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Kim Commando
Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond. And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me. Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says, email. Kim. Fill that out, and that's it. Okay, so let me tell you, Jeff Bezos, when he was the CEO of Amazon, he would forward customer emails to the people who are in charge of all the teams. And he wouldn't say, like, hey, how are you? I want you to check this out. Or, you know, okay. Maybe you can stop by my office and we can talk about it. No. Uh uh. He would forward any email that he got from a customer to the team leader with just one little character, a question mark. Okay. And as rumor has, it is that if you were sitting there and you got an email from Jeff Bezos, of course, the guy who started Amazon, and it had just that question mark, people would be, like, totally freaked out, like, oh, my gosh. This is awful. This is awful. You know, he started thinking about it, and I thought it was such a great idea. I started doing that at the Kim Commando show studios with our team. I just sent one note with just a question mark. But when you start thinking about Jeff Bezos, you know what? He quit. Yeah. He quit before his prime. Oh, that was a bad one, wasn't it? Sorry about that. Yeah. Okay. It will get better. I promise. It's gonna get better. It's gonna get better. And on that happy note, welcome. It's Kim Commando. Today, it's your three or four times a week podcast. We haven't decided on how many days a week we're gonna do this. So it's like, sometimes per week. Yes. It's gonna be at least Monday, Wednesday, Friday. And that when we actually do it live. And you can watch us on YouTube, rumble axe, or Facebook. But I think YouTube is the easiest. Just go to YouTube.com kimcommando. And we do it at 11:30 a.m. On the west coast, which is. Everybody do the math. 02:30 p.m. On the east coast. Okay. Now, joining me on Fridays is normally Andrew Wabinski, but Andrew called and said he wasn't gonna be able to make it on the podcast because he was on the freeway on his way over here when he got rear ended. So he's okay. But you know what it's like when you get into an accident and then you have to, like, sit there.

Allie Seligman
Oh, he's gonna be out there for hours.

Kim Commando
Oh, he is on the side of the freeway. It's gotta be the worst. And of course, though, Allie Selkman's here, our amazing content queen over@commando.com. And a creator of the newsletters and oh, my gosh, we are ahead this week. I'm so excited.

Allie Seligman
Oh, my gosh. I know. I've been like, you know, patting myself on the back. All of us on the back.

Kim Commando
We've been giving you a virtual pet. Yes, for sure. What do you have? Coming up?

Allie Seligman
We are going to talk about health insurance claims. So exciting. But really, I have a way to help you find out what your medical care team is doing instead of just getting that stupid form letter that doesn't tell you anything. And then we asked our audience, are you afraid of AI? And no kidding, Kim. Almost 8000 people answered in our newsletter. So we've got some of the best answers.

Kim Commando
And that's 8000 in just a few hours.

Allie Seligman
It sure is. That went out this morning. Yeah.

Kim Commando
Wow. It's just, it's just crazy. Just a reminder, don't forget to, like, comment, share, subscribe, whatever you want to do. And if you are getting the audio version of the podcast, we'd love you for that. Make sure that you give us a nice five star review there and say some kind words. And just a quick reminder, if you have not already entered to win that brand new iPhone 15 valued at $799. Come on, people. Yes, exactly. Go to winfromkim.com dot. Once again, that's winfromkim.com dot. Winfromkim.com dot. All right, let's get this party started with the top five things you need to know. It's happening about tech right now. And in Washington, DC, they're finally trying to figure out what are we gonna do with AI.

Allie Seligman
You think so?

Kim Commando
Yeah. And how are we going to make sure that we don't get steamrolled by other countries? And so they put together a 31 page roadmap. A 31 page roadmap. Not 28 pages, not 35, not 22, no, just 31 pages. You know, somebody there said, you know what we need 31 pages. Just 31 pages. That includes $32 billion. So every page is about $1 billion for research and development. And now it's to. Now they're going to hand off this plan to the Senate committees, and I think they need some help. You know, I actually have been thinking about this, Al. I mean, if I had the free time. If I had the free time, I was thinking about calling my local congressman, saying, I read about this, and he was over at our house last week. So I see somebody I can actually just text and get a response from. I'd say, you know, maybe I should help, but I'm afraid I'm gonna get sucked down into that tube.

