Magic and wonder in the age of AI | David Kwong

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

With AI everywhere you look, you may think you've seen it all. Magician David Kwong suggests otherwise, proposing advancements in technology actually increase opportunities for wonder. In an entertaining performance, he invites an audience member on stage to exhibit the mind-reading magic of ChatGPT — and explores how tech elevates our capacity for awe.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:15.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:17.0	So usually if the talk is from a magician, we really insist that you see it, and you should absolutely watch magician David
0:24.8	quang's talk on TED.com but since we are a podcast we found a way to share quang's
0:29.8	ideas about magic, about capturing wonder and how to find the fun in our latest technologies,
0:36.7	all in a coherent audio format for you, after the break.
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1:19.0	I am both a magician and a New York Times cross-for puzzle constructor, and I think that all magic tricks are puzzles
1:23.0	puzzles designed to fool your brain.
1:25.0	I'm also a self-described word nerd.
1:28.0	And I was thinking the other day about the word wonder
1:31.0	and the meaning of the word wonder.
1:33.0	What is wonder?
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