Are new AI technologies like ChatGPT about to massively disrupt our world? Drawing from his recent New Yorker article on the topic, Cal explains exactly how programs like ChatGPT work, and uses this knowledge to explain why we can calm our fears about this new technology.Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your que ... Show More
Mar 9
Ep. 395: Should I Try a “Social Media Pause”?
Do you need social media? Which services? For what purposes? These are complicated questions and in today’s episode Cal proposes a simple route to answers: conducting a “social media pause.” To help investigate this strategy, Cal is joined by T.K. Coleman, of The Minimalists, to ... Show More
1h 27m
Mar 2023
AI and Coding with ChatGPT
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the current landscape of AI, how AI is trained, is AI going to take your job, who’s going to train AI, and adding AI to your applications.
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1h 6m
Feb 2023
Real Humans Chat About Chatbots
<p>The unstoppable march of artificial intelligence carries on. In mere weeks, AI has oozed into nearly everything we interact with on the internet, from conversations, to journalism, to how we look stuff up online. It's even got Google scrambling to reclaim its spot on the searc ... Show More
32m 53s
Mar 2024
FEHH x WWW: AI, VR, and the Future of Web Development
<p>In this crossover episode, Chuck and Robbie join Jem Young and Ryan Burgess from Front End Happy Hour for an engaging discussion over whiskey. They share their career backgrounds, touching on their work with major tech brands like Netflix, Amazon, and National Geographic, and ... Show More
53m 21s
Dec 2022
Can ChatGPT Make This Podcast?
<p>It’s writing podcast scripts, finishing students’ homework and correcting mistakes in computer code: ChatGPT, the A.I. chatbot from OpenAI, is suddenly everywhere. Who should decide how it’s built? What could go wrong? And what could go right?</p><p><strong>On today’s episode: ... Show More
57m 57s
Mar 2023
Supper Club × The Role Of UX Designers In Humanizing The Future with Travis Neilson
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Travis Neilson about his work at Google, YouTube music, and where AI is at now, and where it’s headed in the future.
Show Notes 00:37 Welcome
00:55 Guest introduction
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59m 22s
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">It's time we address the elephant in the room</span><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" xml:lang="EN-US" ... Show More
