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The kindest story I have for you today usually only appears in January during the big consumer electronics show unless Vegas when companies unveil some really bizarre products you never knew that you needed. All too often millions decide that they don't, so tell me if you would buy this one. I'm Kim Comando for NetSuite, AI isn't the future, it's here. For the first time ever you can try NetSuite next for free, if your revenues are over seven figures visit NetSuite.ai slash Kim. Dyson has made a name for itself with excellent back humes and dryers using jets of hot air. And now they're hoping you'll buy their new AI powered tooth brush. Yeah, you heard me right. It's called the Dyson Camera Jet, a powerful toothbrush that combines brushing and flossing. A tiny self-contained AI camera looks for residue you missed. And once it finds it, a tiny jet of mouthwash just blows it away. Dyson worked on this thing for six years. But while it's cost, worth 500 bucks, turn your smile upside down. Stay up to date the easy way in all things tech. Get my free newsletter, get Kim.com.
So is AI cleaning your teeth impressive? You get to decide that one. But up next, Kim has a story about what AI can do when it's aimed at something truly extraordinary. And it has nothing to do with your morning routine. But it did uncover some history. More on that, next. Here's something your body never tells you. More in your 20s, it quietly starts making less collagen. No memo, no warning. You notice it years later. Fine lines, thinning hair, nails that break, and filling a little less flexible on that morning walk. That's not getting older. That's collagen slipping away. But you can support your body naturally. I'm talking about high quality collagen from native path. It gives your body the building blocks it needs to support smoother looking skin, stronger nails, and shinier hair. And some studies suggest collagen supplements may even help support bone health. This is not about turning back time. It's about feeling your best at any age and glowing like you mean it. Right now, my listeners get native path collagen for a fraction of the retail price.
Plus free shipping and a free gift bundle. Go to getnativepath.com slash Kim. That's getnativepath.com slash Kim. Go now while you're thinking about it. Getnativepath.com slash Kim. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Individual results may vary. I don't know if you've ever been to Pompeii. But I have, and it is an amazing experience to see how people actually lived in 79 AD. And then what happened the devastation when this volcano erupted. So in one villa, they actually found a library back in 1752. They found 1800 scrolls, papyrus skulls, scrolls, I should say. And it actually survived. The heat didn't burn the documents. They'd actually turned them into lumps of coal that were rolled shits. I want you to picture this. We've all seen charcoal. This is what we're talking about. When they dug them up in 1752, then they were like, okay, we have to figure out what they were actually saying.
But they didn't really know what they were doing. So they actually soaked them in water. They tried to peel them. And then basically, remember, we're talking about charcoal is that they crumbled into these black flakes. And so they're like, okay, we shouldn't touch these at all. Thank you very much. So now, fast forward to the University of Kentucky. There's a computer scientist there by the name of Brent Seals. He said, there's got to be a way for us to figure out what these scrolls say. I mean, from 79 AD, he actually spent 20 years on this one project. And he thought, well, if you can't really open them up, then there's probably some type of machine, maybe an X-ray, that could actually tell us what were in these scrolls. Now the problem is, remember, we're talking about carbon ink, the propire was his carbon, and under an X-ray, now the writing is all invisible. Okay, I know. This is a long story, but we're going to get to a point here. Now fast forward now to 2023. Seals and a couple of guys, they throw together the scans online and they offer a $1 million
prize. And they say, can anybody figure out how we can see what's inside these scrolls? They'll enter 21 year old Nebraska student, interning at SpaceX, his name is Luke Ferrator, and he's like, I wonder if I could use AI to do this. So he trains AI to spot the texture that the ink leaves on the proprietors and the first word that he finds is purple. Okay, I know, totally random purple. And then by 2024, Luke gets a cup of other kids and they pull 2,000 characters off of one scroll and they split $700,000. Now this past June, they actually figured out, well, we have some more scrolls that we can do and they find 22 columns. And then they start reading about ethics and human nature and the way that people should be kind to each other. Again, this was all written in 79 AD. And here we are in 2026.
And one line and I'll read it to you is we will inquire into something, but we will not grasp it. If in some way we depart from ourselves. So in other words, it's saying, you may be all the success and you may be so beautiful and wonderful, but the bottom line is, is that you're still a person. We will inquire into something, sounds very much like this whole process that they just went through. It is. I mean, you know, there are still hundreds left in Naples. But for the very first time, every single one of them is something that we can learn from instead of just a piece of charcoal. In the same way that we constantly kind of redefine things that they I can do, it seems like that's going to continue with examples like this. Oh, I sure hope so. I mean, I was so excited when I read this story and, you know, more excited to share it with you and everybody around because, you know, we're all saying, we're all hearing a lot of doom and gloom about what AI is and the potential of AI and it's going to
destroy the world. It's going to destroy humanity and our ability to think and, you know, it can possibly do all that. But on the flip side, we have these fabulous stories that I just, we just talked about. And then in addition to that, the advancements that we're making in things like pancreatic cancer that, you know, my mother had and they killed her and other types of cancer. And it was just a story I read that for the, for the first time, there are now 21 childhood diseases that have a name and also a possible cure because of AI. Okay, smarty pants. I know that you need more tips like this because you want to stay ahead of the tech curve. But as they like to say on infomercials, but wait, there's more. This is really fun. You can watch the Kim commando show over on my YouTube channel. Just go to youtube.com slash Kim commando. And if you're more into podcasts, well, you can find me everywhere. You get your podcasts. Just search for a commando with a K, of course, that's K O M A N D E O. And if you have any
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