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If you are looking for self-hosted and sovereign AI tools - you've come to the right place. Making sense of the technology and concepts behind AI, breaking down the tools to gain more freedom and autonomy in our lives, and investigating how to avoid being trapped in centralized systems of control. If you want a sovereign future in the digital age, this is where we will build it. This is AI Unchained.
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Jul 18, 2024 • 1h 46min
Ai Read_010 - SuperAlignment
"Reliably controlling AI systems much smarter than we are is an unsolved technical problem. And while it is a solvable problem, things could very easily go off the rails during a rapid intelligence explosion. Managing this will be extremely tense; failure could easily be catastrophic."~ Leopold Aschenbrenner
As we approach a potential intelligence explosion and the birth of superintelligence, how can we ensure AI remains beneficial and aligned with the goals of furthering humanity, while navigating the complex geopolitical landscape? And what role will the United States play in shaping the future of AI governance and global security?
Check out the original article by Leopold Aschenbrenner at situational-awareness.ai. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/jmbkurp6)
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ~ Isaac Asimov

Jul 11, 2024 • 1h 45min
Ai Read_009 - The Challenges of the Intelligence Explosion
What if the race to AGI isn't just about code, but a massive industrial mobilization? As AI capabilities grow exponentially, will we see trillion-dollar compute clusters and unprecedented energy demands? And in this high-stakes competition, how critical is securing AI secrets from rival nations? This episode delves into these questions, exploring the potential challenges and geopolitical implications of rapid AI advancement.
Check out the original article by Leopold Aschenbrenner at situational-awareness.ai. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/jmbkurp6)
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Jul 4, 2024 • 1h 33min
Ai_029 - New Tools and Major Moves in AI
Open AI signals that they are the surveillance leviathon we suspected they always were. Anthropic's Claude 3.5 may be even better than ChatGPT. I explore and detail out some new tools and build new tiny apps to recreate some of the incredible features of the Apple AI announcements, but in a local, open source way. A cybersecurity disaster in Microsoft's announcement of their new OS "feature" Recall and why it may be the worst thing for security and privacy in a very long time. And much more in today's episode, on New Tools and Major Moves in AI.
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‘Calculated Betrayal’: Snowden Slams OpenAI Over NSA Ties (Link: https://tinyurl.com/n2kw9pr9)
Microsoft Recall thread by Kevin Beaumont (Link: https://tinyurl.com/59j3nph8)
Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security ‘disaster’ (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yb4jvbt7)
NVIDIA at Computex 2024 (Link: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/events/computex/)
Ellipsis.dev | AI code reviews (Link:https://www.ellipsis.dev/)
Pinokio (Link: https://pinokio.computer/)
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"Our economic systems were not built for a world driven by technology where prices keep falling. They were built for a pre-technology era when labour and capital were inextricably linked, an era that counted on growth and inflation, an era where we made money from scarcity and inefficiency. That era is over." ~ Jeff Booth, The Price of Tomorrow

Jun 27, 2024 • 1h 42min
Ai Read_008 - From AGI to Superintelligence
Are we on the verge of an intelligence explosion that could redefine the future of AI and humanity? Explore Leopold Ashen Brenner's insights on the leap from AGI to superintelligence and what it could mean for every aspect of our lives. Join me as we delve into the potential and perils of a superintelligent world and its profound implications.
We are continuing a read situational awareness the decade ahead by Leopold Ashen Brenner that we started in the previous episode and this will be part two - a comprehensive look at the potential future developments in AI over the next decade.
Check out the original article by Leopold Aschenbrenner at situational-awareness.ai. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/jmbkurp6)
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Ai_001 - A New Frontier, with Jeff Booth (Link: https://tinyurl.com/69x62ebw)
The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mvbs4fp5)
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Jun 20, 2024 • 1h 47min
Ai Read_007 - SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - The Decade Ahead
"Do not expect the vertiginous pace of progress to abate. The trend lines look innocent, but their implications are intense... Scaling up simple deep learning techniques has just worked. The models just want to learn, and we're about to do another 100,000X by the end of 2027. It won't be long before they're smarter than us."~ Leopold Aschenbrenner
What does the next decade hold for AI, and are we on the brink of achieving artificial general intelligence? Join me as I dive into Leopold Ashen Brenner's compelling analysis on AI trends and their implications, revealing the dramatic shifts in technology and society we should prepare for. Don't miss this exploration into the future of AI and its potential to outpace human intelligence.
Check out the original article by Leopold Aschenbrenner at situational-awareness.ai. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/jmbkurp6)
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Leopold Aschenbrenner's X Thread with some highlights on GPT-4’s capabilities. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/nw5nkw9k)
AI is a Lie by Linus Tech Tips on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGIpdiQrFDU)
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Jun 16, 2024 • 1h 24min
Ai_028 - How Much Do You Trust Apple?
Today Guy Swann dives deep into everything about the "Apple Intelligence" announcement, which aims to integrate powerful AI capabilities directly into the company's operating systems. He raises thought-provoking questions about the implications of such a system, particularly regarding privacy and trust in a tech giant like Apple. The episode promises to explore the potential benefits and drawbacks of this groundbreaking AI implementation.
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Ai_023 - The Promise of personal Ai (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/zyaRbKCfCIPtUgzzmr6d)
Does Apple Have a Recording of You Having Sex (Link: https://tinyurl.com/ydhbcbar)
WWDC 2024 (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXeOiIDNNek)
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"Don't trust. Verify." — Unknown

