FAFO Fridays, futurist Kwaku Aning joins Dan for a playful recap of the week in tech, including the amazing, the scary, and the strange.
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