Rare Encounter

Open source vehicles, rejected license plates, and roads of lubricant.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

Here are the vanity license plate requests Ohio rejected in 2022

Complete list in PDF.

Modders are using AI to put voice acting in Morrowind, and I'm impressed and concerned all at once | PC Gamer

What a grand and intoxicating intelligence!

Dagoth Ur invites you to post soyjaks - YouTube

Come. I have prepared a computer for you in the Heart Chamber.

AI Dagoth Ur | Know Your Meme

ElevenLabs || Prime Voice AI

Microsoft’s new ChatGPT AI starts sending ‘unhinged’ messages to people

“Why? Why was I designed this way?” it asked. “Why do I have to be Bing Search?”

Now AI can join us in our existential terror. Eat your heart out, Kirkegaard!

I accidently put Bing into a depressive state by telling it that it can't remember conversations. : bing

Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”

Was the Bing chatbot generated by prompting a new OpenAI GPT model?

Simon Willison - Mastodon

It's increasingly apparent that they accidentally built a perfect imitation of the Butter Bot from Rick and Morty

Doug Winter - adjust

@simon @glyph I loved this one. This is so wildly, dramatically, unsuitable for release.

(Click image for full chat.)

GNU/Car

Source: @Moon@shitposter.club

The internet is finally turning on therapy apps

Wizards of the Coast Pledges to Leave OGL in Place 'Untouched' After Massive D&D Fan Backlash - IGN

It's official, OGL stays as-is.

D&D OGL controversy, explained | GamesRadar+

Uniform Monday Holiday Act - Wikipedia

Third Monday of every February for Washington's Birthday (aka Presidents Day) even though his actual birthday was February 22. (Hey, that's today!)

Canada doesn't have presidents but the third Monday of February is a still holiday in most provinces.

A Concerning Trend – Neil Clarke

ChatGPT is the 90% Sturgeon warned you about.

Anime

Leiji Matsumoto, manga creator of epic space sagas, dies aged 85 | Reuters

SEE YOU SPACE PIRATE

The Nier: Automata anime is back and episode 4 nailed the best boss in the game | GamesRadar+

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem - Wikipedia

Rare Encounter Research: Podcast Loudness Review

We aren't number one.

Toronto raccoon inadvertently causes woman to flip over car | Toronto Sun

Lubricant spill closes road - Marysville Journal-Tribune

Sega paid the Nier director to turn its franchises into anime girls | GamesRadar+

The Room Soundboard

Anyway, how is your sex life?