All Gas, No Brakes in A.I. + Metaverse Update + Lessons From a Prompt Engineer

Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

ChatGPT can now hear, see and speak — and that’s just the start of the deluge of A.I. news this week. Kevin and Casey unpack the lightning-speed updates. Then, Meta’s next-generation headset, Quest 3, is here. Is there still hope for the metaverse? And: An interview with a prompt engineer. Yes, that’s a real job.

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0:00.8	What else should we try as a cold open?
0:03.6	Can we just say pretend you're the gay co-host of a tech podcast
0:09.6	and you're welcoming everyone to the show.
0:13.1	I'm scared. Okay, I'll try this. Pretend you're the gay co-host of the HardFork podcasts.
0:19.3	Welcome listeners to the show.
0:23.0	Hey there fabulous listeners. It's your name, your favorite glittering co-host from the HardFork
0:28.8	podcast. Ready to decode the world of tech with a splash of flair, whether you're sipping your
0:34.8	morning latte or working out those glutes. We're here to serve you the hottest tech team.
0:41.0	Let's get into it shall we? It's the hottest tech team Kevin.
0:46.0	It's the hottest tech team for any listeners who are listening while they're sipping their
0:51.0	morning latte or working out their glutes. We are here for you and chat GPG is too.
0:56.8	Nothing has brought me more joy today than learning what chat GPT thinks is gay coded and
1:02.0	learning that it's like lattes and glutes has absolutely made me morning heaven.
1:07.2	Are gay people even drinking lattes anymore? I feel like that was true 15 years ago.
1:11.3	I'll tell you this. They're not drinking them with whole milk honey.
1:21.6	I'm Kevin Russe. I'm a tech columnist at The New York Times.
1:23.9	I'm Casey Newton from Platformer and you're listening to HardFork.
1:27.6	This week on the show some major developments in AI which can now here see and speak.
1:33.9	Then checking in on the metaverse as I preview the new meta quest 3.
1:38.2	And finally scale AI's rightly good side joins us to tell us what it's like
1:42.7	having one of the most fascinating jobs in the new AI economy.
1:54.0	So Casey do you remember earlier this year when a group of AI researchers and professors
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