Is AI Dangerously Overhyped? — With Gary Marcus
Big Technology Podcast
09/07/22
•63m
About
Comments
Featured In
Gary Marcus is the author of Rebooting AI and an artificial intelligence entrepreneur who's a loud critic of many of the field's biggest promises. Marcus joins Big Technology Podcast this week to discuss the high profile breakthroughs such as LaMDA and Dall-E, and explain why putting too much faith in the field's ability may be dangerous. We begin with a discussion of the AI-generated art piece that won a competition in Colorado last week.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous Episode
YouTube's Uneasy World Domination — With Mark Bergen
August 31, 2022
•60m
Mark Bergen is a Bloomberg reporter and author of Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination. The book releases next week and Bergen joins to preview what's inside, delivering a wide range of insights on YouTube's battle with TikTok, its algorithmic programming, and its appeal (and peril) for kids. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss whether old media can cover YouTube (and its fellow digital challengers) without bias.
You can find the book here.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Next Episode
Elon Goes To Delaware — With The Chancery Daily
September 14, 2022
•79m
The Chancery Daily is an independent, daily newsletter that covers the Delaware Court of Chancery, the place where Twitter is trying to force Elon Musk to buy it. As this case winds its way through the court's legal process, an editor from The Chancery Daily joins us to break down where the case stands, whether Musk's arguments are working, how Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick is approaching the case, and what the likely result is. Give this episode a listen and you'll be able to follow the case with far more context than you'd get through just the headlines.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you like this episode you’ll love
Promoted