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They Might Be Self-Aware

Daniel Bishop, Hunter Powers

"They Might Be Self-Aware" is your weekly tech frenzy with Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop. Every Monday, these ex-co-workers, now tech savants, strip down the AI and technology revolution to its nuts and bolts. Forget the usual sermon. Hunter and Daniel are here to inject raw, unfiltered insight into AI"s labyrinth – from its radiant promises to its shadowy puzzles. Whether you"re AI-illiterate or a digital sage, their sharp banter will be your gateway to the heart of tech"s biggest quandary. Jack

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00:33:54

The Dog Days of AI: Smart Homes, Future Crimes &...

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2024/08/26

00:00:00 Intro00:01:12 Keeping Your Dog Cool Or Turning Your House Into A Tech Fortress00:10:01 Can A Large Language Model Become Humanity's Greatest Tool Or Its Biggest Threat?00:18:41 Argentina's AI Ambitions: Predicting Crimes Or Predicting Trouble?00:23:13 FTC's Crackdown On Ai-generated Reviews – Should You Be Worried?00:28:10 From Minority Report To Real Life - Can AI Really Predict Future Crimes?00:30:02 The Ultimate Solution To Fake Reviews – In-person Interviews At Your Local Coffee

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00:29:53

AI Impostors Crash Job Hunts, Recruiters Cry Wolf &...

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2024/08/19

00:00:00 Intro00:01:28 AI In Job Interviews: Is It Cheating Or Just The Future?00:04:56 The Wild World Of Remote Work: When The Person You Hired Isn’t Who Shows Up00:11:03 Optimal Resumes: Can AI Make The Perfect Resume Or Just Flood The Market With Junk?00:14:16 Surviving The Modern Job Hunt With AI At Your Side00:19:32 The Death Of Cover Letters And The Rise Of ChatGPT00:22:23 Do Recruiters Stand A Chance Against AI-powered Applicants?00:25:56 Is A High-tech Probation Period The Solution To

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00:30:10

DIY Humane Pins, Rivian’s Rise & AI’s Secret Cheating...

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2024/08/15

00:00:00 Intro00:02:05 Hunter's Diy Humane Pin00:04:13 The Humane Pin's Future00:08:01 Daniel's Electric Car Dilemma00:13:40 Is Using Ai Cheating?00:16:20 Thanos Snaps And Ai Watermarking00:28:30 Wrap Up

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00:34:54

The White House Backs Open AI, Meta's Masterstroke &...

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2024/08/12

00:00:00 Intro00:01:48 Open Source Explained00:02:30 The Importance Of Spaces: Open Ai Vs Openai00:03:20 White House Embraces Open Source Ai00:04:40 Benefits And Pitfalls Of Running Your Own Llms00:07:00 The Open Source Llm Community00:08:00 The Economics Of Open Source Ai00:09:20 Why Do Closed Models Exist?00:17:30 Meta's Open Source Strategy00:30:00 Is Gpt-5 Already Live On Twitter?00:31:30 The Future Of Agi: Open Or Closed?00:33:58 Wrap Up

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00:34:56

Brain Chips Promise Genius, Pharma Faces Copilot...

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2024/08/08

00:00:00 Intro00:02:24 A PDF a day keeps the LLM away00:07:28 AI in the Workforce: Trend or Transformation?00:15:37 Microsoft's Copilot: Failure or Misuse?00:17:52 Meeting Notes & Summaries: Are They Worth It?00:23:32 AI Tools and Self-Awareness: The Final Frontier00:24:13 Brain Implants: AI in Our Heads00:26:53 IQ Filters: Enhancing or Deceiving?00:33:32 Wrap Up

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00:27:45

AI Voices Storm the Studio, OpenAI’s Voice Mode Debut...

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2024/08/06

00:00:00 Intro00:01:38 Meet Todd, Our New AI Cohost?00:03:26 The Long-Awaited Arrival: OpenAI’s New Voice Mode00:16:19 The $5 Billion Question: OpenAI's Race for Relevance00:17:26 Hunter vs. Search GPT: A Critical Review00:25:25 The Art of Asking: Crafting Your Search Queries00:26:35 Wrap Up

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01:02:23

AI Canelé Experiments, Nintendo’s AI Stance, and The...

