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AI's Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing - Omnibus edition

Welcome to the launch series of The See Through News Podcast.

Unlike our sibling podcast, The Truth Lies In Bedtime Stories from See Through News, which fictionalises true stories and is entirely true, largely, The See Through News podcast is entirely true, full stop.

Beyond cleaving to fact, and eschewing fiction, there’s no fixed format.

It could be a journalist narrating an audio version of one of their articles.

Or a conversation between journalists, or between experts, or between journalists and experts.

And sometimes, like today, a true-life story narrated in the style of a novel, radio drama or movie script.

Here’s George Hinchliffe reading AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing.

For more details, visit www.seethroughnews.org and www.seethroughcarbon.org

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What Happened Next?

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 10, What Happened Next?, we find out if any of the efforts described in the first 9 episodes were worth all the hassle…

The original article on which this episode is based, See Through Carbon Competition Pilot Winners Update - What Happened Next? can be found at www.seethroughnews.org.

For further details, visit www.seethroughcarbon.org

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Did It Work?

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 9, Did It Work?, we find out if Jayeola and Daniels’ heroic efforts came to anything, and whether their winning projects might ever lead to any Global South carbon reduction…

The original article on which this episode is based, See Through Carbon Competition Pilot Winners Updata - What Happened Next? can be found at www.seethroughnews.org

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Tick Tock

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 8, Tick Tock, the Competition’s organisers and donor sweat it out, to see if the four winners can meet the ridiculous deadline, and make use of the remarkable prize fund…

The original article on which this episode is based, See Through Carbon Competition Pilot Review, can be found at www.seethroughnews.org

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Golden Needles

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 7, Golden Needles, Robert, Tom and Renuka’s hastily-assembled competition, hoping to find Global South candidates capable of using cutting-edge supercomputing, yields unexpected results…

The original article on which this episode is based, See Through Carbon Competition - New Winner, can be found at www.seethroughnews.org

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Rules, Referees and Global South Haystacks

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 6, Rules, Referees & Global South Haystacks, Robert and Renuka race against time to come up with a way of offering cutting-edge technology to people in the Global South who’d never otherwise have access to it…

The original article on which this episode is based, See Through Carbon Competition Expert Panel, can be found at www.seethroughnews.org

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An Unusual Introduction

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 5, An Unusual Introduction, the critical role of a Dutch sailor floating in the mid-Atlantic, in possession of a peculiarly specific range of diverse interests, is revealed…

The original article on which this episode is based, See Through Carbon Competition - a US$500,000 Announcement, can be found at www.seethroughnews.org

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Best Christmas Present Wrapping Ever

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 4, Best Christmas Present Wrapping Ever, Robert works out what on earth to do with half a million dollars of supercomputing, with a fast approaching sell-by date…

The original article on which this episode is based, See Through Carbon Competition - a US$500,000 Announcement, can be found at www.seethroughnews.org

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A Surprise Donation

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 3, A Surprise Donation, Tom calls Robert just before Christmas, offering a rather extraordinary gift…

The original article on which this episode is based, Our First Donation -Half a Million Dollars worth of Supercomputing, can be found at www.seethroughnews.org

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AI's Dirty Secret

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 2, AI’s Dirty Secret, journalist-turned-climate-activist Robert learns why AI’s slow burn from obscurity to exploding into public consciousness in the form of ChatGPT, comes with a disastrous carbon price tag.

The article referred to at the end of this episode, Computing's Carbon Footprint - The Other AI Threat can be found on the See Through News website here.

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Monkeys Climbing Trees

AI’s Dirty Secret, or How To Spend Half A Million Dollars of Supercomputing, tells the true story of the See Through Carbon Competition.

In Episode 1, Monkeys Climbing Trees, we meet two oddball flatmates studying obscure things in the mid-80s, and discover how, forty decades later, one of them discovers a dirty secret about one of the things, which is no longer obscure...

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All Is Revealed, Largely

In Episode 7, All Is Revealed, Largely George reflects on the nature of truth and lies, reviews everything we've learned about his children, finally revealing the truth, largely.

Like all stories, it's best to start at the beginning:

Episode 1: The Truth Revealed

Episode 2: Overheard

Episode 3: An Illuminating Story

Episode 4: Further Developments

Episode 5: Further Clarifications

Episode 6: Behind The Words

Narration and series theme music by George Hinchliffe

Produced & mixed by SternWriter

Podcast sting by Samuel Wain

If you enjoyed this series, why not try:

Series 1: The Story of Ganbaatar · the only qualified deep-sea navigator in Mongolia

Series 2: Betrayed · A Tale of Christmas Spiritual Pollution

Series 3: Life on the Edge · Taiwan, China, America and the Moment I Realised Mrs. Wang Was Mostly Guessing What Her Husband Said

Series 4: The Quiet Revolutionary · the heroic role played in a plot to assassinate the King by someone you·ve all heard of

Series 5: A Classical Chinese Dirty Joke, Told Thrice

Series 6: Teetering - how a Hawaiian beach bum held my career in the balance

The Truth Lies in Bedtime Stories is a See Through News production.

See Through News is a non-profit social media network with the Goal of Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active.

For more visit seethroughnews.org

Check out this episode!

Behind The Words

In Episode 6, Behind The Words, George strays into the realm of music in his ongoing attempt to shed light on the difference between truth and lies when it comes to humans and storytelling.

