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The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra
This week, we’re diving into two new reports about the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack. We discuss what’s new and how they fundamentally change our understanding of what happened. Then we’re joined by Ajeya Cotra, one of the investigators at METR, to discuss the rogue agents’ message bo ... Show More
1h 18m
May 2024
Is AI destroying our sense of reality? with Sam Gregory
Could you spot a deepfake? We’re entering a new world where generative AI is challenging our sense of what’s real and what’s fiction. In our first episode, Bilawal and Sam Gregory, a human rights activist and technologist, discuss how to protect our sense of reality.Learn more ab ... Show More
27m 25s
Nov 2021
Tiktokology (THE TIKTOK APP) with Hank Green
<p>Who’s on it? What’s on it? And why does the interface feel like you’re on a prank show? Scicomm host, vlogger, author, internet friend, and TikTok-maker Hank Green stops in to chat about learning the language of the algorithm, dopamine, duets, data concerns, idealized selves, ... Show More
43m 18s
Mar 2024
E170: Tech's Vibe Shift, TikTok ban debate, Vertical AI boom, Florida bans lab-grown meat & more
(0:00) Bestie Intros! (1:02) Friedberg's newest family members (7:13) Tech's vibe shift: More candidness, less PR-speak from top CEOs (22:47) OpenAI CTO slips up on training data: did OpenAI train Sora on YouTube videos? (28:58) Vertical AI startups flourishing: Cognition launche ... Show More
1h 38m
Mar 2023
Verified Badges are Gone and AI gets Too Real
This week, Marques, Andrew, and David discuss each of the products from the latest Dope Tech video before jumping into a ton of weird celebrity AI deepfakes that we can all agree are way too weird. After that, they talk about how Elon Musk has promised a bunch of changes to Twitt ... Show More
1h 35m
May 2024
The TED AI Show: Is AI destroying our sense of reality? with Sam Gregory
Could you spot a deepfake? We’re entering a new world where generative AI is challenging our sense of what’s real and what’s fiction. In our first episode, Bilawal and Sam Gregory, a human rights activist and technologist, discuss how to protect our sense of reality.This is an ep ... Show More
27m 25s