Tommy and Adam discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence, include a massive leap forward in face swapping for pets and (the obviously less important) autonomous vehicle accident prevention. Also, watch out for ambient computing!

Tommy and Adam discuss how AI will help—and is already helping—the medical industry improve the diagnostic process and save lives.

Links for this episode:

• Dr. BotThe clip from Space Station 76 that Tommy mentioned during this episode show.
• MIT Uses AI to Predict Breast Cancer Up to 5 Years in AdvanceModern artificial intelligence employs complex algorithms to do all sorts of tasks in an instant, such as figuring out how a customer feels based on their review or identifying specific characteristics of an image. However, AI’s brightest moments come from the creative ways we employ these algorithms. People have used AI to generate new sports, turn doodles into realistic landscapes, and now MIT has found a way to detect breast cancer up to five years in advance using a deep-learning image classification model.

Tommy and Adam discuss the reasons behind the fascination with watching professionals do great work and what we actually gain from it.

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• my mechanicsThe restoration channel Tommy recommends.

Tommy and Adam discuss Apple's decline into an overpriced garbage fire and the potential impact of Google's new math test for artificial intelligence.

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• Google Fed a Language Algorithm Math Equations. It Learned How to Solve New Ones.ExtremeTech (Adam Dachis): "Computers fail at even simple math more often than many of us realize and that flaw is rooted in the architecture of the machines themselves. Using machine learning, Google might have discovered a way to train computers to overcome their deficiencies."
• Roundup: First-Look Impressions of the New Mac ProMacRumors: "At WWDC today, Apple unveiled its much-anticipated Mac Pro redesign, and following its keynote the company offered journalists some brief time with the machine – although admittedly nobody was allowed to use or even touch it."
• Apple Reveals All-New Mac Pro With Up to 28-Core Processor and 1.5TB of RAM, Starting at $5,999MacRumors: "Apple today at its WWDC 2019 keynote unveiled its long-awaited Mac Pro redesign."
• Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2019 in Nine MinutesToday's Worldwide Developers Conference was easily one of the most exciting events we've had this year, with Apple introducing feature after feature over the course of a two and a half hour event.
• iOS 13 Hidden Features: Silence Unknown Callers, Reading Goals, Better Messages Search and MoreApple this week debuted iOS 13 with a ton of updates, including a new dark mode option, major performance improvements, faster Face ID, simpler photo editing tools and a new Photos interface, a Sign In With Apple Privacy feature, a swipe-based keyboard, and tons more.
• PSA: 27-Inch iMac Appears to Have a Pricing MistakeApple updated its iMac lineup in March with new processor and graphics options, but the latest 27-inch model appears to have a pricing mistake.
• Google Chrome could soon kill off most ad-blocker extensionsZDnet: "Ad-blocker developers fear their Chrome extensions will be wiped out by proposed changes to Chrome APIs."
• Everything We Learned Today About Google StadiaKotaku: "The upcoming streaming platform Google Stadia won’t just follow the Netflix model, as many fans had hoped. It will instead have both a subscription and games for sale individually, as Kotaku previously reported. Here’s everything we learned today during Google’s “Stadia Connect” stream."

Tommy and Adam discuss Instagram's decision to test the removal of likes from posts in Canada as well as a new app that analyzes your farts.

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• Fartr"No one has ever attempted to capture, analyze and visualize your farts—until now." Available for iOS and Android.
• Here’s why Instagram is going to hide your ‘likes’Hamza Shaban for the Washington Post: "Instagram will test hiding the number of likes and views that photos and videos receive — a central aspect of its platform — to rein in competitive tendencies and make the experience a little 'less pressurized.'"

Tommy and Adam continue the previous week's conversion about preparing for future issues that new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and DNA sequencing/analysis will bring about.

Tommy and Adam discuss an interesting law suit against Apple's alleged use of facial recognition technology, DNA security issues, and more reasons you need to be informed and prepared for rapidly evolving future technologies.

