IM 811: Flippin' the Bird - Anthony Aguirre, AI Safety, Hollywood vs. AI

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Artificial Intelligence, Ai, Alphabet, Youtube, Twit, News, Technology, Google, Android, Tech News, Chrome

4.3 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 179 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Interview with Anthony Aguirre
The NIST's new directive to AI Safety Institute partners scrubs mentions of "AI safety" and "AI fairness" and prioritizes "reducing ideological bias" in models
Jensen Huang GTC Keynote in 16 minutes
Nvidia and Yum! Brands team up to expand AI ordering
Google Is Officially Replacing Assistant With Gemini - Slashdot
Google's Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal
Hollywood warns about AI industry's push to change copyright law
Hear what Horizon Zero Dawn actor Ashly Burch thinks about AI taking her job
Guardian agrees with Leo
The Daily Wire announces new advertising partnership with Perplexity and The Ben Shapiro Show
Elon Musk's Grok to merge with Perplexity AI?
Perplexity dunks on Google's 'glue on pizza' AI fail in new ad
Google announces new health-care AI updates for Search
Google plans to release new 'open' AI models for drug discovery
EFF: California's A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly
Italian newspaper says it has published world's first AI-generated edition
AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language
Kevin Roose joins the AGI cult: Why I'm Feeling the A.G.I.
I Hitched a Ride in San Francisco's Newest Robotaxi
Elon Musk's X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround
The 560-pound Twitter logo from its San Francisco headquarters is up for auction
Andreessen wants to shut down all higher education in America
FSF's Memorabilia Silent Auction Begins Today - Slashdot
Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains
Google acquires cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion
Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara
Oh Mary!
TechCrunch Founder-Turned-Crypto Investor Pays $60 Million for Miami Beach Home

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Anthony Aguirre

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0:00.0	It's time for intelligent machines.
0:02.6	Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martino will be here also Anthony Aguirre.
0:07.2	He is the co-founder and executive director of the Future of Life Institute.
0:10.6	He is really worried about AI taking over.
0:15.1	He'll explain why next on Intelligent Machines.
0:20.7	Podcasts you love.
0:22.6	From people you trust.
0:25.1	This is Twit.
0:29.7	This is Intelligent Machines with Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martino.
0:34.6	Episode 811, recorded Wednesday, March 19th 2025 flipping the bird it's time for
0:42.7	intelligent machines the show where we cover the latest in intelligent machines and AI
0:48.9	Jeff is out for a bit he'll be back a little later on in the show but paris martineau is with us from the
0:54.9	information dot com hi paris hi great to see you and our guest as this is the new format of the show
1:03.9	you know we've renamed it uh we really are focusing on AI and one of the things that we want to do
1:08.8	because i don't know about you but i feel like there's a lot going on in AI and there's the things that we want to do, because I don't know about you, but I feel like
1:10.9	there's a lot going on in AI and there's a lot I don't understand. And I'm really trying to learn
1:16.1	more. And what we're trying to do is at the beginning of each show, spent half an hour with somebody
1:20.3	who's doing something significant, interesting, or can explain more about what's going on.
1:26.3	And so that's what we're going to do. And then we will get into the AI news in other news, which is a chance for Paris.
1:33.3	Jeff and I to get silly and our picks of the week.
1:36.3	But we're going to start off today with our guest.
1:38.3	Anthony, I forgot to ask you, is it Aguirre?
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