How to train ChatGPT to serve you | AI Legend Terry Sejnowski [Ep. 475]

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Can AI tools like ChatGPT actually "think," or is it just really good at mimicking human conversation? How much of what AI spits out is a reflection of our own ideas and intentions? And where's all this tech headed in the future? Today, I’m joined by Terry Sejnowski, a renowned computational neuroscientist and pioneer in AI and deep learning. Based at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of California, San Diego, he bridges neuroscience and AI to explore how biological brains and artificial systems learn and process information. Terry is also the co-creator of the Boltzmann Machine, a game-changing algorithm that has shaped today’s AI and is a foundation for modern neural networks. He has also written some incredible books, including The Deep Learning Revolution” and “ChatGPT and the Future of AI. In our conversation, we discuss the current state of AI, what’s next, the ins and outs of prompt engineering, the mirror hypothesis (how AI reflects us), its impact on productivity, and the ethical challenges we must tackle. Tune in to discover the truth about AI! — Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 00:36 Judging a book by its cover 07:05 The impact of AI on human capabilities 12:32 Einstein's happiest thought and can AI think? 16:51 Can AI come up with something novel? 24:20 The role of learning and neural networks in AI 32:37 The future of AI and its potential impact 46:43 The mirroring effect 50:52 Practical applications of AI 54:00 Outro — Additional resources: ➡️ Learn more about Terry Sejnowski: 📚 ChatGPT and the Future of AI: https://a.co/d/cZnuZbs ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Chat GDP is judging the intelligence of the person asking the questions.
0:04.0	Deep question, I'll think of a deep answer.
0:06.0	Or a silly question, I will give a silly answer.
0:09.0	In other words, it's in a sense a mirror.
0:11.0	Everybody compares it to humans, and I think that's the wrong way to think about it.
0:14.0	It's a tool, it's like a shovel, and you have to know how to use the tool properly.
0:17.0	But if you do, you can actually dig much deeper than you could with your hands.
0:27.2	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:33.8	Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
0:36.1	Welcome back to the Into the impossible podcast today we are exploring
0:39.9	the nature of minds brains and even whether or not these new and impressive tools like chat chp t are
0:48.5	actually doing thinking and i'm joined by a good friend of the of the campus and of all of science in particular, Dr. Terry
0:56.8	Sadnowski of the Salk Institute and also join employment at UCSD biological neurobiology, right?
1:02.6	That's correct.
1:03.2	Good.
1:03.4	And we have a lot of friends in common, Andrew Huberman, Tetri Patrick, both, well, Gentry was a
1:09.5	guest on the show.
1:10.6	I'm trying to get Andrew on maybe for his new book.
1:12.9	Today we're talking about your books, and I have two of them.
1:15.7	This one I had wanted to have you on, the Deep Learning Revolution, which was really
1:20.1	prescient and it did kind of presage a lot of the stuff that we're talking about today in your new book,
1:24.8	and that everybody's talking about.
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