It’s time we all have a little chat about “celebrity” and what that means. Is it just LaylaK and MJ that remember when a celebrity used to be a actor, artist, or some such societal icon, which is entirely different from someone who is just sort-of famous for, say, sharing a clever tiktok about their barista? Which is all entirely separate from being a “leader”!

Are YOU an episode-worthy celebrity? Drop us a comment on X, Instagram, Facebook or here to get in touch.

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Celebrity (Merriam-Webster)

Fiona the Hippo (Cincinnati Zoo)

Tango That Boxer (Instagram)

Andy Warhol Probably Never Said His Celebrated “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” Line (Smithsonian)

15 Minutes Of Fame: Where Are They Now? (Ranker)

Tila Tequila (Wikipedia)

15 People Who Got Their 15 Minutes Of Fame (And Milked It For More Than It Was Worth) (Cracked)

On our last episode special guest Michael Bryan, Open Environments, explained the basics of AI, where it all came from, and a glimpse of where it is going. But he had so much more to share! In this episode Michael discusses how AI is now learning to reason for itself (!), and it might use that reasoning to give you some very bad advice.

AI will change the way we work, how we receive healthcare, and much more. Some of it sounds great, but it’s not all positive - and it’s not just us pointing out that there are some serious concerns ahead.

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Michael Bryan (LinkedIn, Open Environments)

Georgetown McDonough School of Business

American Red Cross

‘Megalopolis’ Trailer’s Fake Critic Quotes Were AI-Generated, Lionsgate Drops Marketing Consultant Responsible For Snafu (Variety)

AI Incident Database

UN AI Event Holds World's First Humanoid Robot Press Conference (YouTube)

OpenAI Project Strawberry: Here’s everything we know so far (Digital Trends)

OpenAI Rumors: Q* is Now a Reasoning Engine Called ‘Project Strawberry’ (OpenAI Community Forum)

Why a $2 milion coal mine in US's Wyoming could be worth $37 billion (The Times of India)

Three Mile Island is reopening and selling its power to Microsoft (CNN)

Is it just me, or is Artificial Intelligence (AI) just omnipresent? It seems that everywhere we turn, we're told an AI ability has been embedded. But when did all that start? And where is it going??

LaylaK and MJ ask industry pioneer and expert Michael Bryan, Partner at Open Environments (and full disclosure - a Georgetown business school classmate) those questions and more. No AI was used to create it this episode, but some human editing was applied!

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Michael Bryan (LinkedIn, Open Environments)

Georgetown McDonough School of Business

American Red Cross

ChatGPT

With AI warning, Nobel winner joins ranks of laureates who’ve cautioned about the risks of their own work (CNN)

Elon Musk among experts urging a halt to AI training (BBC)

G7 Hiroshima Process on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) (OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Governance of Artificial Intelligence (including 12 Challenges) (UK House of Commons)

Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning Collection (Coursera)

Are you feeling stressed out? Anxious? This is the episode for you!

LaylaK and MJ take a quick 10 minute look back at some of the lighter moments of an already light-hearted podcast. A reminder that times are good - and even those awkward or not so great situations in the past - we can smile at now!

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Weird Work Rules (Is It Just Me Podcast, Season 2, Episode 14)

Good Intentions Gone Wrong (Is It Just Me Podcast, Season 1, Episode 19)

True Crime: Dumb Criminal Files (Is It Just Me Podcast, Season 3, Episode 11)

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We’re diving into the fascinating world of tech that once ruled our lives but has since vanished into the digital ether. And we aren’t talking vinyl. Spoiler alert: Think back to the days when AOL was the gateway to the internet, and Clubhouse was the hottest app on the block!

We explore the rise and fall of these tech giants and more. Is it just me that is wondering what I’m tethered to today, that won’t be recognizable in a few years?

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Experience the American Generations: Which Generation Are You? Britannica

The Death of Clubhouse (The Influence Agency)

To NFT Or Not NFT, That Is The Question (Season 1, Episode 11, Is It Just Me Podcast)

What happened to NFTs? (Yahoo Finance)

Goodbye, CompuServe! (We thought you already died) (ARS Technica)

What Happened to Myspace (and Is It Even Still Around)? (PureWow)

It’s the end of summer and Layla K and MJ are back with Season 4 of the podcast. They review some of summer's stories that you might have missed and preview what's to come this season.

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Why most murders in national parks go unsolved (New York Post)

Yellowstone shuts down Bisquit Basin for summer after hydrothermal explosion damaged boardwalk (Austin American-Statesman)

Mysterious monolith has northern Colorado pointing, theorizing and buzzing (CPR News)

Mystery monolith appears in Nevada desert (BBC)

People Are Calling 2024 Olympics Turkish Sharpshooter Yusuf Dikec 'The Real John Wick' (Men's Health)

Adam Peaty Says Athletes Found Worms in Their Olympic Village Food (Hollywood Life)

The gold medal goes to ... the chocolate muffin. At the Olympic village, the bakery shines (AP)

Breaking (The Olympics Official Site)

Olympic Chocolate Muffins Recipe (A Cozy Kitchen)

Australian Breakdancer Goes Viral as Sport Makes Its Olympic Debut (Variety)

That's a wrap on Season 3 of the Is It Just Me with Layla K and MJ podcast!

But before we go on hiatus until September, we thought to highlight a few episodes that confirmed it wasn't just LaylaK or MJ who thought a topic merited a conversation. And, of course, share a few ever-popular bloopers.

Thanks for listening and following our podcast! While we are on hiatus, we still want your ideas for future shows, including disappearances in parks, UFO or UAP sightings, and hot enough to fry an egg stories. Drop us a comment on X, Instagram, Facebook or here.

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Podcast Statistics & Industry Trends 2024 (The Podcast Host)

Nothing To See Here (Season 3, Episode 3)

Decomposed body found in barrel on shore of shrinking Lake Mead (NBC News)

That's Just Not True! (Season 3, Episode 5)

True Crime: Dumb Criminals File (Season 3, Episode 11)

5 crime fails almost too funny to be true (Murdoch University)

Predictions! (Season 3, Episode 9)

Deryk Gilmore: What IS NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) And Why The Controversy? (Season 3, Episode 15)

Is My Diamond USED with Louis Valentine (Season 3, Episode 10)

Season Three Premiere (Season 3, Episode 1)

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and then they suddenly bring up an uncomfortable topic? Like asking about your salary - or maybe wanting to know if you prefer cats to dogs?

In this episode Layla K and MJ discuss, or at least raise, precisely those! And it's not just the usual topics you might expect.

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Deryk Gilmore: Life As A Sports Agent (Is It Just Me, Season 3 Episode 14)

Jason Gilmore, LinkedIn (Is It Just Me The Great Resignation [S1E6], and Predictions! [S3E9])

What is the difference between a Trekker and a Treckie? (Stack Exchange)

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