Episode 20: Let's Do the Time Warp! (to the "Founding" of "Artificial Intelligence"), November 6 2023

Nov 21, 2023

The hosts time travel back to the founding of artificial intelligence at Dartmouth College in 1956. They explore the grant proposal and debunk AI hype. They discuss machine learning, imagination, and the funding of self-driving cars. They also talk about understanding complex systems and biases in machine translation. Additionally, they touch on hate speech and the closure of an AI smoothie shop. Finally, they mention a failed AI-driven restaurant and a strange AI-developed Coke.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

The Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence

01:38 • 24min

Exploring Machine Learning and Imagination

25:33 • 21min

Theories, Models, and the Challenge of Understanding Complex Systems

46:08 • 2min

AI Criticism and Capabilities, Monastic Academy, and Biases in Machine Translation

48:22 • 13min

Exploring hate speech as a category and the closure of an AI smoothie shop

01:01:14 • 2min

Failed AI-Driven Restaurant and Strange AI-Developed Coke

01:02:51 • 2min