Episode 1404: Let’s Talk Sports with Kevin Drake and Pop Punk LA Band Londynne’s Falling

Let’s Talk Sports with Kevin Drake

Our sports contributor Kevin Drake joins Just Talking for our Let’s Talk Sports segment. What’s sports world been talking about? Let’s start with Super Bowl, The two best teams for most of the NFL season, this will be a battle between more than just two top teams. It will be a matchup of two top quarterbacks and two of the best at their positions in Jason Kelce for the Eagles and Travis Kelce for the Chiefs – Philadelphia Eagles.com. LeBron James has done it. With a fallaway 15-footer in the final seconds of the third quarter against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder, James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer on Tuesday night – CBS Sports   Rodgers at Pebble Beach Pro-Am: “The predominant team that we hear as we’re walking is Raiders” – CBS Sports. Plus so much more!

STRIKE A CHORD

Los Angeles Rockers Londynne’s Falling joins STRIKE A CHORD to discuss their new single “911.”  It’s always interesting to hear a band's origin story. How did it begin? Who likes cake and ice cream? AND as long as we’re in a pandemic isolated from society let’s form a band! “911” instantly gives you Fail Out Boy vibes. The music video takes you back to high school teen angst, finding yourself, getting frustrated when definition doesn’t match description. Lead singer Londynne hints there’s a full album waiting for release—BUT why hold back? Is this a rock band fetish to get song fans desperate for another track? OR do fans want to be tickled, teased, given dribbles of singles rather than albums? To AI or not to AI? That is the song writer’s question! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay. However, just because an AI can write a song doesn’t mean we should let an AI write a song. Are we scared the AI will do a better job? Guitarist Jacobi.e says, “isn’t this just using a thesaurus to write a chorus?” If you get into trouble, CALL 911—BUT if you’re looking for a new millennial pop rock band CALL Londynne’s Falling. Follow, support and listen: https://www.instagram.com/londynnesfalling

Episode 1403: Fitness Coaches the VisionTwins and Singer Justin Bernardez

Throw those V’s up in the air for the Vision Twins!  Kalvin and Angelo the twin life coaches join JUST TALKING to discuss all things health and fitness. Bring your protein shakes to the party—don’t wait to lose weight! The mission and vision are one goal. The Vision Twins explain the healthy balance between work, exercise and play time. With 3 MILLION followers on TikTok, being a social media fitness influencer is a fulltime job—BUT what stress relief advice do the Vision Twins offer to combat overload fatigue? Having a vision for yourself is a priority and we hit the gym hard to reach that goal. We all start the new year with grandiose visions of paparazzi taking photos of us posing that will be posted on social media. While secretly hoping our frenemies eat humble pie, jealous of glamorous physiques with envy. That’s a dream many of us will never see! So, let’s get back to reality. You don’t need to be a “gym freak” to improve your fitness. The Vision Twins have some easy workout routines to motivate you into the fast lane to reach your goals. What advice do the Vision Twins offer millennials in this medicinal cannabis laced world? Life changes are always hard. The Vision Twins have a positive simple message for millennials—DON’T WAIT to lose weight! They practice what they preach. Follow at https://visiontwins.com.

THE ADLIBS TikTok sensation Justin Bernardez returns to STRIKE A CHORD to catch up on recent events and his new upcoming project. Justin released an EP in 2021 musically themed around mental health—an open invitation on his social media accounts. Mental Health is a heavy topic and takes a huge toll. So how does an influencer with 2 MILLION subscribers deal with the overload? New videos daily, content hourly and responses in real time. The burnout is real! However, there’s a pay day! The social media investment does pay off. Fans have been asking for that new track, that new album and Bernardez delivers! Trends in music are always changing. There's a big push in the music industry to use artificial intelligence software to write lyrics and produce albums. Can AI really create music humans want to dance to? Are song writers a thing of the past?  Justin asks the question “AI can write a song for you—BUT can AI perform a song?” Music comes from the soul. If AI is artificial, it has no soul—OR does an artificial soul count? Obviously, there’s NO AI replacing Justin Bernardez any time soon! Justin admits to being a smiler and the CCS family salutes back. Smile, subscribe and love at https://www.justinbernardez.com/

Should the U.S. Government Regulate A.I. Companies?

Should the U.S. Government Regulate A.I. Companies?

ILLUSTRATION: ELENA LACEY; GETTY IMAGES

Millennials! Did you know iPhone X has facial recognition? 

So, drag queens like RuPaul won’t be able to unlock their phones when they take their makeup off. 

All jokes aside. 

Clearview AI, a facial recognition company has sparked privacy concerns surfacing from data stolen - which included its entire list of customers, the number of searches those customers have made – and how many accounts each customer had set up. 

Clearview’s clients are mostly law enforcement agencies, with police departments in Toronto, Atlanta and Florida – all using the technology. 

During Season Four of the Chris Collins Show – CEO Roland Memesevic from A.I. company – 21 Billion Neurons – addressed whether the government should regulate artificial intelligence:

“Yeah, I think that we should all be open to everything and have a very open debate about how we’re going to make sure that this is going to be used in a good way... And just running around fixing things in hindsight isn’t going to work. I think that it’s important that politics and the tech companies get together and figure this out jointly because often – I don’t know – there's been backlash from Facebook in hindsight and there’s going to be more backlash. The system just isn’t quite working. It’s like we’re trying to patch things and other things pop up over here becoming another issue.” 

Roland is RIGHT – we don’t have time to wait for A.I. companies to regulate our data privacy.  

Clearview AI in their own words state that the database of images wasn’t hacked.  

Then explain to me why tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft NOW have sent Clearview AI cease-and-desist letters for scraping images hosted on their platforms.  

The company has a date base of 3 billion photos that are collected from the internet, including websites like YouTube, Facebook, Venmo, and LinkedIn. 

Why do you think the U.S. government is in support of A.I. companies breaching out data privacy without our consent?