The Times Tech Podcast

Benedict Evans: “What Chat GPT is - and isn’t”

Dec 9, 2022

47:13

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Introduction

5min

What's Machine Learning?

4min

Wes Anderson Scripts - Is That Really True?

2min

What Does It Mean to Say This Is Wrong?

2min

The Fluent Bullshit Problem

2min

Is This a Netscape Moment? Or an iPhone Moment?

3min

The Art of Making Pictures

2min

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2min

ChatGPT-3 and Stable by Fusion

3min

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2min

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Are We Going to Move More and More to Curators?

3min

12.

Is There a Generational Shift in Open AI?

4min

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Are We Searching or Are We Just Looking for the Answer?

3min

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Open AI

4min

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2min

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What Is It Really Useful for in Your Answer?

3min

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on analyst Benedict Evans to talk about Chat GPT and machine learning (5:00), how it gets things wrong (10:00), the “fluent bullshit” problem (12:00), whether this is a genuine breakthrough moment (15:20), what this means for humans (18:25), “prompt engineering” (23:00), humans as curators rather than creators (26:40), tech’s mid-life crisis (27:45), the future of “search” (32:10), using AI do make “no-code” software (35:00), where we go from here (39:00), and the illusion of creativity (42:45).

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The Times Tech Podcast

Benedict Evans: “What Chat GPT is - and isn’t”

Creating a Catalog Based on What I Say

Catalog Is a Startup That You've Just Invested In

ChatGPT-3 and Stable by Fusion

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