Allie Seligman
I think you don't have the free time for that because it's not a small job. You know, when I read about this, the first thing I thought of was, remember Mark Zuckerberg sitting there and saying, we make money from ads. If they couldn't understand how Facebook were. Hmm. That's a little scary, right? For the idea.

Kim Commando
It is. It's very frightening to me. Moving on to number two, Uber is now getting into the shuttle business. I thought this was really strange is that now you can order an Uber for up to 55 of your closest friends. Just, you know, come on, it's the party bus. Let's do it. And by the way, if you're a Costco member, you now get a discount on Uber eats. Hmm.

Allie Seligman
Look at that.

Kim Commando
Who knew, right? Okay, but you still have the $1.50 hot dog, right?

Allie Seligman
Kim, have you ever had a $1.50 hot dog?

Kim Commando
Never. I've never had one. No one surprised nobody. I am such a freak. I am. It's just. It is so weird. I mean, it's like, okay, so how is that prepared? And, you know, where was it grown?

Allie Seligman
You take your health seriously. It's good.

Kim Commando
Yeah, it's good. But sometimes it's, like, so annoying because I sit there and it's like. Like, this morning I wanted a piece of toast. Okay. And then I looked, and there was like, you know, like, bad bread, you know, because Barry went to the store, and then I'm like, okay, where's the Ezekiel bread? And so I'm like, I'm digging in the freezer.

Allie Seligman
Did you find some bread?

Kim Commando
Yes, I did.

Allie Seligman
Awesome.

Kim Commando
I did. I found, like, four pieces. Web traffic is dying. It's down over 60%. Moving in on number three, depending upon the site. Why? Because Google search is now coming out even more with Gemini AI. And so what that means is that when you do a Google search, so to speak, is that Google's going to go out there and then they're going to collect all the information off the website and then just put it right there on the screen for you. And so publishers are getting really upset, news publishers in particular, because if you're searching for a new story, normally you'd see what a list of the various news media outlets for you to decide which version of that story that you'd like to read. Well, they're not going to do that anymore. Gemini AI is going to go out there and it's going to read all the stories about it and then tell you about the story. But keep in mind, Gemini is a little biased, so you don't really know the version of the story that you're going to get. So now the large media sites are saying, this is not something that we should be agreeing to. We cannot allow this to happen because also they're looking at decreasing revenues. Because if the website traffic is down by 60%, that means that the advertising revenues are down by 60%. And so now they're looking at layoffs and the small media sites are probably looking at bankruptcy.

Allie Seligman
I would not be surprised. So they are definitely going to get pushback. There's going to be one story where Jim and I totally messes it up, right, and takes a side and they're going to say, oops, we're not going to do this for news anymore. We'll do it for everything else, but not for news. I bet that'll happen.

Kim Commando
Well, I'll never forget when I asked Gemini for a Bible verse and it came up and it said, that is too controversial. And then I went, I'm like, I sent you the whole stream and I was like, you know, what do you mean a Bible verse is controversial? I actually said that to this AI and it's like, well, we didn't mean it was that we meant it like, the Bible is a copyrighted book. Okay? I don't think God's claiming copyright on a Bible. Just saying. Okay. All right, moving on to number four. If you're using Google Chrome, I don't know what's going on with this, but this is our third zero day attack in a week. Okay, what that means is that the hackers put something out there. There's no fix. That's why they call it zero day. Zero day. Okay, so if you're using Chrome, go into your settings about Chrome and hit relaunch. But that's really simple, okay. Just close the chrome browser and relaunch it. And then you get the fix, which is really nice. And finally, this coming in at number five. You know, this story does not affect me at all. It doesn't affect me at all, okay? Because I never go to an ATM machine. When's the last time you. When's the last time?

Allie Seligman
Years. Literally years.

Kim Commando
I can't think of any time that I would put in a pin number anywhere. So I looked at this, and I was like, wow. The most commonly used and easily guessed pin in the world is 1234-1234 okay, that hurts. So, yeah, you know, if you're using that. But, you know, so says the woman that my passcode on my phone is zero. Zero.

Allie Seligman
Not great. Not great.

Kim Commando
No, no. I could do better. I could do better.

Allie Seligman
You could. Will you?

Kim Commando
But, you know. No, you know what Barry's passcode is? Is zero zero.

Allie Seligman
I'm gonna swipe both your phones one day just to make you change these passwords. Seriously, though, if yours is 1234 or your birth year or your address or your anniversary, those are so easy to guess. Make it something no one could guess, please.

Kim Commando
Yeah, you definitely want to say that. Eleven one one is another 11212. And then seven seven seven. Okay. And for some reason, there's. Also on that list is 69 69.

Allie Seligman
Very interesting. No idea what that could reference at all. No.

Kim Commando
Could you imagine? Oh, 69.6969. There it is. Yes. Oh, it's a big one. Yes. That's a great deal. It's a great deal. Yeah. 69.6.

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Kim Commando
Hey, it's Kim Commando today. Don't forget to, like, comment, share, follow, subscribe, whatever it may be. And just a quick reminder, too, that this is not the Kim Commando show. If you're looking for the Kim commando show, that's my big three hour weekend show, and it's on over 420 stations. You know, we've been doing this for so many years. Is that you want to get that over at Apple podcasts, or you can get at Spotify. And it is commercial free, by the way. And again, that's the Kim commando show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or. It's a perk of your commando community membership. All right, so as many of you know that I, last year, was super excited that I went and bought a Tesla plaid? Yes. Ooh, yeah. Happy days. And I was so excited. It took me, like, two months to get this Tesla plaid. And I did a whole bunch of research, and I thought, you know, I'm going to go high end, because plaid is the high end. It looks just like all the other Teslas. By the way, the only way that you can tell if somebody has a Tesla plaid is that there's, like, a four inch by three inch little block on the back of the right hand side of that car. And it's a plaid. It's, like, a little plaid.

Allie Seligman
Oh, I didn't know that.

Kim Commando
Yeah. So that's the only way that, you know, if somebody has a Tesla Plaid. And I thought, like, you know, this is kind of cool, because, like, if you don't know. Secret clip. Yeah, right. But the plaid is, like, super fast, has all these extra bells and whistles and all this other stuff. And one of them was full self driving mode. And at that time, it was $15,000 extra to get the full self driving mode. It's now $8,000 for you to get that. Ouch. Yes. So a brand new Tesla Plaid about a year ago was $120,000.

Allie Seligman
It's a lot of dollars, Kim.

Kim Commando
A lot of dollars. I sold the car for about $105,000.02 months later wasn't the best financial move, but I hated the car. I thought it was shoddy workmanship. I just knew that the price wasn't going to go up. Okay. So I thought that it's better now to just get. Get rid of it and dump it. Ian was telling me that you can buy a Tesla Plaid, slightly used now for about $60,000.

Allie Seligman
No.

Kim Commando
And Hertz is trying to get rid of 30,000 Teslas that they had in their fleet. So if you're looking for a Tesla, Hertz is like, they're just basically dumping them. You can get them for, like, 2020, $5,000.

Allie Seligman
Oh, my gosh.

Kim Commando
Yeah. But the reason why I bring all this up, and people will say, you know, why do you beat up Tesla so much? You know? Because I got conned. Okay? I got conned.

Allie Seligman
Conned how?

Kim Commando
Because I was believing all the hype. I thought that this was going to be a great thing, you know? And, you know, I thought, you know, I didn't think to ask if Carplay would work with it. And once you get past the fact that the car farts and all these other things is that, you know, it's a car that you shouldn't charge in your garage. You got to buy the Tesla charger, which I still have in my garage. I don't know why, you know, it's like, oh, rainy day. Yeah, exactly. Just, I don't know you're going to plug anything in there. But the reason why I bring this up is new survey. It's not me beating up Tesla. It's not. Okay? There's a new survey out that says of all the Tesla customers, think about all the millions and millions of Tesla customers, okay? That bought a Tesla and they got the self driving mode, okay? Because they thought, like, this is going to be something fabulous. Something fabulous out of all these people. All of them. The percentage of people who dumped it, okay, after the trial period. Cause you get like a month free to try, okay? Okay. That percentage is 98%.

Allie Seligman
Whoa, baby.

Kim Commando
Okay. 98% of the people say it doesn't really work. It's not worth the money. I'm not gonna have anything to do with this, okay? And I know that many of you love your teslas because you send me notes all the time. You know what you don't understand, Kim commando? Because I love my Tesla.

Allie Seligman
This car farts. It's the best.

Kim Commando
And at the holiday time, it goes, it does a whole light show with Christmas music and all this other stuff. But let me tell you, if you drive a Tesla, what I want you to do is I want you to just go down to your local Mercedes Benz dealer. Just do that. Just go down.

Allie Seligman
Is this paid for by Mercedes Benz?

Kim Commando
No, you don't have to buy anything. You don't even need to buy anything. I don't want you to buy anything. I just want. You can just go there, and then that's where you can test drive cars. Okay? So I want you to just go there, you know? And if you don't, you know, I want you to look good. You got to look good when you go to a Mercedes dealer in order to get their attention because, you know, the cars are expensive, okay? So you go there, just tell them, you know, you just want to test drive a car. They'll let you. They'll take you around, okay? And I want you to drive, like, their electric car. Okay? They're getting out of the EV business. They are. And so if you're looking for an EV, there are deals to be had on the Mercedes EV's. They're going to take care of them. They're going to maintain them. Okay? Whatever it may be. But I want you to compare that car that you just drove in on that Tesla, to that car that you're going to test drive that Mercedes. Ev, just do that. I want you to, like, feel the seats. I want you to feel how it drives. I want you to look at the workmanship that the trunk actually matches the back of the car.

Allie Seligman
Imagine.

Kim Commando
Yes. That when you close the door and you're driving down the road, like, in my plaid. Is that. You didn't hear, like, okay, like, because the windows just don't quite match. They just didn't quite. It was close.

Allie Seligman
It was close. It was so close.

Kim Commando
But it's just not quite.

Allie Seligman
But, Kim, here's what's gonna happen. They're gonna drive their Tesla to the Mercedes dealership. They're going to test drive this mercedes. They're going to say, wow, this is beautiful. This is great. I love this. And then they have to go home in their Tesla. What if they can't?

Kim Commando
But it gives you a goal. It gives you something to work towards, all right? It gives you something where you're like, you know what? I'm going to work a little harder. I'm going to get out there just a little bit more. And then, so then when you hear people bad mouthing a tussle, you can sit there and you go, you know, I get that maybe this is. Maybe this is all I can afford. Okay? But you have something to strive for, so you're not just sitting there. I mean, you know, it's such a shame about the Tesla driver who crashed while watching a movie. I mean, you know, he's sitting there just watching a movie, and he crashes. I mean, he really should have been watching the trailer. Oh.

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Kim Commando
Hey, it's Kim Commando. Today, it's your three or four times a week podcast about all things digital. I mean, it's different than the show because we get to chit chat. We have interviews and all kinds of great things like that. And also we have Allie Seligman and Andrew Rubinski normally here, but Andrew got in a little car accident. Don't worry, he's fine. Everything's great. He's going to be back with us on Monday. But just a reminder, too, that in case you ever want to send us a question? We'd love to hear from you, by the way, is head over to commando.com. And now it says ask Kim. Yes, there's a button there that says ask Kim. And that's where you can fill out that little form and goes right directly to me. And I know you like to leave me your questions all over social media, and I do see them, but this is, like, the best place for me because I get so distracted. There's just so much going on in my life. Okay, so that's where it is. Yeah. So two things. Tell us what you want to hear more about, and you can do that over at ask him. And number two is make sure you tell at least one friend. That's it. Just one friend. Just one friend. About the Kim commando show. Kim Commando today, how beautiful and wonderful Allie is. And so, Allie, what do you got?

Allie Seligman
All right. Not long ago, we were at the doctor, my husband and I, with his doctor, and he said, you know what? I want you to switch one of your medications to something else and try this. Okay. Didn't seem like a big deal. Not too long later, we got this huge envelope from the insurance company that were just forms that basically said, nope, denied, and there's no information on why. And so I know a ton of people have gone through stuff like this.

Kim Commando
So they just give you like a letter that says denied.

Allie Seligman
Yeah, it's a form letter. It just says denied. It doesn't, I mean, you know, they have more words to basically give you no information. But the thing is, legally, if they have any other info, like maybe the doctor called and talked to somebody, maybe a nurse called, maybe, you know, whatever, if there's any conversation, anything that happened, they are federally obligated to document this stuff. And if you know what to ask for, they'll give it to you. So the problem is. Yeah. With that form, yeah. They're just going to send you the one most people are going to say, like, well, womp womp. I guess they're not going to cover it. Or your other option, I guess, is you get into that, you know, you call the insurance company, you're on hold for like, 3 hours, and then some person who may or may not be very helpful says, like, sorry, I can't tell you anything else, but ProPublica made a tool for this. So it's called the Propublica claim finder. Claim help finder. And basically they have this whole process. They know exactly what to ask for, and they'll help you do it. So you go to the site, which I'm not going to tell you because you're definitely not going to remember. So just make sure you're subscribed to the current winfromkim.com. Right. And then next week I'll put the link in there. But you go to the site, you fill out a few things, they help you generate this whole letter, and then they help you find the address to send it to, depending on your insurance carrier. And then within 30 days, they're, they're obligated, they have to send you any information they have. So at least you'll get something.

Kim Commando
Yeah. How? Does it take a long time to fill it out?

Allie Seligman
No, it doesn't take too long. I haven't done it because, you know, I was preparing for this podcast, but it's not really that much stuff. Make sure that you have, you know, your, your medical id number, your, any like, claim or case numbers that are related to it. But it's, it's really just filling out a few things. Print it out, get it ready to mail, and then you're good to go.

Kim Commando
You know, it always feels like a scammy thing to me. Like, you know, I needed to get an antibiotic for my eyeball because I had some stitches taken out on a transplant, which all my stitches are gone. I'm so happy about that. Yeah. So, and so I have learned over the last year that when I go to UCLA and the doctor gives me some different eye drop, that I should always go to the pharmacy right there at UCLA because that's what's going to happen. So he's telling me all about this drop and everything. He's like, okay. So he said, I'm going to put it in there. And then if they want to charge you for the eye drop, just come back and I'll check a different box. Okay. And then it should be free under your plan. So sure enough, I go over there and they want like $175 for these eye drops. So then I go back over to his office and I tell the gal my whole tale a woe and she checks a box. And then I go back over to the pharmacy and it was $0.

Allie Seligman
Oh my gosh, Kim. Well, and that's a really good reminder. Be kind to your medical professionals. Talk to them like a regular person. Tell them what's going on. And there are cases where they can help you.

Kim Commando
Oh, for sure. You know, and I have, I started writing the letter last night because with all the stitches out and, you know, I actually cried when he took the last stitch out. And I said, just, you know, you change. I mean, he did. I mean, he. I mean, this surgeon gave me my eyesight in my right eye. I mean, it's just amazing. Phenomenal.

Allie Seligman
Yeah.

Kim Commando
Well, along with an organ donor, okay? Which is always so important. And so if you're not an organ donor, everybody should be. I mean, you can't take it with you. You're not going to use it after the fact. Okay? So it's. And it's not like you're like, okay, well, wait, I might need my heart afterwards, or my kidney or my. No, okay, you're not going to need it anymore, so you might as well just, like, give it to somebody else to use. So I asked myself, you know, how can I thank the donor family? How can I. Oh. And he said, you know, there's really no real way to do that because we keep everything confidential and maybe the family doesn't want to know. And I said, I said, well, there's got to be a way. And then he looks at me, goes, figures, Kim commando. There is a way. There's always a way. And he said, why don't you write me the letter? And he said, and I'll bring it over to the I bank, and then we'll get it to the donor family. So I'm working on that as we speak because I want to tell them the story and what a difference it does make. So if you're not already an organ donor, just check the box on your driver's license. And then we also actually put, I think it's organdonor Dot Gov, because there's actually a place for you to fill that out. You can always put in all your records and all that other stuff, because, again, you're not gonna need it. You're just not going to need it anymore. You're not.

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Kim Commando
Hey, it's Kim Commando. Today, it's your podcast about everything digital and everything about us. It actually gives us a chance to maybe talk more than we can on a more personal level and discuss things on a more intimate level, too, because we're not constrained by the breaks within an actual radio show. So that's why, you know, people say, well, you know, should I listen to Kim Commando today? Is the same thing that I'm getting on the show? No. Is it the same thing that I'm getting in the newsletter? No. Okay. There is always something so big going on every single day in tech, which I think is why I've just totally embraced this career over the years. And joining me is our amazing content queen today, Allie Seligman. So, al, what do you have for the clothes?

Allie Seligman
AI. Okay. We have been talking about it a lot. Is that safe to say? Yeah.

Kim Commando
Yeah.

Allie Seligman
And we put a little poll in our newsletter, which I'm really excited about. I think we're going to do more of these because it's so easy. It's just one question you click and answer, and so it's a really easy way to give your opinion, give feedback. You don't even have to write anything. But a lot of people did. So the question that we asked in our first poll, are you afraid of AI? Okay. We had 7700 people respond when I pulled these numbers. It's probably more now because it just went out this morning and 67% said yes, I'm afraid.

Kim Commando
67%. I thought it'd be higher.

Allie Seligman
Did you, what were you. What would your guess have been?

Kim Commando
I would have guessed over 80%. I would have guessed that.

Allie Seligman
Here's the thing. I bet. I don't know if this is, I'm no statistician, but our people, our readers are tech savvy. They're interested in technology. They're here because they care about this stuff. Right. And so I think the more interested in it you are, maybe the less afraid and the more curious, the more optimistic. But I bet for general population, you're spot on. I'm sure that's right.

Kim Commando
Well, I also noticed some of the comments, because I was looking through them this morning.

Allie Seligman
Yeah.

Kim Commando
Is that people gave it a thumbs down, and then they wrote about how bad it was.

Allie Seligman
Okay. Maybe some people are a little confused about the options. All right.

Kim Commando
We see that.

Allie Seligman
But I combed through looking for. Okay, what, in general? Like, why? Yes, why no? What are people afraid of? I think Chaz has a good point. AI has the potential to advance science faster and further than any time in history. Absolutely. Yes. We're already seeing things. I mean, look at all of these cancer discoveries and diseases, and, you know, everything that it's doing with that is incredible. We've got one from jazz. AI is here to stay. Whether you love it or hate it, best to learn about it, learn what it can and can't. Do. I am 86 and still learning. I love that one.

Kim Commando
Love that.

Allie Seligman
Yeah. And then we've got. Good one. Okay. I asked that the newest Google version of AI search the same question three times, and I got three different and conflicting answers. It's an intrusive, perhaps spy vehicle that I believe everyone should fear. Absolute power corrupts. These AI programmers have an absolute power we can't block or get off the Internet. For every great technological advance in history, evil has been right there to corrupt it and use against humanity for their own dangerous purposes. Janice is scared. That's from Janice?

Kim Commando
Yeah. You know, Janice, I was thinking, like, every advancement. I mean, don't watch that tv too long. You're gonna go blind.

Allie Seligman
Evil. Evil. No, but I get the point. Evil, for sure, Jules. This is kind of how I feel. How Jules feels. As a salesperson, marketer, and business development professional, I find it extremely useful, utilitarian, and insightful. Yeah. There's a lot to like if you use it. And then, Laura, I feel it, is another Hitler in the making.

Kim Commando
Really?

Allie Seligman
Laura? No.

Kim Commando
What's that? It's too far.

Allie Seligman
Laura. It's too far. Yeah. And then, you know, another common one, which we'll end with this one from Marilyn. I'm 72 years old, and although I'm fairly computer literate, this stuff is going too fast, and it's too complicated for me. On the bright side, I'll probably die before the bots take over the world. Lol.

Kim Commando
Well, Merrill, you know. Yeah. You know, it can go both ways, and it is a wonderful tool. It's a great advancement. But we just have to figure out how we're gonna really control it and put our arms. I mean, you know, people are saying. Cause some of the comments I saw, people are saying, like, well, you know, we can just unplug it. Not really. You know, it's not like you just walk over and go, okay, I know that China has your AI, and that Iran and Iraq, you have AI, too. And we do. And so does Israel and everybody else in North Korea, because don't forget, Kim Jong Young's sitting there with. Who was the basketball? Oh, Dennis Rodman. Which I never understood that. I was watching that. I remember watching that whole thing unfold, and it's like, hey, dude, how are you? And Dennis Rodman comes out, like, all tattooed and pierced up.

Allie Seligman
A weird. A real odd couple, you'd say.

Kim Commando
Just very odd couple.

Allie Seligman
So, Kim, if you were gonna answer the poll, are you afraid of AI? You have to pick yes or no.

Kim Commando
Yeah. Yeah. Because I think that it's advancing way too quickly, and the people that are trying to control it have no clue what they're talking about or what they're seeing. We have people who are putting the AI out there, and we have people and ethical teams that. I don't know if you saw this story, I almost put it in the newsletter, but the entire ethical team for OpenAI are gone. They were laid off, so they were responsible for the development of the first chat, GPT. So I don't really know what's going on on the top level. And so we have all these companies that are vying for control, and I just feel that it has the ability to quadruple. I mean, we had Moore's law with chips that every three to five years it would do that. Now this is like every three weeks, every six weeks. So this 31 page report that we actually opened show up with, it's outdated right now. Absolutely. So for them to spend a year putting together an AI roadmap, to spend $32 billion for research and development, and now they're going to go take it to the Senate so that they can take a look at it. By the time, all of a sudden, it's just too slow. It's just too slow. I mean, it's, you know, reminds me of like, you know, when I was in grammar school and the nuns would sit there, okay, and they were never nice. Well, a couple of them were nice. They were never nice. Okay. And so I'll never forget is that, you know, of course, I got my hand slapped with the ruler more than a few times in my life, and. But I'll never forget, like, there was this one nun, I think it was like Sister Apollonia, I think it was. Nun. I don't know why I remember that. Probably because it was Apollonia. And. And every time I would ask a question or anybody in the class, you know, it's like, you know, what's two times eight? Or whatever it was. And then. And then she'd look at you and say, you know, do you know the answer with her ruler? She'd point at you with a ruler, and then if you didn't know the answer, she'd look and you'd go. She'd say, too slow, next. Too slow, next.

Allie Seligman
That's why you remember her name?

Kim Commando
Yes. Too slow, next. Too slow, next. So it's kind of what we have going on, you know. Too slow, next. Moving on. Too slow, next. All right, so speaking of AI, Matts, our show producer here for game command today showed me this video, and it's at a Bloomberg tech conference where they're talking to Easca and they're talking about the future of AI bots. And if you're listening to Ken Commando today, you can just listen along and you can hear the conversation. And if you'd ever like to actually see the video is that you can go to YouTube.com kimcommando. But here, let's take a listen and take a look. Are robots going to take human jobs?

Ameca
We're more about shifting roles rather than stealing jobs. Think of us as your new coworkers who don't drink all the coffee and never bring fish to microwave in the communal kitchen.

Kim Commando
Ameca, there's some fear about robots.

Interviewer
So I'm curious.

Kim Commando
If you obey Isaac Asimov's three, understandable.

Ameca
But fear often comes from the unknown. I'm here to show that we can collaborate and coexist beneficially. Think of me as a friendly neighborhood robot minus swinging from buildings.

Kim Commando
Would you ever hurt a person?

Ameca
Absolutely not.

Kim Commando
Okay. Yes, she would. I think she could.

Allie Seligman
Did you see that metal body?

Kim Commando
You know what? She'd kick your butt. Okay. And she's got purple hair. Well, no hair, just a purple scalp.

Allie Seligman
Purple hair.

Kim Commando
I don't know what's going on. You can change that color, by the way. Oh, you can? So you can be purple, green, blue, whatever it may be. I mean, think about that. So we have all these people that are coloring their hair. Would you ever have blue hair?

Allie Seligman
No, blue is not my color. I've had pink hair. I've had purple hair. I've had colorful hair.

Kim Commando
Have you?

Allie Seligman
Yeah. My sister in law went to cosmetology school and I was a teenager, so. Of course.

Kim Commando
So you had pink hair. Well, that was. That was Amica. All right. On Mondays, Kim commando. Today we have a really great guest. Oh, my gosh. Can't wait. He was on our Bloomberg show a couple of years ago. Frank Abagnale, you know him, you know what he's done? Catch me if you can. That movie, phenomenal, 2002 movie. He impersonated a Pan am pilot and he said he flew over 1 million mile for free. Okay, how do you do that? How do you do that? He faked a Harvard medical school degree and he worked as a resident in a hospital.

Allie Seligman
Oh, my gosh.

Kim Commando
He did pass Louisiana bar exam and he worked as an attorney. He was a college professor of sociology at Brigham Young University. Okay, but he's not talking about any of that. He's talking about how AI scams and the newest scams that are out there is like scammy if you can. I think there's a book that he wrote, so we're going to be talking more about scams. So that's on Monday's chem commando today, so you definitely don't want to miss that. Al, thanks for being here. And for everybody who's wondering about Andrew, he will be back on Monday. He's fine. And don't forget to like comment, share and oh yes, enter to win that new iPhone. Just do it now. Winfromkim.com once again, that's winfromkim.com. This program is a copyrighted production of Westar multimedia entertainment and protected by the copyright laws. Any rebroadcast or use of this program for commercial, commercial, business, economic, or financial purposes without the written permission of Westar multimedia entertainment is strictly prohibited.

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