Rabbit Holes

For many of us who grew up in the 1970s, rock music was more than just the soundtrack to our lives. Richard and Dave discuss the engrossing world of local radio stations, concerts, album artwork, listening to entire albums after school (on-purpose), different musical trends, and, of course, the bands.  Semi-Retired website Email us @semi_podcast   Music and image credits: Guitar image by obBilder...

Are we alone? Is anybody out there? Or are “they” already here? After a couple of quiet decades, UFOs are back in the news. From The Roswell Incident to Chariots of the Gods, from The Wow! Signal to The Phoenix Lights, Richard and Dave travel great distances in search of the truth. Semi-Retired website Email us @semi_podcast   The rabbit hole beckons... Chariots of the Gods (film) Unidentified Fly...

What if you could sever the connection between the person you are at work, and the person you are when you leave the office? And neither of you would know the other existed. Would you do it? Richard and Dave discuss the Apple TV+ series, Severance. Semi-Retired website Email us @semi_podcast   Music and image credits: Twins image by Pretty Sleepy Art from Pixabay Semi-Retired “flipz” theme by tube...

Hosts Richard and Dave announce the new name for their Semi-Retired podcast. Rabbit Holes website Email us @rabbitholes_podcast Music and image credits: Rabbit Holes theme by tubebackr from SoundCloud Music promoted by free-stock-music.com

sen·tient  / ˈsen(t)SH(ē)ənt adjective: 1. able to perceive or feel things 2. finely sensitive in perception or feeling 3. aware Richard and Dave discuss the recent news that a Google engineer was put on leave after claiming a chatbot AI he had worked on had become sentient. A 5000-word interview with LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is available online here. Semi-Retired website E...