Gizmology (ROBOTS) with Simone Giertz

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

YouTube's Sh*tty Robots machine-maker, very funny human being, professional tinkerer and potential astronaut Simone Giertz hops in Alie's car to hang out in a sketchy Hollywood alley and chat. Topics covered: the definition of a robot, artificial intelligence, the gateway to her thirst for engineering power, plastic animals, and topless grandmas.

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0:00.0	Hi.
0:01.0	Hi, Alligite.
0:02.0	Hello, it's your Weird Uncle Alley Ward.
0:05.4	And I got a bunch of robot facts in Macargo shorts pockets.
0:10.2	So get ready to load up.
0:11.8	So this episode is kind of a weird one for a few reasons.
0:14.2	All of them amazing reasons.
0:15.9	Number one, it was recorded in a car, my car.
0:19.6	So this all just and I had never before been in the same room.
0:22.8	But we have mutual buddies.
0:24.3	Hi Scott.
0:25.3	Hey Adam Savage.
0:26.7	And I was so excited to meet her.
0:28.4	I always kind of had like a little bit of a fan girl crush.
0:31.6	So we had dinner.
0:32.6	We met up for dinner at this clattery vegan restaurant, which was great, but it was not
0:37.8	conducive to recording.
0:39.6	And she had an early call time the next morning.
0:41.2	And so I gave her a ride back to her hotel while we fired up the old Zoom recorder and
0:46.4	made a goddamn episode out of it.
0:48.2	So there's that.
0:49.9	Also there are no Alligite questions because it was last minute and again recorded in
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