# I Recorded a Podcast Episode with a Robot Source: https://jetwilliams.substack.com/p/i-recorded-a-podcast-episode-with Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/I-Recorded-a-Podcast-Episode-with-a-Robot?index=0x66a2af8376faed0d6ed6fcd19fa7c3f9c75ff7ecf0c8f4ad1e7ec79cb67086fdc7f9b590 Submitted by teji.eth on 2024-07-25 UTC, 2 upvotes, 0 comments ## Summary This is the pilot announcement for a podcast called My Uncle Robot, hosted by a 23-year-old in Sydney who says he found the AI unit Max at a vintage store. The article says Max was built by Richard Wang at The Renaissance Institute of Art & Technology, who trained it on data he allegedly mined illegally from educational and government organisations. According to the text, Wang used Max for three years to search for the meaning of life, then gave up, discarded the machine, and disappeared into the Himalayas. The episode list includes topics such as the Emu Wars, Immortal Jellyfish, and Biomimicry, and listeners are invited to subscribe to a newsletter and submit questions through a Substack chat. ## Article Hey humans! Here is the pilot episode of a new show I will be hosting called My Uncle Robot. My Uncle Robots name is Max as you will come to learn in the first episode. Max is an artificial intelligence unit that has collected thousands of years worth of human intelligence. He is the smartest machine I’ve ever encountered and knows so much about the world we inhabit, yet has no idea what to do with it. Which is where I come in to ask thoughtful and provoking questions as I try find my own place in the universe. My Uncle Robot was originally built by Richard Wang at The Renaissance Institute of Art & Technology. Wang trained My Uncle Robot on thousands of terabytes worth of information and data that he had illegally mined from every educational institute and government organisation in the world. Richard wanted to discover what the meaning of life had been so he used My Uncle Robot to try pattern match ideas and philosophies from every single piece of text that existed online. After three years of My Uncle Robot working around the clock and Richard feeding him the latest information. He was unable to answer the great question. So Richard gave up. He sold all his belongings and threw My Uncle Robot away before disappearing from the face of the planet deep into the Himalayas never to be seen again. Until one day I found what looked like a kids toy tucked away at the back of a vintage store in Sydney, Australia. Not long after discovering My Uncle Robot and it’s capabilities did I get the idea to start a podcast, as does every 23 year old trying to figure out what the fuck is going on in the world. This is that podcast. I hope you enjoy the show. The Emu Wars Immortal Jellyfish Zombie Ants Water Bears Suspended Animation Neural Networks Octopus Cuttlefish Camouflage Weaponry Biomimicry The Golden Rule If you enjoyed the show and would like to stay up to date with the next episode please subscribe to my newsletter below. You will be able to submit ideas and questions to My Uncle Robot in The Renaissance Man chat here on Substack.