Wed, 3 May 2023
The Gorillamen asked ChatGPT to write the intro to this episode about artificial intelligence...
"Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the field of computer science and engineering that deals with creating intelligent machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation. AI involves the development of algorithms and computer programs that can learn from data and experiences, and adapt and improve their performance over time. AI techniques include machine learning, natural language processing, deep learning, computer vision, and robotics, among others. AI has the potential to revolutionize many areas of our lives, including healthcare, education, transportation, and entertainment, among others. However, as with any technology, AI also raises ethical and societal concerns, such as job displacement, bias, privacy, and safety."
To find out where we stand, give this episode a listen!
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Thu, 16 March 2023
We've discussed control before, but it's fun revisiting a topic (and throwing in some new points of discussion).
Here's what was discussed:
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Mon, 6 February 2023
Pull up a stump and gather round, for I will speak to you now about the Gorillamen...
Some say they escaped...wherever it is they once were. Sightings are frequent: in the beginning, weekly. In time, they were seen and heard every other week. Now, they sometimes have a couple sightings a month, but at times we all wonder if they will ever come back.
They always do...
Somewhere it is written that the Gorillamen met while working for a large finance company, two apes-made-good writing mortgage procedures to [hopefully] prevent unfair practices. It is not likely their work changed much, but it was clearly meant to be...because on February 7, 2013, they crowded around a microphone not-at-all suited for podcasting and...they started a podcast anyway!
Now, ten years later, they are still on the run; still being sighted; and sometimes...even heard spreading their own ape-branded philosophy and humor at least they find funny.
To say they are another two-guys-with-microphones podcast is true, but it is also false. Over the years, sure...they have wandered off topic, but they are apes speaking with purpose, too. They have talked about some of the dumbest things during the last decade, but they have talked about important things, too. Sometimes they get things wrong, and maybe that's the beauty of the show: they have talked enough that you can see they are on the right side of history -- never afraid of admitting when one of their takes on an issue was off.
Apes striving to be better...
If nothing else, they did what they set out to do: start a podcast when no one else they knew was willing to give it a go.
And if you listen to the wind just right, you'll hear their frequency echo like a voice whispering, "Chill the fuck out...and make the damn thing..."
Here's what they talk about this time around...
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Sat, 7 January 2023
Pew Pew Pew!!! "You'll never take mah gunz, Mistah Gov'mint!!!" Pew Pew Pew!!!
Other gun owners aren't that ridiculous.
This time around, we talk about them both as...we talk about guns.
Specifically:
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Fri, 2 December 2022
If you've ever been around sports, loved an entertainment franchise, or been on the Internet, you've likely seen toxic fans.
This time around, the Gorillamen talk about toxic fandom -- specifically:
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Tue, 18 October 2022
So...it's been a while...
Months in fact...
But we're back!
If you want to find out what we did during our hiatus, here's a peek at what's discussed on this, our return episode!
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Sat, 27 August 2022
So...finally...the lost episode. Gorilla Christopher apologizes for losing his side of the original recording and then...all the wackiness that followed. But...he re-recorded his side of the show and pieced it all together.
It's more to the point because to match up cross-talk would have taken a lot of time. So it's pretty much, "Hey: here's a question!" and then Gorilla Shawn's answer and then Gorilla Christopher.
Here's what was discussed:
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Wed, 10 August 2022
So...it's been a while. We're still alive and still doing our things...we just haven't been recording Men in Gorilla Suits.
The quick version is: Chris lost his side of a recording, we both got sick, and this summer in Texas has really sucked. But if you want to know more, you can listen to Gorilla Christopher's husky COVID voice for five minutes as he catches listeners up on the Gorilla Men's whereabouts...
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Sat, 21 May 2022
So...uhm...Gorilla Christopher was all set up to record, but...he didn't set up his MacBook audio settings to look for his audio interface and microphone. So...the laptop mic picked up sound, meaning...Christopher's sound is pretty shoddy this episode.
But...it's kinda fitting. As the older Gen-X member of the GorillaMen, just pretend he's recording this episode from the late 80s/early 90s, totally hosed and sitting on the floor of a friends' apartment where he often crashed.
That said, this is what is discussed:
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Sat, 30 April 2022
This time around, the Gorillamen talk about...breakfast. Specifically:
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