​In this episode of The Futuristic, hosts Steve Sammartino and Cameron Reilly explore cutting-edge topics in technology and culture. They dive into AI’s role in creativity, discussing AI-generated music compared to human-made tunes, and examine the rise of local micro-AI models like OpenAI’s GPT 4.0 Mini. Steve talks about the transhumanist movement and ethical concerns over chip implants in humans, while Cameron shares his latest AI-assisted coding projects. They analyze SpaceX’s Starship launch and Elon’s vision for multi-planetary life, as well as nanotech breakthroughs in cancer treatment. The episode also covers the revolutionary potential of Apple’s Vision Pro in creating immersive entertainment experiences and its applications in various fields. The hosts end with an overview of technological advancements and the opportunities they present.

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:14 Corporate Critique and Personal Reflections
02:33 Transhumanism and Media Manipulation
07:26 Exploring Assembly Code and AI Agents
12:40 Coding Challenges and Subscription Creep
22:42 GPT-4o mini drops
29:06 RunwayML Gen 3 alpha  
40:54 Orson Welles and the Future of Filmmaking
41:48 Starship Super Heavy launch into space 
45:41 Debating Multi-Planetary Species and Space Exploration
50:27 Nanorobot with hidden weapon kills cancer cells ; Self-assembling and disassembling swarm molecular robots via DNA molecular controller
01:01:25 AI in Music Production: A New Era; Rick Beato’s critique of modern music  ; Music producer Dan McClellan tests Suno and Udio 

01:14:29 Apple Vision Pro: A Game Changer in Entertainment

FUTURISTIC #28

[00:00:00 ] Cameron: Just have to be different. Welcome to The Futuristic Episode 28, I believe. We’re recording this on the 19th of July, 2024. Mr. Sammartino, Mr. Steve Sammartino, won’t you ever quit? You’re back.

[00:00:20 ] Steve: don’t you make me sick with your fraudulent behavior. Ooh, ooh, Mr. Sammartino, talking to corporates, tell them how to do it. Ooh, ooh, Mr. Sammartino, you gotta pretend to care when you’re selling them things. What you believe is what they selling, make you think that buying is rebelling. That was a little bit of Zack DeLaRocca, Rage Against The Machine.

[00:00:46 ] Cameron: I love it, love it. With Del the Homo Sapien mixed in.

[00:00:51 ] Steve: Yes.

[00:00:52 ] Cameron: How you doing,

[00:00:53 ] Steve: Dels! It was DeLaRocca and Del the Homo Sapien, we double Delled.

[00:00:59 ] Cameron: Double Del. Della, in Italian, of course, meaning of the, yeah, Della Rocca. Of the, of the rock, Zach of the rock, as he was, uh, and is, I lost track of what he’s up to these days, but huge rage fan.

[00:01:18 ] Steve: I’m a huge, I listen to them more than any other band. And, you know, I feel like I’m a fraud. Because basically, I sing those lyrics with such passion, and then take big checks from corporations. But I always can come back to say it’s not my fault. Cameron told me I’m just the accumulation of molecules temporarily and all of my thoughts, I have zero control over them.

[00:01:44 ] Steve: So it’s amazing. Thank you for that get out of jail free card.

[00:01:50 ] Cameron: I, one of the, um, one of the, uh, motivations for me leaving the corporate world, leaving Microsoft 20 years ago, holy shit, this month, this, like two weeks ago. Wow, I missed that anniversary. Uh, it was the beginning of July 2004 when I left the corporate world and, um, part of it was listening to Rage Against the Machine, quite honestly.

[00:02:12 ] Cameron: It is part of my conversion to being a lefty, uh, was listening to Rage Against the Machine. Anywho, Uh, we’re not here to talk about that, Steve, uh, we’re here to talk about technology, the future. Uh, the future is now, what is happening in your life vis a vis the future, Steve.

[00:02:33 ] Steve: Had a spot this week on the project. For anyone who doesn’t know, there’s this thing called Free to Wear TV, which has 17 people watching it across Australia. Yeah, over the The waves, the airwaves, and they rang me that day and said, look, we need someone to give us a synopsis on what’s happening with, uh, the transhumanist movement, using technology to enhance, uh, physical and mental capabilities and, uh, Longevity, Escape, Velocity.

[00:03:11 ] Steve: And they asked me a number of questions. I did a talk to camera. They came to me and they had someone coming on who had, which is a bit of an old trick now, had a few chips installed under his skin. And it’s so interesting. They did two things. First, they asked me a whole lot of stuff and questions about the topic.

[00:03:27 ] Steve: And then when I was watching Waleed Ali, uh, talk about it on the, uh, On the preamble where they had some visuals and then cuts to me doing some soundbites. He stole all my good stuff and put it as his words. They’ve been merging with the machines and a whole lot of nice verbiage I’ve written about and said, anyway, I guess that’s the price of getting coverage.

[00:03:46 ] Steve: Uh, and then they wanted me to say, Can someone with chips installed in their body hack into someone’s phone or computer? I’m like, no, not at the moment. No one can. And they’re like, yeah, but if, and they were just trying to get this sound bite. They asked me the same question 10 times and I said, look, it’s not going to happen.

[00:04:07 ] Steve: I’m not going to tell you something that isn’t the case. And so you could see when they did the edit that it was, uh, and shout out to all the people from channel 10 that were tuning in, uh, you could see what they were trying to get. And then they had this guy on there. He was a classic charlatan, uh, you know, in my view.

[00:04:23 ] Steve: People are just doing this.

[00:04:24 ] Cameron: Do you remember?

[00:04:26 ] Steve: No, I can’t remember.

[00:04:27 ] Cameron: The reason I ask is because 19 years ago, uh, in the early days of my podcasting, I went and did a podcast with a guy in Melbourne that had a chip inserted in the webbing between his thumb and his forefinger that he was using to unlock his door. Just wondering if it’s the same guy.

[00:04:46 ] Steve: Yeah, I’ll bring him up. Here it is. Here. I’ll just find, I’ll say his name.

[00:04:51 ] Cameron: trying to find my archive podcast to see if I can

[00:04:54 ] Steve: His name’s Leno. L-E-N-O-N-O-E. And, I mean, Transhuman, he’s got his, his subtitle there, uh, what was interesting was that he, asked me in the interview, which is during the day, and then they had my spot with voiceovers and visuals, and then they interviewed him. And, you know, what I found was interesting was that he said he could hack into something with what’s in his phone, and they said, can you do it?

[00:05:24 ] Steve: And he was, Like he turned on his phone. He had RFID and NFC chips in him, right? Which is, you know, a lot of people have done. Yeah, you can open the door. Congrats, whatever. Uh, and I said, well, he can’t hack into anything. And then he was trying to infer that he could, and I said, well, then how do you do it?

[00:05:40 ] Steve: If you scan, he said, I could scan with your card and then get your card and do a copy and, and a URL redirect. I’m like, well, yeah, you’re still going to need something to hack into it. Whether it’s, he said,