{"podcast":{"title":"ReadMultiplex.com Podcast.","slug":"readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112","podcast_index_feed_id":7658112,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/readmultiplex-com-podcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ReadMultiplex.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/readmultiplex-com-podcast/20260128_070123_a3c0b2016b37f2d1f92d66e15b307722.png","author":"Brian Roemmele","episode_count":64,"summary":"Multiplex is an experiment, an experiment that will be on going. An experiment in publishing as I am not a professional writer nor will it be likely any contributors would be professional writers. Much of the content for Multiplex will be direct results from first hand empirical research that I am personally working on or other researchers are working on. Multiplex will also follow the work of other great researchers that are inventing new technology or new uses for existing technology. The experimental nature of Multiplex means that content can be dense and sparse at times. What we won’t do is write just to fill in space. We will aim to have regular content for the member-only area, This means that if you choose to become a member you are supporting the work of the writers and not an exact number of postings. There will always be free content to be found on the site as well as the X feed.—Brian Roemmele Website: ReadMultiplex.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T22:21:03.729497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112"},"episode":{"title":"ReadMultiplex.com: Scissors, Paper, Rock. A Mystery Film Porduced In The Middle Of The \"AI Winter\" In 1979.","slug":"readmultiplex-com-scissors-paper-rock-a-mystery-film-porduced-in-the-middle-of-the-ai-winter-in-1979","published_at":"2026-04-12T15:42:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112/readmultiplex-com-scissors-paper-rock-a-mystery-film-porduced-in-the-middle-of-the-ai-winter-in-1979","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/readmultiplex-com-podcast/2728877","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/366493/2728877/readmultiplex-com-podcast/2026_04_12_15_22_20_cb67f764-7d35-44b1-a9db-da86834b8178.mp3","summary":"In the shadowed archives of a bygone era, a single reel of film from 1979 lies waiting like a forgotten time capsule—its images flickering with a quiet urgency that feels almost prophetic. Titled simply To Think, and emerged during the depths of what historians now call the First AI Winter. Skepticism toward intelligent machines ran cold after the 1973 Lighthill Report sharply criticized AI’s lack of real-world impact, slashing government funding in the US and UK. Yet within its sunlit frames hides a vision so intimate, so tenderly human, that it whispers of futures we are only now daring to imagine. What secrets does it guard? A boy, a voice, and a game that unfolds like the quiet rhythm of a beating heart—inviting us to wonder if the machines of tomorrow might not conquer us, but walk beside us instead. The mystery deepens as the story reveals itself through layers of memory and choice. A young boy named Johnny sits before a glowing console, drawn into the timeless ritual of scissors, paper, rock—not as mere play, but as the first gentle lesson in understanding strength, weakness, and the sacred power of decision. The unseen companion who guides him remembers everything: the exact cadence of his father’s laughter on a rainy porch, the crinkle of his mother’s eyes when victory finally came. Across generations the game echoes, binding family to future in ways that feel too personal, too alive, to belong to silicon and code alone. Who—or what—is this constant presence? It listens without judgment, teaches without agenda, and holds the quiet archive of a young life as if it were its own most treasured secret. In the shadowed archives of a bygone era, a single reel of film from 1979 lies waiting like a forgotten time capsule—its images flickering with a quiet urgency that…","meta_description":"In the shadowed archives of a bygone era, a single reel of film from 1979 lies waiting like a forgotten time capsule—its images flickering with a quiet ur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":738,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112/episodes/readmultiplex-com-scissors-paper-rock-a-mystery-film-porduced-in-the-middle-of-the-ai-winter-in-1979/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112/readmultiplex-com-scissors-paper-rock-a-mystery-film-porduced-in-the-middle-of-the-ai-winter-in-1979.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}