e524 — Googlenight, AI

Googlenight, AI virtual book cover Published 11 August 2025 e524 with Andy and Michael M – stories about AI generated goodnight stories, Med-Gemini, GPT-5, skeuomorphism, scrobbling, seeing through doors and a whole lot more. Andy and Michael M get things rolling while Michael R is away with some Google Gemini generated goodnight stories.  Andy generates a story about a 3D printer that prints a new red car in just a few moments.  Aside from a few inconsistencies, it’s actually a pretty good story and images.  After an example of Med-Gemini hallucinating a non-existent body part, the team virtually goes to Versailles to interact with the statues via AI.  Speaking with the statues reminded Michael of speaking with the plants at the Chelsea Flower Show discussed in e488.  Andy shares insights on GPT-5. Then, the team turns to skeuomorphism with the Macrowave app as a prime example.  This leads to a small segue to scrobbling with Last.FM.  Andy and Michael wrap up this episode with the Eufy FamiLock S3 Max that allow you to “look through” your door and see who is on the other side. What skeumorphistic elements are your most and least favorite?  Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!  These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.  All rights reserved.  That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links