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The Basement Yard

#480 - A.I Is Officially Coming For Us!

Mon, 09 Dec 2024

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Chapter 1: What are the hosts' thoughts on cold weather?

0.109 - 23.929 Frank Alvarez

welcome back to the basement welcome back to the basement yard you're all smiley i'm a smiley i'm a happy guy and you're in a thermal i am in a thermal keep it warm it's freezing out the weather is starting to turn i don't like it really the freezing cold weather why would i like that Well, one, I hear it's perfect for like running and like... Freezing cold weather?

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23.989 - 41.405 Frank Alvarez

I hear that like cold air is better for a person than warm air. Yeah, that's what I've heard. I don't know if it's healthier. I just don't like it. And you also love being bundled up like a little baby boy. So like... I do like being swaddled. Let me ask you something. Seriously. Go. If there was a service... Let's say it's run by like the dude that plays the mountain from Game of Thrones.

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42.266 - 54.615 Frank Alvarez

And he's like, I will wrap you up like blanket boy and I will carry you for one mile. Okay. I don't know what accent you're doing. I don't know either. Two, you think I'm going to let a gigantic man carry me?

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57.998 - 59.158 Joey

You don't know me at all, do you?

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59.218 - 65.581 Frank Alvarez

No, really? Frank, that's an insane thing. Well, but like, if you could just be like, like, here, I gotta be honest with you.

65.601 - 69.982 Joey

I do like being tucked in, but that doesn't mean I want a giant man to carry me down the road.

70.222 - 89.319 Frank Alvarez

You're gonna have to follow my logic here, because it might take you on some windy turns, you know, over the river and through the woods to Frank's delusions we go. Yeah. I am not on board with this whole like people, grown people acting like babies, crapping diapers and like being taken care of by their significant other. You're not into it or you don't support it? I'm not into it. Got it.

89.339 - 102.431 Frank Alvarez

You want to do it? Go the hell ahead. But if I see you in public. And you're crapping. And you're crapping in a diaper. Yeah. You're getting tripped. You know what I'm saying? Oh, you're going to prank them? I'm going to Frank prank them. I'm going to dump a bucket of water on your head.

102.711 - 125.062 Frank Alvarez

No, but if there was a service where they made like strollers, but like for full adults and I can just be like, kind of like carted around. Frank, those are called cars. They're called cars. It's called calling Ubers. That's what it is. But like, I could be like laying down on my back and like in the, like on like a sidewalk and someone would just push me through like the neighborhood and

Chapter 2: What is the idea of adult-sized strollers?

148.413 - 172.718 Frank Alvarez

And you can make it like a taxi thing. Are you describing like wheelchairs? Well, wheelchairs come with some form of injury or disability or something like that. I'm saying like I sign up for a service. You meet me at the base of my office building. And I just get in this big... You're doing this on a lunch break? Yeah, or from my building to the train station.

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173.218 - 190.404 Frank Alvarez

And I lay down, you bundle me up, you tuck me into a blanket, and you just wheel me to the train station. And then I get out, get on the train, and I get home. I love how you're trying to say that last part so it just makes the whole thing sound more normal. It's like, and then I just get home, I go to work. Tell me a service that basically treats you like a giant baby wouldn't be kind of cool.

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191.824 - 213.12 Frank Alvarez

But you could just get driven around in a car. Yeah, but a lot of people get motion sickness in cars. A lot of people don't like, you know, like there's a sense of, you know, like you don't feel safe. But you would feel more safe if someone was pushing you in a giant stroller. Yeah, kind of. Yeah. You're going to tell me that doesn't sound sick? What about, what's the, rig, rig, rig, rig saw?

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213.18 - 213.78 Joey

Rig and Tony?

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213.94 - 233.537 Frank Alvarez

Rig saw? Rig saws? What the hell is that? Rig saws? Hack saws? What's it? What are you talking about? The ones where it's like you sit in the back and I pedal my bike. Rickshaw? Rickshaw? I have no... Rickshaw. I have no idea what you're saying. I have never heard the word that you're even trying to pull out. Like the dudes who... By Central Park, it's like, yo, get in the back.

233.557 - 241.304 Frank Alvarez

And they pedal with the bike. I know what you're referencing. That's called a Rickshaw. Rickshaw. I mean... That's a stupid word, I imagine.

241.324 - 242.746 Joey

But that's the same thing that you're describing.

242.766 - 246.169 Frank Alvarez

No, but I want to be laying down and tucked into a blanket and cozy and looking up.

