Episode 218: Octopussies

Dueling Ogres

Today we talk about console creators, octopuses, artificial intelligence, and Einstein! Does Remington even do anything around here?!

0:00:00 Intro Music 0:00:55 Dialogue 0:18:51 Masayuki Uemura, Creator of the NES and SNES, Dies at 78 0:24:38 Octopuses, Squids and Lobsters Could Become 'Sentient Beings' in the UK 0:32:05 US Judge Rules Only Humans, Not AI, Can Get Patents 0:43:07 Einstein’s Rare Handwritten Notes Sell For $13 Million at Auction 0:50:30 Outtro 0:51:30 Outtakes

Rest In Peace, Masayuki-san

https://in.mashable.com/science/25967/einsteins-rare-handwritten-notes-sell-for-13-million-at-auction https://www.techspot.com/news/91110-court-ruling-uspto-cannot-issue-patents-artificial-intelligence.html https://www.livescience.com/cephalopods-and-crustaceans-recognised-as-sentient-in-uk https://kotaku.com/masayuki-uemura-creator-of-the-nes-and-snes-dies-at-7-1848184264

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(Intro uses the "Black Vortex" track by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com). Licensed under CC by attribution 3.0. Outtro: Battle of Kings by Per Kiilstofte, licensed under CC by attribution 4.0 Int'l.)