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We're joined as always with our super producer Alexis, code named Doc Holliday Jackson. Most importantly, you are you. You are here. That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. It is the top of the week, which means it's time for some strange news, and we're going to talk about some crime. We're going to talk about some surveillance. We're going to talk about, of course, a couple of heist gone wrong. We are going to ask what rough beast slouches towards the Bethlehem of the Dead Internet theory before we do any of that. Fellow conspiracy realist, we are fans of music in all form, and Noel, you found a pretty amazing story.

We're joined as always with our super producer Alexis, code named Doc Holliday Jackson. Most importantly, you are you. You are here. That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. It is the top of the week, which means it's time for some strange news, and we're going to talk about some crime. We're going to talk about some surveillance. We're going to talk about, of course, a couple of heist gone wrong. We are going to ask what rough beast slouches towards the Bethlehem of the Dead Internet theory before we do any of that. Fellow conspiracy realist, we are fans of music in all form, and Noel, you found a pretty amazing story.

Well yeah, I mean, you know, a lot of the conversation around AI, especially as it pertains to corporations using AI, sort of feels like this desperate attempt to capitalize on the hot new technology or whatever, not even to mention the dystopian aspects of AI the job depriving the future aspects of AI or a machine learning to be a little more accurate. So it's kind of rare even when you see one that seems a little innocuous, Like you know, the Beatles released a pretty nothing burger of a song that I've already literally forgot in the name of where they used AI to clean up the audio on a John Lennon demo. Essentially that was like I think him playing a tune on the piano, and they used AI as you know, an interesting tool. It wasn't like to resurrect John Lennon's from the Dead, you know, to fully create this thing that never actually happened. It was you know, using you know, machine learning as a forensic tool of audio reconstruction.

Well yeah, I mean, you know, a lot of the conversation around AI, especially as it pertains to corporations using AI, sort of feels like this desperate attempt to capitalize on the hot new technology or whatever, not even to mention the dystopian aspects of AI the job depriving the future aspects of AI or a machine learning to be a little more accurate. So it's kind of rare even when you see one that seems a little innocuous, Like you know, the Beatles released a pretty nothing burger of a song that I've already literally forgot in the name of where they used AI to clean up the audio on a John Lennon demo. Essentially that was like I think him playing a tune on the piano, and they used AI as you know, an interesting tool. It wasn't like to resurrect John Lennon's from the Dead, you know, to fully create this thing that never actually happened. It was you know, using you know, machine learning as a forensic tool of audio reconstruction.

I do like John Lennon's.

I do like John Lennon's.

By the way, John Lennons, there's there's there could be more than one. If hey if if, if big corporate America has their way, there will be many John Lennons fed by machine learning. But you know, there was a lot made of that story when it came out because there were a lot of people saying, oh gross, using AI to you know, dishonor the dead and create this song. Not cool beatles, but a lot of those stories buried the leader at the very least people chose not to look into a little bit deeper beyond the headlines to determine yes and fact. That was just a use of that kind of software, that kind of technology as a tool. And you know, Matt and I work pretty extensively with audio and stuff and using tools like isotope RX to you know, clean up noisy recordings, get rid of things like room tone or the drone of an air conditioning. And while I know a lot of audio plugins are starting to use more machine learning algorithms to figure that kind of stuff out, it's sort of still kind of, you know, the early days for that kind of stuff, and you're really just starting to see some of those tools incorporating this technology. I think we could all agree that's pretty cool. That's a use of that tech that's neat and that actually is a value and is still requiring engineers to implement the tool and to use it, you know, to create great audio, whether it be in podcasts or in music. You know, with so many people recording records at home. Being able to clean up audio that maybe wasn't recorded in the most optimal situations is a really cool thing.

By the way, John Lennons, there's there's there could be more than one. If hey if if, if big corporate America has their way, there will be many John Lennons fed by machine learning. But you know, there was a lot made of that story when it came out because there were a lot of people saying, oh gross, using AI to you know, dishonor the dead and create this song. Not cool beatles, but a lot of those stories buried the leader at the very least people chose not to look into a little bit deeper beyond the headlines to determine yes and fact. That was just a use of that kind of software, that kind of technology as a tool. And you know, Matt and I work pretty extensively with audio and stuff and using tools like isotope RX to you know, clean up noisy recordings, get rid of things like room tone or the drone of an air conditioning. And while I know a lot of audio plugins are starting to use more machine learning algorithms to figure that kind of stuff out, it's sort of still kind of, you know, the early days for that kind of stuff, and you're really just starting to see some of those tools incorporating this technology. I think we could all agree that's pretty cool. That's a use of that tech that's neat and that actually is a value and is still requiring engineers to implement the tool and to use it, you know, to create great audio, whether it be in podcasts or in music. You know, with so many people recording records at home. Being able to clean up audio that maybe wasn't recorded in the most optimal situations is a really cool thing.

Well, just really quickly on that, think about all of the amazing tools that exist for video editing and how far that's come. Right, being able to isolate elements back the image and like do all that kind of stuff.

Well, just really quickly on that, think about all of the amazing tools that exist for video editing and how far that's come. Right, being able to isolate elements back the image and like do all that kind of stuff.

Adaptive whatever it can sense, the edges it can sense, you can replace elements to create really cool video effects, not just deep fakes.

Adaptive whatever it can sense, the edges it can sense, you can replace elements to create really cool video effects, not just deep fakes.

Yeah, it's super good at this, by the way, folks.

Yeah, it's super good at this, by the way, folks.

But what I'm saying is even before any of this AI integration, video effects and editing and the way you could manipulate a visual image became was becoming extremely powerful the things you could do right. But with audio for a long time, I think it has to do with the nature of the wave and the signal and what you actually get when you record right. With microphones and things, it's very hard to separate pieces, right. Let's say, if there's a sound that occurs at the same time as another sound. For a long time, there was almost no way besides isolating specific frequencies to do anything.

But what I'm saying is even before any of this AI integration, video effects and editing and the way you could manipulate a visual image became was becoming extremely powerful the things you could do right. But with audio for a long time, I think it has to do with the nature of the wave and the signal and what you actually get when you record right. With microphones and things, it's very hard to separate pieces, right. Let's say, if there's a sound that occurs at the same time as another sound. For a long time, there was almost no way besides isolating specific frequencies to do anything.

I used to work at a guitar shop. You probably have an idea or can't imagine how often people came in and said, hey, you got to miss That'll cut the vocal out of this scene so I can make it into a karaoke track. I kid you not. It happened once every couple of days. So now to your point, Matt, through machine learning, that is possible, and I couldn't exactly explain to you how it's done, but there are quite a few tools that can do just that. And the long winded way of getting to today's story that I brought, which is about the country singer Randy Travis who in twenty thirteen suffered a severe stroke that left him unable to speak, which of course means unable to sing. He also had had issues with mobility due to that and has you know, largely faded from the public spotlight since that point. You might know Randy Travissey. I think he had hits like as far back as like the early eighties. My girlfriend, who's a bit of a country enthusiast, it's not my particular genre of choice. I think I like classic country. I like outlawk country, that kind of stuff. More of the schmaltzy kind of radio country stuff like that doesn't really do it for me, but you could argue Randy Travis sort of straddles those genres. And I think one of his famous songs is called like for I Love You Forever and Ever a man as long as Old Women talk about Old Man or something like that, and didn't quite bail it, but it's apparently a really really sweet song. And he was known for having a very kind of non traditional, very laid back delivery, and that was sort of his you know, stocking trade, and so he was very beloved, not necessarily known as like a belter per se or having like this some kind of crazy range, much more of an everyman kind of singer. You know.

