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TRC #546: Aura Readings + Stand-up Comedy NDAs + Who’s Tracking Your Browsing History?

Posted on 11 May, 2019 by Pat

This week, Cristina is fired up about an article she saw in a recent fitness magazine glorifying aura readings and aura photography. Darren asks, “What’s the deal with stand-up comedy NDAs?” after a comedy club posts a notice ahead of … Continue reading →

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TRC #466: Science Of Summer + Biased Algorithms + Lord Of The Flies Plausibility?

Posted on 9 September, 2017 by Pat

This week, Darren looks into the science of late summer and why we get that sudden feeling that summer is gone. Honorary TRC’er and resident machine learning expert Dallas Card joins the Toronto crew in-studio to dissect whether algorithms can … Continue reading →

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TRC #429.5: Programming Ethics Into A.I

Posted on 27 December, 2016 by Pat

Some extra content this week for all you checkers! Darren and Adam have a discussion with friend of the show Jim Davies about programming good ethics into artificial intelligence. Jim is an associate professor in the Institute of Cognitive Science at … Continue reading →

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TRC #395: Tribeca vs Vaxxed + Double-Dipping + Tay: Microsoft’s AI “Racist” Chatbot + Energy-Infused Beauty Products

Posted on 2 April, 2016 by Cristina

Darren kicks off the show with a quick panel discussion about Tribeca Film Festival’s decision to pull a controversial documentary linking vaccines with autism from their line-up. Next, Pat dives right into a listener email about double-dipping. Adam looks into … Continue reading →

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TRC #216- Ghosts + Halloween SFoSF + Cloud Computing and Bad Weather

Posted on 27 October, 2012 by Pat

It’s a Halloween themed episode of The Reality Check! After an epic intro parody, Darren starts the show off with a segment about ghosts. This is followed by an intense game of Science Fact or Science Fiction, Halloween edition, hosted … Continue reading →

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