Some sort of doom is always out there, just a couple months away. Just one more data point to tick this way or that. As Brian says, They (the prophets of doom) are killing us off every week." Whether it's a comet striking the earth, or a financial collapse — right around the corner! — or the Yellowstone supervolcano; it's always something. How can a worried prepper separate the real news from the chaff of hucksters trying to sell doom-proof products? Mic, Brian, and Jeff discuss this problem.

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Susan, Paul, and Charon travel north on their borrowed bicycles. They make decent time until Paul and Charon's bike suffers a blowout at high speed. They proceed on foot but the bombers got ahead of them again. Susan's team are stopped at checkpoint to the town of Bristol. They have no valid ID and an implausible story about someone trying to blow up the railroad bridge in Ashland.

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Mic, Brian, and Jeff take a look at the Deep State which has been trying to rule the world a lot longer than AI has been. Historically, the Deep State had become a feature of past empires and often contributed to their downfall. What is the common citizen to do? Would a world run by AI be better or worse than the Deep State?

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Susan convinces Charon to get the injured bomber some help in exchange for information. The bomber tells where the group planned to go and that their target is the railroad bridge in Ashland. Susan finds a local woman who will send help. She also has walkie-talkie contact with a man who can radio ahead to alert the people of Ashalnd.

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Following up on the earlier episode about AI and Prepping, Mic, Brian, and Jeff look at the potential doom of having AI given control over crucial facets of human society but getting too smart for the people who think they can control it. Some people welcome AI control. Some don't care too much. Some are very afraid. Are we getting spooked over potential boogeymen or are we right to be worried?

The video Jeff found:

How AI Takeover Could Happen In 2 Years: A Scenario:

The interview that Brian found:

Joe Rogan interview with Roman Yamplotsky about AI dangers

The movie that Mic is always going on and on about:

Movie Flashback: Colossus, the Forbin Project (1970) (on Vimeo)

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Susan comes face to face with evil in the three men who stumbled across them in the woods. After she faces down evil, they resume pursuing the bombers. They come across one of them later, injured in a fall and left behind by his fellow bombers. What should they do?

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Drones are becoming the weapon of choice on today's battlefield. As police departments become increasingly militarized, it seems like only a matter of time before local governments use drones and autonomous robot dogs to control the populace. What might a future with hostile drones be like? In this episode, the boys watched three short videos (links below) and discussed what, if anything, somebody can do about Robotic Doom.

Links:

SlaughterBots (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fa9lVwHHqg

Metalhead (episode, 2017) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6jbebk

How To Defeat A Robot Dog video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUrF_G7KlM

Other links of interest:

Chinese “mosquito” drones: https://interestingengineering.com/military/chinese-military-unveils-mosquito-sized-drones

Black Hornet, micro drone: Black Hornet 4 Nano UAV

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