Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchElon's X Machina + Crypto Orbs + A Visit to Google’s Robot Lab
Episode 40
On Sunday night, a crane arrived in downtown San Francisco to take down the Twitter sign from the company’s office building. The crane’s arrival mark…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dario Amodei, C.E.O. of Anthropic, on the Paradoxes of A.I. Safety and Netflix’s ‘Deep Fake Love’
Episode 39
Dario Amodei has been anxious about A.I. since before it was cool to be anxious about A.I. After a few years working at OpenAI, he decided to do some…
2 years, 10 months ago
Help! My Boss Won’t Stop Using ChatGPT
Episode 38
This week, we answer more of your questions, like: What is ChatGPT’s carbon footprint? Why are engineers so sure artificial intelligence will keep ge…
2 years, 11 months ago
Special Episode: Meta’s Twitter Rival Arrives, with Adam Mosseri
Episode 37
Instagram is no stranger to taking product ideas from other companies and turning them into their own successes. Just ask Snapchat about Instagram St…
2 years, 11 months ago
Is A.I. Poisoning Itself? + Billionaire Cage Fight + Cooking With ChatGPT
Episode 36
Whether it’s on TikTok or Twitter, A.I.-generated content is already flooding the web. So, what happens when the technology — prone to confidently ma…
2 years, 11 months ago
A.I. Beach + Vibes-Based R.T.O. + the ‘Black Mirror’ Quamputer
Episode 35
This week, advertisers swarmed the beaches of southern France for the Cannes Lions advertising festival. Kevin says artificial intelligence is all an…
2 years, 11 months ago
Reddit Revolts + MrBeast’s YouTube Empire + Peak Trust and Safety?
Episode 34
Moderators on Reddit have shut down their forums in protest of a new policy that charges users for access to the site’s API. The revolt has put Kevin…
3 years ago
Apple’s Face Computer + Crypto Chaos + How Teens Really Feel About Social Media
Episode 33
Apple kicked off the week with the announcement of a mixed-reality headset: the Apple Vision Pro. Putting a computer on your face may seem weird AF, …
3 years ago
A.I.'s Inner Conflict + Nvidia Joins the Trillion-Dollar Club + Hard Questions
Episode 32
A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I. experts released a letter warning of the “risk of …
3 years ago
The Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning + A.I.’s Existential Risks
Episode 31
The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, says social media poses a “profound risk of harm” to young people. Why do some in the tech industry disag…
3 years ago