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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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00:57:19

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

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

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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00:55:20

Humans Pretend To Be AI, Get Stuck In The Loop &...

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2024/04/22

00:00 TMBSA turns 10!01:05 Behind the Scenes: SORA Powers Shy Kids' "Airhead" Video02:46 Challenges of Video Editing with Sora03:18 AI and Physical Embodiment: Key to True Intelligence?10:18 How Germany's Sonntagsruhe Law Affects AI Businesses12:46 AI as a Tool: The Essential Role of Human Effort18:29 Labeling AI Videos: The Debate on Human Input25:47 AI Takes Over Fast Food: From Training To Frying42:44 Amazon's Secret: Humans Behind the Cashier-less Stores

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00:49:00

AI Is Writing News, Impersonating Teachers & Congress...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/04/15

00:00 Introduction01:04 The Rise of AI-Generated News04:38 Automating our Teachers08:57 AI-Generated Books Ruing Google12:38 The Need for Real Data for Training AI16:08 Solutions for Capturing NEW Real Data21:04 The Challenges of Automating Physical Tasks25:03 The Impact of Copyright on Training Data31:01 The Future of AI and Government34:10 The Importance of Real Data for AI Training41:07 Enforcing AI Training Data Laws43:29 The Potential Impact of Laws on Innovation45:15 Wrap up

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00:54:33

GPT-4 Is Done, Everyone Gets Cloned, AI Elvis Will...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/04/08

(00:00) Introduction and Podcast Automation(02:24) Giving AI an Inner Monologue(05:03) Expanding Human Perception with VR(09:38) Developing Additional Senses(14:32) Claude III Opus Outperforms GPT-4(28:52) OpenAI's Voice Cloning Announcement(32:39) Sora and the Future of AI-Generated Video(36:55) Controversy Around AI in Creative Industries(42:30) Protecting Likeness Rights in an AI World(47:38) AI Replacing Human Labor and Potential ImpactsLinks:The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day

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00:56:38

Government Regulation, AI Lions, Extinction Level...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/03/25

(00:00) Introduction(01:45) Devon AI: Revolutionary or Not?(04:56) AI's Existential Threat to Humanity(07:10) Regulating AI Development and Expertise(11:42) Animals Disappearing from Hollywood(22:32) The Workforce, Automation, and UBI(32:16) Authenticity and AI Manipulation in Digital Content(44:08) Ethical and Legal Quandaries with AI(49:45) Public Perception and Reaction to AI in Arts and Culture(56:10) Hallucinating Conclusions

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00:48:45

AI Goats, The Preservation of Life, More Jobs Fall to...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/03/18

CHAPTERS(00:00) AI and medicine(01:03) AI in Radiology and Dermatology(03:04) The Release of OpenAI's Sora(05:44) Potential Pricing for Sora(11:02) Vision Pro in Surgery(13:23) AI Goat Simulator(17:18) AI in Self-Driving Cars(27:08) SpaceX Launch and Plans for Mars(37:03) AI in Border Patrol for Fentanyl Detection(42:09) Debating the Role of AI in Software EngineeringSHOW LINKSA CITY ON MARSby Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmithhttps://www.acityonmars.com/

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00:48:57

Beyond Sci-Fi: No Jobs, Elon Musk's Justice, and the...

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2024/03/11

(00:00) AI Taking Over Jobs(02:05) Efficiency vs. Extracting More Money(05:10) Elon Musk's History of Founding Companies(08:16) Lawsuits Against OpenAI and Microsoft(09:23) The Possibility of Achieving AGI(10:54) Using Publicly Available Information for AI Training(11:38) Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency(14:09) OpenAI's Response to Lawsuits(16:21) Prompt Engineering and AI Output(20:05) The Infinite Monkey Theorem(21:39) Exploiting AI Models(25:40) Impartial AI Leaderboard(26:30) Anthropic's Challenge to

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00:57:01

My Dinner With AI, Artificial General Intelligence,...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/03/04

(01:35) Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson(08:15) The Revolution of Large Language Models(18:14) Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)(24:45) The Future of Human and AI Interaction(34:57) Jobs Replaced by AI(40:00) Personhood and Ownership of AI(49:47) The Impact of AI on Legal Discovery(55:30) The Potential of AI in HealthcareHow Large Language Models Work

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00:53:10

Sora Kills ALL Trust, Finding the Fakes, RIP...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/02/26

00:00 Introduction00:27 Generating Images with Sora01:28 Impressions of the Generated Images06:19 Comparison with Other Commercial Solutions09:36 Runway ML vs. Sora11:42 Quality of Video Generation13:13 Trustworthiness of Generated Content15:09 Cryptographically Signed Images20:22 Trust in Online Content25:10 Cryptographically Signing Content29:16 Rise of Fake Content30:54 The Dead Internet Theory36:20 AI in the Entertainment Industry43:04 The Potential Problems of AI45:12 The Positive Applications

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00:49:48

Apple Vision is Zucked, Sam Altman is making GPT-5...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/02/17

(00:00) - OpenAI Sora creating video from text(02:19) - Daniel tries the Apple Vision Pro(15:41) - Hunter Watches the Super Bowl on Apple Vision(23:50) - Mark Zuckerberg Reviews the Apple Vision(38:31) - Sam Altman Announces The Key Feature of GPT-5(41:00) - Why was Sam fired and Andrej Karpathy quit?

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01:01:06

Apple’s Vision Pro, META's Money Pit, Your Toothbrush...

They Might Be Self-Aware ·

2024/02/12

Unlock the future of tech with us, Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop, as we explore the bleeding edge of VR/AR headsets in our debut podcast episode. Prepare to be whisked away on a journey through the digital landscape, where we'll share our experiences with the Apple Vision Pro, comparing it to its rivals, and discussing how these devices are reshaping our work and play. From the quirks of modern delivery to the anticipation of new gadgets, our opening banter sets the stage for a series of

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