The Next Big Idea Daily: What Can AI Really Do?

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI share what you need to know about AI — and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📕 AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor 📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter, and you’ll get daily, bite‑sized insights from the best new nonfiction books — in audio or text — straight from the authors. Sign up today!

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0:00.0	Happy Monday. I'm Michael Kovnet, host of the Next Big Idea Spinoff, The Next Big Idea Daily.
0:06.2	Every weekday, I invite leading nonfiction authors to share the big ideas from their books
0:10.9	about psychology, business, relationships, and just about everything else. It's a mini masterclass
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0:36.1	Good morning. I'm your host, Michael Kovnet, and this is the next big idea daily. Quick masterclasses from the best new nonfiction in under 15 minutes. Make sure you're following the show to get new episodes and sign up for our free companion newsletter using the link in the episode notes.
0:55.7	So we're hearing a ton about AI these days, and with all the hype, it can be hard to get a
1:00.9	clear picture of what it is this technology can actually do. Maybe one clarifying question is to
1:07.8	ask what it can't do. Princeton computer scientists Arvin Naraynan and
1:12.8	Syash Kapoor take that approach in the new book AI snake oil, what artificial intelligence can do,
1:19.7	what it can't, and how to tell the difference. Arvind will share their big ideas right after this
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