I used to work at a guitar shop. You probably have an idea or can't imagine how often people came in and said, hey, you got to miss That'll cut the vocal out of this scene so I can make it into a karaoke track. I kid you not. It happened once every couple of days. So now to your point, Matt, through machine learning, that is possible, and I couldn't exactly explain to you how it's done, but there are quite a few tools that can do just that. And the long winded way of getting to today's story that I brought, which is about the country singer Randy Travis who in twenty thirteen suffered a severe stroke that left him unable to speak, which of course means unable to sing. He also had had issues with mobility due to that and has you know, largely faded from the public spotlight since that point. You might know Randy Travissey. I think he had hits like as far back as like the early eighties. My girlfriend, who's a bit of a country enthusiast, it's not my particular genre of choice. I think I like classic country. I like outlawk country, that kind of stuff. More of the schmaltzy kind of radio country stuff like that doesn't really do it for me, but you could argue Randy Travis sort of straddles those genres. And I think one of his famous songs is called like for I Love You Forever and Ever a man as long as Old Women talk about Old Man or something like that, and didn't quite bail it, but it's apparently a really really sweet song. And he was known for having a very kind of non traditional, very laid back delivery, and that was sort of his you know, stocking trade, and so he was very beloved, not necessarily known as like a belter per se or having like this some kind of crazy range, much more of an everyman kind of singer. You know.

On the other hand, that's worth it for like twelve people.

On the other hand, that's worth it for like twelve people.

On the other hand, is that a ready Travis dress.

On the other hand, is that a ready Travis dress.

On the other head, of course, he is a we're talking about this off air. He's kind of a comfortable, hangout singer. That's exactly right, right.

On the other head, of course, he is a we're talking about this off air. He's kind of a comfortable, hangout singer. That's exactly right, right.

So essentially what's happened here, and again, this is an initiative through this record company, Warner you know, Warner Brothers, Warner Media whatever their record wing of that giant media conglomerate. But I would argue a pretty good one of like, hey, we're going to try it out the use of this AI technology to give Randy Travis his voice back, with full cooperation from Randy himself, from his legacy producer of many years, and a fellow country singer named James Dupree who kind of laid down what you might call the guide vocal for the track. So basically, you sing the song kind of knowing how Randy's cadences might go and the way he might deliver the song, and then by going through forensically scraping I guess, I mean, I think that terms kind of become a little gross too, but you get what I'm saying. His back catalog. I think they took forty two of his isolated vocal tracks, which you might call stems in the parlance of recording. It's just the vocal part solo. No AI required, right, because you have the original master tapes, which is multi track, so all of those things can be then split out out. So forty two of his vocal isolated recordings were then analyzed, let's say, and overlaid on top of this James Dupree vocal, and apparently the results A it's charting, it's debuted where that came from the song, the new song from Randy Travis. And in this situation where there's agency, I think you can call it by Randy Travis. What do you guys think about that? Let let's start with that first of all, if there is co signed by the artist himself, not Drake dropping an AI rap verse on a you know, disk track from Tupac of course, who is not with us, and also from Snoop Dogg. Weirdly, we actually didn't talk about that in our Drake segment. That's one of the weirdest parts of that whole rap u. That is no agency that is done without the permission of the people living or deceased, their families that have that have been left behind, and you know, Tupac's estate had a real problem with that and had it taken down. But in this case there has been all of the things and Randy himself. So can you really call this a Randy Travis song? This is really kind of a new frontier of media, Like he didn't actually sing it. This other guy sang it, but then they took his voice and they overlaid it and he was involved. You know, it's very interesting question. I don't know what you guys think about that, And then we'll get to some other stuff with some other aspects of this story.

So essentially what's happened here, and again, this is an initiative through this record company, Warner you know, Warner Brothers, Warner Media whatever their record wing of that giant media conglomerate. But I would argue a pretty good one of like, hey, we're going to try it out the use of this AI technology to give Randy Travis his voice back, with full cooperation from Randy himself, from his legacy producer of many years, and a fellow country singer named James Dupree who kind of laid down what you might call the guide vocal for the track. So basically, you sing the song kind of knowing how Randy's cadences might go and the way he might deliver the song, and then by going through forensically scraping I guess, I mean, I think that terms kind of become a little gross too, but you get what I'm saying. His back catalog. I think they took forty two of his isolated vocal tracks, which you might call stems in the parlance of recording. It's just the vocal part solo. No AI required, right, because you have the original master tapes, which is multi track, so all of those things can be then split out out. So forty two of his vocal isolated recordings were then analyzed, let's say, and overlaid on top of this James Dupree vocal, and apparently the results A it's charting, it's debuted where that came from the song, the new song from Randy Travis. And in this situation where there's agency, I think you can call it by Randy Travis. What do you guys think about that? Let let's start with that first of all, if there is co signed by the artist himself, not Drake dropping an AI rap verse on a you know, disk track from Tupac of course, who is not with us, and also from Snoop Dogg. Weirdly, we actually didn't talk about that in our Drake segment. That's one of the weirdest parts of that whole rap u. That is no agency that is done without the permission of the people living or deceased, their families that have that have been left behind, and you know, Tupac's estate had a real problem with that and had it taken down. But in this case there has been all of the things and Randy himself. So can you really call this a Randy Travis song? This is really kind of a new frontier of media, Like he didn't actually sing it. This other guy sang it, but then they took his voice and they overlaid it and he was involved. You know, it's very interesting question. I don't know what you guys think about that, And then we'll get to some other stuff with some other aspects of this story.

Well, I haven't heard it, guys. Does it sound like it's just him recording in a booth?

Well, I haven't heard it, guys. Does it sound like it's just him recording in a booth?

I think so. I mean, you know this kind of very polished country. It's got a certain sheen to it. You know a lot of theah, there's auto tune used in big country artists, and auto tune again as a tool, he's gotten more and more transparent where it doesn't sound like auto tune. There's even this other auto tune is actually these days, in my experience, used more to sound like auto tune, where it is very much meant to be an effect, like in trap music or or you know, a Polish pop. It's almost like that robot voice that you.

I think so. I mean, you know this kind of very polished country. It's got a certain sheen to it. You know a lot of theah, there's auto tune used in big country artists, and auto tune again as a tool, he's gotten more and more transparent where it doesn't sound like auto tune. There's even this other auto tune is actually these days, in my experience, used more to sound like auto tune, where it is very much meant to be an effect, like in trap music or or you know, a Polish pop. It's almost like that robot voice that you.

Know he being could actually singul to know that. Check out the Tiny Desk concert. The guy has a voice of an angel.

Know he being could actually singul to know that. Check out the Tiny Desk concert. The guy has a voice of an angel.

