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HoS: Nikolai Yakovenko

Oct 20, 2023

Nikolai Yakovenko, Founder of an AI-generated competing newspaper, discusses the potential of AI in journalism, the revival of impressive skills like Mongol horse archery, the duality of human nature compared to AI, and the challenges faced by media in avoiding mistakes and presenting different perspectives in reporting.

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AI-driven news reporting platform Deep News aims to cover all relevant news as it happens and provide concise summaries of self-updating stories.

AI shows potential to unlock new pathways and reveal insights into human psychology, but its limitations in creative fields like songwriting and comedy are evident.

Deep News is praised for its straightforward approach in presenting multiple perspectives without imposing bias on the information, addressing the challenges of delivering objective reporting.

Deep dives

The Complexity of AI in Sports Coverage

Nikolai discusses his interest in using AI for live sports coverage and how it can help condense and summarize vast amounts of data to catch people up on games and events.

Introduction

4min

AI in News Reporting

8min

Reviving Impressive Skills and Adaptability in a Changing World

8min

Human Nature and the Potential of AI

21min

Perception of Art, Humor, and Controversy in Media Reporting

7min

Discussion on Taylor Swift AI mashups, Michael Lewis, and the Sam Bankman Freed trial

2min

Exploring Michael Lewis and his portrayal of SPF

19min

Upsides and downsides of martial arts

4min

Discussion on Future Plans and Promotion of 'Deep NFT Value' Website

3min

Nikolai Yakovenko is a man of many hats (pro poker, jiu-jitsu, computer engineering, archery, baseball analytics), but the main reason we’re talking to him is because he founded an AI-generated competing newspaper. Are machines set to take over for journalists? We get into this and so much more, including whether Michael Lewis deserves critcism. Topics include but aren’t limited to…

Explaining the AI newspaper (4:00)

* What is DeepNews?

Can an AI Successfully Write my Last Article? (6:50)

* Can a machine ape my idiosyncrasies?

* Can the AI be a contrarian?

Nikolai: “I got into a bit of horse archery” (12:00)

* Are Mongol skills having a moment??

Could an AI be like hit song maker Max Martin? (24:00)

* Can machines succeed in art?

Can an AI Unlock Human Creativity? (37:00)

* How the machine can help us find inspiration by taking over boring tasks?

Could DeepNews avoid the New York Times’ Gaza rocket mistake? (42:00)

* If AI is aggregating off the Internet, how does it avoid its errors?

Does Michael Lewis deserve to be in hot water over his portrayal of Sam Bankman-Fried? (48:00)

* What Michael Lewis might be focusing on that led him astray

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House of Strauss

HoS: Nikolai Yakovenko

Episode guests

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Deep dives

The Complexity of AI in Sports Coverage

Deep News: Real-Time AI-Generated News Reporting

The Potential and Limitations of AI in Creative Fields

Navigating Media Bias and Objective reporting

Michael Lewis focuses on personalities and narratives rather than the fraud

Engaging in martial arts as a transformative experience

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