Topic: Artificial General Intelligence

2 chapters across the catalog

Error Bars
Episode 1850 1:48:47 - 1:54:13

1850: Error Bars

AGI Definitions, Moving the Goalposts

Sam Altman discusses the timeline for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), suggesting it could arrive by 2028. He defines a key threshold as the moment when more of the world's "cognitive capacity" resides inside data centers than outside of them, though he admits to "huge error bars" in this prediction.

In the Saddle
Episode 968 37:21 - 41:39

968: In the Saddle

Artificial Intelligence Skepticism, Targeted Advertising, 1980s Tech Panics

Current anxieties regarding AI and algorithms are compared to the "Fifth Generation" computer project panic of the 1980s involving Japan. Critics argue that despite the hype, targeted advertising remains ineffective, often showing users ads for products they have already purchased. There is a call for transparency in the code, with skeptics suggesting the underlying algorithms might be far less sophisticated than the public is led to believe.