Season 6, Episode 10 - Is "good enough" AI actually good enough?

This episode, we debate the cultural acceptance of AI inference being good enough to replace us. Off the back of developing lightning fast inference hardware, should we care that outputs are 90% right rather than the full 100?

The last decade has shown us that what we see, learn, know even… depends on who built the software that we use. Does it matter who builds the hardware too? What if they’re the same entity?

We go heavy with the social observations in this one, so please, enjoy.

Sean’s links:

• The snake robot that saves lives

• The new SUPERFAST Cerebras chip

• Would octopuses take over the world?

• Meta building its own subsea cable network

Ben’s links:

• AI tweaking smiles to boost attraction

• Solar panels 🤝 hot air balloons

• Water + sunlight = electricity. Just.

• Yet another way to pull water from thin air

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