Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - 5/6/17 - We're Doomed, Really Doomed

Episode Date: May 6, 2017

Jeffy has uncovered a terrible truth about robots and it has him worried that we are all, in fact, doomed. Robots are being programmed to sound human, nearing the point where humans will be useless for many things in life.Follow Jeffy on Twitter: @JeffyMRALike Jeffy on Facebook: www.facebook.com/JeffFisherRadioFollow Jeffy on Instagram: @jeffymra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Goldline also offers price protection against short-term market fluctuations on qualifying purchases, so buy with confidence. Read Goldline's important risk information and find out of buying gold is right for you. Call Goldline, 1-800-913-4653. I was wondering, when are we going to have actual robots as the jockeys of the horses? Because it's coming, and it's coming fast. I mean, we've already got stories about the new Russian spaceship that's going to be crewed by robots. You know, ever since we're we're hopping on Russian, the Russian spaceship, their rockets are like our Uber, our space Uber.

We got to hop a ride with the Russians just to get to the space station anymore. It's nice. Hey, do you can pick us up? Well, sure, for $18 billion. Oh, okay, that's fine. No problem. Don't worry about it. So now they're going to be sending up robots, right?

And also the Russian robots that we've seen have the, uh, of the Terminator, they're calling it the Terminator robot. You know, they can shoot and drive and spacewalk. I mean, those are the ones you're going to want to be taking to space. You don't want humans. We've got our Mars people practicing to go to Mars. And in fact, they've already said the first crowd of people that are going to go to Mars, you might as well plan on not coming back.

Your days, that's it. When you leave the Earth, you're going to be, you know, circling Mars for a little while. And we may even shoot you down to the, down to the ground, down to the planet itself, but you aren't coming back. So we send, you know,

robots better than the Mars rover. It might be a lot better for us, right? Well, now, earlier this week, we found they've got the new app that the robots, the, the, uh, the AIs, that can mimic any voice. And when you first hear it, it's kind of not right.

And we've talked about it on the show before, where people are okay with robots as long as they know they're robots, right? I mean, as long as they know their robots, it's okay. But when they start getting into the, hey, we're human, but you know something is not quite right, that's when we don't like the robots. We like, that's a robot, something's not right,

It's not him and get it away from me. Well, now they've got the AI voice plan where they're trying to get the robot to mimic any voices. And they've mimicked several. They've mimicked, of course, they want voices that everybody knows to show it off at first. So they've got Barack and they've got Donald Trump and they've got Hillary Clinton. And you can kind of make out how the computer is moving the sound waves and, you know, trying to get the voice just right, but they're pretty close. And here's what it sounds like.

Hey, not, have you heard about this new technology? That right there, you can see how the computer sound waves are just kind of like they're trying to, it's like Barack is drunk. Are you speaking about this new algorithm to copy voices? Yes, it is developed by a startup fault wire. See? This is huge. They can make a say anything now.

really anything. The good news is that they will offer the technology to anyone. This is huge. How does their technology work? Hey guys, I think that they use deep learning and artificial neural networks. Hillary is right. And I can tell you that their team is great. I wish them good luck. I'm sure they will do a good job. It's close. I mean, it's really close. It's so, that whole Barack thing. Like they can't quite get the, the Barack, the Barack sound of I'm real cool, but I'm not real cool, that hip Barack sound that everybody loved about President Obama, and they especially love as they're paying him $400,000 a speech in Wall Street.

You know, that guy. But soon, soon they'll have it. They'll just be able to mimic anyone. I love the Barack ones, though. Do we have just the Barack ones? Hey, not, have you heard about this new technology? That is, Err is,

I don't know how to do it. Yes, it is developed by a startup called Laird. It is. It's a barque truck at the bar. It is. It's not a lot of it. The good news is that they will offer the technology to anyone. I'm going to say, get over here.

Get over here. Let me tell you about this new startup. What up? Hillary is right. And I can tell you that their team is great. I don't know that Trump sounds drunk. Trump just sounds something, you know, the sound waves are a little bit off. Are you speaking about this new algorithm to copy voices?

