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<p>Published 30 June 2025</p>
<p>e519 with Michael, Andy and Michael &#8211; stories about AI conversations with pets and people, LLM data retention, AI slop, Clippy-esque prompts, AI workloads in space and a whole lot more.</p>
<p>Michael, Andy and Michael begin with an AI story about the possibility for translating what your pet has to say.&nbsp; There have been similar stories, and certainly it is only a matter of time before there is a breakthrough to help humans talk to the animals.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Next up, a video from John Oliver on AI slop for the masses, that interestingly enough starts off with cats.&nbsp; The team then moves on to what LLMs know about those that use them.&nbsp; A couple of articles from Schneier and Geeky Gadgets illustrate the challenges emerging with current data retention policies.&nbsp; Andy asked ChatGPT to write his bio back in 2023, and the hallucinations from that experience is in the show notes below.</p>
<p>After a conversation on the future of Computer Science, the team considers AI workloads in space using the Syntilay example of designing shoes.&nbsp; Then, a Mastodon post on the newest prompts from Microsoft Word reminds the cohosts of the fan favorite Clippy.&nbsp; Next, there’s an AR example of advertising popup blockers where the cure may be worse than the disease of the number of ads and their content.</p>
<p>Wrapping things up for this episode, Andy, Michael and Michael take a look at the Microsoft Xbox branded Meta VR headset and The Confrontation LoTR tabletop game. &nbsp;</p>
<p>What is your favorite AI slop example?&nbsp; Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!&nbsp;</p>
<p>These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.&nbsp; All rights reserved.&nbsp; That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Selected Links</strong></h2>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>AI</strong></h2>
<p>Boy Genius Report article: <a href="https://bgr.com/science/ai-could-finally-help-us-talk-to-our-cats/">AI could finally help us talk to our cats</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2024/12/30/e495-personal-planetarium/">e495: Personal Planetarium</a> for translating animal communications</p>
<p>Mashable article: <a href="https://mashable.com/video/john-oliver-ai-slop">John Oliver finds a creative way to get revenge on AI spam</a></p>
<p>Schneier on Security post: <a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/what-llms-know-about-their-users.html">What LLMs Know About Their Users</a></p>
<p>Geeky Gadgets article: <a href="https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/chatgpt-privacy-risks-explained/">OpenAI’s ChatGPT Data Retention Policy Explained : Is Your Data at Risk?</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2023/02/27/e406-ai-lemmings/">e406: AI Lemmings</a> (for multiple versions of Andy’s bio)</p>
<p>Andy’s fun with ChatGPT from 2023 – <a href="https://paste.lol/andypiper/bio-chat.md">multiple versions of his bio</a></p>
<p>The Atlantic article: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/06/computer-science-bubble-ai/683242/">The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting</a></p>
<p>Coolest Gadgets article: <a href="https://coolest-gadgets.com/reebok-cofounder-ai-shoe-spacex-2026/">Reebok Co-Founder’s Startup to Design AI-Generated Shoe in Space</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.syntilay.com">Syntilay</a> AI designed shoes</p>
<blockquote  data-instance="mastodon.social" data-post-id="114754556323959354" class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed">
<p>me: there’s nothing worse than opening a blank document</p>
<p>microsoft word: hold my beer</p>
<p class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-author">
            &mdash; Hadas Weiss (@HadasWeiss@mastodon.social)
            <a class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-link" href="https://mastodon.social/@HadasWeiss/114754556323959354">2025-06-27T09:12:48.909Z</a>
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</blockquote>
<p><script data-allowed-prefixes="https://mastodon.social/" async src=“https://mastodon.social/embed.js"></script></p>
<p>PC Gamer article: <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/software-engineer-creates-real-life-ad-block-using-snapchats-ar-smart-glasses-ends-up-creating-something-more-distracting-than-ads/">Software engineer creates a real-life ad block using Snapchat&#8217;s AR smart glasses, but ultimately ends up making something far more distracting than ads</a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>VR</strong></h2>
<p>The Verge article: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/hands-on/690978/meta-quest-3s-xbox-edition-vr-headset-release-date-pricing">A week in Xbox VR with Microsoft and Meta’s new $399 headset</a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>Tabletop Gaming</strong></h2>
<p>Wargamer article: <a href="https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/one-of-the-best-lord-of-the-rings-games-is-getting-a-new-crowdfunding-campaign">This special edition Lord of the Rings board game comes with its own damn table</a></p>
<p>Gamefound: <a href="https://gamefound.com/en/projects/ghost-galaxy-games/lord-of-the-rings-the-confrontation-ultimate-edition?gad_campaignid=22725039097&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAABOGpx624oAXHypQVivEpUfUiu9Lx&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhqTTsf6XjgMVTzcIBR3QJBr7EAAYAiAAEgKt8_D_BwE&refcode=v8ZJ6mPbcE-j2YRGTsRiOg&utm_campaign=CF_4404&utm_medium=paid_pmax&utm_source=google">The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Ultimate Edition</a></p>
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