Picasso could paint landscapes. The guy it was classically trained artists. He just chose to paint like a like a small child. I'm kidding. I love Picasso, but I'm saying people often joke about like, how, oh man, anybody could do that? Blah blah blah. No, a lot of these artists, they made those choices. That is often the case with auto tune these days. It's a choice, it's an aesthetic choice. Melodine is another tool that is much more for correcting mistakes, correcting little warbles, and it's real precise and I've used it and it's it's miraculous. You've probably seen uh sort of jokey videos online where someone will take a song and retune it and like make it sound completely different. That's all using melodye. So in my opinion, it does sound like a real Randy Travis on me not being a you know, Randy Travis super fan, I couldn't say for sure, but by all accounts, he loved it. Apparently he you know, when they played it for him. There's a video of him kind of taking it all in and you see him sort of go through this range of emotions, and I believe the emotion that he lands on is gratitude. He uses the word grace, you know, in his discussion of this song, and he believes this was a form of a divine second chance.

Picasso could paint landscapes. The guy it was classically trained artists. He just chose to paint like a like a small child. I'm kidding. I love Picasso, but I'm saying people often joke about like, how, oh man, anybody could do that? Blah blah blah. No, a lot of these artists, they made those choices. That is often the case with auto tune these days. It's a choice, it's an aesthetic choice. Melodine is another tool that is much more for correcting mistakes, correcting little warbles, and it's real precise and I've used it and it's it's miraculous. You've probably seen uh sort of jokey videos online where someone will take a song and retune it and like make it sound completely different. That's all using melodye. So in my opinion, it does sound like a real Randy Travis on me not being a you know, Randy Travis super fan, I couldn't say for sure, but by all accounts, he loved it. Apparently he you know, when they played it for him. There's a video of him kind of taking it all in and you see him sort of go through this range of emotions, and I believe the emotion that he lands on is gratitude. He uses the word grace, you know, in his discussion of this song, and he believes this was a form of a divine second chance.

So like when a Frank Sinatra watched Pavati singing some of his hits.

So like when a Frank Sinatra watched Pavati singing some of his hits.

That's a good point, man, That's my question to you, guys. Though it is like that sort of but it's also different because it is charting as a new song from the country megastar Randy Travis. But it's also that ship of thesis kind of question, isn't it guys? Like, is it really him? If it's actually sung by someone else in the overlaid with pieces of him? I don't know. I think it's that's a philosophical question, right, I don't really have the answer.

That's a good point, man, That's my question to you, guys. Though it is like that sort of but it's also different because it is charting as a new song from the country megastar Randy Travis. But it's also that ship of thesis kind of question, isn't it guys? Like, is it really him? If it's actually sung by someone else in the overlaid with pieces of him? I don't know. I think it's that's a philosophical question, right, I don't really have the answer.

Well, it's licensing at that point.

Well, it's licensing at that point.

It is licensing, that's right, it's But at the same time, it's a little different than Abba or Kiss selling their likenesses to the the Hologram factory, you know, for constant perpetual touring. You know, that's on rails. They've created this show. There's see this is kind of on rails too. I don't know, guys, I'd love to hear from conspiracy realists out there. Is this really Randy Travis? Is that? Even the point? I don't know. His producer, Kyle Lemming is the one who went through the old recordings. The lyrics are ten years old. So this is something that I think was meant for him in the first place. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but it does have three point three million streams in its very first week, which is pretty neat. I just think this is sort of like a feel good, a high story in the midst of a lot of real scary, doom and gloom AI stories. And I think I don't think anybody could argue that this is a pretty interesting use of this tool, you know, and other AI related I guess positive news or you know where AI with agency news If anyone's familiar with the singer and dancer, pretty amazing artist fka Twigs. She actually spoke before like a house committee, I believe, on the use of AI, and she has developed an AI deep fake avatar of herself that she with agency from her and her team want to be able to have interact with fans. So, you know, is it a genie out of the bottle kind of situation? If it's done correctly, can you put the reins on it? Can it be rained in? I guess there's a better way of putting that. I don't know. I'd like to think so, but I want to end. But I want to end this segment unless you guys had any other stuff to add.

It is licensing, that's right, it's But at the same time, it's a little different than Abba or Kiss selling their likenesses to the the Hologram factory, you know, for constant perpetual touring. You know, that's on rails. They've created this show. There's see this is kind of on rails too. I don't know, guys, I'd love to hear from conspiracy realists out there. Is this really Randy Travis? Is that? Even the point? I don't know. His producer, Kyle Lemming is the one who went through the old recordings. The lyrics are ten years old. So this is something that I think was meant for him in the first place. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but it does have three point three million streams in its very first week, which is pretty neat. I just think this is sort of like a feel good, a high story in the midst of a lot of real scary, doom and gloom AI stories. And I think I don't think anybody could argue that this is a pretty interesting use of this tool, you know, and other AI related I guess positive news or you know where AI with agency news If anyone's familiar with the singer and dancer, pretty amazing artist fka Twigs. She actually spoke before like a house committee, I believe, on the use of AI, and she has developed an AI deep fake avatar of herself that she with agency from her and her team want to be able to have interact with fans. So, you know, is it a genie out of the bottle kind of situation? If it's done correctly, can you put the reins on it? Can it be rained in? I guess there's a better way of putting that. I don't know. I'd like to think so, but I want to end. But I want to end this segment unless you guys had any other stuff to add.

No, I can't wait to listen to the song.

No, I can't wait to listen to the song.

I also want to give it another listen.

I also want to give it another listen.

I will point out again broken record style. Hope me on this. It is fundamentally philosophically fraudulent to describe any intelligence as artificial.

I will point out again broken record style. Hope me on this. It is fundamentally philosophically fraudulent to describe any intelligence as artificial.

It's fair. I think that's fair and a good reminder. So this is really quick, and this is really just for for laws, y'all. I think this is a really sweet story. I recently came across a kind of a new I guess burgeoning hilarious sort of joke scene on the internet. We talked about dead Internet theory. A lot of that is being perpetuated and really escalated by AI content creation, right, but a lot of that stuff, I mean, it's gonna get more advanced, like it does require prompts from human beings. And I stumbled upon a treasure trove of AI generated country songs. And this one here was entirely AI generated. A human had to have prompted it. Because you're gonna hear some some real themes here, y'all. Well, let's just this is here real quick. This is a big red cups. I got beer in my boots, dirn on the truck, corn on the mone and a god of my butt.

It's fair. I think that's fair and a good reminder. So this is really quick, and this is really just for for laws, y'all. I think this is a really sweet story. I recently came across a kind of a new I guess burgeoning hilarious sort of joke scene on the internet. We talked about dead Internet theory. A lot of that is being perpetuated and really escalated by AI content creation, right, but a lot of that stuff, I mean, it's gonna get more advanced, like it does require prompts from human beings. And I stumbled upon a treasure trove of AI generated country songs. And this one here was entirely AI generated. A human had to have prompted it. Because you're gonna hear some some real themes here, y'all. Well, let's just this is here real quick. This is a big red cups. I got beer in my boots, dirn on the truck, corn on the mone and a god of my butt.

It's a stop town, leister's dirt, bleister's beer trucks.

It's a stop town, leister's dirt, bleister's beer trucks.

And sure.

And sure.

This is not bo Burnham, by the way.

This is not bo Burnham, by the way.

Consent butts, red cups, dirty beer, folks.

Consent butts, red cups, dirty beer, folks.

I wish you could see Matt's pace right now. I wish you could see an old dancing to this one.

I wish you could see Matt's pace right now. I wish you could see an old dancing to this one.

The butts are proud, y'all, biscuit in my boot?

The butts are proud, y'all, biscuit in my boot?

