With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all.
- Interview with Nick Foster
- AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile
- Yann LeCun's mondo preso
- Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers
- Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday
- The OpenAI paper on usage
- Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope
- ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification
- Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope
- A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model
- I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now
- How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator
- Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs
- The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
- Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over
- How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
- Roadwarden
- David Lynch's quirky house
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Nick Foster
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