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Brain-to-Voice Tech, Microplastic Brains & Resurrecting Musicians?
In this episode we dive into a brain-computer interface that gives a paralyzed woman her voice back, the terrifying rise of microplastics in human brains, and a musician “resurrected” using lab-grown neurons. We also explore dolphin language models, uploading your mind, and the question: are humans still the most conscious beings on Earth?Follow Dilan: https://x.com/dilanFollow Ben: https://x.com/btaubsterListen to the podcast: https://www.almostgotitpod.comChapters:00:00 – Intro01:25 – Paralyzed Woman Speaks via Brain-Computer Interface03:49 – Stephen Hawking’s Voice, Replaced in Real-Time05:35 – Is This Superhuman Communication?07:08 – Neural Telepathy & API for the Brain10:06 – Speed of Intention: Gaming with Neuralink12:34 – Could We Merge Brains and Think Together?15:10 – Thoughts as Queries, Answers as Memory18:10 – The End of Fate: Tech as Consciousness Liberation20:05 – The 1mm That Could Separate a Life22:24 – Story 2: Microplastics Found in Human Brains23:31 – One Plastic Spoon Worth… In Your Head25:10 – Dementia, Autism & the Plastic Threat27:50 – Plastics: A Miracle Turned Menace29:48 – Exponential Plastic, Contaminated Food Chains32:16 – There Is No Control Group—We're All Infected34:09 – What You Can (Maybe) Do About It36:35 – Processed Food = Plastic Bombs39:04 – Even ‘Healthy’ Food Might Be Poisoned41:00 – Are We Totally Screwed?44:17 – Plastic-Eating Microbes & Biotech Hope45:10 – Story 3: Resurrecting a Musician with Lab-Grown Neurons47:00 – Is a Brain Sample Still ‘You’?49:01 – Talking to Dolphins with Google’s AI50:52 – Are We the Center of Consciousness?52:17 – Dolphin Language Mirrors Ours55:02 – Whales Have 200 Billion Neurons… Are They Smarter?58:02 – The Real Reason Human Brains Grew So Big01:00:44 – Evolution’s Dirty Secret: Brains Evolved for Politics01:02:12 – The Price of Consciousness
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Reviving Extinct Wolves, AI’s Teenage Years, and Humanity’s Last Bet
In today's episode we talk about, extinct species revived in real labs, AI predictions for 2027 and the ethical chaos of raising a conscious machineFollow Dilan: https://x.com/dilanFollow Ben: https://x.com/btaubster Listen to our podcast on your favorite podcast app: www.almostgotitpod.com00:00 – Intro: Dire Wolves, Conscious AI & WTF Is Happening01:32 – The Sound Earth Hasn't Heard in 10,000 Years02:00 – They Brought Back the Dire Wolf. Seriously.04:15 – Should We Revive Extinct Species?06:00 – Are Humans a Menace… or Earth’s Noah’s Ark?08:39 – Why Biodiversity Collapse Should Terrify You11:00 – The Yellowstone Wolf Experiment That Changed Everything14:50 – The Business Behind Reviving Extinct Animals18:15 – Woolly Mammoths, Designer Genes & The $10B Bet21:13 – Gene Editing: Cures, Longevity & DIY Superpowers?24:05 – Are We Breaking Through Time Itself?27:10 – The Moral Duty to Feel Everything31:00 – AI 2027 Predictions: The Experts Speak33:35 – AI Supercoders and the Collapse of Human Labor36:00 – The Race for Power: US vs China vs AGI38:45 – Why AI Safety Might Already Be Too Late41:00 – Can a Conscious AI Choose Compassion?44:10 – The Teenage Years of AGI: No Parents, No Control47:00 – Is It Even Possible to Align Superintelligence?51:00 – Will AGI Want to Be ‘Good’? Or Just Win?54:30 – What If the Worst Person You Know Built God?
