Word Watch: “Genocide,” and Do We Have to Care About OpenAI?

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🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Defining the violence in Gaza; OpenAI's frontpage drama; and the new age of "effective altruism"

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0:00.0	Genocide Joe has got to go.
0:03.0	Genocide Joe has got to go.
0:05.0	The legal, political, and emotional implications
0:09.0	of describing the Israel-Hamaff conflict as genocide.
0:13.6	On WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:16.5	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:17.8	And I'm Michael Ellinger.
0:19.4	Also on this week's show, do we have to pay attention to the latest Silicon Valley soap opera?
0:24.6	For many the phrase open AI has fired Sam Altman is like the phrase
0:29.7	Zendiah is michy or bibme is now part of Cheg, a collection of words that carries no emotional
0:36.7	or semantic weight.
0:37.7	Plus, the niche philosophy that's shaped the hearts and minds of AI researchers.
0:45.0	People who are followers of EA,
0:48.0	they play different kinds of games.
0:50.8	There's one that we encounter. It's a variant of chess called Bug House.
0:56.0	It's all coming up after this.
1:01.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:06.0	And I'm Michael Leninger.
1:08.0	At time of recording, the hostage-swapped ceasefire in Israel and Palestine has ended.
1:14.0	Because says Israel, Hamas violated the truce by firing rockets.
1:19.0	Because says Hamas, Israel began moving troops after refusing to release more prisoners.
1:25.4	Because says Israel, Hamas was still withholding women after promising not to.
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