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Rohit Krishnan — Demystifying AI (EP. 201)

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The Need for Better Evaluation Metrics in AI and Reducing Red Tape

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Better evaluation metrics are needed for AI, along with practical real-life usage and legal considerations. It's surprising that current AI can achieve this. There is a need to compare AI performance with existing alternatives rather than dismiss it based on isolated failures.

Essayist, tinkerer, and author Rohit Krishnan returns to discuss his book, Building God: Demystifying AI for Decision Makers. Important Links:

Strange Loop Canon (Rohit’s Substack)
Building God: Demystifying AI for Decision Makers
Rohit’s Twitter

Show Notes:

Demystifying AI
AI as a Fuzzy Processor
Complexity & Determinism
The Flash Crash Scenario
Regulating AI
Open Source, Closed Source & Big Brother
Carving Through Bureaucracy
Socially Adapting to AI Disruption
The Centaur Model
Integrated Information Theory & Consciousness
Big Tech in the AI Era
Are We Running Out of Data?
Rohit as Emperor of the World
MORE!

Books Mentioned:

Building God: Demystifying AI for Decision Makers; by Rohit Krishnan

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