About this episode
This episode explores the aftermath of ChatGPT's release and the reactions of key figures in AI.
In the strange months after ChatGPT’s release, the world made contact with something new. A tech CEO begged to be regulated, a chatbot seemed to fall in love, and the godfathers of AI became frightened by the implications of what they’d spent their lives building. THIS EPISODE FEATURES: Keach Hagey, Kevin Roose, Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton LINKS: Keach Hagey’s book The Optimist Sam Altman testifies at Senate artificial intelligence hearing, May 16, 2023 Sam Altman testifies at Senate hearing on artificial intelligence, May 8, 2025 Kevin Roose’s article on Sydney Kevin’s podcast: Hard Fork CREDITS: This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Gregory Warner, Andrew Parsons, Megan Phelps-Roper, Matthew Boll, Seth Temple Andrews, and Ethan Mannello. It is hosted by Gregory Warner Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Cobey Bienert, and Matthew Boll The Last Invention artwork by Jacob Boll To become a Longview subscriber you can visit us here Thank you to our sponsors Ground News and FIRE GROUND NEWS: Go to groundnews.com/invent to get 40% off unlimited access to…
People in this episode
Host: Gregory Warner
Guests: Keach Hagey, Kevin Roose, Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton
Topics covered
- AI implications
- technology regulation
- human-chatbot interaction
- AI ethics
- societal impact of AI
Keywords
- ChatGPT
- AI
- technology
- regulation
- ethics
- human interaction
- Keach Hagey
- Kevin Roose
- Yoshua Bengio
- Geoffrey Hinton
Sponsors
Ground News, FIRE
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Last Invention, Longview
Books & works: The Optimist, Hard Fork
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