Week in Tech: Duping Big Tech’s Tech Test
Could AI help you land an internship? This week in the News Roundup, Oz and producer Eliza Dennis explore the rise of vibecoding, what it means for the future of software development and how one college programmer hopes to reform the Big Tech hiring process. On TechSupport, Oz chats with the founder and researcher of the Exponential View newsletter, Azeem Azhar, about the latest AI innovation and its significance in the battle for technological supremacy.
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855: Exponential Views on AI and Humanity’s Greatest Challenges, with Azeem Azhar
How can we use AI to solve global problems like the environmental crisis, and how will future AI start to manage increasingly complex workflows? Famed futurist Azeem Azhar talks to Jon Krohn about the future of AI as a force for good, how we can stay mindful of an evolving job market, and Azeem’s favorite tools for automating his workflows.
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In this episode you will learn:
(05:43) Azeem Azhar’s vision for AI’s future
(14:16) How to prepare for technological shifts
(20:35) How to be more like an AI-first company
(38:46) The tools Azeem Azhar uses regularly
(50:09) The benefits and risks of transitioning to renewable energy
(1:09:28) Opportunities in the future workplace
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Looking Up the AI Exponential with Azeem Azhar of the Exponential View
In this conversation, Nathan is joined by Azeem Azhar, founder and writer of the Exponential View. They discuss why startups are likely to drive the true disruption in the industry, what forward thinking leaders are doing today to retrain their teams for AI, why Azeem agrees with Sam Altman’s comments that AGI will likely arrive soon, new governance mechanisms for the AI age, and more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api
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Exponential View: https://www.exponentialview.co/
Exponential Age, written by Azeem Azhar: https://www.amazon.com/Exponential-Age-Digital-Revolution-Rewire/dp/1635769094
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TIMESTAMPS:
(02:34) The Great Embedding: predictions for the future of AI
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(22:53) The future of AI in medicine
(25:57) The role of AI in customer service and data entry
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(40:45) The concept of transition and the role of big banks and tech companies
(42:13) The adoption of AI in large companies and its impact
(44:47) The potential disruption of industries by AI
(47:12) The future of AI: Opportunities and challenges
(01:18:02) The benefits and challenges of bot-to-bot communication
(01:20:54) The future of AI: Opportunities and threats
(01:22:53) The role of governance in AI development
(01:39:39) The role of trust and responsibility in AI development
(01:46:57) The importance of public trust in AI technology
(01:51:16) The need for checks and balances in AI development
(01:53:42) The role of government and academia in AI development
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a16z Podcast: Artificial Intelligence and the 'Space of Possible Minds'
What is A.I. or artificial intelligence but the 'space of possible minds', argues Murray Shanahan, scientific advisor on the movie Ex Machina and Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London.
In this special episode of the a16z Podcast brought to you on the ground from London, Shanahan -- along with journalist-turned-entrepreneur Azeem Azhar (who also curates The Exponential View newsletter on AI and more) and The Economist Deputy Editor Tom Standage (the author of several tech history books) -- we discuss the past, present, and future of A.I. ... as well as how it fits (or doesn't fit) with machine learning and deep learning.
But where are we now in the A.I. evolution? What players do we think will lead, if not win, the current race? And how should we think about issues such as ethics and automation of jobs without descending into obvious extremes? All this and more, including a surprise easter egg in Ex Machina shared by Shanahan, whose work influenced the movie.
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