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2024/07/29

00:00:00 Intro00:02:00 AI Canelé Experiment00:13:12 AI Levels Up in the Video Game Industry00:22:16 No Generative AI for Mario00:25:35 An Amish and Japanese AI Perspective00:31:01 A New AI Model is Born Every Minute00:35:53 Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Your Next Collaboration Partner00:40:46 The Senate vs. Sam Altman: Regulation or Friendship00:52:05 OpenAI’s at Risk00:57:13 The $5 Billion Question01:00:38 Wrap UpGrab Daniel's Corn Canelé recipe -

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01:04:13

AI Tacos, Privacy Wars, and Apple’s Anti-Competitive...

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2024/07/23

00:00:00 Intro00:01:36 ChatGPTaco: The Future of Edible AI00:07:18 EU’s Biometric Ban: Protecting Your Privacy00:25:50 Apple vs. EU: The Anti-Competitive AI Debate00:27:38 The COPIES Act: Fighting AI Piracy00:17:07 Legal Risks: Building AI Models on the Edge00:50:51 AI Investment Bubble: Is It Worth the Cost?01:03:03 Wrap Up

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01:05:39

Rabbit R1 Eulogy, Swedish VR Hacks, Self-Driving...

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2024/07/15

00:00:00 Intro00:01:51 A Eulogy for My Rabbit R100:03:00 Is Apple Vision Pro Next? The Dusty Present and Crisp Future00:07:34 Oculus Quest Finds Its Purpose with Swedish Furniture: A Match Made in Sweden00:24:40 Tesla FSD - Was It Worth the Free Trial?00:29:15 Waymo Driving Way Off; Can’t Get a Ticket if There’s No Driver!00:34:10 East vs West: Does It Matter Who Pulls the Trigger When AI Is Involved?00:41:56 AI Pulls the Trigger on Canning 60 Writers00:51:25 Can Dogs Talk? Can We Make Them? Should

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00:58:51

AI Privacy, Personalization, and Living in a...

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2024/07/09

00:00:00 Intro00:01:34 Threading the Needle of Camera Privacy Concerns00:17:06 Your Brain Can Detect AI Generated Material, But Somehow You Can’t00:32:33 Al Michaels Peers Deeply Into Your Soul, Whether You Like It or Not, and He’s Going to Tell You All About It at 1000:41:45 The AI Clone Wars Are Coming for Social Networks00:52:57 Does AGI End in Simulation Theory? Does Anything Exist?00:56:52 Wrap Up

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00:59:14

Fake Flamingos, Turing Test Failures, AI Politicians,...

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2024/07/01

00:00:00 Intro00:02:39 Humans Sneak into AI Competitions00:08:07 Hunter Flunks the Turing Test; Daniel's Colorful Descriptions00:18:15 AI Candidates Compete for Control in the UK and Wyoming00:39:32 Meta's Gentle Request to Cease Using Public Data00:43:51 Tinfoil Hats On: NSA and OpenAI Cozy Up00:47:29 OpenAI's Identity Crisis: Non-Profit or For-Profit?00:54:18 AI Video Generation Gets a Major Upgrade00:58:00 Wrap Up

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00:56:02

Apple's New Intelligence and Glorbo's Betrayal: AI...

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2024/06/24

00:00:00 Intro00:02:04 Mandela Effect in AI00:05:19 Apple's AI Evolution00:09:29 Excited for Glorbo00:24:10 AI Soothes Your Rage00:34:41 AI Supervisors: Placating Pros00:37:48 Generative AI: The Robotic Revolution00:41:44 Talking to Roads and Tomatoes00:50:25 When Will AGI Arrive?00:54:29 Wrap-Up

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01:08:09

Tesla, Teachers, and the 2%: The Real Impact of AI |...