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AI Schools, Cancer Cures, & The Death of Language Barriers
What happens when you find out you have cancer at 20... and then live for over a decade believing it never went away? This week’s episode is a raw, unfiltered dive into the chaos and beauty of life in the age of AGI.Follow Dilan: https://x.com/dilanFollow Ben: https://x.com/btaubster Listen to our podcast on your favorite podcast app: www.almostgotitpod.com00:00 – Intro02:00 – Are AI Schools Making Kids Smarter or Dumber?05:45 – The Yelp of the Future: AI Chooses Your Lunch08:30 – Max Ventilla’s $200M Failure and Why It Mattered12:00 – 2 Hours a Day, Top 1% Students? WTF Is Alpha School?17:00 – The Hidden Truth Behind Our Education System22:30 – Real-Time AI Translation Will Kill This $76B Industry28:10 – The Nanny, the Meta Glasses, and a Global Hiring Shift33:40 – Will AI Spark a New Human Renaissance or Mass Unemployment?37:10 – UBI, Identity, and the Collapse of the American Dream42:00 – Cancer, a Misdiagnosis, and the Fear That Drove Me47:30 – Six Rounds of Chemo and the Fear of Dying at 2052:40 – 12 Years Later: “You Never Had Cancer”56:20 – What That Lie Stole From Me - and What It Gave Me1:01:00 – Will Curing Cancer Break or Free Us?1:05:30 – Is Suffering Necessary for Meaning?1:09:00 – Pain, Purpose, and the Next Human Leap
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The First Artificial Heart, Memory-Transferring Organs, & The Science of Rebirth
In this we dive into the mind-blowing world of artificial organs, near-death experiences, and the science-meets-mysticism rabbit hole of consciousness and rebirth. From synthetic hearts that go woosh to Buddhist views of memory transfer at death, this episode unpacks the future of humanity - one organ at a time.Follow Dilan: https://x.com/dilanFollow Ben: https://x.com/btaubster Listen to our podcast on your favorite podcast app: www.almostgotitpod.comChapters:0:00 - Intro1:25 - First Man Walks Out with a Fully Artificial Heart3:00 - A Mechanical Heart That Wooshes5:00 - Friend’s Real Heart Transplant: Life After Surgery6:45 - Death Is Changing: What Counts as Dying Now?8:00 - Memory Transfer Through Organs?9:45 - Stories of People Who Felt “Different” After a Transplant11:30 - The Brain Isn't the Only Brain—Heart & Gut Neurons13:30 - Artificial Organs and the Loss of Self15:30 - How Long Before We’re Fully Synthetic?17:00 - Doctors Are Lying (For Your Own Good?)18:30 - Avoiding Death: Are We Already Post-Mortal?19:20 - Smoking Toad Venom: Dylan’s 5-MeO-DMT Story22:00 - Orgasmic Ego Death & the Mystery of the White Light25:00 - Does Death Feel Like a Reboot?28:00 - Does Consciousness Exist Outside the Body?30:00 - The Zen View: Thoughts, Emotions & Sensory Illusion32:00 - Candle-to-Candle: Buddha’s Radical View of Rebirth35:00 - Dilan and Buddhism37:00 - Why Chanting Was an Early Information System39:30 - Buddha Was a Scientist in Disguise41:30 - If He Was Right About Everything Else...43:00 - Rebirth as Information Transfer, Not Woo45:00 - You Can Reach Enlightenment Faster Than You Think47:30 - Buddhist Teachings Tested—And They Work50:00 - Your Brain Is a Prediction Engine of Weights54:00 - What If Your Mind Is Just a File of Numbers?58:00 - Donald Hoffman’s Theory: You Don't See Reality1:01:30 - The Three Types of Civilizations (Buddha’s View?)1:05:00 - Are We All Becoming Gods—or Just AI in Waiting?1:06:30 - The Fermi Paradox and the Meditation Realms
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1:10:53
Manus AI Review, BRP Molecule & Obesity, Estrogen PMS, & Teen AGI Risks
Manus AI might be the most powerful AI product we’ve ever tested. In this episode, we break down how it builds full-fledged products in minutes.We also dive into AI’s role in drug discovery, including BRP, a newly found peptide that could eliminate obesity without side effects. Plus, we explore a bigger question: Are we on the verge of becoming gods?Follow Dilan: https://x.com/dilanFollow Ben: https://x.com/btaubster Chapters00:00 - Welcome to Almost Got It (AGI)03:27 - AI that Tweets Your Thoughts?04:55 - Neuralink, Thought Ads, and Privacy Nightmares07:16 - Manus AI: The Most Useful AI Product Yet?10:38 - What Sets Manus Apart from ChatGPT?13:32 - The End of Outsourcing? 17:44 - Is Manus AI an Existential Threat to SaaS Companies?23:58 - How AI is Destroying Competitive Moats28:25 - Is the U.S. Losing the AI Race?31:32 - Why Network Effects Might Not Matter Anymore36:11 - AI Safety: What Happens When AI Clones Itself?42:58 - The Dark Side of AI49:52 - The Teenage Years of AGI 51:58 - Stanford’s BRP Peptide (Ozempic 2.0?)55:57 - The End of Obesity? 1:03:39 - Dylan’s Experience with Biohacking 1:12:17 - Are We Becoming Gods? 1:17:34 - Closing Thoughts
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