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Big Technology Podcast

An AI Chatbot Debate — With Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Management, Religion, Politics, Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Investing, Marketing, News Commentary, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Tech News, Philosophy, Government, Technology

4.7596 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Blake Lemoine is the ex-Google engineer who concluded the company's LaMDA chatbot was sentient. Gary Marcus is an academic, author, and outspoken AI critic. The two join Big Technology Podcast to debate the utility of AI chatbots, their dangers, and the actual technology they're built on. Join us for a fascinating conversation that reveals much about the state of this technology. There's plenty to be learned from the disagreements, and the common ground as well. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Will AI improve our lives or exterminate the species?

0:05.0

What would it take to abolish poverty?

0:08.0

Are you eating enough fermented foods?

0:10.0

These are some of the questions we've tackled recently on the next big idea.

0:14.0

I'm Rufus Griscombe, and every week I sit down with the world's leading thinkers

0:19.0

for in-depth conversations that will help you live, work, and play smarter.

0:23.6

Follow the next big idea wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.6

Hey, I'm Gianna Predente.

0:32.6

And I'm Jemate Jackson Gadsden.

0:33.6

We're the host of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and IHart Podcasts.

0:37.8

There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career. That's where we come in.

0:41.7

Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer,

0:46.0

we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert Mori to Harry Poor. If you start thinking

0:50.2

about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit.

0:54.8

Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

0:59.1

podcast.

1:09.7

Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.

1:15.7

Now, the emergence of AI chatbots is one of the most exciting but confusing developments in recent technological history.

1:22.6

So everyone is playing with these things, but we're also trying to find out what are they actually?

1:28.2

We have questions like how powerful are they?

1:30.5

What do they actually know?

1:32.0

And how much of this is magic trick versus real technology?

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