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This second half of the Filter Feeders AI deep dive peels back the circuits on the big questions: Is AI threatening our creativity, or is it just another tool? Ollie and Vinny unpack the art, the ethics, and the existential dilemmas — from AI-enhanced films to machine-generated poetry that almost passes the Turing test. It’s a glitchy, glitchy world out there, and we’re decoding it together.

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[00:34–08:19] – 🎬 AI in Film: Oscar buzz, accent controversies, and digital deception

[08:19–16:08] – 🧠 Jobs, Tools, and the Knowledge Shift: Is AI enhancing or replacing us?

[16:08–24:03] – 📚 Education in the AI Era: Academic bans, resistance, and adaptation

[24:03–32:36] – 🧪 Cognition vs Convenience: Outsourcing thought or unlocking potential?

[32:36–40:31] – ✍️ Creative Writing & Soul: Screenplays, sonnets, and the Nick Cave paradox

[40:31–48:59] – 🧬 Authenticity & AI Art: Can machines be truly creative — and should we care?

[48:59–57:29] – 🩺 Healthcare and Autonomy: AI diagnostics and the future of care

[57:29–01:05:20] – 🔮 The Next Evolution: From predicting to planning — what’s still missing?

[01:05:20–01:13:06] – 🤔 What Is Intelligence?: Dogs, dishwashers, and domain-specific smarts

[01:13:06–01:21:44] – 🪞 Poetic Mirrors & Collective Minds: Human vs AI reflection, and the final glitchy bow

The Red Hand Files – Nick Cave on AI – Nick Cave’s poetic take on machine creativity

Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, Fast and Slow – Cognitive models that inspired Ollie’s take

AI in UK Pharmacies – How AI diagnostics are shaping NHS walk-in care

AI can create, reflect, and assist — but understanding how and why we use it defines whether it empowers or endangers us 🤯

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Think AI is a modern marvel? In this episode of Filter Feeders, Ollie and Vinny dig deep into the surprising history of artificial intelligence. From ancient automata to Renaissance-era “thinking” machines and even scandalous chess-playing hoaxes, they trace AI’s roots long before algorithms ruled the world. It’s a mind-expanding ride through the tech you didn’t know was AI all along — and a sharp look at how we still misunderstand it today.

[09:56–15:21] — 🧱The Foundations of AI: Broadening and reframing what we mean by "Artificial Intelligence"

[15:22–20:17] — 🐶 From Clippy to Shakey: Early chatbots, robot dogs, and the dawn of reasoning machines

[27:16–30:28] — 🧃 Gen AI & The Milk Carton Paradox: Generative tech hype and why not every “AI” is new

[32:29–37:00] — ⚙️ Transformers Explained: What GPT really stands for and how transformer models changed everything

[38:26–41:08] — 💥 The Data Dilemma: NLP, deep learning, dataset controversies, and racist chatbots

[43:42–46:49] — 🛡 Ethics vs. Innovation: Who should govern AI safety, and how moderation affects creativity

[50:50–62:54] — 🎥 Pop Culture & Fear: How HAL, iRobot, and film tropes fuel public paranoia about AI

[63:29–66:45] — 📼 Why Humans Still Matter: The value of imperfection, bespoke leather belts, and human storytelling

Hanson Robotics – Sophia — The eerie bot that blinks like a slow-loading gif

ELIZA Chatbot History — The original AI therapist from 1966

Stuart Russell’s AI Warnings — On AI doing exactly what we say

🤖 Artificial intelligence isn’t some overnight marvel—it’s the modern face of an age-old human obsession with replicating thought, behaviour, and intelligence through machines. Each iteration has mirrored not just our technological advancement, but our hopes, fears, and ethical dilemmas. Yet, as AI becomes more embedded in our daily lives, the real challenge isn’t about what these systems can do, but about who decides what they should do—and why.

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Ah, music. The one thing that unites us all—except when it comes to deciding what to play on a road trip. In this episode of Filter Feeders, Ollie & Vinny take a deep dive into the science, psychology, and downright weirdness of music. Why do certain harmonies hit us like an emotional freight train, while others flop like a wet noodle? Can music be a universal language, or is Vinny still going to pretend he enjoys polka remixes? Why does Barry White make us feel things we shouldn’t discuss in polite company?

From the physics of sound waves to why ancient humans started banging on stuff, we’re unpacking why music moves, soothes, and occasionally confuses us.

⏳ [07:16–20:34] 🎼 The Science of Sound – Music is just organised noise?

⏳ [20:31–32:45] 🎤 Cultural Differences in Music – Is there really an appropriate time for accordion polka?

⏳ [32:46–40:15] 🔥 Why Music Gives Us Chills – That moment when a song hits so hard your spine briefly enters another dimension.

⏳ [48:01–53:20] 🎵 Personality & Music Taste – Does liking jazz make you sophisticated, or just someone who claps at the wrong time?

⏳ [53:21–End] 🎙 Don't listen to this bit Spotify & some "Real" Fan Engagement.

• 🧠 Music Psychology with Dr. Victoria Williamson – Unlock the symphony inside your skull with Dr. Victoria Williamson's Music Psychology blog.
• 🎶 Harmony Explained - A new scientific look at untangling why music is...well... music.

• Music isn’t just sound—it’s a current you step into, something that pulls you along whether you want it to or not. It’s the bass rattling through the floorboards, the off-key wail of a karaoke mic at closing time, the lonely whale singing into an ocean that doesn’t understand. It’s wired into everything, stitched through memories, through time, through the spaces between words when words won’t do. A drumbeat, a chord change, the scratch of a worn-out record—it’s all there, humming in the background, waiting for you to notice.🎤✨

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