IM 872: Infinite Jeffs - Why the Pope's AI Manifesto Matters

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on creative work and the significance of the Pope's AI manifesto.

Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and invites tech skeptics and true believers to weigh in? The Pope's AI encyclical: technology, ethics, and human dignity Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car Even if you hate AI, you will use Google AI Search There's a new way to create Google Docs with your voice White House, Anthropic near deal for spy agencies to use AI Claude Mythos preview uncovers 10,000+ zero-day vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public Chinese AI startup DeepSeek slashes price of flagship model Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes ElevenLabs's new music generation model can switch genres mid-track David Sacks's 11th-hour plea led to Trump's backtrack on AI executive order I'm tired of talking to AI In Memoriam: Don Newhouse Picks of the Week: KMart Muzak Infinite Jeffs isaiprofitable.com Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Rick Sammon Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines…

People in this episode

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Rick Sammon

Topics covered

• AI ethics
• creative work
• technology
• Pope's encyclical
• music generation
• AI vulnerabilities

Keywords

• AI
• Pope
• technology
• ethics
• music generation
• vulnerabilities
• Google AI
• Ferrari
• DeepSeek

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Organizations: Pope, Ferrari, Google, White House, Anthropic, Spotify, Universal Music, ElevenLabs, KMart, DeepSeek

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