156: ‘Yo, Dingus’ With Merlin Mann

Hosted byJohn Gruber

Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about artificial intelligence and Eddy Cue’s flip-flops.

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Links:

• Eddy Cue celebrating on court with Stephen Curry after the Golden State Warriors won the NBA Western Conference finals.
• Apple’s purported upcoming standalone Siri device might have a camera.
• The Talk Show in iTunes. Reviews are much appreciated.
• The AI Effect: “It’s part of the history of the field of artificial intelligence that every time somebody figured out how to make a computer do something — play good checkers, solve simple but relatively informal problems — there was chorus of critics to say, ‘That’s not thinking’.”
• System 7 Macintosh Basics Demo.
• Canary: Real-time streaming video camera for your home. Merlin’s got one and likes it.