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2024/06/17

00:00:00 Intro00:00:36 The Human Side of Tesla's Full Self-Driving00:06:37 Ethical Concerns: Licensing Agreements and Beyond00:22:01 All Aboard the AI Hype Train: The Lucky 2%00:26:04 AI in Education: Replacing Homework and Teachers?00:30:31 Automating Jobs: Employee Innovations and Implications00:52:09 Loving Vicariously Through AI Digital Twins00:59:59 The Countdown to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)01:05:00 Wrap-Up

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00:58:22

AI Mayhem: Gluey Pizza, Sentience, and Sam Altman’s...

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2024/06/11

00:00:00 Intro00:00:52 Uncle Elon’s Free Ride00:13:39 Training Data Diaries00:20:47 Pizza Glue Hacks00:29:43 Sentient or Not?00:44:38 Sam Altman’s Safety Circus00:51:00 Distributed AI Dreams00:53:39 The Return of Morton00:57:11 Wrap-Up

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01:02:41

AI Controversies: Celebrity Voices, Deepfakes, and...

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2024/06/03

00:00:00 Intro00:00:55 The Scarlett Johansson Voice Scandal at OpenAI00:09:16 Putin Premieres at Cannes: The Deepfake Debate00:22:18 Is Your Boss a Deepfake? Protecting the Company Coffers00:30:08 Mitch McConnell Blocks Deepfake Legislation00:35:03 Slack Promises: We Aren't Cloning You00:57:32 The Cheese Sticking AI Trick: A Kitchen Revelation01:01:14 Wrap-Up

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00:52:36

AI Steals Voices and Flips Burgers: The Future is...

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2024/05/27

00:00:00 Intro00:00:24 The Rise of GPT-4o and Google's AI Showdown00:09:11 AI Steals Voices for Audiobooks00:25:01 The Reality of AI in Fast Food00:35:05 AI: Human or Robot Mask?00:48:02 Morton's Boss, Bob Limerick, Calls In00:51:23 Wrap-Up

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00:48:56

Voice Cloning Gone Wild, AI's Impact on Truth & One...

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2024/05/20

00:00:00 Intro00:01:03 The Rabbit R1: Indispensable or Wabbit Season?00:03:34 AI: The New Author of Your News00:25:44 Biden’s Stutter and the AI Truth Trouble00:34:21 Randy Travis's AI Encore: Anyone Can Sing Like Randy00:40:05 Voice Cloning: Breaking Banks and Hearts00:43:54 AI Misuse: From Gym Teachers to Racist Tirades00:47:50 Wrap-Up

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00:56:25

AI Judges and Nukes: Navigating the Maze of Machine...

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2024/05/13

00:00:00 Intro00:00:41 The Rabbit R100:16:52 Your new AI best friend00:17:10 Voicemail from a "listener"00:24:20 Cloning the dead00:33:02 The digital afterlife and selling your personality00:47:29 Giving AI control of nukes, the legal system, and maybe everything00:54:54 Wrap-Up

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00:57:19

Meta's Glasses Come Alive, Reddit Spirits in Deaddit...

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2024/05/06

00:00:00 Intro & Meta's New Ray-Ban Update00:01:37 AI Gadget Form Factors and User Adoption00:04:21 A Dead Reddit00:07:38 Future of AI-Driven Content00:09:34 Cryptographic Signatures for Online Identity00:17:22 Regulation and AI Oversight00:39:05 AI's Role in Religion00:56:23 Wrap-Up

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01:06:46

AI Music, Love & Aliens | EP11

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2024/04/29

00:00:00 Introduction & AI Music00:02:13 The progress of MidJourney00:05:31 The future of generative AI00:08:46 Challenges in monetizing generative AI00:11:34 Meta's approach to openness and being at the forefront of technology00:39:16 AI replacing human influencers00:40:40 Emotional connections to AI00:43:30 The implications of AI on society00:47:09 Elon Musk's proposal to use Teslas' GPU power for AI training00:49:09 Aliens vs AI00:56:38 The impact of AI on the middle class and education01:00:00

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