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segment 1, Top of Mind–Politics & Y Combinator (0:00): Sam Altman’s Bay Area incubator gets money from a wealthy Drumpf supporter, and they’ll disavow Drumpf, but not the supporter. Gizmodo things Altman should have to step down. What do we think?
segment 2, Future File–Paging Dr. Chatbot (14:41): Increasingly, the medical industry will lean on technology to streamline the process of seeing your doctor. Kaiser Permanente is pushing further into virtual doctor visits, and China’s Baidu has created a medical chatbot.
segment 3, Juris Prudent–Warranted Overreach? (30:38): The government wants to do whatever it can to avoid a technology stand-off like the one it faced with Apple over the San Bernadino terrorist case. To that end, they’ve begun writing warrants that pre-suppose the ability to force you to unlock your phone with your finger prints.
segment 4, Total Recall–Climate Change All Fixed! (45:10 ): That global climate change world meeting we discussed last week? They reached an agreement! But, does it have teeth? Meanwhile, scientists have found a cheap and efficient way to remove CO2 from the air and turn it into fuel.
segment 5, What’s Your Take?–Rewriting The Genetic Code of Life(52:49): Scientists are now taking the genetic modification to the lowest biological building blocks, giving them the ability to manipulate… pretty much anything. Should we apply these capabilities to agriculture? To medicine? To how we reproduce?

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segment 1, Top of Mind–Obama points us to Mars (0:00): This week saw some developments in subjects we’ve discussed in each of our earlier episodes.
- from episode 3: global climate change — Cornell scientists predict a significant increase in the odds of a megadrought in the southwest US, and meanwhile 150 countries are gathering to discuss lowering HFCs.
- from episode 2: U.S. Mission to Mars — President Obama announced his administration’s collaboration with six private companies to get humans to Mars by 2030, but a study from UC Irvine shows that astronauts still have a long way to go in overcoming radiation.
- from episode 1: self-driving cars –In the same week that photos have shown up of Google’s self-driving minivans, another accident involving a driverless car has led the German government to label autopilot a ‘Traffic Hazard.’
segment 2, Juris Prudent–Monkey Selfie (29:01): Photographer David Slater claimed rights to an image taken by a macaque, but some outlets say the image is public domain because the photographer didn’t take it, and a judge dismissed the case. PETA is revisiting the case, arguing that in fact the monkey should own the rights.
segment 3, Semantically Incorrect–Audio Books (36:48): Deron hates claiming he ‘read’ an audiobook, and wants to suggest a new word. Do you agree with his selection?
segment 4, What’s Your Take?–Human Longevity (46:26): Researchers theorize there might be a natural maximum to human lifespans… and we’ve reached it. But tech billionaires are driving to “cure” death. Should humans push to live longer and longer?

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Diginauts 0005 — Engineering Life, Doctor Chatbot, Your Phone vs. The 4th Amendment

Diginauts 0004 — How Long Would You Like To Live, Copyright for Non-humans, New Words for Tech Concepts