- Discussion of Robert Freitas’ *Nanomedicine Vol. I* noted its 2020 forecast for mature molecular nanotechnology as overly optimistic, highlighting the persistent gap between long-term transhumanist roadmaps and current capabilities.  
- Participants debated why science-fiction narratives rarely depict post-singularity AI or advanced nanotech, concluding that such technologies become “distracting” to storytelling once they exceed present-day imagination by more than ~50 years.  
- Jetpack progress was showcased with links to Jetman Dubai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj-Iwv5NJKg) and Gravity Industries’ boat-to-boat flight (http://youtu.be/H4FUBfp9kS0), while paramotors were proposed as cheaper, safer—though non-hovering—alternatives.  
- A Popular Mechanics article (https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a35083324/guy-in-jetpack-los-angeles-video-footage/) was shared to verify real-world jetpack sightings near LAX, underscoring the blurred line between experimental tech and urban folklore.  
- A YouTube talk titled “1 trillion or bust” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGyWS40g-g&t=790s) sparked technical questions about running trillion-parameter AI models on a single GPU, including the need for streaming weights to VRAM each inference pass.