The Ethics of Automating Work in the Adult Video Game Industry

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We're talking about self-automation in the adult video game industry. The question is whether it's ethical for a boss to ask his freelancer to do more work with an automated tool. Kate says she thinks there will be tension between worker productivity and managers expectations of productivity. We'll see if you agree or disagree on this next week at 10 p.m. ET.

A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I. experts released a letter warning of the “risk of extinction” from the technology. But will A.I. ever be good enough to pose such a threat?

Then, FAANG is now MAAAN, with the addition of Nvidia. Here’s how the GPU company became a trillion-dollar behemoth.

Plus: Kevin, Casey and the New York Times tech reporter Kate Conger answer Hard Questions from listeners.

Today’s Guest:

Kate Conger is a technology reporter in the San Francisco bureau of The New York Times.

Additional Reading:

A lawyer used ChatGPT the same week that A.I. leaders released a 22-word statement about the existential risk A.I. poses to humanity.
The chip company Nvidia hit a $1 trillion market cap, powered by A.I. demand.
The podcast “Acquired” did a two-part series on the history of Nvidia.