Sorry, all right enough, Oh my goodness, gracious, what do you guys think about that?

Sorry, all right enough, Oh my goodness, gracious, what do you guys think about that?

I mean, guys, I live out in the country.

I mean, guys, I live out in the country.

Now, yeah, you got big, you got boots and boots, trucks, get mud, and there are any guns and butts out there?

Now, yeah, you got big, you got boots and boots, trucks, get mud, and there are any guns and butts out there?

Of course that's all. It's all true. No, no, it's I feel offended on behalf of everybody that lives within with several miles Listen.

Of course that's all. It's all true. No, no, it's I feel offended on behalf of everybody that lives within with several miles Listen.

That's why I point out that someone didn't just right AI make a country song. Someone said make a country song about guns and butts. Okay, that didn't come out of whole cloth, I guarantee, because as we know, with these tools, they require prompts, and sometimes these prompts can be very targeted and focused, whether it be for visual stuff or what have you. I thought that was really funny. It made me laugh. I shared it with anyone who would listen. Now I shared it with you.

That's why I point out that someone didn't just right AI make a country song. Someone said make a country song about guns and butts. Okay, that didn't come out of whole cloth, I guarantee, because as we know, with these tools, they require prompts, and sometimes these prompts can be very targeted and focused, whether it be for visual stuff or what have you. I thought that was really funny. It made me laugh. I shared it with anyone who would listen. Now I shared it with you.

AI is o Henry's Monkey Paul, also coming from parts of rural Appalachia. I think they would dig this song.

AI is o Henry's Monkey Paul, also coming from parts of rural Appalachia. I think they would dig this song.

I think they would do. It's a banger of a chorus, yeah, and it certainly does when you when you when you step away from the jokiness of it. If an AI did compose the melody and hook of that, whether the prompt you know that probably Again, I haven't messed with one of these audio AI things like that, but pretty impressive and a little scary in terms of what that means for pop music and artists like James Blake. I've really come out saying how the record industries are really pushing this narrative of like ten second clips for a TikTok, five second, fifteen second clips from TikTok, which is pushing the way music is consumed much more towards a world where AI generated stuff would fly.

I think they would do. It's a banger of a chorus, yeah, and it certainly does when you when you when you step away from the jokiness of it. If an AI did compose the melody and hook of that, whether the prompt you know that probably Again, I haven't messed with one of these audio AI things like that, but pretty impressive and a little scary in terms of what that means for pop music and artists like James Blake. I've really come out saying how the record industries are really pushing this narrative of like ten second clips for a TikTok, five second, fifteen second clips from TikTok, which is pushing the way music is consumed much more towards a world where AI generated stuff would fly.

And that's not coolish. I would dig this song.

And that's not coolish. I would dig this song.

It's a real fist pumper, y'all, and I just think it's gonna get weirder from there. So I use that kind of jokey bit just to point out some of the scary parts of this stuff too. Weren't you weren't going to get an AI story on stuff that I want you to know without a little bit of doom sprinkled in there for good measure. So at least we could wrap that doom. And you know, guns and butts.

It's a real fist pumper, y'all, and I just think it's gonna get weirder from there. So I use that kind of jokey bit just to point out some of the scary parts of this stuff too. Weren't you weren't going to get an AI story on stuff that I want you to know without a little bit of doom sprinkled in there for good measure. So at least we could wrap that doom. And you know, guns and butts.

Big red cups, dirty trucks, dirty truck dirty but.

Big red cups, dirty trucks, dirty truck dirty but.

A biscuit in my boot, corn on my mind. You know, you know, I'm always out there thinking about that corn. Wow. I don't know, guys, this is fun and scary and sweet. I'm feeling a lot of emotions. Let's take a quick break here, a word from our sponsor, and then come back with more strange news.

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And we've returned. Guys, We've got a bit of a mystery that's going to take us down let's say a forking path, and we'll explore it as it forks. The first story comes from CBS News or k COW News. That's a California. It was posted on May eighth, twenty twenty four, and it is regarding one woman's experience. The title is hidden Camera Found planted outside of Chino Hills woman's home. And I'm just going to read a couple of the details here and then let's discuss A woman living in Chino Hills, California, was disturbed to learn that a camera disguised as a rock had been planted outside of her home. The camera was planted in the ground across the street from her house. It's believed that the camera was placed on April twenty ninth, where it sat for several days before being spotted by a neighbor. It was a camera wrapped in clay to make it look like a rock, and it was attached via cable to a very large power bank that was actually larger than the entire you know, fake rock itself. So like a long term yeah, just sitting there across the street from this house. The neighbor who found it was able to actually download some of the images from it, so it's not as though it was attached to Wi Fi. Well maybe it was, but if it was attached to Wi Fi, it was also capturing images locally to the device. So the neighbor downloaded an image from the camera that showed the moment the hand places it there. Somebody was wearing a glove like looks like a gardener or something, places it down there. But then the neighbors, knowing the date and time, looked at their own security cameras and found the moment that somebody rides up on a scooter and just kind of, you know, stops for a moment, goes down, puts something or messes with the ground in some way, right, and then just rides right off. And that's it. That's all they know. Uh So everybody is just trying to figure out why, and the woman obviously is going, oh, okay, what am I dealing with here? We've got several options, guys, what do you think is most likely that this could be.

And we've returned. Guys, We've got a bit of a mystery that's going to take us down let's say a forking path, and we'll explore it as it forks. The first story comes from CBS News or k COW News. That's a California. It was posted on May eighth, twenty twenty four, and it is regarding one woman's experience. The title is hidden Camera Found planted outside of Chino Hills woman's home. And I'm just going to read a couple of the details here and then let's discuss A woman living in Chino Hills, California, was disturbed to learn that a camera disguised as a rock had been planted outside of her home. The camera was planted in the ground across the street from her house. It's believed that the camera was placed on April twenty ninth, where it sat for several days before being spotted by a neighbor. It was a camera wrapped in clay to make it look like a rock, and it was attached via cable to a very large power bank that was actually larger than the entire you know, fake rock itself. So like a long term yeah, just sitting there across the street from this house. The neighbor who found it was able to actually download some of the images from it, so it's not as though it was attached to Wi Fi. Well maybe it was, but if it was attached to Wi Fi, it was also capturing images locally to the device. So the neighbor downloaded an image from the camera that showed the moment the hand places it there. Somebody was wearing a glove like looks like a gardener or something, places it down there. But then the neighbors, knowing the date and time, looked at their own security cameras and found the moment that somebody rides up on a scooter and just kind of, you know, stops for a moment, goes down, puts something or messes with the ground in some way, right, and then just rides right off. And that's it. That's all they know. Uh So everybody is just trying to figure out why, and the woman obviously is going, oh, okay, what am I dealing with here? We've got several options, guys, what do you think is most likely that this could be.

It's tough to guess without more information.

It's tough to guess without more information.

Okay, no, right options. I'll throw the first one out. What if it is, and this one's way out there. What if it is a BTK style person that is casing a human being, watching a human being to see their movements, their patterns and everything like that, like a serial.

Okay, no, right options. I'll throw the first one out. What if it is, and this one's way out there. What if it is a BTK style person that is casing a human being, watching a human being to see their movements, their patterns and everything like that, like a serial.

Killer, a predator scoping like the bomb torture killed Dennis Radar guy. Cinematic possible, but maybe not plausible. Those fates are kind of rare.

