AI #168: Not Leading the Future

About this episode

The episode discusses the limitations and implications of AI and language models in various contexts.

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:29 - Table of Contents * 00:03:59 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:05:43 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:06:46 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:07:23 - Levels of Friction * 00:08:35 - On Your Marks * 00:10:04 - Get My Agent On The Line * 00:13:14 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:14:34 - Fun With Media Generation * 00:16:38 - On AI Writing * 00:19:51 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer * 00:22:25 - You Drive Me Crazy * 00:23:14 - They Took Our Jobs * 00:25:26 - The Art of the Jailbreak * 00:25:42 - Introducing * 00:26:24 - Claude Has Its Limits * 00:27:28 - Show Me the Money * 00:29:21 - Show Me The Compute * 00:31:08 - Quiet Speculations * 00:32:34 - Quickly, There’s No Time * 00:33:34 - Chip City * 00:34:41 - Pick Up The Phone * 00:35:17 - The Week in Audio * 00:35:45 - Rhetorical Innovation * 00:40:18 - Not Leading the Future * 00:46:14 - Elon Musk v OpenAI * 00:47:15 - People Just Say Things * 00:47:41 - People Just Publish Things * 00:48:39…

Topics covered

• AI
• language models
• media generation
• job displacement
• AI ethics
• future of technology

Keywords

• AI
• language models
• Elon Musk
• OpenAI
• media generation
• job displacement
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Kosa, SB 315

Books & works: A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, Deepfaketown, Botpocalypse Soon, The Art of the Jailbreak, Messages From Janusworld

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