After a six-week hiatus, Cameron and Steve return for a sprawling, charged conversation about AI, politics, ethics, and the future of civilization. Steve reveals he’s been 3D printing buildings for TV, while Cam unveils his bold new concept: _Chapter 3_, a movement to engineer the next phase of humanity before AI and robots rewrite society by default. They dig into Mirror World drift, political alignment tools, and why Australia isn’t even remotely ready for the revolution already underway. There’s talk of AI-led political parties, the death of Google search, capitalist collapse, and even starting a cult. Welcome to the next chapter.

In this episode, Cameron and Steve dive into the rapidly evolving world of AI, discussing the latest advancements and their societal implications. They explore new AI voice features, the potential dangers and benefits of AI companions and agreeable AI personalities, and the philosophical debate around AI sentience and relationships. The conversation touches on AI's role in business generation, the power of new models like OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini 2.5, and the ongoing copyright debate surrounding AI training data. They also get into the complexities of how Large Language Models (LLMs) like Anthropic's Claude actually "think," the expansion of AI into hardware by companies like LG, Apple's perceived lag in the AI race, and the future of AI integration in everyday tools like ebook readers. The discussion extends to advancements in open-source robotics, citing Nvidia's initiatives, and contrasts technological progress and STEM education focus between China (highlighting Huawei) and the US. Finally, they touch on the intriguing and potentially controversial "Network State" concept championed by figures associated with Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz, exploring the idea of tech-driven, independent city-states.

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In Episode 37 of Futuristic, Cameron Reilly and Steve Sammartino speak to a "digital human"!. They also get into a provocative discussion ranging from Donald Trump’s car yard antics to the implications of advanced artificial intelligence and China's rising technological dominance. They explore the intersection of crypto, agentic AI models, and new breakthroughs in AI-driven tech developments like humanoid robotics, diffusion-based language models, and synthetic voice AI. Wrapping up with conspiracy theories about tech manipulation of human perception of time, the hosts challenge listeners to reconsider assumptions about where technology is heading and who might ultimately hold the power.

Steve and Cam catch up on the latest FUTURISTIC news, including Elon's new gaslighting AI Grok 3 writing porn, Microsoft quantum computing not totally made-up Majorana 1 chip, the fact that the world now has 1328 LLMs, and Zuck can now turn your thoughts into text. What could go wrong?

On our latest episode we're talking about DeepSeek R-1, OpenAI's Deep Research, ChatGPT Tasks, Operator, o3 models, the Stargate project, China's cold fusion record, and K Eric Drexler talk 2024 on current nanotech.

In this episode, Steve and Cam provide their top three tech/AI highlights from 2024 and provide their top predictions for 2025.

Cameron explains his MANIFESTO FOR AUSTRALIAN AGI, Steve explains why he supports the Australian government's ban on social media for kids, and they discuss NVIDIA's downloadable local LLM.

Is Elon Musk going to be Trump's AI Czar? And, if so, does that mean he has all of the US' AI plays - OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, etc - at his mercy? We think so. And it's going to make for an interesting few years.a

In this episode of Futuristic, Cameron and Steve debate the idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) amid economic shifts driven by AI and automation. They address cost reductions and market disruptions caused by automation, the future of personalized AI-driven content, and public sector roles as potential solutions for unemployment - critical conversations needed to shape a future where AI and humans coexist.

In this episode of Futuristic, Cam and Steve discuss OpenAI's groundbreaking o1 model and Advanced Voice Mode. They voice concerns over social media's impact on youth, touching on legislative measures and the Instagram Kids launch. Cam talks about how he's used ChatGPT on his weight loss journey. The episode also looks back at the 1973 launch of the first personal computer, MCM 70, the relevance of Moore's Law and Marvin Minsky, using of AI to digitise handwritten notes and Sam Altman's vision for The Intelligence Age.