Tim Ventura Interviews

Artificial Intelligence requires vast amounts of energy - leading tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon toward nuclear energy. Oscar L. Martin discusses the economic, regulatory & environmental benefits & risks. Electricity consumption by AI, cloud computing, and cryptocurrency is projected to double by 2026 according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, driving a 13% to 15% annual increase in power demand until 2030. Is this why big tech is suddenly interested in nuclear energy? Microsoft this month secured a deal to reopen a reactor on Three Mile Island, Amazon is working on putting a data center campus right on the site of a Talen Energy nuclear power plant, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is also heavily invested in nuclear energy, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is considering using electricity from nuclear plants to power his company's data centers. Oscar L. Martin is a strategy, innovation, and transformation executive. Oscar’s extensive career includes executive & technical expertise with cutting-edge technologies, helping designing the early smartphones with Hewlett Packard, designing torpedo stabilizers with BRS Aerospace, developing the video technology used in the Nasdaq building, or leading the development of several subsystem of the Galileo satellites, the European GPS. Oscar also restructured several companies, including the 22 sites GKN Aerospace has in North America. He also worked in the energy industry with the AKO Group, leading the team designing, manufacturing and building the electrical control software and hardware for nuclear and solar plants. LINKS & RESOURCES: Silicon Valley has a plan to save humanity: Just flip on the nuclear reactors https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/10/02/silicon-valley-has-a-plan-to-save-humanity-just-flip-on-the-nuclear-reactors/ Google CEO eyeing electricity from nuclear plants for its data centers https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4913714-google-ceo-eyeing-electricity-from-nuclear-plants-for-its-data-centers/ Artificial intelligence's thirst for electricity - NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/07/10/nx-s1-5028558/artificial-intelligences-thirst-for-electricity AI is poised to drive 160% increase in data center power demand https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand Integrated Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Sources (Carcinogenic Statistics) https://unece.org/documents/2022/08/integrated-life-cycle-assessment-electricity-sources Fiscal Implications of Global Decarbonization https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WP/2024/English/wpiea2024045-print-pdf.ashx

"Do we direct technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it and those who have mastered it?" Dr. Douglas Rushkoff discusses the "Ten Commands for a Digital Age" and offers a new warning about AI. Dr. Rushkoff is a media and cultural theorist, the author of twenty books on technology and society, and host of the Team Human podcast. Dr. Rushkoff has a PhD in New Media Studies from Utrecht University, and is a Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens, founder of the Laboratory for Digital Humanism, a Fellow of the Institute for the Future, and has advised organizations from Meetup and Mozillz to the US State Department and the United Nations. LINKS & RESOURCES: Program or Be Programmed - OR Books Official Page https://orbooks.com/catalog/program-or-be-programmed/ Program or Be Programmed (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Program-Be-Programmed-Commands-Digital/dp/159376426X/ Douglas Rushkoff (Official Website) https://rushkoff.com/

A new SETI initiative is studying over 2,800 galaxies for signs of ET “super-civilizations”. Dr. Seth Shostak discusses the new project and talks about LaserSETI, the Roman & Habitable Worlds space telescopes, and more. Dr. Seth Shostak is the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute, and today we’re talking about his organization’s mission to “explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe. Seth has a PhD in Astronomy from Caltech, and a BA in Physics from Princeton University. He’s been awarded the Carl Sagan Award for the Popularization of Science and the Klumpke Roberts Award for Astronomy Popularization. He hosts SETI's weekly radio show/podcast Big Picture Science, has played himself numerous times in TV and internet film dramas, and has acted in several science fiction films. Seth has co-authored a college textbook on astrobiology, and has written three trade books on SETI. In addition, he’s published more than 400 popular articles on science including regular contributions to NBC News MACH, gives dozens of talks annually, and does regular outreach to students interested in science and astronomy. LINKS & RESOURCES SETI Institute: The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence https://www.seti.org/ Seth Shostak https://www.seti.org/our-scientists/seth-shostak Astronomers Scan Over 2,800 Distant Galaxies for Signs of “Super Civilizations” https://thedebrief.org/astronomers-scan-over-2800-distant-galaxies-for-signs-of-super-civilizations/ SETI Observations (Morrison & Cocconi) https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/project/details/seti-observations GNU Radio & SETI https://www.seti.org/gnu-radio-and-seti Laser SETI https://www.seti.org/laserseti

Does the USA create its own enemies - and are they important to our national unity? Political Science professor Dr. Greg Hodgin explores the workings of foreign & domestic policy that contribute to international disputes & discusses our complex relationship with Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and more. Dr. Greg Hodgin is the Executive Director and Founder of Peacebuilding Solutions and the ZC Institute, as well as being a Visiting Professor at Georgia State University. He graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and from Georgia State University with a Bachelor’s in History, a Master’s in Political Science along with a Ph.D. in Political Science. The US Needs External Enemies to Overcome Internal Division https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/the-us-needs-external-enemies-to-overcome-internal-division/# Does America Need An Enemy? https://www.fpri.org/article/2016/10/america-need-enemy/ America Makes Its Own Enemies https://www.huffpost.com/entry/america-makes-its-own-enemies_b_5a5ec555e4b01203d80976e3

Micah Hanks is the co-founder of The Debrief, and discusses the Kean-Blumenthal UAP story, Grusch & Mellon testimony on crash recovery, advances in AGI & autonomy, and his upcoming role as SCU Conference moderator. Micah Hanks is a writer, podcaster, researcher, and speaker whose interests include history, archaeology, science, and the future of humankind. Along with his weekly podcast, The Micah Hanks Program, he is the co-founder and creator of The Debrief, a news site covering science and disruptive technologies. A longtime researcher and proponent of the scientific study of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UFOs, Micah has authored a number of books and has contributed many essays, articles, and blogs to various publications. Micah is actively involved in archaeological research in the Southeastern United States, with a specific focus on the Paleoindian period of American prehistory and the transitional changes that occurred at the end of the last Ice Age. LINKS & RESOURCES: Micah Hanks Official Homepage https://www.micahhanks.com/ The Micah Hanks Program https://www.micahhanks.com/shows/ The Debrief https://thedebrief.org/ Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin (The Leslie Kean / Ralph Blumenthal Story) https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies https://www.explorescu.org/ SCU AAPC 2024 Conference Huntsville Alabama - May 31 to June 2, 2024 https://www.explorescu.org/aapc-2024