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AI Robots & Tech: The Surprising Future Unveiled | Easy Day Foundation DSH #1382
Sat, 24 May 2025
The future of AI robots and tech is here, and it’s more mind-blowing than ever! 🤖 Join Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour Podcast as he dives into groundbreaking innovations like humanoid robots, AI-driven advancements, and how they’re shaping industries worldwide. PLUS, meet Frank Fertitta IV & Landon Gyulayfrom the Easy Day Foundation, who are making a massive impact with their nonprofit supporting veterans through mental health, job placement, and family services. 🇺🇸✨ Get an insider look into the upcoming American Music Awards (AMAs) hosted by Jennifer Lopez, featuring incredible performances and a special veteran award! 🎶👏 With 100% of donations during the AMAs going directly to vetted organizations, this is a cause worth supporting. 🌟 Learn about SpaceX, Archer Aviation, and the mind-boggling tech shaping the future—from electric vertical takeoff aircraft to AI-powered hotels and even humanoid robots mimicking human dexterity. 🚀💡 Don’t miss these jaw-dropping insights into the tech revolution and the inspiring mission to honor our heroes. Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀🔥 Let’s explore the future together—don’t miss out! CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Easy Day Foundation Overview 03:36 - Venture Capital Background 04:51 - Samrosa Sleep Discount Offer 06:01 - Landon's Hospitality and Real Estate Experience 09:00 - Figure AI Services Explained 10:29 - Artificial Intelligence Insights 15:39 - Future Plans for RSE 19:13 - PowerSlap Discussion 21:06 - Ways to Support the Initiative 22:42 - Ask Me Anything (AMAs) 25:05 - Closing Remarks APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Frank Fertitta IV & Landon Gyulay https://www.instagram.com/easydayfoundation https://easyday.org/ SPONSORS: SAMRBOSA: https://sambrosa.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ The views and opinions expressed by guests on Digital Social Hour are solely those of the individuals appearing on the podcast and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the host, Sean Kelly, or the Digital Social Hour team. While we encourage open and honest conversations, Sean Kelly is not legally responsible for any statements, claims, or opinions made by guests during the show. Listeners are encouraged to form their own opinions and consult professionals for advice where appropriate. Content on this podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, financial, or professional advice. Digital Social Hour works with participants in sponsored media and stays compliant with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations regarding sponsored media. #ad #ainews #airevolution #generativeai #mentalhealth #artificialgeneralintelligence
Chapter 1: What is the Easy Day Foundation?
Okay, guys, got Frank and Landon here today from the Easy Day Foundation. It's their first episode. Thanks for joining me, guys. Thanks for having us. Yeah, could you guys give a brief summary of what Easy Day Foundation is about?
Yeah, Easy Day Foundation is a nonprofit grant-making organization that Landon and I started about a year and a half ago. We were founded on Veterans Day 2023. And the idea we had was to basically put on large-scale live events and use them as a platform to help raise awareness and funds for veterans.
Chapter 2: How are veterans supported through this foundation?
We focus on three pillars in the veteran community, mental health, job placement, and family support services. We try to use those three pillars to give to organizations that do operational services that focus on one or more of those three pillars. And we try to kind of tailor a holistic approach to the process of reintegrating back into society after veterans leave the service.
We are planning a big event. Our first big event is the American Music Awards, which are moving to Las Vegas. May 26, Memorial Day, live on CBS and Paramount+.
Nice. That's a big deal.
That's going to be a lot of people at that event, right? Yeah. I think it'll be massive, obviously. I think if you think about the American Music Awards, this is a 50-year franchise. And To be able to partner with them after starting our organization 18 months ago and do this on the platform like CBS and Paramount Plus, I think we're very excited about it.
Yeah, that's huge. And you guys have already helped over 4,000 veterans. 80% of your funding goes directly towards their programs. That's cool. That's really high for a charity, I feel like. Yeah.
We've had a great first year. We had an event last May, smaller one, kind of more banquet style where we raised over a million dollars. We've distributed a good chunk of that so far. And we're hoping that this event is a success so that we can keep doing it in subsequent years and kind of turn Memorial Day into the holiday that it's meant to be. I love it.
I think it's like, It's not a new thing that we're trying to do. I think like if you look back historically at events like Live Aid, right? I think all of us kind of, you know, whether we were born or not, kind of remember the significance of having a live, you know, huge event that kind of just brings people together. So I think...
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Chapter 3: What innovations are happening in AI robotics?
you know, this is probably the beginning of, you know, hopefully a lot more that we'll do across different live events to kind of activate for, for bats.
It's going to be huge. I have on a lot of bets on the show, so I'm a big supporter. Yeah. Can't wait to hear that. Yeah. Can't wait to support you guys. And I'll be at the event. Hopefully. Yeah, please do. I mean, if you need anything, welcome. Yeah. Yeah. Frank, you've been in Vegas for a minute, huh?
I was born here, raised here. So I'm very deeply rooted in Vegas. I moved away for college at USC and a master's degree at NYU. And other than that, I've been here my whole life.
Yes, you've seen a lot of growth in the city and there's still a lot more seems like coming, huh?
Yeah, I mean, it's just grown outward massively since the time I was a kid up by Red Rock. It was all desert when I was little, and now it's like, you know, beautiful neighborhoods.
