Vegas Concerts, AI Teachers & Lettuce That Wants You Dead

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Vegas Concerts, AI Teachers & Lettuce That Wants You Dead

The world is getting is getting weirder, and your favorite three retired Air Force officers; Slider, Drew & Mental, are here to determine whether the greatest threat is artificial intelligence, surveillance cameras, contaminated lettuce or aging rock stars who would simply like to finish the encore before bedtime.

This week on Sin City Spin, Slider, Drew and Mental examine a collection of stories that feel less like current events and more like rejected episodes of Black Mirror written inside a casino bar.

First, the guys take aim at Flock surveillance cameras, automated license-plate readers and the absolutely reassuring idea of software listening for human screams. What could possibly go wrong when artificial intelligence, private surveillance systems and law enforcement databases all work together without anyone fully understanding the technology?

Then comes the latest attack on healthy living: lettuce. After discovering that salad may deliver consequences usually associated with questionable late-night Taco Bell decisions, the hosts develop a revolutionary nutritional strategy—avoid fresh produce and trust foods that even wild animals refuse to eat.

For anyone planning a Las Vegas trip, the conversation turns to the Sphere and rumors of Rush taking over one of the most technologically advanced concert venues in the world. Could the band’s 2112 concept album become the ultimate immersive Vegas experience? The guys also discuss seeing legendary acts such as AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses and other aging rock icons—preferably from a private suite with comfortable chairs, food service and an ending early enough to get home at a responsible hour.

But the main event is Sally, a $57,000 humanoid robot headed into a New York classroom as an AI robotics teaching assistant. She has silicone skin, realistic facial expressions and technology connected to the company behind RealDoll.

Officials insist she is not replacing teachers.

The hosts have several additional questions.

What happens when teenagers learn how to rewrite Sally’s programming? Why does every robot designed to “support” humanity sound like the opening act of Battlestar Galactica? And has anyone involved in this project ever watched Weird Science, M3GAN, The Terminator or even one episode of Rick and Morty?

Join three middle-aged veterans as they connect geopolitics, military experience, Las Vegas concerts, food safety, artificial intelligence and deeply questionable movie references into one conversation nobody at the Pentagon would officially authorize.

Which worries you more: cameras listening for screams, a humanoid robot in a high-school classroom or lettuce that can take you out for two weeks?

Tell us in the comments—and subscribe to Sin City Spin as we march from 70 subscribers toward 1,000 by the end of the year.

Because Vegas already has casinos, robots, surveillance systems and senior-citizen rock tours.

We’re just here to document the collapse.