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Sep 2023
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TWiT 946: AI is Number Two - iPhone 15 h...

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iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks    

  • Discussion on hype cycle of AI; evaluating current state
  • Defining artificial intelligence vs regular computation
  • AI winters and peaks of inflated expectations for AI
  • Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of chatbots like ChatGPT
  • AI's role in computational photography and new iPhones
  • Microsoft's focus on AI with OpenAI partnership
  • Multimodal AI and challenges like hallucination
  • Apple's secretive approach to developing AI technology
  • Job loss concerns with the advancement of AI; need for training
  • Unity's failed attempt to charge developers an install fee
  • Tech IPO outlook after Instacart and Clavio
  • Panos Panay leaving Microsoft for Amazon
  • New Amazon Echo and Alexa AI announcements
  • Authors suing OpenAI over AI-generated content
  • Misinformation research facing political attacks
  • Implications of AI voice mimicry without consent
  • Neuralink seeking volunteers for brain chip implants

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ben Parr, Harry McCracken, and Doc Rock

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