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OpenAI, Amazon's Anthropic Investment, and the Roman Empire with Zvi Mowshowitz

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Sep 29, 2023

Zvi Mowshowitz, a savvy writer behind the blog Don't Worry About the Vase, shares his insights on the ever-evolving AI landscape. He delves into Amazon's massive $4 billion investment in Anthropic and its implications for market competition. The conversation touches on the delicate balance of AI safety and the complexities of integrating advanced tools in everyday life. He also explores the intriguing idea of AI Souls and the societal challenges of digital trust, highlighting the need for careful regulation as technology marches forward.

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ANECDOTE

10x React Development with Code Interpreter

Nathan LeBenz used Code Interpreter to add a feature to a React app, despite never coding in React.
The tool's image understanding and iterative coding process proved highly effective, leading to a 10x speed increase.

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Zvi's DALL-E Experiment

Zvi Mowshowitz was tempted to code again due to new AI tools, but other priorities prevented him.
He experimented with DALL-E for image modification, but it misinterpreted his request, producing an unusable but cool result.

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Coding by Analogy

When coding with AI, use "coding by analogy."
Provide snippets of working code and explain your desired modifications to improve the AI's performance.

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Zvi Mowshowitz, the writer behind Don't Worry About the Vase, returns to catch up with Nathan on everything OpenAI, Amazon-Anthropic collab, and Google Deepmind. They also discuss Perplexity, deepfakes, and software bundling vs the Roman Empire. If you're looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Episode Preview

(00:02:42) - Nathan's experience using Code Interpreter for a React app

00:06:09 - Zvi's perspective on Code Interpreter and other new Anthropic products

(00:10:47) - Nathan's approach of "coding by analogy" using Code Interpreter

(00:15:42) - Sponsors: Netsuite | Omneky

(00:17:00 )- Performance degradation issues with large context windows

(00:22:50) - The disconnect between Anthropic's value and what users are willing to pay

(00:31:56) - Predicting Gemini's capabilities relative to GPT-4

00:30:13 - Rating Code Interpreter's capabilities

(00:37:53) - Using Perplexity vs. Anthropic products for search

(00:44:11) - Potential for a bundled subscription for multiple AI services

(00:47:39) - Challenges of getting competitors to agree to bundling

(00:54:05) - Concerns over information pollution from synthetic content

(00:56:36) - Filtering adversarial vs. unintentional bogus information

(01:02:20) - Dangers of info pollution visible in Archive dataset

(01:11:15) - Kevin Fisher’s AI Souls demo with emotional voices

(01:12:15) - Difficulty of detecting AI voices/images for a general audience

(01:14:32) - Being optimistic about defending against deepfakes

(01:21:12) - The reversal curse in language models

(01:46:12) - Implications of Amazon investing in Anthropic

(01:49:20) - Non-standard terms likely affected the Anthropic valuation

(01:51:13) - Survey of the AI Safety landscape