Episode 11: A GPT-4 Fanfiction Novella, April 7 2023
After a hype-y few weeks of AI happenings, Alex and Emily shovel the BS on GPT-4’s “system card,” its alleged “sparks of Artificial General Intelligence,” and a criti-hype heavy "AI pause" letter. Hin...
24 Aug 20231h 3min
Episode 10: Don't Be A Lawyer, ChatGPT. March 3, 2023
Alex and Emily are taking AI to court! Amid big claims about LLMs, a look at the facts about ChatGPT, legal expertise, and what the bar exam actually tells you about someone's ability to practice law-...
16 Aug 20231h 6min
Episode 9: Call the AI Quack Doctor, February 17, 2023
Should the mathy-maths be telling doctors what might be wrong with you? And can they actually help train medical professionals to treat human patients? Alex and Emily discuss the not-so-real medical a...
8 Aug 20231h 2min
Episode 8: The ChatGPT Awakens, January 20, 2023
New year, new hype? As the world gets swept up in the fervor over ChatGPT of late 2022, Emily and Alex give a deep sigh and begin to unpack the wave of fresh enthusiasm over large language models and ...
4 Aug 20231h 4min
Episode 7: There Are Now 15 Competing Evaluation Metrics (ft. Dr. Jeremy Kahn). December 12, 2022
Emily and Alex are joined by Dr. Jeremy G. Kahn to discuss the distressingly large number of evaluation metrics for artificial intelligence, and some new AI hell. Jeremy G. Kahn has a PhD in computati...
26 Juli 20231h 3min
Episode 6: Stochastic Parrot Galactica, November 23, 2022
Emily and Alex discuss MetaAI's bullshit science paper generator, Galactica, along with its defenders. Plus, where could AI actually help scientific research? And more Fresh AI Hell. Watch the video...
17 Juli 20231h 3min
Episode 5: Sam Bankman-Fried's Future Fund, November 9 2022
Emily and Alex discuss Sam Bankman-Fried's Future Fund, its essay contest, and the problems with using AI for prediction and resource allocation--mere days before the collapse of FTX. Also, we introdu...
11 Juli 202359min
Episode 4: Is AI Art Actually 'Art'? October 26, 2022
AI is increasingly being used to make visual art. But when is an algorithmically-generated image art...and when is it just an aesthetically pleasing arrangement of pixels? Technology researchers Emily...
2 Juli 20231h 3min
