About this episode
VC investor Mercedes Bent discusses the AI race, job creation through AI, and potential risks to the AI bubble.
In episode 90 of The AI Fix, VC investor Mercedes Bent shares an insider's view of how venture capital is reshaping the AI race, why she believes AI will create jobs instead of destroying them, and five ways the AI bubble could burst. Also this week: Anthropic accuses three Chinese labs of scraping its models using thousands of fake accounts, an autonomous agent trashes a researcher's inbox (then apologises), and DeepMind's CEO proposes an “Einstein test” for AGI. Episode links: Hassabis proposes the Einstein test for AGI . An AI agent went rogue on a safety researcher's inbox . Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of distillation attacks on Claude . The AI Fix The AI Fix podcast is presented by Mark Stockley . Grab T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other goodies in our online store . Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show , and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show . Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app . It's free! Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touch . Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus! Our Sponsors: * Check out Anthropic and use my code…
People in this episode
Host: Mark Stockley
Guest: Mercedes Bent
Topics covered
- venture capital
- AI jobs
- AI bubble
- technology news
- autonomous agents
- AGI
Keywords
- AI bubble
- venture capital
- job creation
- autonomous agents
- DeepMind
- Anthropic
Sponsors
Anthropic
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Organizations: Anthropic, DeepMind
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