He calls people who say AI poses an existential risk, Baptists. Then he references Oppenheimer, who invented the nuclear bomb and an argument over his feelings of guilt. What's your response? He's essentially saying you're Baptists. I'm not sure I quite follow it given that he's investing in all of the companies that are making this happen. This explains the mismatch between the words and the actions of the Baptists,. watch their actions, not their words.
After Kara and Nayeema debate the pros and cons of AI personal assistants vs. human personal assistants vs. fake personal assistants, we turn to Mustafa Suleyman, the man who co-founded DeepMind. Now, he and his co-founders Reid Hoffman and Karén Simonyan have started Inflection AI, a startup that creates “personal AIs,” and they're launching with a chatbot called Pi.
Kara talks to Mustafa about whether or not Pi is "woke," the conversion of Suleyman’s former colleague, Geoffrey Hinton, and — oh yes — AI’s potential to destroy humanity.
BTW, in lieu of personal AI, you can reach out to Kara and Nayeema for advice on your burning questions regarding your career, love, life or anything else. Call 1-888-KARA-PLZ and leave us a voicemail.
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