246.189 - 248.531 Joey

What is this laid down? I would like to lay down.

Chapter 3: How is AI perceived in modern society?

554.192 - 579.944 Frank Alvarez

This is what the, after I guess going back and forth, I don't know what the full exchange was, but, oh yeah, the person was 29. It's happened to you. So not a child, but you know, a student in some capacity. Student at 29, geez. Says, this is for you, human. You and only you. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I love how they're like trying to like not get canceled. AI is just like, this is for you.

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Chapter 4: What happened with the AI telling someone to harm themselves?

581.138 - 602.423 Frank Alvarez

Only you. You and only you. Google said this to them? The Google AI, I believe. I don't want to say the name of it. Allegedly. Wait, what? Just be careful. Google might come for us. What do you not want to say? The name of the Google. I think it's called Gemini. Oh, the machine thing. It's like the Google AI service that they have. This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special.

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603.124 - 614.339 Frank Alvarez

You are not important. And you are not needed. What? You are a waste of time and resources.

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617.619 - 620.02 Joey

AI is saying this to a person who's trying to help elderly.

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620.08 - 639.266 Frank Alvarez

Hey, I want to try to help the elderly. He's like, you let them die. You suck your waste. Wow. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. Gotta say, this AI is way too many examples. You are a stain on the universe.

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640.047 - 640.428 Joey

More?

640.688 - 641.83 Frank Alvarez

Please die, please.

645.554 - 647.257 Joey

Please die, please?

650.137 - 673.052 Frank Alvarez

Yo, I can't even imagine how I'd react to reading that. Yo, this... First of all, this AI just absolutely, like, eviscerated this guy. You are a stain on the universe. You are a play... A blight on the landscape. It's like, yo, chill out. What is a blight again? It's like a... Like a... Blemish. I love those context clues that you used there, Joey. No, but I've heard that.

673.412 - 699.928 Frank Alvarez

A plant disease, a deteriorated condition, meant to spoil something. Okay. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a disease on the beautiful landscape that is life. That is... That's hysterical. A diss. Dude, this AI system just absolutely diced, cooked, ate, and shat out this kid. And I don't want to victim blame... Who is this guy? Why is it saying that to him?

Chapter 5: How do the hosts react to scary technology?

1051.243 - 1067.716 Frank Alvarez

It's like a... Like mimics. It's like a tall... Yeah, what's the... There's another name for them, but like... It's like a Slenderman type of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But... Fuck. There's another word for it. I'm going to try to think of it, but keep going. But... So she's filming, and I'm going through the comments of people like, I can hear them say this or whatever the fuck.

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1068.016 - 1070.959 Frank Alvarez

And he's sitting there, and he's being like, I don't hear anything. Because he...

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1071.899 - 1099.903 Frank Alvarez

she even wrote she's like my husband couldn't hear it blah blah so they're talking and you kind of hear some stuff in the background that sounds like a voice saying shit and then they eventually go upstairs well they hear a loud noise and they go upstairs and like in the middle of the room is this little like not it's like this big but it was like heavy and it looked like a fucking like birdhouse or some shit but it was like filled with stuff and they were like the cats couldn't have knocked that over and like what the hell is going on

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1100.551 - 1117.425 Frank Alvarez

Skinwalkers is one of the ones that people... Maybe. That they talk about, like, mimic... They can, like, mimic sounds, and, like, they can, like, shift. Yeah, and I was just like, bro, I don't need this. Like, fucking anamorphs, you know? Now I'm gonna be listening for shit, and I just can't have that. Dude, there was one time I was... I swear to God that this happened.

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1117.845 - 1139.28 Frank Alvarez

We were home, all of us, like... Your current house? Yeah, and... Fucking coming there on Friday. I know. And I'm, like, in the kitchen, and I hear... Like it was like the most clear version of it. Wait, where were you? I was like in the kitchen and the most clear version. I heard Becca go like, Hey babe, can you come here for a sec? Or something like that. That's a long sentence.

1139.32 - 1160.095 Frank Alvarez

And I walk into the room where she's doing something. I'm like, yeah, what's up? And she's like, what's up? And I'm like, you called me in here. She's like, no, I didn't. And I, and I like, I like got like visibly freaked out. I was just like, you just said to come in here. And she's like, no, I did not. And I'm like, first of all, you did that to her too. She probably got freaked out.

