Marcel Gagné is a tech guy with a focus on Linux and Open Source software. He is a multi-award winning writer and columnist, and author of the "Moving to Linux" series of books. He has written for a number of magazines. He is probably best known as the creator of "Cooking With Linux", his trademark column which ran for ten years in the Linux Journal.  Outside of his open source wordsmithing, Marcel’s been an editor, editor in chief, and is a published science fiction and fantasy author. He's a former Top 40 DJ, a radio and television personality, YouTuber, a pilot, an enabler, and an occasional Agent Provocateur, and he folds a mean Origami T-Rex. Marcel also co-hosts TIC TEK TOE, a light-hearted technology podcast, with Evan Leibovitch, who was a former guest on the show. Today Marcel and I are discussing his diverse career, Tesla, SpaceX, the promise and ethics of Artificial Intelligence. We also ponder VR and the possibility that Second Life was before it's time.  References Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta is here, and it looks scary as hell https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21528508/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-first-reaction-video Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.? https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/who-should-stop-unethical-ai Legal Scholars, Software Engineers Revolt Against War Robots https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/a-treaty-to-ban-autonomous-intelligence-weapons/ Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change https://www.wired.com/story/billionaires-use-vr-avoid-social-change/ How Roblox, a video game platform for kids, became a $30 billion company https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/how-roblox-kids-video-game-platform-became-worth-almost-30-billion.html Disclaimer The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation. Host and Producer: Tim Hampton https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/ https://designthinkingtoronto.com Guest: Marcel Gagné https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelgagne/ Virtual voice over https://www.nuance.com/ Music Consequences by Nihilore https://youtu.be/BaWaucm-ewc Corrigendum Marcel was right! Roblox became a $30 billion dollar company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusuallywellinformed/message