SCOUT· 45%2h 05m·2026-11-07·ScienceThe Skeptics Guide #1113 - Nov 7 2026
Interview with Brian Wecht: The Mathpocalypse; News Items: Does AI Have Feelings, CDC Hep B Vaccine Guidance, Potassium Enriched Salt for High Blood Pressure; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
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“Ok.... stop talking about AI. You hsve zero expertise in the subject, and are not in a position to make any sort of informed judgement on it. You're doing what you accuse others of doing: making categorical factual claims without evidence.…”
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“LLM is just a really good computer Parrot. I don't consider it its own intelligence but the expression of the Human programmers inteligence. It is just predicting based on its training what words to show you next based on what is on the web…”
“On the consciousness arguments of data centers that Steve is making. I mean in computing it all breaks down to binary 1s and 0s digitally on a drive. We built it and understand it, it doesn't have living cells that duplicate. If he wants to…”
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