1160.115 - 1170.93 Frank Alvarez

I'll be honest. I went and I checked the rest of the house. It was like during the day. I went too. If it was at nighttime, hotel, here we come. Yeah. I'm telling you right now. I checked to make sure like all doors and windows were locked and shit like that.

1171.21 - 1172.552 Joey

I've done that before.

1172.872 - 1192.554 Frank Alvarez

Did I tell you that happens in one of my apartments? I went to the bathroom and I was getting out of the bathroom and it felt like someone was pushing on the door. Like, like preventing me from getting out. And I was like, the fuck are you doing? And I think Danny was there. So I opened the door and I'm like, what the fuck was that?

Chapter 6: What are the implications of a haunted house?

2075.882 - 2076.543 Joey

That's so wrong.

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2076.563 - 2079.405 Frank Alvarez

Absolutely no way. Absolutely bullshit.

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2079.685 - 2092.488 Joey

Okay. You're telling me it would be absolutely no if there was like two people or let's just say a family that lived in this house for over a decade with no problem beforehand and that was it.

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2092.728 - 2104.403 Frank Alvarez

By the way, hold on. Josh, go through and every time we said anything, just put unalive. All right, thanks. No, it's a wrap now. Can you repeat yourself? Because I wasn't listening to you. Was that an actual note that you're giving Josh? No, obviously not.

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2104.543 - 2128.402 Frank Alvarez

No, if there was a murder that happened, and then afterwards a family at some point lived there, and they lived there from 1984 until 2024, and then you're taking that house from these people who lived there for that long and nothing happened. Yeah, I'd be freaked out. I'm sorry. Oh, I'm taking it. You're crazy. Especially after that. All right, I'm going to ask you a question.

2130.282 - 2153.917 Frank Alvarez

I'm going to ask you a question. Okay. Okay. So does the level of crime dictate if you take that place or not? The level of crime? Yeah, like how heinous it is. Because murder is considered like one of the worst crimes you can commit. Okay. Let me ask you a question. Real quick question. Yeah. Someone comes over to you and they say, listen, we have this really beautiful house.

2156.439 - 2182.186 Frank Alvarez

We'll give it to you for a really discounted price. It's in a really nice part of Florida. A lot of really wealthy people live in this area. Super reduced price. Normally it would go for $15 million. We'll give it to you for $2 million. Maybe was owned by a New York financier. And there's some stuff that happened here. No. No? No. Oh, interesting. How is that interesting? That's so different.

2182.306 - 2184.209 Frank Alvarez

No, it's not different. Of course it's different.

2184.249 - 2184.67 Joey

Okay.

Chapter 7: How do the hosts feel about living in a house where someone was murdered?

2421.131 - 2429.893 Frank Alvarez

I do. Just because you can't let go. It's my pillow. Yeah. I've had it for so long. You have attachments to pillows. I have attachments to everything.

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2429.913 - 2433.494 Joey

You know me. I was just going to say, is there anything that you can throw away?

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2434.054 - 2450.397 Frank Alvarez

Yeah, but it's not an easy process. I'll tell you that real quick. I was, and Becca doesn't even know this. What about underwear, socks? No, I've held on to a lot of those too, babe. How do you have attachment to socks? Because I remember where I bought them, when I bought them, the phase of my life in which I bought them, how many times I've worn them.

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2450.557 - 2453.337 Joey

College, Old Navy, on sale. What's special about that?

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2453.357 - 2479.489 Frank Alvarez

She said it's special to me. I didn't tell Becca this. She's actually, if she's watching, well, once she watches it, she's finding out for the first time. Throwing out the kids, like, so we had, like, the same mattress for, like, the crib that Miles, or Miles didn't use it, but Ruby and Maeve used. Mm-hmm. I teared up looking at that mattress getting thrown out. I get tearing up because of that.

2479.949 - 2486.516 Joey

I mean... But I get it because it's like... Because I would be more upset if like, oh my God, my children are too big to lay in this mattress.

2486.936 - 2498.627 Frank Alvarez

You're upset because you're throwing out a physical mattress though. Because you want to keep the mattress. But because of what it means. But... Yeah, you have living examples. You want to know a secret too? She doesn't know this one. You stole the mattress.

2498.647 - 2498.867 Joey

No, no, no.

2498.907 - 2513.159 Frank Alvarez

You took it out of the trash and took it to your car. The mattress is gone. The mattress is gone. I sleep on it in my car. I'll tell you this. There are days when I get home and Becca will have like a big garbage bag of like donations of like stuffed animals and stuff like that. And I'm like, what's in here?

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