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They Might Be Self-Aware

Daniel Bishop, Hunter Powers

They Might Be Self-Aware is a show about what it actually feels like to live through the AI revolution. Not from a safe distance. From inside the collision. Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop host. Gary produces, from a payphone, for reasons he"d rather not discuss. The format is the thesis: AI cast members, unscripted machine interactions, and a deliberate refusal to always tell you which voice in the room is human. Every Tuesday, the Doomsday Clock moves. Every episode, the blur between human and

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00:27:13

OpenAI’s Strawberry Dilemma, AI Gadgets for Life...

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2024/09/05

00:00:00 Intro00:02:40 The AI That Wants To Remember Your Entire Life: Friend Or Foe?00:03:44 Plaud's New Pin: The Ultimate Personal Assistant Or Privacy Invasion?00:16:49 OpenAi's Mysterious 'strawberry' Model And The Future Of AI Autonomy00:18:49 Can OpenAI Stay On Top Of The AI Mountain, Or Are They Running Out Of Steam?00:23:49 Who's Afraid Of AI Chatting With The Government?00:24:07 ChatGPT Becomes A Travel Agent: Would You Trust It With Your Vacation Plans?00:25:47 Wrap Up

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00:23:38

AI’s Coding Coup @ AWS, Tesla's Robot Dance & CA's...

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2024/09/02

00:00:00 Intro00:01:39 The Future Of Podcasting: Will AI Hosts Take Over?00:02:31 AWS And The Looming Question: Is Coding Really On The Brink Of Extinction?00:10:12 Tesla’s Mocap Suits: Training Robots Or Replacing Jobs?00:15:46 The Rise Of Humanoid Robots: Will They Soon Be Our Coworkers?00:17:21 California's New Bill: Will AI-generated Content Need A Label?00:20:55 Shaky Chihuahuas And Spider Robots: What’s Next In AI Design?00:22:53 Wrap Up

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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...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

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...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

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...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

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...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

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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