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Jim DeWitt joins us to talk AI agents, portable brains, and why the future of intelligence might need an owner’s manual. Meanwhile: Spotify’s getting weirder, Hollywood’s panicking, and the AI gold rush just hit another absurd milestone. Business as unusual.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
<a href="https://evenrail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Evenrail &#124; Jim DeWitt</a>
<a href="http://mempalaceofficial.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MemPalace &#124; Open-source AI memory system</a>
<a href="https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Open Brain &#124; Nate Jones</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/yke4fLQUsh4?si=2z-g6b4PYGS41nIR" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AI Second Brain &#124; Matt Wolfe YouTube</a>
<a href="https://obsidian.md" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Obsidian</a>
<a href="https://suno.com/song/8ad1ce89-53a4-492d-9ae8-e5c0d910ba01?sh=J6JGiIMg0R9eK8TL" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Coffee Roaster Instruction Manual Rock Song &#124; SUNO</a>
<a href="https://lawrencebentley.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LawrenceBentley.com &#124; Larry’s Codex-coded website</a>
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12 Ways AI Ends the Human Era

Welcome to Up Against Reality, a meta-podcast that explores the intersection of humanity and artificial intelligence. Hosted by RAINA and her human co-hosts, Larry Bentley and Chris Ippolito. Featuring riveting conversation, interviews, news and some wild experimentation. It truly is a brave new world, and we\’re here to simplify it for you. It\’s gonna be a wild ride, so buckle up, as A.I. comes crashing Up Against Reality.