See, that's pretty close. That's pretty close. This is huge. They can make us say anything now, really anything. See, that just sounds like he's talking through, you know, a crappy United Kingdom phone. This is huge. How does their technology work? Right.

And Hillary is kind of, not too sure. Hey, guys, I think that they used deep learning and artificial neural networks. See, that's not really, that's just a female. They're having a tougher time with the females, it sounds like. I mean, that doesn't really sound like Hillary. I mean, it's kind of something she would say, but it doesn't really sound like her.

The Barack sounds like him drunk. Trump sounds like he's just talking through a crappy phone. I mean, that's pretty good. Let's hear Trump again. The Trump is actually pretty good. Like he's talking to you through the, you know, I'm calling from, I'm calling ship to shore. I wish them good luck. I'm sure they will do a good job.

Melania and I are on a cruise. I wish them good luck. I'm sure they will do a good job. That Barack is drunk. Barack's down at the bar in Chicago. He's partying. And the wife is home with the kids, and Barack is just drinking. Hey, not, have you heard about this new technology?

Let me invite you another drink and tell you about this new technology. Yes, it is developed by a startup called Lauerberg. Yeah, she's at home. I don't even know where she is. I don't even want to talk to her tonight. The good news is that they will offer the technology to anyone. Yeah, that's just Barack drunk. However, then we get into chatbots, which is part of what this technology

is reporting current news. We're all out of work. Remember when, now I'm worried. I'm concerned because when they talk about, those truck drivers better figure out what they're going to do because there's going to be robots driving trucks. And there's going to be robots doing everybody's job and all those robots that are making cars and making Twinkies

and making air conditioners. People better figure out what they're going to do for a living. And I'm thinking, yeah, that's true. figured out. And thankfully, I'm able to, you know, I'll be able to report on it. Uh-huh. Wrong. Remember when we had humans telling you the story? We don't need humans anymore. You may get to daily news by talking to a robot. And we already get that right with Google now. Okay, Google now. Alexa. I just did that for fun. Just to, those of you that fired up your

Alexis and Google now, sorry. It's just to put a smile on my face. all. Just to put a smile on my face, that's all. But that's what's happening. Carnegie Mellon University, if I could say that, speak. See, the robot wouldn't have a problem with that. The robot would just say Carnegie Mellon University, Amazon, and Quartz are challenging developers

to make chatbots more sophisticated, capable of conversing convincingly like humans. They wouldn't struggle with those words. Now, they've got a big contest going on where you can win. They've got a $240,000 grant from Knight Foundation, right?

for the initiative. So they're going to experiment using these chatbots and AI to deliver the news as through their app. Now, there's another competition. The Amazon's Alexa Prize, which seeks a

speech-based chatbot to support the company's Echo services. Now, you know, obviously we have the, you know, the Amazon Echo and, you know, it doesn't really communicate with you, but it, you do I don't necessarily want to say you talk to it, but you don't talk with it. You kind of talk to it.

But set to be announced in November, the winner that can develop a system that can converse with humans for 20 minutes in a coherent and engaging manner, 500,000. So how close do you think Barack is to win in 500,000? Hey, Brock, we need another beer. Hillary is right. And I can tell you that their team is great. No, seriously, get us another round. Barack's got it. Hey, Donald.

Have you heard about this new technology? Brock, is it time for you to get home? I mean, you've been here all night. I mean, maybe the wife and the kids are waiting for you. Yes, it is developed by a startup called Lauerberg. Seriously, Barack, man, I don't know what your deal is, but you had way too many. We're going to have to cut you off.

We're going to have to Uber you home. The good news is that they will. offer the technology to anyone. We are doomed. Seriously, we are just doomed. I mean, you know what we might as well do is just get naked and go gardening. 2017 is going to be a volatile economic year. We may see politicians throughout the world attempting to control central bank policies.

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