Killer, a predator scoping like the bomb torture killed Dennis Radar guy. Cinematic possible, but maybe not plausible. Those fates are kind of rare.

Okay, Well, what would be more common then maybe uh, burglar or someone who's casing the joint just to steal from it.

Okay, Well, what would be more common then maybe uh, burglar or someone who's casing the joint just to steal from it.

Yeah, that's I almost said a good one. That's a more plausible one.

Yeah, that's I almost said a good one. That's a more plausible one.

It's also a commitment to the bit, right, I mean, you know.

It's also a commitment to the bit, right, I mean, you know.

The possibility of a stalker without necessarily serial killer level predation at this point. You know, Matt, in the notes you you said, this could also just be someone trying to rob a house or chasing the joint for the worst hoa ever.

The possibility of a stalker without necessarily serial killer level predation at this point. You know, Matt, in the notes you you said, this could also just be someone trying to rob a house or chasing the joint for the worst hoa ever.

Yeah, it could be that. What if it's a private investigator that was hired by some outside party that is trying to capture something specific or activity going on?

Yeah, it could be that. What if it's a private investigator that was hired by some outside party that is trying to capture something specific or activity going on?

Oh? Well, have you guys been watching this show Sugar on on Apple TV. It's a private investigator type show. It's set in the modern day, but it's kind of got these old school you know, Noir detective advised. But dude is constantly placing hidden cameras on stuff, right all the time.

Oh? Well, have you guys been watching this show Sugar on on Apple TV. It's a private investigator type show. It's set in the modern day, but it's kind of got these old school you know, Noir detective advised. But dude is constantly placing hidden cameras on stuff, right all the time.

Oh yeah, bigtim We'll get in situations.

Oh yeah, bigtim We'll get in situations.

Well, that's a common thing, right, especially if you're in a cheating spouse situation, A PI will place camera us in front.

Well, that's a common thing, right, especially if you're in a cheating spouse situation, A PI will place camera us in front.

To be completely wireless, it would have to have a big old power supply like that you couldn't how would it would be such a giveaway if you tapped somebody's electricity or you know, it have to have a big old battery too, and then you probably have to go back in and replace it with a charge one.

To be completely wireless, it would have to have a big old power supply like that you couldn't how would it would be such a giveaway if you tapped somebody's electricity or you know, it have to have a big old battery too, and then you probably have to go back in and replace it with a charge one.

And not to victim blame at all in any way, but to understand this story, Matt, it sounds like we need to learn more about the woman in Chino Hills she identified, Like is there do we know anything about her background or possible like malevolent forces that might have interacted.

And not to victim blame at all in any way, but to understand this story, Matt, it sounds like we need to learn more about the woman in Chino Hills she identified, Like is there do we know anything about her background or possible like malevolent forces that might have interacted.

With No, we have, We have no information. This is like a one off story that at least to my knowledge, came out last week and it's that's all I've seen about it. And I haven't even pursued it further because I kind of don't want to know. That's that lady's business. I don't want to whatever she's getting into. The reason I'm bringing to you guys is to kind of go down this pathway of why would someone place a hidden camera across the street from a house. The only other thing I have like thinking about it would be some kind of law enforcement issue where they're trying to watch either a house or a specific walkway where people are traveling. But usually for law enforcement, you would have to have a human being monitoring that stuff. So you've got that chain of custody thing.

With No, we have, We have no information. This is like a one off story that at least to my knowledge, came out last week and it's that's all I've seen about it. And I haven't even pursued it further because I kind of don't want to know. That's that lady's business. I don't want to whatever she's getting into. The reason I'm bringing to you guys is to kind of go down this pathway of why would someone place a hidden camera across the street from a house. The only other thing I have like thinking about it would be some kind of law enforcement issue where they're trying to watch either a house or a specific walkway where people are traveling. But usually for law enforcement, you would have to have a human being monitoring that stuff. So you've got that chain of custody thing.

Right, Yeah, in a windowless van, right.

Right, Yeah, in a windowless van, right.

Yeah, usually a human being on hand somewhere making sure that at all times people know what is happening in time stamping things.

Yeah, usually a human being on hand somewhere making sure that at all times people know what is happening in time stamping things.

So and also I hope she's okay.

So and also I hope she's okay.

Oh absolutely, I was joking about what did she do? No victim? Let me hear at all. I just want to add, Matt. I think one thing that piques all of our interests about this is the very clever, you know, camouflaging of the camera. It's not something that I've really thought about it or seen before. It's like a fake rock looking thing. Somebody puts some thoughts or time and some energy into.

Oh absolutely, I was joking about what did she do? No victim? Let me hear at all. I just want to add, Matt. I think one thing that piques all of our interests about this is the very clever, you know, camouflaging of the camera. It's not something that I've really thought about it or seen before. It's like a fake rock looking thing. Somebody puts some thoughts or time and some energy into.

This, Yeah, but then they just kind of covered it with leaves with a giant metal power thing attached to it.

This, Yeah, but then they just kind of covered it with leaves with a giant metal power thing attached to it.

Okay, that's like a tracking compliment, You're right.

Okay, that's like a tracking compliment, You're right.

It's just it's a weird combination of things, right, which just makes you go, what.

It's just it's a weird combination of things, right, which just makes you go, what.

Is going on? Laziness?

Is going on? Laziness?

Yeah, I guess so it is possible to be stupidly smart.

Yeah, I guess so it is possible to be stupidly smart.

Hey, there you go. There you go. So, guys, the next story that I wanted to jump to from this thinking about this story is a story here from Boston twenty five News from a while ago. This is April twenty sixth, But it made me think about this story. There was a group of four men who were recently arrested for casing and burglarizing forty three homes. These four men carried out forty three successful burglaries and stole more than four million dollars worth of that's an estimate worth of valuables. It was across twenty five towns in Massachusetts from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty four.

Hey, there you go. There you go. So, guys, the next story that I wanted to jump to from this thinking about this story is a story here from Boston twenty five News from a while ago. This is April twenty sixth, But it made me think about this story. There was a group of four men who were recently arrested for casing and burglarizing forty three homes. These four men carried out forty three successful burglaries and stole more than four million dollars worth of that's an estimate worth of valuables. It was across twenty five towns in Massachusetts from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty four.

Oh that's a long time window.

Oh that's a long time window.

It is a really long time window. And here is the part that astounded me in reading the story. You guys, think about all the ring cameras out there, all of the simply safe and blah blah blah, all the r low cameras. These guys were only caught on camera out of forty three burglaries one time. One time. Isn't that kind of astounding. It makes you wonder how in the heck they could do that. And I learned about something through this article. I didn't know that you could jam Wi Fi signals in a local area as somebody who was not law enforcement or not, you know, and in working for an intelligence company, you can just get a device that will jam Wi Fi signals, essentially making all of these camera systems inert because if they're not connected to the Wi Fi generally they don't function unless there are a specific type of camera. Of some of them will function whether they have signal or not, and they store locally and then upload.

It is a really long time window. And here is the part that astounded me in reading the story. You guys, think about all the ring cameras out there, all of the simply safe and blah blah blah, all the r low cameras. These guys were only caught on camera out of forty three burglaries one time. One time. Isn't that kind of astounding. It makes you wonder how in the heck they could do that. And I learned about something through this article. I didn't know that you could jam Wi Fi signals in a local area as somebody who was not law enforcement or not, you know, and in working for an intelligence company, you can just get a device that will jam Wi Fi signals, essentially making all of these camera systems inert because if they're not connected to the Wi Fi generally they don't function unless there are a specific type of camera. Of some of them will function whether they have signal or not, and they store locally and then upload.

