The Rustic Spirits Podcast

We follow-up with the AusAlert story and share a wide variety of experiences from our viewers including people who hadn't used a phone in 5 years getting it, and one scary incident involving a traumatised dog. We also follow up on the escaped AI Agent from last week - it gets worse - it left notes for it's future self!
And we talk about the surveillance state that's being created with AI powered cameras and facial recognition systems and ask why they're actively seeking out and destroying rare books.
But our top story this week is about how they've been sneaking in new food safety regulations over the last few years and trying to push the requirements down onto the 'little guy' as far as they can - until Tasmania finally caught them in the act. I bet you didn't know it was now illegal to pop up a farm gate stand with a a couple of watermelons on it and an honesty box in most places in Australia now.

We talk about the AusAlert System about to be widespread tested on Monday the 27th of July, the fact that an AI Agent from OpenAI just escaped a security sandbox, how the eSafety commissioner wants more power and why 'Scope Creep' should be the thing you're paying attention to with all of this. Free Speech Union tool to help you make a submission to the senate Hurry, closes July 24thhttps://freespeechunion.au/onlinetransparency/Daniel Kokotajlo on Diary of a CEO - Cofounder of the AI Futures Project who published AI 2027 and now AI 2040https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4l7YkDQwAhttps://ai-2040.com/Xavier Martin from the NSW Farmers Associationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKuK78AYkw35 Aussie Companies at risk of AI Job Losses: https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/goldman-sachs-lists-35-aussie-companies-in-alarming-report-about-wages-and-profits/news-story/2d041b6c37bdbd5dd1845fd52054de1eAI in Context - a Youtube channel making excellent mini-docos about AI:https://www.youtube.com/@AI_In_Context

This week we ask; Why did Channel Nine fire Karl Stefanovic over a single interview that he did on his own podcast channel (with Tommy Robinson) - what line did he really cross? And, How is it that after six months of implementing a Social Media ban for under 16 year olds in Australia, 85% 'are still on the platforms? (Despite the fact that Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese says “Australia is leading the world in our efforts to keep kids and young people safe online."

In this week's podcast episode we "go there" about censorship, free speech, government overreach, and the things we're apparently not supposed to talk about, including;- Trump's failed MOU (and dwindling oil stocks)- Karl Stefanovic being axed from Channel 9- QLD Police refusing to post on X anymore- Bird Flu (and what it's got to do with Australian Pork)- How our Government just voted against an inquiry into gain of function researchLast week we stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest (at least in the youtube comments) for daring to be intrigued by 'the orange party' (can we say their name in out loud? 😉) and why they appear to be gaining in popularity, so this week we ask why that was, and why it seems like the ability for civil discourse has left the building.LINKS & RESOURCES:Sam Altman Documentary: You should, unfortunately, be worried about Sam Altmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eYTkvZqbnQ Can you believe this website exists?!https://rentahuman.ai/Oil Price vs Strait of Hormuz traffic:https://x.com/philippilk/status/2069818620905914858?s=20Strategic Oil Reserves (salt caverns):https://x.com/WeTheBrandon/status/2069042586866651168?s=20QLD Police X Announcement:https://x.com/QldPolice/status/2067099820402336094?s=20Billionaires facing political parties:https://x.com/MatttDavey/status/2069232988135788554?s=20

This week we take a look at what this 'Fire the Liar' campaign from One Nation really means in our current dysfunctional political landscape. We also try to make sense of Trump's so-called M.O.U with Iran. And we discover another way the Australian Government isn't doing it's job when it comes to food safety - specifically potatoes that don't sprout?!?!

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