Yeah, Red Rock's the spot now. Yeah.
Red Rock is the spot.
Durango's the spot, too. Yeah, you got to approach it with Durango. Yeah. And there's more on the way, right?
More on the way. Can't talk too much about it yet. But hopefully within the next 12 months or so, we'll be able to announce the next project. But we are working diligently to get in the ground with that.
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Chapter 4: What is Figure AI and its significance?
So this bottle of water here is built for someone with a hand to pick up, right? this you know if everything around us is built for humans and so you know the idea is as we think about super intelligence you know chat gpt you know these foundational models the the actual bodies that will power this technology will be human-like and so they're building robots
that, you know, have the dexterity of us. It can, you know, zero shot. I could say to you, Sean, pick up, you know, the purple hat on the table and, you know, the robot without having that in its data set would know to pick that up and put it on its head and do whatever. That's crazy. It's crazy technology.
That's nuts. Are you using any AI these days?
Um, we're looking into it for sure. So kind of working through all the different applications that we can use in the gaming and hospitality, um, business. But, um, you know, we're putting the pretty early stages of that.
Yeah. I checked into my hotel in Miami and it was AI. That was crazy. Yeah. Like, uh, there was no humans at the desk. It was just, yeah, it was just screen and they had blank key cards and they said, take one. So I took it and then you scan it and it gives you a room number. So, yeah, it was all AI. It's insane. Even at the Miami airport, you know, there's wheelchairs that come to the airplane.
No one was pushing the wheelchair anymore. It was AI. That's crazy. Yeah, it automatically went to the gate and it had a name on the screen and it picked up the person. Isn't that crazy?
That is wild. I will say, in our business, we like to keep the aspects of, like, the human touch. You know, from the time you haul your car into valet, check-in, you know, the whole experience.
front of house for guests I think it's super important so we're not really trying to get rid of that just yet but yeah I wasn't a fan of the hotel check-in one to be honest because hotels I want that this is more frustrating yeah I want that personal touch for sure at a hotel who knows maybe you have a humanoid robot that they're it might have a little little human touch but
Yeah. They're advancing fast. I saw some in Asia that are doing humanoid girlfriends.
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Chapter 5: How is technology transforming the hospitality industry?
Chapter 6: What major events are planned for veterans?
Yeah, that's huge. And you guys have already helped over 4,000 veterans. 80% of your funding goes directly towards their programs. That's cool. That's really high for a charity, I feel like. Yeah.
We've had a great first year. We had an event last May, smaller one, kind of more banquet style where we raised over a million dollars. We've distributed a good chunk of that so far. And we're hoping that this event is a success so that we can keep doing it in subsequent years and kind of turn Memorial Day into the holiday that it's meant to be. I love it.
I think it's like, It's not a new thing that we're trying to do. I think like if you look back historically at events like Live Aid, right? I think all of us kind of, you know, whether we were born or not, kind of remember the significance of having a live, you know, huge event that kind of just brings people together. So I think...
you know, this is probably the beginning of, you know, hopefully a lot more that we'll do across different live events to kind of activate for, for bats.
It's going to be huge. I have on a lot of bets on the show, so I'm a big supporter. Yeah. Can't wait to hear that. Yeah. Can't wait to support you guys. And I'll be at the event. Hopefully. Yeah, please do. I mean, if you need anything, welcome. Yeah. Yeah. Frank, you've been in Vegas for a minute, huh?
I was born here, raised here. So I'm very deeply rooted in Vegas. I moved away for college at USC and a master's degree at NYU. And other than that, I've been here my whole life.
Yes, you've seen a lot of growth in the city and there's still a lot more seems like coming, huh?
Yeah, I mean, it's just grown outward massively since the time I was a kid up by Red Rock. It was all desert when I was little, and now it's like, you know, beautiful neighborhoods.
Yeah, Red Rock's the spot now. Yeah.
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Chapter 7: Is AI a passing trend or here to stay?
Chapter 8: What are the implications of humanoid robots?
Like I think Google or someone big like had to shut theirs down.
Wow.
Just generating weird images.
I mean, there are like hallucinations in the data. So like sometimes you'll input something and it will actually come back with stuff that's incorrect. Yeah. So there's definitely work to be done. I don't think we're at AGI yet, but. You think that's common AGI? Yeah. I don't know. I think probably eventually. I think my view is it will probably be a lot longer than we think.
I don't think it's as near as everyone thinks. But I think... I think the rate of improvement with the models month over month across, if you look at the major model providers, whether it's OpenAI or XAI or, you know, any of these guys, you know, they're basically leapfrogging one another, you know, every couple months. So it's pretty incredible.
Yeah, a lot of competition. Yeah. I'll say like the videos now are getting so good that I almost can't tell.
Yeah.
Like three years ago, I could tell the mouth would be off when they're talking. Right. But now it's like, is that AI or is that? Deep fake is scary. It's insane. Yeah. Like I feel bad for like celebrities because they're going to have to keep an eye on that. It's true. There's a lot of like, I'll get Joe Rogan ads when I'm scrolling on TikTok. Oh, and it's like, it's an AI ad.
It's an AI ad, but it looks so real. Like it could definitely fool most people.
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