Kevin Roose, a tech columnist at The New York Times, joins Scott to discuss the broader implications and opportunities of crypto and Web3. We also learn why Kevin is bullish on artificial intelligence, despite the negative externalities that may arise as the world moves towards automation. Follow Kevin on Twitter, @kevinroose.
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Can OpenAI and Anthropic Justify Their Valuations? + Flock, Privacy, and Plummeting Crime
Scott Galloway answers listener questions on whether frontier AI labs can compete with cheaper open-weight models, his college stint as a sperm donor, Flock license plate cameras, taking a job at an online sports betting company, and what consulting firms look for in new hires. W ... Show More
35m 30s
Oct 16
The Week: Elon’s $366 Million of Influence, Washington’s Corruption Problem, and the Skill AI Can’t Replace
George Hahn connects the dots across the week's biggest stories: what Elon’s political spending actually buys, why Kimberly Guilfoyle shouldn’t be the only one resigning, and what we lose when we outsource reading and writing to AI. We’d love your feedback as we build this show! ... Show More
19m 15s
Nov 2021
The Future Is Going to Be Weird As Hell
In our first episode, The New York Times’s Kevin Roose joins the show to walk Derek through the metaverse, crypto, NFTs, and the maybe-BS or maybe-brilliant future of technology.
Host: Derek Thompson
Guest: Kevin Roose
Producer: Devon Manze
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47m 25s
Nov 2023
How ChatGPT Can Change the Future of Jobs—Starting With Your Own
Today’s episode is about thinking practically about the AI revolution. Yes, it may one day usher in some now unthinkable utopia or dystopia. But in the meantime, our imperfect world exists, and your imperfect job exists, and you face a forced choice: Should you use this technolog ... Show More
1 h
Aug 2024
How to make yourself more human in an automated world (from How to Be a Better Human)
Kevin Roose is a tech journalist who writes about the intersection of tech, business, and culture. In today’s episode from How to Be a Better Human, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective, he talks about the shift of technology’s role in our lives and how we can set up bound ... Show More
34m 23s
Dec 2021
From Web2 to Web3: Alexis Ohanian and Kevin Rose
Kevin is joined by Alexis Ohanian, founder of venture capital firm SevenSevenSix and co-founder of Reddit. Here, they discuss youthful Digg vs. Reddit rivalry, Web2 lessons for Web3 aspirants, the cultural and economic benefits of diversifying the crypto space, NFT collecting, th ... Show More
1h 16m
Nov 2023
OpenAI Drama Casts a Shadow on Tech Industry
Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist at MIT and author of The Geek Way, explains how the OpenAI saga could impact future development of artificial intelligence. Mary Lou Gardner, Associate Partner for CPG, Retail and Logistics at Infosys Consulting, discusses retail earnin ... Show More
36m 30s
Jan 2025
Tech Talk: AI Supremacy, TikTok’s Fate, and Crypto Decadence
Today, tech talk with an old friend of the pod, Kevin Roose of The New York Times, who is also host of the 'Hard Fork' podcast.
This is a show about everything. And it’s going to remain a show about everything because I’m a little bit interested in everything. But one cost of th ... Show More
1h 2m
Jul 2023
Vinod Khosla’s View of the Future, From AI to China
After Kara and Nayeema discuss Senators Warren and Graham’s unlikely alliance on tech regulation, we turn to today’s guest: longtime venture capitalist Vinod Khosla. We discuss his take that AI will “free humanity from the need to work,” his early investments in climate tech, and ... Show More
59m 20s