Like all stories, it's best to start at the beginning:

Episode 1: The Truth Revealed

Episode 2: Overheard

Episode 3: An Illuminating Story

Episode 4: Further Developments

Episode 5: Further Clarifications

Episode 6: Behind The Words

Narration and series theme music by George Hinchliffe

Produced & mixed by SternWriter

Podcast sting by Samuel Wain

If you enjoyed this series, why not try:

Series 1: The Story of Ganbaatar · the only qualified deep-sea navigator in Mongolia

Series 2: Betrayed · A Tale of Christmas Spiritual Pollution

Series 3: Life on the Edge · Taiwan, China, America and the Moment I Realised Mrs. Wang Was Mostly Guessing What Her Husband Said

Series 4: The Quiet Revolutionary · the heroic role played in a plot to assassinate the King by someone you·ve all heard of

Series 5: A Classical Chinese Dirty Joke, Told Thrice

Series 6: Teetering - how a Hawaiian beach bum held my career in the balance

The Truth Lies in Bedtime Stories is a See Through News production.

See Through News is a non-profit social media network with the Goal of Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active.

For more visit seethroughnews.org

Check out this episode!

Further Developments

In Episode 5, Further Clarifications, George seeks to render turbid waters limpid via a family story about a hirsute canine.

Next: Episode 6: Behind The Words

Narration and series theme music by George Hinchliffe

Produced & mixed by SternWriter

Podcast sting by Samuel Wain

If you enjoyed this series, why not try:

Series 1: The Story of Ganbaatar · the only qualified deep-sea navigator in Mongolia

Series 2: Betrayed · A Tale of Christmas Spiritual Pollution

Series 3: Life on the Edge · Taiwan, China, America and the Moment I Realised Mrs. Wang Was Mostly Guessing What Her Husband Said

Series 4: The Quiet Revolutionary · the heroic role played in a plot to assassinate the King by someone you·ve all heard of

Series 5: A Classical Chinese Dirty Joke, Told Thrice

Series 6: Teetering - how a Hawaiian beach bum held my career in the balance

The Truth Lies in Bedtime Stories is a See Through News production.

See Through News is a non-profit social media network with the Goal of Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active.

For more visit seethroughnews.org

Check out this episode!

Further Developments

In Episode 5, Further Clarifications, George seeks to render turbid waters limpid via a family story about a hirsute canine.

Next: Episode 6: Behind The Words

Narration and series theme music by George Hinchliffe

Produced & mixed by SternWriter

Podcast sting by Samuel Wain

If you enjoyed this series, why not try:

Series 1: The Story of Ganbaatar · the only qualified deep-sea navigator in Mongolia

Series 2: Betrayed · A Tale of Christmas Spiritual Pollution

Series 3: Life on the Edge · Taiwan, China, America and the Moment I Realised Mrs. Wang Was Mostly Guessing What Her Husband Said

Series 4: The Quiet Revolutionary · the heroic role played in a plot to assassinate the King by someone you·ve all heard of

Series 5: A Classical Chinese Dirty Joke, Told Thrice

Series 6: Teetering - how a Hawaiian beach bum held my career in the balance

The Truth Lies in Bedtime Stories is a See Through News production.

See Through News is a non-profit social media network with the Goal of Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active.

For more visit seethroughnews.org

Check out this episode!

Further Developments

In Episode 4, Further Developments, George spills the beans about all his other children.

Like all stories, it's best to start at the beginning:

Episode 1: The Truth Revealed

Episode 2: Overheard

Episode 3: An Illuminating Story

Episode 4: Further Developments

Episode 5: Further Clarifications

Episode 6: Behind The Words

Narration and series theme music by George Hinchliffe

Produced & mixed by SternWriter

Podcast sting by Samuel Wain

If you enjoyed this series, why not try:

Series 1: The Story of Ganbaatar · the only qualified deep-sea navigator in Mongolia

Series 2: Betrayed · A Tale of Christmas Spiritual Pollution

Series 3: Life on the Edge · Taiwan, China, America and the Moment I Realised Mrs. Wang Was Mostly Guessing What Her Husband Said

Series 4: The Quiet Revolutionary · the heroic role played in a plot to assassinate the King by someone you·ve all heard of

Series 5: A Classical Chinese Dirty Joke, Told Thrice

Series 6: Teetering - how a Hawaiian beach bum held my career in the balance

The Truth Lies in Bedtime Stories is a See Through News production.

See Through News is a non-profit social media network with the Goal of Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active.

For more visit seethroughnews.org

Check out this episode!

Omnibus Edition

George introduces himself, then red-trousered Rupert, then his children, then a discursive exploration of the nature of truth and lies.

Episode 1: The Truth Revealed

Episode 2: Overheard

Episode 3: An Illuminating Story

Episode 4: Further Developments

Episode 5: Further Clarifications

Episode 6: Behind The Words

Episode 7: All Is Revealed, Largely

Narration and series theme music by George Hinchliffe

Produced & mixed by SternWriter

Podcast sting by Samuel Wain

If you enjoyed this series, why not try:

Series 1: The Story of Ganbaatar · the only qualified deep-sea navigator in Mongolia

Series 2: Betrayed · A Tale of Christmas Spiritual Pollution

Series 3: Life on the Edge · Taiwan, China, America and the Moment I Realised Mrs. Wang Was Mostly Guessing What Her Husband Said

Series 4: The Quiet Revolutionary · the heroic role played in a plot to assassinate the King by someone you·ve all heard of

Series 5: A Classical Chinese Dirty Joke, Told Thrice

Series 6: Teetering - how a Hawaiian beach bum held my career in the balance

The Truth Lies in Bedtime Stories is a See Through News production.

See Through News is a non-profit social media network with the Goal of Speeding Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active.

For more visit seethroughnews.org

Check out this episode!

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