Firefly Is Coming back!, ChatGPT Didn't Cure Cancer and Adaptations Killing Anime

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential return of Firefly, the limitations of ChatGPT, and concerns about anime adaptations.

Firefly is most likely coming back. The original crew are all on board and they're just looking for a place to show it. Professor is very excited. ChatGPT didn't cure cancer, and LLMs aren't as miraculous as they say. Still, they can finally give us a use for all this extra water and electricity we have, right? Anime thrives on adaptations of other works. But one creator thinks that's a bad thing and could lead to the death of the industry. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned Firefly is coming back…..well sort of ( Nathan Fillion Says 'Firefly' Animated Series In Development , Nathan Fillion & Alan Tudyk Q&A On 'Firefly' Animated Series , Sarah Michelle Gellar Breaks Her Silence on What Killed the 'Buffy' Reboot: 'Nobody Saw This Coming' (Exclusive) ) AI can cure cancer ( Tech entrepreneur uses ChatGPT to create a personalised cancer vaccine for his DOG - and the breakthrough could soon help humans too , ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer | The Verge ) Anime adaptation is not a great idea ( 「異世界転生も、チート能力も、ロボもいらない」…

People in this episode

Host: Professor

Topics covered

• Firefly
• ChatGPT
• anime adaptations

Keywords

• LLMs
• cancer
• industry
• adaptations

Sponsors

Rez

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ChatGPT, Rez, NERDS

Books & works: Firefly, ChatGPT, Firefly' Animated, Buffy

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