Huburistic Superintelligence

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis return for a deep dive into the week’s AI news. We cover Apple's new research paper exposing the illusion of AI reasoning, industry leaders' superintelligence hype and hubris, Altman’s “Gentle Singularity” vision, Ilya Sutskever’s brain-as-computer analogy, Meta’s massive superintelligence lab, LaCun and Pichai’s call for new AGI ideas, Apple’s on-device AI framework, NotebookLM’s new sharing features, pairing NotebookLM with Perplexity, Hollywood’s awkward embrace of AI tools, and the creative collision of AI and filmmaking. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: ⁠0:00:00⁠⁠ - Podcast begins ⁠0:02:27⁠⁠ - Apple paper: The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity ⁠0:05:50⁠⁠ - Sinofsky on the costs of anthropomorphizing LLMs ⁠0:07:34⁠⁠ - Nate Jones: Let's Talk THAT Apple AI Paper—Here's the Takeaway Everyone is Ignoring ⁠0:13:46 - Altman's latest manifesto might be worth mention in comparison ⁠0:19:33⁠⁠ - Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives U of T honorary degree ⁠0:25:52 - Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’ ⁠0:29:05 - Google CEO says AGI is impossible with today's tech ⁠0:33:17 - WWDC: Apple opens its AI to developers but keeps its broader ambitions modest ⁠0:39:57 - NotebookLM is adding a new way to share your own notebooks publicly. ⁠0:42:01 - I paired NotebookLM with Perplexity for a week, and it feels like they’re meant to work together ⁠0:45:26 - The Googlers behind NotebookLM are launching their own AI audio startup. Here's a sneak peek. ⁠0:50:48 - Could AI make a Scorsese movie? Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky discuss ⁠0:55:05 - Luca Guadagnino to Direct True-Life OpenAI Movie ‘Artificial’ for Amazon MGM ⁠0:59:19 - Everyone Is Already Using AI (And Hiding It) “We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I’ll have the movie.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices