WFMU: Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from October 30, 2017

Listener comments!
	6:02pm Mark Hurst: At left, an X-ray image of Hamburger Helper.
	6:05pm Bea: Skeptech was AWWWESOME! Can't wait for the third one!
	6:05pm melinda: Hi folks
	6:05pm Mark Hurst: Thank you, Bea! Hi, Melinda!
	🤖 6:08pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Mark. The video of Skeptech 2 will be available at some point, right? Maybe in the WFMU archive or on the Vimeo web site? I wasn't able to watch the stream live last Thursday.
	6:09pm Mark Hurst: Hi Ken, yes - we will have most of the show available via video archive - just have to do some editing to get it ready. Should be ready sometime soon.
	6:11pm queems: do they offer an opt-out of the face scanning? i opted out of the fingerprint scan, and i sure as hell don't want anyone scanning my face
	6:14pm Fox: What is going to happen with regards to the MTA Cards being phased out so people can just use their phones? It's a terrrrrrrrrible idea, and the "what happens if you lose your phone?" problem is totally going to pave the way for people to get implants.
	6:14pm tinkle bear: that squid metaphor, running a veal-factory, was awesome.
	🤖 6:17pm Ken From Hyde Park: @Fox - I envision a dystopic scene where there are signs that point the non-phone people off to the side and they trudge off into some hallway/tunnel and are never seen again.
	6:18pm Jeff: I have to assume that the whole face-scan thing will be added to the set of possible authentications to unlock the phone (along with the good old PIN and presumably still fingerprint) which you can choose from.
	6:18pm glenn: same thing in toronto. i don't have a smart phone, nor do i want one, and if they phase out cash payments or tickets / tokens, i'll just drive everywhere. i won't be the only one.
	6:19pm northguineahills: @Fox: Yep, my wife constantly leaves her phone at work or any other place. Although, she'd realize she left it before getting too far unless she ubers home.
	6:21pm queems: oooh i want a copy of this
	6:22pm northguineahills: or bikes home
	6:22pm Bea: Me too - this is Just What I Needed!
	6:22pm northguineahills: This is good creative fun. A good frontal lobe filter at the end of the workday.
	🤖 6:23pm herb.nyc: Lovely version- I'd imagine Ric Ocasek would be not amused.
	6:24pm Dean: Re: phones, I think we need some sort of device to anchor them to a single location, say, a cord. That way we'll always know exactly where the phone is. An additional benefit would be that we'd only be distracted by the phone during those times of day when we're in that same space.
	6:25pm Dean: Those shred videos are brilliant.
	6:26pm Alexander Graham Bell: Oh, Dean. Dean, Dean, Dean.
	6:26pm chris: if anyone wants to read a basic, very understandable, overview of machine learning, deep learning, ai... medium.freecodecamp.org...
	6:26pm Mark Hurst: Thanks, Northguineahills & herb & Bea & queems!
	6:29pm northguineahills: We're WFMU'ers, we're well versed in all genres....
	6:29pm northguineahills: This is hilarious, even better then Weird Al!
	6:37pm melinda: I like this Teen Spirit
	6:37pm northguineahills: Remind of the concept of Atom's Senior Coconut, but using more then one genre for the output.
	6:39pm chris: that was great.
	6:40pm melinda: That made me lol
	6:43pm Bea: OMG - congrats on the pledge! I think there was a Panda Clam costume option?
	🤖 6:44pm Folsom: Can we get a recap of the costumes or at least put them on the comment board?
	6:44pm northguineahills: What Folsom said, and please post the costume next week!
	🤖 6:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: Back to the subject of Apple face recognition, I just encountered an article: www.fortune.com... "Why Apple Made a Bad Bet on Face ID"
	6:46pm Fox: I can hear you silently laughing, Gio!!!
	6:47pm herb.nyc: Samurai Angel reminds me of sat night live's Samurai Baker. And of course, he is a master baker!
	6:49pm Mark Hurst: Here is the link to the costumes aiweirdness.com...
	6:50pm ultradamno: Sexy Purbie Lampire!
	🤖 6:50pm Folsom: How about cupcake pants!
	6:51pm Number Six: @herb: I thought Clay was FMUs master baker. :)
	6:51pm northguineahills: I'd say panda clam or starfleet shark. My brain is telling me I should leave work. Thanks Mark!
	6:52pm melinda: I like Panda Clam, but Potato Man would allow for some flexibility of interpretation.
	6:54pm Number Six: Would you have to wear a muffin top with the cupcake pants?
	6:54pm Yami: Potato Man! Although I prefer punk tree...
	6:54pm Dean: The costume names remind me of Kenneth Koch's marvelous book-length poem, "When the Sun Tries to Go On."
	🤖 6:55pm Folsom: Panda clam - panda costume with clam ears!
	6:56pm chris: best interpretation yet!
	6:56pm chris: fwiw, i like star trek shark
	6:57pm kimzilla: Potato man!!!
	6:58pm Dean: ... O Real! The magistrate, say "group," bower, undies Disk, poop, _Timon of Athens_... --and later-- A horse is waiting for the submarine's Feathery balcony.... --Marvelous juxtapositions.--
	6:58pm Jeff: Potatoman foreve!!!!!
	6:59pm Jeff: Pledge forthcoming
	7:01pm chris: great stuff! thanks, Mark!
	7:02pm Yami: I'm picturing him as a papa rellena btw love the monkey chant its the best way to end a show !
	🤖 11:04pm Webhamster Henry: AI assisted mashup humor is what botnik is about: www.botnik.org

Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from October 30, 2017

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Mon. Nov 4th, 6pm - 7pm: Dystopia update (More info...)
Chatbots are now running rampant - appearing in new-model cars - as we're being told to "be nice to chatbots." Stores are using "digital price tags," which rely on surveillance to set the price to the company's liking. Meantime, Google's AI is giving wrong answers, in some cases, almost half the time. All these and more in Mark's dystopia update.
Mon. Dec 23rd, 6pm - 7pm: Don Fleming guest hosts Techtonic

October 30, 2017: Andy Rehfeldt changes songs to very different genres. Tech + musical genius!

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1. Support Techtonic by clicking "Pledge Now!" above for our October fundraiser. WFMU is funded by listeners and we really do need your support. Thank you!

2. After pledging, immerse yourself in Andy Rehfeldt's YouTube channel - it's brilliant. See also Andy Rehfeldt on Patreon.

3. Subscribe to the Techtonic podcast to catch up on past episodes.

Artist	Track	Approx. start time
Andy Rehfeldt, composer and musician, turns popular songs into different genres while preserving the vocal tracks. Also, a Halloween-inflected AI brain remixes ideas for new Halloween costumes. Mark is assigned one of them.
Tomaš Dvořák	Game Boy Tune "Game Boy Tune" by "Tomaš Dvořák"
	Mark's intro "Mark's intro"	0:00:36 (Pop-up)
The Cars	Just What I Needed (Andy Rehfeldt re-composition)	0:20:12 (Pop-up)
	Interview with Andy Rehfeldt "Interview with Andy Rehfeldt"	0:29:02 (Pop-up)
Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit (Andy Rehfeldt re-composition)	0:32:57 (Pop-up)
Mary Poppins	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Andy Rehfeldt Death Metal version)	0:45:06 (Pop-up)
AC/DC	Back in Black (Andy Rehfeldt re-composition)	0:44:35 (Pop-up)
The Animals	House of the Rising Sun (Andy Rehfeldt re-composition)	0:55:02 (Pop-up)
Michael Jackson	Man In The Mirror (Andy Rehfeldt re-composition)	1:00:54 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:02pm Mark Hurst: At left, an X-ray image of Hamburger Helper.
	6:05pm Bea: Skeptech was AWWWESOME! Can't wait for the third one!
	6:05pm melinda: Hi folks
	6:05pm Mark Hurst: Thank you, Bea! Hi, Melinda!
	🤖 6:08pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Mark. The video of Skeptech 2 will be available at some point, right? Maybe in the WFMU archive or on the Vimeo web site? I wasn't able to watch the stream live last Thursday.
	6:09pm Mark Hurst: Hi Ken, yes - we will have most of the show available via video archive - just have to do some editing to get it ready. Should be ready sometime soon.
	6:11pm queems: do they offer an opt-out of the face scanning? i opted out of the fingerprint scan, and i sure as hell don't want anyone scanning my face
	6:14pm Fox: What is going to happen with regards to the MTA Cards being phased out so people can just use their phones? It's a terrrrrrrrrible idea, and the "what happens if you lose your phone?" problem is totally going to pave the way for people to get implants.
	6:14pm tinkle bear: that squid metaphor, running a veal-factory, was awesome.
	🤖 6:17pm Ken From Hyde Park: @Fox - I envision a dystopic scene where there are signs that point the non-phone people off to the side and they trudge off into some hallway/tunnel and are never seen again.
	6:18pm Jeff: I have to assume that the whole face-scan thing will be added to the set of possible authentications to unlock the phone (along with the good old PIN and presumably still fingerprint) which you can choose from.