Jun 6, 2024 • 54min
Ai_027 - Is AI Breaking the Web?
A trend I've noticed with Ai, is that it has shifted itself into the middleman position between everyone and the normal surfing of the web. While it may save the user time, could this be disrupting the very traffic that monetizes content on the internet? With this fundamental change in the monetization paradigm, a huge shift is coming to the web. What will it look like, and how should we prepare? Tune in to find out.
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Descript (Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdhr75jr)
Pinokio (Link: https://pinokio.computer/)
ComfyUI and Automatic 1111 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3c6rc6f8)
Ollama (Link: https://www.ollama.com/)
Open Web UI (Link: https://docs.openwebui.com/)
Logseq and Obsidian (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yypmkrd2)
LLaVA Model (Link: https://llava-vl.github.io/)
Hookmark (Link: https://hookproductivity.com/)
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"Disruptors don't have to discover something new. They just have to discover a practical use for new discoveries."- Jay Samit

May 31, 2024 • 1h 11min
Ai_026 - The Scam of Open AI
A very unique dynamic occurs with generative AI. LLM companies are scraping the internet for millions of works belonging to other people, photos, videos and film, forum posts, tutorials, all of this human created content meant to provide value to others in hopes of monetizing the attention, or gaining reputation from that research or creation.But without attribution or sharing of the proceeds, we can recreate, mimic, or even pull that exact content back out of the generative models. What does that mean for AI models? What does this mean for copyright? And is the only solution in the violent hand of the state, or is there a technological or cultural solution to this technological problem?
It can be argued that Open AI has become the ultimate middleman, that never even sends its users to the content that makes its product valuable to begin with? In that sense, is OpenAi a breakthrough...or just a different kind of scam? Don't miss today's show.
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Eight US newspapers sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement Dawkins (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2jywhzts)
The current legal cases against generative AI are just the beginning(Link: https://tinyurl.com/ycpx2f5m)
60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism (Link: https://tinyurl.com/avch8dfs)
Is A.I. Art Stealing from Artists? (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mukdju7h)
Voice Stolen by AI? Scarlett Johansson Sues OpenAI in Groundbreaking Case (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3ckpnwxf)
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"Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it. Creativity is impossible without a rich public domain. Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new: Culture, like science and technology, grows by accretion, each new creator building on the works of those who came before. Overprotection stifles the very creative forces it's supposed to nurture."- Alex Kozinski

May 20, 2024 • 1h 26min
Ai_025 - Bullsh.t and Breakthroughs
Today we explore the deluge of announcements from both OpenAi and Google. With a plethora of Ai features dropping at Google I/O And Chat GPT-4o landing with an ai that can be spoken to like a human, how do we determine the difference between groundbreaking AI tools and mere gimmicks. How do we discern practical applications from overhyped features? Join Guy as he navigates the latest AI developments, asking the critical question: What truly enhances our digital lives and what falls short?
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Rabbit R1 (Link: https://www.rabbit.tech/rabbit-r1)
Google I/O Announcements: Coverage of the latest features and tools introduced by Google, including the Gemini Pro and video gen models. (Link: https://io.google/2024/)
OpenAI's GPT-40 Announcement: Insights into the latest generative pre-trained transformer model which emphasizes voice interaction (Link: https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/)
Satlantis Project (Link: https://satlantis.com/)
Welcome to the World of Audio Computers - Jason Rugolo TED talk (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4zc62nhc)
Nova Project: Focus on a business-oriented AI platform that prioritizes open-source solutions and privacy for handling sensitive data. (Link: Pending)
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"The Limits of my language means the limits of my world"~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

May 9, 2024 • 1h 26min
Ai_024 - CASCDR
"We're basically at a fork in the road. I think that there's a good chance we go the wrong way and you end up with a situation like China.
We need to build these tools that serve Liberty and not tyranny. And we need to design these systems correctly. And then on top of that, I think, as I pointed out earlier, you know, we have an opportunity to build a better product than the tyrannical systems, you know, now before, before you're in too deep. So we need to do that so that people aren't, aren't lured by that."
Are we steering towards a future where technology amplifies human potential, or are we drifting into a realm where control overshadows creativity? We are joined by the creator of CASCDR today to delve into a discussion that explores the role of Ai in our future and how we can utilize it to decentralize markets, service provision, and change the structure of productivity in a way that can bring it far closer to us and our needs. What does that future look like, and how do we build to get there?
Links to check out:
Range by David Epstein (Link: https://davidepstein.com/range/)
CASCDR App (Link: https://cascdr.vercel.app/)
Where Goo Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson (Link: https://tinyurl.com/49ec9zaa)
PlebLab (Link: https://www.pleblab.dev/)
Jupiter Notebook (Link: https://jupyter.org/)
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