Saturday

From a Lex Fridman to a Lexicographer, we highlight storytellers who use words, technology, and music today. Enter the photorealistic realm of the next metaverse with the Zuck. Next, explore words with the queen of Dictionary Corner, back to technology and wolf-bots. Finish up with an early report on music medicine.

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Lex Fridman meets up with Mark Zuckerberg in a new world. I listened to the interview on Lex Fridman's podcast and, after the listen, looked it up on YouTube. The way Fridman describes the experience, you had to see it to believe it. Now that I've seen it, I agree.  This could be what the metaverse will eventually become; this technology takes your personal facial movements within the video space, and the realism is scary. 

The clip below is an overview; if you are interested in the future, watch the entire interview. Lex Fridman is an accomplished scientist and podcaster. He digs into the science and technology of this tech, and his discussion with Zuckerberg goes into the potential. Far beyond the Nintendo Wii-looking characters I remember seeing in the first demonstration of the metaverse, this technology is yet to be available to the public but isn’t as far away as you'd think. Fridman had to go through a series of full body scans and gesture recordings to create his photorealistic avatar, but it was impressive.

Future versions will need better backgrounds; both Fridman and Zuckerberg were surrounded by black space, which reminded me of the Upside Down world in Stranger Things.

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We first experienced Susie Dent on the British TV game show called Countdown. Dent runs something called Dictionary Corner on the show, where celebrity contestants must create words from random letters. Dent was highlighted in The Guardian last month; she is preparing to publish new books on language and the joy of words. Some of Dent's favorite words include Thunderplump and Mubbles fubbles.

Dent has an interesting take on A.I., and she isn't worried about it. Dent says Victorians were afraid of the postcard; that's a bit of a stretch; postcard to an autonomous robot holding a conversation with another person, but point taken. Dent has the personality of your favorite English teacher, with a genuine love of language and words, the building blocks of stories and most newsletters!

Monster Wolf, a new robot wolf, was introduced in Japan a couple years ago, and its first job was to scare the bears away from urban areas. According to the BBC article, bear attacks in Japan have increased as they become more comfortable with noise and people.

Music as medicine is different than Music Therapy; one is used in conjunction with other forms of treatment, and the other is a new area of study. Some clinical trials using music medicine have shown to have an effect on the physical body. For some of us, the response to this finding is Duh!? To scientists, it goes deeper into the type of music and the participants in the study.   The studies and the research are new, but the potential is there.

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