Are robots dangerous? Is Artificial Intelligence destined to take over the world? The short answers: yes, and eventually. The robot apocalypse is inevitable. But there's no need to stress, because at least for now, machines are complete idiots. Anything that we currently refer to as "AI"--from Siri to Alexa to advanced machine-learning algorithms--are definitely artificial, but they aren't remotely intelligent. Listen to this episode to find out just how intelligent AIs aren't. ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode: The Sad State of Artificial Intelligence Alan Turing The Turing Test (the Imitation Game) Google Duplex CPUs VS GPUs Parallel Computing Narrow AI VS General AI Microsoft's "TAY" Chatbot Watson and Urban Dictionary Watson for Oncology Solid Gold Bomb Amazon "Rekognition" Facial Recognition This (blank) Does Not Exist NVIDIA's StyleGAN Amazon's Recruiting Tool ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas. And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word! Midnight Merch ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~ Instagram ~ Shane's Comedy Schedule and Info ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript ~ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND SLEEP IS OVERRATED ~