Yeah, really popular one is called the camera.

Yeah, really popular one is called the camera.

Mamma jamma, camera, mamma jamma.

Mamma jamma, camera, mamma jamma.

I just made that up. That's not true.

I just made that up. That's not true.

Oh I thought it is.

Oh I thought it is.

Now we just lack mirrored it. Also, also, it is, to be fair, folks, it is completely legal to buy those products or to manufacture them on your own.

Now we just lack mirrored it. Also, also, it is, to be fair, folks, it is completely legal to buy those products or to manufacture them on your own.

Is that because it's all public air, like where you're jamming at like like I don't know, like who owns the air?

Is that because it's all public air, like where you're jamming at like like I don't know, like who owns the air?

Okay, it's like it's illegal to shoot a person in general, but it is not illegal to buy a gun. It is legal to buy these sorts of things, these contraptions and the components that compose those contraptions, but the way you use them determines the legality or the illegality and.

Okay, it's like it's illegal to shoot a person in general, but it is not illegal to buy a gun. It is legal to buy these sorts of things, these contraptions and the components that compose those contraptions, but the way you use them determines the legality or the illegality and.

These great architectors.

These great architectors.

Right, Yeah, it's a good comparison. I don't know why I say comparison, Like I don't speak this language. I'm still learning it.

Right, Yeah, it's a good comparison. I don't know why I say comparison, Like I don't speak this language. I'm still learning it.

But no, it's one of those things that, like you know, has intended for law enforcement or what have you, and then it made its way to the public sector. I think it's technically a legal to use them for nefarious purposes, but it's a pretty gray area about that kind of stuff.

But no, it's one of those things that, like you know, has intended for law enforcement or what have you, and then it made its way to the public sector. I think it's technically a legal to use them for nefarious purposes, but it's a pretty gray area about that kind of stuff.

Yeah, that's the right color for it. It's a great area. And these So these guys did get caught though, right Matt, despite only being sited on camera once like some sort of true crime cryptid. They did get popped.

Yeah, that's the right color for it. It's a great area. And these So these guys did get caught though, right Matt, despite only being sited on camera once like some sort of true crime cryptid. They did get popped.

They did get caught. They're currently charged. So I guess this stuff is they allegedly did all these things. They haven't gone through the whole process, right, but they did get caught. There was one other thing. This was a sophisticated group of folks doing this because they also never brought cell phones with them when they were, you know, casing a joint or going into a place. They were very careful with their signals intelligence. Basically they almost wouldn't have gotten caught, probably just because they really were moving pretty effectively in the shadows, I think, unless there were some kind of sting or something like that. But hey, this is a weird one. They got caught. That's good. I don't know how you really protect yourself against that stuff unless I don't know, you just super upgrade your security systems and think about all the potential holes and then go crazy and paranoid and maybe don't do that.

They did get caught. They're currently charged. So I guess this stuff is they allegedly did all these things. They haven't gone through the whole process, right, but they did get caught. There was one other thing. This was a sophisticated group of folks doing this because they also never brought cell phones with them when they were, you know, casing a joint or going into a place. They were very careful with their signals intelligence. Basically they almost wouldn't have gotten caught, probably just because they really were moving pretty effectively in the shadows, I think, unless there were some kind of sting or something like that. But hey, this is a weird one. They got caught. That's good. I don't know how you really protect yourself against that stuff unless I don't know, you just super upgrade your security systems and think about all the potential holes and then go crazy and paranoid and maybe don't do that.

Spend your life unhappily anxious.

Spend your life unhappily anxious.

Yeah, let's not do that. That's not a great idea. Take it from me somebody who has dealt with that and is always and is still dealing with that.

Yeah, let's not do that. That's not a great idea. Take it from me somebody who has dealt with that and is always and is still dealing with that.

All right, maybe we should get some coffee.

All right, maybe we should get some coffee.

Hey, there we go. Uh well, so here's another potential reason for that camera to be out there. By way of another story that was in The Guardian on May eleventh, titled US woman charged with concealing bleach in husband's coffee avoids jail. Okay, so here's one to get all our paranoias up. There was a US Navy serviceman who was stationed outside of the United States. He noticed that the coffee he was drinking in the mornings that he would brew it home, started tasting a little off, so he decided to weirdly enough to check it for pool chemicals like chlorine in those kinds of things. Sure, so he checked it and turns out, oh, there's bleach in there. So he thought, how did bleach get in my coffee? Like, checks out the coffee maker. Oh yeah, the water in there tastes real funny, cleans it out, puts new water in, and then all of a sudden, it tastes weird again. So he sets up a hidden camera in his kitchen and he watches his spouse put something into the coffee maker's water holder, right in the back of the coffee maker, and he's like, huh, I wonder what that was. That was really weird. So then he waits until they move back to the United States. He just by the way, he pretends like he drinks his coffee in the morning. From this point on, he doesn't actually drink it. He knows there's something in it, and his wife puts something in it. He's not sure what's going on, so he waits till he get back to the US. Then he sets up another camera in this new kitchen and he catches her taking bleach, putting it into container and then putting that the contents of that container into the coffee maker, and she had to go to jail.

Hey, there we go. Uh well, so here's another potential reason for that camera to be out there. By way of another story that was in The Guardian on May eleventh, titled US woman charged with concealing bleach in husband's coffee avoids jail. Okay, so here's one to get all our paranoias up. There was a US Navy serviceman who was stationed outside of the United States. He noticed that the coffee he was drinking in the mornings that he would brew it home, started tasting a little off, so he decided to weirdly enough to check it for pool chemicals like chlorine in those kinds of things. Sure, so he checked it and turns out, oh, there's bleach in there. So he thought, how did bleach get in my coffee? Like, checks out the coffee maker. Oh yeah, the water in there tastes real funny, cleans it out, puts new water in, and then all of a sudden, it tastes weird again. So he sets up a hidden camera in his kitchen and he watches his spouse put something into the coffee maker's water holder, right in the back of the coffee maker, and he's like, huh, I wonder what that was. That was really weird. So then he waits until they move back to the United States. He just by the way, he pretends like he drinks his coffee in the morning. From this point on, he doesn't actually drink it. He knows there's something in it, and his wife puts something in it. He's not sure what's going on, so he waits till he get back to the US. Then he sets up another camera in this new kitchen and he catches her taking bleach, putting it into container and then putting that the contents of that container into the coffee maker, and she had to go to jail.

But wait, didn't her husband like argue in her favor against long term jail time And she got off with some like probation. And then they I think they're getting divorced or they just you know, but they're still living together with their kid. Yeah, why do you tell the kid mommy and daddy love each other very much, but mommy tried to kill daddy or was.

But wait, didn't her husband like argue in her favor against long term jail time And she got off with some like probation. And then they I think they're getting divorced or they just you know, but they're still living together with their kid. Yeah, why do you tell the kid mommy and daddy love each other very much, but mommy tried to kill daddy or was.

It more of a Munchausen's by proxy situation?

It more of a Munchausen's by proxy situation?