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• Teen sues Apple for $1 billion over store theft accusationsChain Store Age: "Apple faces a hefty lawsuit stemming from its facial recognition software identifying a suspected Apple Store shoplifter. In the suit filed in federal court in Manhattan, 18-year-old New York resident Ousmane Bah says he was falsely accused of thefts from Apple Store locations in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware."
• GyroscopeA life-tracking app that can integrate several data sources like your raw DNA data from companies like 23andme.
• UnshakyAn app to mitigate the problem of duplicate key presses on Apple's terrible butterfly keyboards.

Tommy and Adam discuss the monopolies of the tech giants and the growing need to break them apart, stop future acquisitions, and restore true competition to the US market.

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• Here’s how we can break up Big TechElizabeth Warren: "Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn’t exist. Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world. It’s a great story—but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets."
• warren-tech-companies.html" class="link">A Better Way to Break Up Big TechThe New York Times: "Among the techies who attended the annual South by Southwest Interactive conference the past few days, the hottest topic of conversation—besides the swarms of drunken idiots careening around Austin on rented electric scooters—was Senator Elizabeth Warren’s ground-shaking proposal to break up large tech companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook."

Tommy and Adam talk to "Escape Room in a Box" creators Juliana Patel and Ariel Rubin about creating a successful Kickstarter campaign. They offer a lot of helpful advice to anyone who has ever wanted to crowdfund a game (or other project).

Links for this episode:

• Escape Room in a BoxThe official website!
• Escape Room in a Box (Facebook)The official Facebook page.
• James Mathe: Board Game Design, Kickstarter, & Game Publishing AdviceA resource Ariel and Juliana highly recommend.
• O Reviewer, Reviewer wherefore art thou!James Mathe's advice on getting reviews for your Kickstarter game campaign.
• The Wild OptimistsJuliana and Ariel's company!
• The Wild Optimists (Instagram)Juliana and Ariel's company—on Instagram!
• EscapeRoomInABox (Twitter)The official Twitter account!
• Juliana-Ariel's Combined Facebook AccountFind them on Facebook!

Tommy and Adam are joined by special guest Tina Amini (Editor in Chief of Games at IGN) to talk about what makes a video game great and how they successfully establish an emotional connection with the player.

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• @TinaAmini (Twitter)Tina's official Twitter account.
• The Writer Will Do Something"The year is 2012. You are the lead writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise. Expectations are through the roof: fans of the series are waiting for the biggest, most bad-ass entry in the series yet, and your publisher is expecting the best-selling title in its history. But the game's development hasn't gone as smoothly as planned. One morning, just a couple months before E3 and six months before ship, an emergency meeting is called..."
• Borderlands Is Getting Review Bombed On Steam Over Epic Store ExclusivityKotaku: "Yesterday, Gearbox announced that Borderlands 3 will be an Epic Games Store exclusive for six months after its September 13 release. Like clockwork, Steam users began review bombing previous games in the noted dabbing robot shooter series shortly after. Twenty-four hours and thousands of negative reviews later, Steam’s new anti-review bomb system has yet to defuse the problem."
• @tinaamini (Instagram)Tina's official Instagram account.
• Ubisoft In Trouble Over Comments About Female CharactersKotaku: "Shortly after Ubisoft upset many Assassin's Creed fans by saying that it had abandoned its plan to have female characters in its new game's co-op multiplayer mode, the company returned with another controversial explanation about the absence of women in its games—this one focused on Far Cry 4."
• Unions Stole The Show At Last Night's GDC AwardsKotaku: "'I’m not anti-union, but I don’t really think we need them, right?' said Double Fine head Tim Schafer while hosting yesterday evening’s Game Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco. 'We’re all great here and in this show. No one here is union and...' Then the stage lights went out."
• Tim Schafer Pokes Fun At #GamerGate and #NotYourShield During GDC AwardsTim Schafer (Double Fine) satirizes anti-union sentiment in a speech at the GDC Awards.