Anthropic discovers what really scares people about AI

About this episode

Mark Stockley explores the real fears people have about AI with guest Alfred Nutile, while discussing recent news in the AI industry.

In episode 94 of The AI Fix, Mark digs into what really scares people about AI and is surprised to learn it isn't robot dogs with flamethrowers, while guest host Alfred Nutile shares his three steps to being less terrified of AI. Also in this episode, Mark has a bath with his Mac; Yann LeCun gets a billion dollars to prove the entire AI industry wrong; Atlassian fires 1,600 people to fund its AI pivot; and somebody finds a way to make money from Spotify, and then promptly gets arrested for it. Episode links: DailyAI Studio . Put Claude to work on your computer . Yann LeCun just raised $1bn to prove the AI industry has got it wrong . Atlassian follows Block's footsteps and cuts staff in the name of AI . North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty To Music Streaming Fraud Aided By Artificial Intelligence . What 81,000 people want from AI . 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…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Stockley

Guest: Alfred Nutile

Topics covered

• AI fears
• technology news
• comedy
• AI industry
• job cuts
• music streaming fraud

Keywords

• AI
• fears
• technology
• job cuts
• fraud
• Yann LeCun
• Atlassian
• Spotify
• Anthropic

Sponsors

Anthropic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atlassian, Spotify, DailyAI Studio

Places: North Carolina

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