It's a good question this. Well, I mean, we obviously don't know any motive right in terms of abuse or anything like that.

It's a good question this. Well, I mean, we obviously don't know any motive right in terms of abuse or anything like that.

Right, But again, I guess what I'm saying is, I guess there are a lot of reasons to want to have cameras set up and to conceal those cameras so the people you're trying to capture don't know they're there. It's just a weird situation.

Right, But again, I guess what I'm saying is, I guess there are a lot of reasons to want to have cameras set up and to conceal those cameras so the people you're trying to capture don't know they're there. It's just a weird situation.

Can you imagine the thought process?

Can you imagine the thought process?

I like that there's a thematic point here too, because in general, now one must always assume one is being filmed or recorded in some way. It's just the safest assumption we're not trying to ruin anybody's day or anything like that.

I like that there's a thematic point here too, because in general, now one must always assume one is being filmed or recorded in some way. It's just the safest assumption we're not trying to ruin anybody's day or anything like that.

And I also don't think we're all necessarily proposing that we put round the clock hidden cameras in every aspect of our life to make sure no one's trying to poisonous. What I was gonna ask, though, Matt, was can you guys, are both of you can you imagine the thought process that would lead to this conclusion? And like the slew thing, and like, surely she's not Wait a minute, maybe she is. Oh god, she definitely is.

And I also don't think we're all necessarily proposing that we put round the clock hidden cameras in every aspect of our life to make sure no one's trying to poisonous. What I was gonna ask, though, Matt, was can you guys, are both of you can you imagine the thought process that would lead to this conclusion? And like the slew thing, and like, surely she's not Wait a minute, maybe she is. Oh god, she definitely is.

You immediately test for pool chemistry.

You immediately test for pool chemistry.

That's a weird one the context, you know, who like have you like we've.

That's a weird one the context, you know, who like have you like we've.

All had beat me here, doc, and thank you. We've all had the drinks at some point, right, you know, you get something from a fast food place that soda founds off. Who on earth? Like what leads you to this point in your life where you sip coffee it tastes off and you say, time to test for the pool chemicals.

All had beat me here, doc, and thank you. We've all had the drinks at some point, right, you know, you get something from a fast food place that soda founds off. Who on earth? Like what leads you to this point in your life where you sip coffee it tastes off and you say, time to test for the pool chemicals.

There's that bit in the pilot episode of twin Peaks where the guy goes there was a fish in the percolat. That's what it made me think. But guys, I mean I don't know if anyone's accidentally tasted a little bleach in their life. I haven't, but I know what it smells like, and we know that there's a lot of connection between taste and smell. I could imagine that he tested for pool chemicals because the coffee tasted a little bleachy.

There's that bit in the pilot episode of twin Peaks where the guy goes there was a fish in the percolat. That's what it made me think. But guys, I mean I don't know if anyone's accidentally tasted a little bleach in their life. I haven't, but I know what it smells like, and we know that there's a lot of connection between taste and smell. I could imagine that he tested for pool chemicals because the coffee tasted a little bleachy.

Well, yeah, and it was a taste that lingered for a long time. And again, like you just want to know, Well, is it just this batch of coffee that's tainted or is something wrong with my coffee maker? What the heck's going on? Maybe it was in my cup?

Well, yeah, and it was a taste that lingered for a long time. And again, like you just want to know, Well, is it just this batch of coffee that's tainted or is something wrong with my coffee maker? What the heck's going on? Maybe it was in my cup?

Yeah, Well the gaslightingness of it all too, is the whole Like, am I insane? Like I totally cleaned out the coffee maker and now it's back. You know, at what point does he decide I better get to the bottom of this. This isn't in my head he had. You have wrestled with that for at least a minute. You know, is he.

Yeah, Well the gaslightingness of it all too, is the whole Like, am I insane? Like I totally cleaned out the coffee maker and now it's back. You know, at what point does he decide I better get to the bottom of this. This isn't in my head he had. You have wrestled with that for at least a minute. You know, is he.

Testing everything for pool chemicals?

Testing everything for pool chemicals?

Well, he had test strips, right, and his first thought was, oh, crap, something is getting into our water supply because they were stationed in Germany, and he was like, maybe there's just something I don't know about so we tested the water faucet and it was clean. So he's like, that's weird. Well, so he tested the water that was sitting there in the percolator and it was wrong.

Well, he had test strips, right, and his first thought was, oh, crap, something is getting into our water supply because they were stationed in Germany, and he was like, maybe there's just something I don't know about so we tested the water faucet and it was clean. So he's like, that's weird. Well, so he tested the water that was sitting there in the percolator and it was wrong.

Hats off to this guy's deductive skills of reasoning and then you know, process of elimination. I would say he saved his own life. Yep.

Hats off to this guy's deductive skills of reasoning and then you know, process of elimination. I would say he saved his own life. Yep.

All, don't drink bleach, folks.

All, don't drink bleach, folks.

No, good God, please don't do that.

No, good God, please don't do that.

Not even diet bleach, about the calories. Just don't drink bleach.

Not even diet bleach, about the calories. Just don't drink bleach.

But what if it tastes like midnight cherry midnight zero. Yeah, it's my favorite too. It's right there. All right, we're gonna, I don't know, think about this stuff, y'all. We're gonna take a break and we'll be right back with more strange news.

But what if it tastes like midnight cherry midnight zero. Yeah, it's my favorite too. It's right there. All right, we're gonna, I don't know, think about this stuff, y'all. We're gonna take a break and we'll be right back with more strange news.

And we have returned a quick cavalcade of updates. Good news for a very specific demographic of people in Indiana. An Indiana judge has ruled that tacos and burritos qualify as sandwiches. So st yeah, yeah, yeah, the future. Who is this a judge in Indiana? A judge by profession, He's not like a judge Reinhold or whatever that actor's name is in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He ruled as part of a commercial development case that burritos and tacos count as sandwiches.

And we have returned a quick cavalcade of updates. Good news for a very specific demographic of people in Indiana. An Indiana judge has ruled that tacos and burritos qualify as sandwiches. So st yeah, yeah, yeah, the future. Who is this a judge in Indiana? A judge by profession, He's not like a judge Reinhold or whatever that actor's name is in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He ruled as part of a commercial development case that burritos and tacos count as sandwiches.

I think this is out of his league, saying, you're lane, judge.

I think this is out of his league, saying, you're lane, judge.

This is the most conservative opinion I have heard.

This is the most conservative opinion I have heard.

You have nol to do with you.

You have nol to do with you.

Look, we've been in a.

Look, we've been in a.

Matter of legality, it's a matter of common sense, dude.

Matter of legality, it's a matter of common sense, dude.

We've been asking for like an official ruling on this, and this judge gave it to us.

We've been asking for like an official ruling on this, and this judge gave it to us.

He wrote, the proposed famous taco restaurant falls within the scope of general use approved in the original written commitment.

He wrote, the proposed famous taco restaurant falls within the scope of general use approved in the original written commitment.

Blah blah blah.

Blah blah blah.

Blah blah, YadA YadA YadA da da Uh. The original written commitment does not restrict potential restaurants to only American cuisine style sandwiches. So that's a big win for Big Taco.

Blah blah, YadA YadA YadA da da Uh. The original written commitment does not restrict potential restaurants to only American cuisine style sandwiches. So that's a big win for Big Taco.

