0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers.
0:14.6	I'm your host Andrew Heaton.
0:17.4	And today we are going to explore, not the past, not the future
0:24.0	future as we so often turn our eyes to when discussing technology
0:28.0	but the bleeding edge of today the, where we are now with artificial intelligence and specifically what people
0:40.1	get wrong about it. And for that purpose, we will bring on none other than Tom Merritt, my friend and yours,
0:48.0	and a very knowledgeable fellow on that topic.
0:52.0	Now, I am fascinated by everything that's happening with AI,
0:56.0	partly due to the big picture stuff that we've talked about on prior programs
1:00.0	about automation and how things will affect the political economy.
1:05.0	I think that we are living through the beginning of something that is most similar to the
1:09.5	kickoff for the internet, or the invention of the printing press.
1:14.0	AI and large language models like Chatch EPT
1:17.0	are I think going to radically change society.
1:20.0	And we're on the ground floor.
1:22.0	We're at the very beginning. The door just opens, so I'm very keen to keep my eye on things and see where we're headed to try to peak over the horizon.
1:30.0	Also, I am interested in AI because I can actively use it for my personal life and job.
1:37.3	I use chat gPT sometimes to help research this show.
1:41.3	I'm careful about it, don't worry, I check my sources, I ask for citations, but it can be useful.
1:47.0	And last year, I was one of the first podcast hosts, maybe one of the, I think it was number two, turns out somebody beat me, but I was one of the I think it was number two turns out somebody beat me but I was one of the first ever try this to attempt to automate myself my goal was to upload enough versions of my monologues and voice that I could just go on vacation
2:08.1	and not tell anybody. I didn't mention that to you at the time, but that's what I was up to.
2:11.8	I was like, can I just step back and just, I don't know, go smoke a cigar and fish or something? Turns out, no. Turns out no, I had ChatGPT write up a script about automation, but it truly lacked pizzazz,
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