Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 09-26-2026

Let's dive into the news from the past week, or actually, this is kind of what we're looking forward to next week.

The massive SpaceX Starship is on the launch pad, and it is slated for orbit on Monday.

They've got a 75-minute window or whatever.

Primary goals are proof of concept and reaching orbit, but along the way, the plan is to deploy 26 Starlink version 3 satellites.

There's still a lot of work on this that they're ironing out, which is the SpaceX way.

But they're looking for a return to Earth, a heat shield issue, and a number of other smaller things.

Still, as I kind of mentioned, the approach of SpaceX is to keep going and improving everywhere they can.

So there are many layers that exist beyond this, including the goal of reusability and moving us to a place where it can deliver 100 metric tons into space.

It also factors heavily on the plans for frequent trips to the moon, Mars, and so much more.

There are as many as five more launches that may come before the end of this year for the platform.

They are just moving along.

This is going to be flight number 14.

Now, Andrew Ng, he started the early AI platform of Google Brain and the learning platform Coursera.

He's co-founder on both of these.

He's been in the AI field since long before it became a household term.

This past week, he responded to much of the recent naysayers of this impending AI apocalypse.

Calling it science fiction.

This has actually been his stance for a long time.

He went before the Senate back in 2023.

And he does consider it some level of hype to encourage legislation to prevent new entrants into the field.

This isn't a new thought, as many players, the major players like Google and Yahoo, drove legislation in order to constrain competition.

However, the AI platform changed.

Future fills out here, though I lean more towards his optimism.

It's actually something we should not worry about as everything that's going on within all of these businesses, OpenAI and Gemini and all of the rest of these.

They're playing on three-dimensional chess fields.

Let's dive into the news from the past week, or actually, this is kind of what we're looking forward to next week.

The massive SpaceX Starship is on the launch pad, and it is slated for orbit on Monday.

They've got a 75-minute window or whatever.

Primary goals are proof of concept and reaching orbit, but along the way, the plan is to deploy 26 Starlink version 3 satellites.

There's still a lot of work on this that they're ironing out, which is the SpaceX way.

But they're looking for a return to Earth, a heat shield issue, and a number of other smaller things.

Still, as I kind of mentioned, the approach of SpaceX is to keep going and improving everywhere they can.

So there are many layers that exist beyond this, including the goal of reusability and moving us to a place where it can deliver 100 metric tons into space.

It also factors heavily on the plans for frequent trips to the moon, Mars, and so much more.

There are as many as five more launches that may come before the end of this year for the platform.

They are just moving along.

This is going to be flight number 14.

Now, Andrew Ng, he started the early AI platform of Google Brain and the learning platform Coursera.

He's co-founder on both of these.

He's been in the AI field since long before it became a household term.

This past week, he responded to much of the recent naysayers of this impending AI apocalypse.

Calling it science fiction.

This has actually been his stance for a long time.

He went before the Senate back in 2023.

And he does consider it some level of hype to encourage legislation to prevent new entrants into the field.

This isn't a new thought, as many players, the major players like Google and Yahoo, drove legislation in order to constrain competition.

However, the AI platform changed.

Future fills out here, though I lean more towards his optimism.

It's actually something we should not worry about as everything that's going on within all of these businesses, OpenAI and Gemini and all of the rest of these.

They're playing on three-dimensional chess fields.