The court. Baby, all right, the justices, deway.

The court. Baby, all right, the justices, deway.

All right, we'll text them. We'll text them because your voice should be heard. Also, if you own a yacht, bad news. The Orcas are out to get you. Just knocked another way out of the straight to Gibraltar, and uh, Team Orca.

All right, we'll text them. We'll text them because your voice should be heard. Also, if you own a yacht, bad news. The Orcas are out to get you. Just knocked another way out of the straight to Gibraltar, and uh, Team Orca.

To be quite honest, wasn't a really big nice boat too, like a yacht.

To be quite honest, wasn't a really big nice boat too, like a yacht.

Or something that gets the distinction is on the big and or nice side. But this was a bigger yacht right above.

Or something that gets the distinction is on the big and or nice side. But this was a bigger yacht right above.

Sorry, I know I saw like Pacino and Devil's Advocate, but yeah, Tea Morca. So also, we were talking about this a little bit off air, this last one before you get to our big piece. Shout out to our friend doctor Damian Patrick. Williams was speaking with him a little bit earlier. There is a flood of fake science hitting academic journals. We talked about this a little bit in our previous episode on the academic journal problems, the controversies, corruption and conspiracy surrounding that a lot of these journals now are closing down because there is an industry using chat, GPT and AI to plagiarize papers. They're called paper mills and they are so I told myself I wasn't going to curse you guys, but Doc, with great thanks, beat me again. They are so fucking dumb. They're not good. They do this thing where they ran they ran and synonyms through so instead of saying something like this study is about breast cancer, they say this study is about bosom peril.

Sorry, I know I saw like Pacino and Devil's Advocate, but yeah, Tea Morca. So also, we were talking about this a little bit off air, this last one before you get to our big piece. Shout out to our friend doctor Damian Patrick. Williams was speaking with him a little bit earlier. There is a flood of fake science hitting academic journals. We talked about this a little bit in our previous episode on the academic journal problems, the controversies, corruption and conspiracy surrounding that a lot of these journals now are closing down because there is an industry using chat, GPT and AI to plagiarize papers. They're called paper mills and they are so I told myself I wasn't going to curse you guys, but Doc, with great thanks, beat me again. They are so fucking dumb. They're not good. They do this thing where they ran they ran and synonyms through so instead of saying something like this study is about breast cancer, they say this study is about bosom peril.

It's like the the like kind of bootleg Halloween costumes trying to avoid being sued for intellectual property, like for Wednesday atoms. It's spooky mid midweek QT.

It's like the the like kind of bootleg Halloween costumes trying to avoid being sued for intellectual property, like for Wednesday atoms. It's spooky mid midweek QT.

Stuff like that is true, It's very true. It's a thing, you know, it's a spirit and spooky midweek beauty. Really quickly though, I mean just to add, like these types of operations have been around as long as there have been papers, right, you know, with varying degrees of quality. You know, we certainly have heard stories of astute scam artists in schools, you know, doing this, going into business for themselves, and oftentimes they'll sell the same paper like three or four times.

Stuff like that is true, It's very true. It's a thing, you know, it's a spirit and spooky midweek beauty. Really quickly though, I mean just to add, like these types of operations have been around as long as there have been papers, right, you know, with varying degrees of quality. You know, we certainly have heard stories of astute scam artists in schools, you know, doing this, going into business for themselves, and oftentimes they'll sell the same paper like three or four times.

So this is just sort of an escalation of that, right.

So this is just sort of an escalation of that, right.

Yes, just as the Internet itself is an escalation of the gregarious nature of human beings. Here you go, another couple of examples of these synonym griffs. Fluid dynamics was called gooey stream.

Yes, just as the Internet itself is an escalation of the gregarious nature of human beings. Here you go, another couple of examples of these synonym griffs. Fluid dynamics was called gooey stream.

Oh that's yeah, Okay, weird.

Oh that's yeah, Okay, weird.

About that one. We're all so Artificial intelligence was also referred to as counterfeit consciousness. And I think this is a segue to our last story for tonight's program. Did you guys ever do online dating?

About that one. We're all so Artificial intelligence was also referred to as counterfeit consciousness. And I think this is a segue to our last story for tonight's program. Did you guys ever do online dating?

Not? Oh? Yeah, my current relationship that I have been in for lo these three plus years at this point was the product of online dating. You know, I got divorced from someone that I did not meet in online dating, and then after that it just kind of became the way you do it in a bigger city where you maybe don't know as many people. So it made sense for me. And I've had good and bad experiences.

Not? Oh? Yeah, my current relationship that I have been in for lo these three plus years at this point was the product of online dating. You know, I got divorced from someone that I did not meet in online dating, and then after that it just kind of became the way you do it in a bigger city where you maybe don't know as many people. So it made sense for me. And I've had good and bad experiences.

Yeah, you know, Matt and I are maybe a little more old school. We meet people the old fast and way, you know, getting deported at customs.

Yeah, you know, Matt and I are maybe a little more old school. We meet people the old fast and way, you know, getting deported at customs.

I just get into minor car accidents with people I find attractive.

I just get into minor car accidents with people I find attractive.

To meet cute.

To meet cute.

So obviously, no shade on online dating. It works very well for a lot of people, and it can be a difficult speed bump, right Like it's it's already difficult to meet folks, to find the person that you want to spend time or your life with. And what gets me with this is I was always startled by the idea of online dating. And I remember when some of my friend groups started dating online using the apps of whatever, and they eventually told me it was like a series of auditions. They felt like they were always auditioning, and they felt like they were auditioning for roles they didn't necessarily want, but it was Saturday and they had to do something. And this brings us to our final story, which includes artificial intelligence again fraudulent term as well as online dating. You guys. Recently, one of the high ups, one of the grand pubas of the dating enterprise Bumble, Whitney wolf Heard, said, we're going to take the awkwardness out. We are going to eliminate this small talk, eliminate the dead ends, the red herrings and so on. We are going to create an AI concierge for each user of Bumble, and that AI concierge will talk to another AI concierge to figure out what the vibe is where the actual people ever meet.

So obviously, no shade on online dating. It works very well for a lot of people, and it can be a difficult speed bump, right Like it's it's already difficult to meet folks, to find the person that you want to spend time or your life with. And what gets me with this is I was always startled by the idea of online dating. And I remember when some of my friend groups started dating online using the apps of whatever, and they eventually told me it was like a series of auditions. They felt like they were always auditioning, and they felt like they were auditioning for roles they didn't necessarily want, but it was Saturday and they had to do something. And this brings us to our final story, which includes artificial intelligence again fraudulent term as well as online dating. You guys. Recently, one of the high ups, one of the grand pubas of the dating enterprise Bumble, Whitney wolf Heard, said, we're going to take the awkwardness out. We are going to eliminate this small talk, eliminate the dead ends, the red herrings and so on. We are going to create an AI concierge for each user of Bumble, and that AI concierge will talk to another AI concierge to figure out what the vibe is where the actual people ever meet.

Oh god, amazing, right, they just want to double their user base by creative users.

Oh god, amazing, right, they just want to double their user base by creative users.

Yeah, so wait a minute. So so the person it's sort of like a stand in, like a fill in, Like I don't I guess I don't quite understand the technology.

Yeah, so wait a minute. So so the person it's sort of like a stand in, like a fill in, Like I don't I guess I don't quite understand the technology.