	6:18pm glenn: same thing in toronto. i don't have a smart phone, nor do i want one, and if they phase out cash payments or tickets / tokens, i'll just drive everywhere. i won't be the only one.
	6:19pm northguineahills: @Fox: Yep, my wife constantly leaves her phone at work or any other place. Although, she'd realize she left it before getting too far unless she ubers home.
	6:21pm queems: oooh i want a copy of this
	6:22pm northguineahills: or bikes home
	6:22pm Bea: Me too - this is Just What I Needed!
	6:22pm northguineahills: This is good creative fun. A good frontal lobe filter at the end of the workday.
	🤖 6:23pm herb.nyc: Lovely version- I'd imagine Ric Ocasek would be not amused.
	6:24pm Dean: Re: phones, I think we need some sort of device to anchor them to a single location, say, a cord. That way we'll always know exactly where the phone is. An additional benefit would be that we'd only be distracted by the phone during those times of day when we're in that same space.
	6:25pm Dean: Those shred videos are brilliant.
	6:26pm Alexander Graham Bell: Oh, Dean. Dean, Dean, Dean.
	6:26pm chris: if anyone wants to read a basic, very understandable, overview of machine learning, deep learning, ai... medium.freecodecamp.org...
	6:26pm Mark Hurst: Thanks, Northguineahills & herb & Bea & queems!
	6:29pm northguineahills: We're WFMU'ers, we're well versed in all genres....
	6:29pm northguineahills: This is hilarious, even better then Weird Al!
	6:37pm melinda: I like this Teen Spirit
	6:37pm northguineahills: Remind of the concept of Atom's Senior Coconut, but using more then one genre for the output.
	6:39pm chris: that was great.
	6:40pm melinda: That made me lol
	6:43pm Bea: OMG - congrats on the pledge! I think there was a Panda Clam costume option?
	🤖 6:44pm Folsom: Can we get a recap of the costumes or at least put them on the comment board?
	6:44pm northguineahills: What Folsom said, and please post the costume next week!
	🤖 6:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: Back to the subject of Apple face recognition, I just encountered an article: www.fortune.com... "Why Apple Made a Bad Bet on Face ID"
	6:46pm Fox: I can hear you silently laughing, Gio!!!
	6:47pm herb.nyc: Samurai Angel reminds me of sat night live's Samurai Baker. And of course, he is a master baker!
	6:49pm Mark Hurst: Here is the link to the costumes aiweirdness.com...
	6:50pm ultradamno: Sexy Purbie Lampire!
	🤖 6:50pm Folsom: How about cupcake pants!
	6:51pm Number Six: @herb: I thought Clay was FMUs master baker. :)
	6:51pm northguineahills: I'd say panda clam or starfleet shark. My brain is telling me I should leave work. Thanks Mark!
	6:52pm melinda: I like Panda Clam, but Potato Man would allow for some flexibility of interpretation.
	6:54pm Number Six: Would you have to wear a muffin top with the cupcake pants?
	6:54pm Yami: Potato Man! Although I prefer punk tree...
	6:54pm Dean: The costume names remind me of Kenneth Koch's marvelous book-length poem, "When the Sun Tries to Go On."
	🤖 6:55pm Folsom: Panda clam - panda costume with clam ears!
	6:56pm chris: best interpretation yet!
	6:56pm chris: fwiw, i like star trek shark
	6:57pm kimzilla: Potato man!!!
	6:58pm Dean: ... O Real! The magistrate, say "group," bower, undies Disk, poop, _Timon of Athens_... --and later-- A horse is waiting for the submarine's Feathery balcony.... --Marvelous juxtapositions.--
	6:58pm Jeff: Potatoman foreve!!!!!
	6:59pm Jeff: Pledge forthcoming
	7:01pm chris: great stuff! thanks, Mark!
	7:02pm Yami: I'm picturing him as a papa rellena btw love the monkey chant its the best way to end a show !
	🤖 11:04pm Webhamster Henry: AI assisted mashup humor is what botnik is about: www.botnik.org

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