Do You Hear What AI Hear?

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Researchers in Toronto have used a technology called “neural karaoke” to teach a computer to write a song after looking at a photo, and the little carol it penned after viewing a festive Christmas tree is absolutely horrifying. Jeff and Anthony take a listen and give their thoughts. Happy holidays everyone!

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0:00.0	Patrons we're doing two holiday hangouts this month. They're gonna be on Christmas Eve Eve Eve. Oh, that's a good way to hear
0:10.4	New years Eve Eve Eve. That's how we do things everybody. So that's complicated. You should know now
0:18.3	That's December 22nd and December 29th. There'll be at 5 p.m. Pacific. This is a place where our patrons get together with us and we do a live video hangout
0:26.4	You can find out more details about how to join us at patreon.com slash we have concerns
0:46.7	Control the seat Jeff and let your baby cry. You got your shit backwards. This is we have concerns. Hi Jeff can
0:53.6	I have the need car boning hello concerned citizens machine learning
0:58.3	Yeah, we're hearing about it great. I'm all for it. We're hearing about it. It's changing the world
1:03.6	Jobs gone machines taken over learning. All the jobs are coming back. I heard I heard oh because of the president every single job is coming back
1:12.7	Even in industries that we don't need anymore all the jobs are coming they left and now they're coming back
1:17.1	Yeah, we're not gonna figure out how to create new jobs or a basic level of income for everybody
1:23.0	Because we don't have to because the jobs are coming back. They're they're getting on a plane and they're flying back
1:27.4	The jobs are where the jobs right now you can track them
1:29.7	There's a tracking number on each individual job. We injected a GPS and each of the jobs right now
1:33.9	The jobs are in their migration around the South China seas. Yeah, that's the problem. They are every winter the jobs go go south
1:39.9	But they're gonna come back. That's the thing
1:42.4	This is all like a snowbirds these jobs. Yeah, our climate change. It's all
1:46.4	Sicklical I get it the jobs come back. Well
1:49.4	Machine learning is capable of a lot of things
1:51.3	I mean we've talked before on the show about applying machine learning to art. Yeah, where you know
1:57.9	Obviously machine can learn how to do a technical job. You can but what about
2:03.2	What about painting a painting or writing a symphony god? I can't wait until we don't have to express ourselves creatively anymore
2:09.7	Oh, it'll be so nice. It's gonna be so good when it's something somebody else is just taking care of that
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