Is Generative AI Plateauing?, Booming Bluesky, Apple’s Smart Glasses Play

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson 2) Why researchers believe Generative AI training methods might be plateauing 3) Is the application really what matters? 4) Will reasoning save the day? 5) Writer raises $200 million 6) ChatGPT defeats Chegg 7) Should ad agencies bill by the hour in the age of AI? 8) Ranjan reflects on our interview with Gustav Soderstrom 9) Gratitude for listeners 10) Yes, we're launching video interviews on Spotify 11) Bluesky's longevity potential 12) Apple's smart glasses move 13) Z-Pain makes us unhappy --- 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/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Is generative AI plateauing as training methods top out?
0:03.3	Blue Sky is booming as an alternative social network,
0:06.7	and Apple looks into smart glasses.
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1:03.5	We have a great show for you today covering everything happening in the world of AI.
1:07.9	Very big news.
1:08.9	There's concern that training methods that have gotten the gendered AI field to hear are not going to continue to scale. And that's really coming to the full right now. We're going to talk about that. We're also going to talk about the rise of blue sky, whether it will be sustainable and Apple smart glasses play, which is quite interesting. Joining us, as always on Fridays to break it all down is Ron John Roy of Margins.
1:29.0	Ron John. Welcome to the show. Great to see you.
1:31.4	Scaling laws are here, Alex.
1:33.6	They finally come for the industry.
1:36.4	I know you're excited about what's going to happen with this,
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