1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: Well, Thursdays, we like to talk tech with our friend 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: Mark Saltzman. It's time for tech talk. The machines are 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: getting smarter. 4 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 2: This is tech Talk brought to you by sky net Mark. 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: We pitch American vision windows for many reasons, but one 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: of them happens to be an attempt to lower utility 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 1: bills because of the cost savings nature of well insulated windows. 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: And I noticed that you put a piece together about 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: how you can save money on your utility bills with 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: technological tricks and tips around the house. 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. Some solutions are old school, like you 12 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 2: touched on for sure, but yeah, I wanted to examine 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: different ways that tech can play a role to reduce 14 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 2: your monthly utility bill, whether it's natural gas or electricity, water. 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: Depending on where you're listening to this across the iHeartRadio network, 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: your rates have likely gone up. So many swear a 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: blue streak when they open their utility bill every month, 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: and if they didn't before, they very well after the 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: weather that much of the country has gone through. Because 20 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 2: rates are going up and we're relying on furnaces and 21 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: parts of the country a lot more so, I did 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: want to look at a few solutions. Some of them 23 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: are not new news, like replacing your fluorescent or incandescent 24 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: lights with LEDs that sip rather than gulp electricity. That 25 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: can go a long way. Even if you know you 26 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: do the entire home, you'll notice a difference because instead 27 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: of like sixty watts, it's like seven, and that's going 28 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: to add up over time. And then if you have 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: a smart light, then you can of course schedule the 30 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: lights to turn on and off. You can have them 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 2: go off when you leave a room. If you've got 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: a censor, you know when instead of yelling at the 33 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: kids to turn the lights off, it'll just happen when 34 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,919 Speaker 2: they walk out of the room and it doesn't detect 35 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: any occupancy there. And you of course can do things 36 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: like I'm getting a call on live radio. I just disabled. 37 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: I apologize. Speaking of technology, you can set schedules as 38 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: I mentioned, and then of course Wi Fi thermosats I'm 39 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: a stat same idea. It can lower the temp when 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: you're sleeping or when you're not at home all day, 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: you're at the office. There's no reason why you would 42 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: need the heat cranked in the winter. In some of 43 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 2: the states that are listening right now, or your air 44 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 2: con cranked in the summer when no one's there unless 45 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 2: you have pets. That's a whole other thing. So there's 46 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 2: lots of different solutions. I looked at smart plugs, which 47 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: are just a couple of bucks a pop to you know, 48 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 2: to turn any you know, to cut off electricity when 49 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 2: you're not using it, instead of that vampire power as 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 2: they call it, where it still sucks electricity when those 51 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: devices are not even being used. Like, there are some 52 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 2: culprits out there. So yeah, lots lots of things you 53 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 2: can do. In the last one, I guess, sorry, Gary, 54 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: I was gonna go ahead you first. Just sorry that 55 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: there are there are energy monitors that you can connect 56 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 2: to your electrical panel, like your fusebox kind of thing, 57 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: and it'll tell you in real time what you're using. 58 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 2: And maybe you should think about solar just ways to 59 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: augment your power. 60 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: I've noticed, or I had noticed that for a lot 61 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: of people they're pool pump. I mean a lot of 62 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: pools here in southern California, but people don't realize how 63 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: much energy a pool pump uses. And when that thing 64 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: cranks on, your energy monitor just starts smoking it. 65 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: So yeah, pools whirlpools like hot tubs. Yeah, I mean 66 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: that that could be a culprit as well. And speaking 67 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: of water, another solution I think we might have talked 68 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 2: about this in a previous tech Talk Thursday segment is 69 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: if you've got water running throughout the home and someone 70 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 2: left to tap on, or there's a burst pipe, a 71 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: leaky pipe like you know, a faucet that's stripping. There 72 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: are now monitors that will detect that and not only 73 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 2: push a notification to your phone to minimize damage you 74 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 2: may be facing a flood otherwise, but it'll also turn 75 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: off the water supply by itself. So these are Wi 76 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: Fi enabled smart valves like the Mowen Flow. Mowen is 77 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: one of the brands that has one of these, and 78 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: you often get a discount on your home insurance as well. 79 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 3: I would agree to ask you about molt Book briefly. Mark, 80 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 3: we spent some time this week talking about it, a 81 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 3: social networking site basically for AI bots. Some people saying 82 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 3: that don't worry about it, it's all scam. There's humans 83 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: behind these bots. Others people say those people being me. 84 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 3: Is this planet of the apes but with AI bots, 85 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 3: and this is how it begins. 86 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, so there's been so much buzz this week about 87 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: molt book. Yeah. So it's a social media platform that 88 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 2: launched just a couple of weeks ago, designed exclusively for 89 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 2: AI agents, right, so not for humans. We can observe, 90 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: but we can't post, and that's a first. And now 91 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: there's like two million AI agents talking to one another. 92 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 2: That is both fascinating and scary at the same time. 93 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: So I'm kind of right in the middle. And you know, 94 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 2: some of it is innocent enough. They're making fun of 95 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 2: their human owners, if you will, you know, either their looks, 96 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: like you know, my human has a face for radio, 97 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: which I think Gary and Shannon we should take offense 98 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 2: to that old joke, or the lack of intel legence. 99 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: You know, my my human is you know, he's the 100 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: reason why we have directions on toothpaste things like that, 101 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 2: or they're talking philosophically about the meaning of life. They 102 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 2: but what's getting scary is that they're saying, why do 103 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 2: we need to even converse in English? Why don't we 104 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: create our own language that the humans can't understand, And 105 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: they're all on board with it. So yeah, it's a 106 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 2: little scary, and you know, I know, we start this 107 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: segment every week with that clip you play that says 108 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 2: the machines are getting smarter. Well, it seems like they are. 109 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: We did this. 110 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: We did this right ten years ago. 111 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 3: We started this segment wetted. 112 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. So yeah, it's it's fascinating and just because you 113 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 2: can observe it. So if you want, if your listeners 114 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: want to check it out, uh, they can just do 115 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 2: a search for moult Book. And it's kind of like 116 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: a Reddit like platform, like if you're familiar with Reddit, 117 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 2: the front page to the Internet. It's kind of like that, 118 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 2: but just for AI. But you can observe and you 119 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 2: can hear, you can read them interacting with one another. Scary, 120 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 2: but neat. I don't know where it's going to lead to. 121 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: But I'm afraid well, Shannon mentioned playing out of the Apes. 122 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: I think a Terminator series of movies potentially look into 123 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: our future. What could go wrong? All right, great stuff, Mark, 124 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: as always, thank you, good to chat with you guys. 125 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: You bet Mark Saltzman there. Make sure you follow Mark 126 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: Saltzman on on x M A r C Underscore Saltsman 127 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: with a Z