{"id":9054,"date":"2016-10-31T19:20:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T23:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9054"},"modified":"2016-10-31T19:20:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T23:20:41","slug":"this-week-in-tech-586-the-ais-are-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2016\/10\/31\/this-week-in-tech-586-the-ais-are-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Tech 586: The AIs are Talking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9psAmv8d_oc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation 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