AI Inside
Yellowgold Studios
AI Inside explores the complexities of artificial intelligence and its impact on the world at large. Hosted by tech podcaster Jason Howell and media expert Jeff Jarvis, AI Inside takes a thoughtful look at the promise and challenges of AI while inviting some of the industry's most notable players and thinkers to engage in thoughtful dialogue about AI, neither overhyping its potential nor dismissing public concerns about its development. With a deep interest in AI's impacts on art and culture, Jason uses his rich experience in technology and creativity to understand its capabilities better. Jeff is a respected voice on technology's influence on media and society, thanks to his popular blog BuzzMachine and books like "The Web We Weave" and "The Gutenberg Parenthesis." Together, Jason and Jeff aim to advance public understanding of this world-changing technology at an important inflection point.
Episodes
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Apr 24, 2024 • 1h 8min
Rabbit R1 First Look
Mark Spoonauer from Tom's Guide joins to discuss the Rabbit R1 AI device. They cover design, capabilities, use cases, and pricing. Also, they compare it with Meta's glasses. Other topics include AI wearables, the closure of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, and Microsoft's VASA-1 model.
Apr 17, 2024 • 1h 2min
AI Tools For Creators
Jeremy Toeman, founder of AugX Labs, discusses the creation of Augie AI tool for video production. He showcases the core functionality of Augie and challenges faced in developing AI tools. Surafel Defar, founder of Revoldiv, shares his journey from software engineering to entrepreneurship and the transcription capabilities of Revoldiv. Both guests highlight the future of AI-generated content and user feedback importance in the AI field.
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Apr 10, 2024 • 1h 7min
Suno AI: A Robot... With Soul
Discussing Google's AI advancements at Google Cloud Next, integration of AI in advertising, ethical debates on data harvesting, calls for misinformation safeguards, and the emotional depth of AI-generated music with Suno AI service.
Apr 3, 2024 • 1h 10min
OpenAI and Microsoft's $100 Billion Stargate Supercomputer
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the $665 million Shiba Inu coin donation to the Future of Life Institute, the potential $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer from OpenAI and Microsoft, Jason gives a hands-on demo of Stability AI's new music generation model, and more!NEWS- Future of Life Institute's $665 million donation from Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum co-founder) in Shiba Inu coins- Artifact social news curation app shutting down, acquired by Yahoo- Yum Foods has plans to go all in on generative AI- How people are using generative AI based on Harvard Business Review report- New York City's chatbot providing incorrect legal/business advice- Generative AI used to create virtual persona of real person for advertising- OpenAI and Microsoft in talks for $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputerDEMO- Stability AI's Stable Audio 2.0 for music generation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 28, 2024 • 1h 5min
Sal Khan: How AI Will Revolutionize the Classroom
Sal Khan, CEO of Khan Academy, discusses AI in education. Topics include challenges for teachers, AI as a tool, not a replacement, mitigating cheating, managing teacher resistance, and ethical considerations. Insights on AI in assessment and hiring, CEO changes in AI companies, regulation of AI voice impersonation, AI in journalism and media, and creativity tools in education.
Mar 20, 2024 • 58min
Microsoft's Inflection Point
This podcast discusses AI regulation efforts in Utah and the EU, Microsoft's AI advancements, Nvidia's powerful AI chips, and Apple's potential partnership with Google for AI features. It also touches on generative AI, ethical concerns, and the future of AI and robotics.
Mar 13, 2024 • 1h 5min
The Value of Open Source AI
Exploring the tempering of expectations around generative AI, the debate on open-sourcing AI models, and unique AI applications in journalism, elderly care, and digital recreations of deceased celebrities
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Mar 6, 2024 • 58min
The AI Chicken and Egg Problem
Elon Musk's legal battle with OpenAI, Nvidia's CEO saying AI will make programming obsolete, calls for responsible AI innovation, releases of new versions of Claude LLM, Americans for Responsible AI Innovation launching, trust in AI companies dropping, issues with Amazon's Rufus shopping bot, Amazon's $1 billion industrial innovation fund, and advancements in humanoid robot developments.
Feb 28, 2024 • 60min
Contextualizing Noise with Blackbird's Compass
Discussing Blackbird.ai's Compass, an AI tool for verifying claims with context, and Google's Gemini model controversy. Exploration of data-sharing deals for AI training and the importance of open sourcing AI systems. Delving into the role of Compass in combating misinformation and providing clarity in media content.
Feb 21, 2024 • 51min
The Chatbot Effect
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the latest AI news, including OpenAI's new Sora video generator, legal issues for an Air Canada chatbot, missteps in publishing AI art in a medical journal, and Jason gives a hands-on demo of Perplexity Pro including a solid example of why it's necessary to scrutinize the output of LLMs.
Release of OpenAI's Sora for video generation
Debate over whether advanced AI capabilities indicate nearing AGI
Meta's new AI model V-JEPA learns from video like LLMs learn from text
Effect of Sora release on Adobe stock valuation
Air Canada chatbot provides misleading refund info, company gets sued
Scientific journal publishes AI-generated rat diagram from Midjourney
British painter Harold Cohen spent 40+ years refining an image-generating robot
PERPLEXITY PRO DEMONSTRATION
Integrates multiple models like GPT-3.5 and Stable Diffusion
Capability to search across internet sources with up-to-date results
The need to verify its output: Got its own capabilities wrong by claiming it uses model "Sora"
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