Artificial Stupidity

Does AI spell the death of search and what can be done to save the web?

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AI is killing the web. Can anything save it? - The Economist

Democratizing Web Traffic with Cloudflare's C.E.O. - The New York Times

Can we trust machines to shape our careers? What values should be built into AI tools that decide our professional futures? Could AI fix the bias in hiring better than humans can?

Join Hannah and Noo as they go behind the scenes of AI's recruitment revolution and interview Arya Tandon - hire #1 of AI recruitment start up Jack & Jill.

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The AI Recruitment Takeover

Jack & Jill

Netflix has used AI for the first time in one of its shows, but what does that mean for the film industry? Will audiences embrace AI-generated VFX, or is this the start of a slippery slope?

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Netflix's new TV show 'The Eternaut' uses AI

Netflix just normalised AI for VFX – and I'm devastated - Tom May

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1000 True Fans - Kevin Kelly

YouTube Shows Are Increasingly Going To Netflix - Deadline

Will your next job interview be with a bot? Did you write your CV with ChatGPT? Is the logical next step to get through the whole interview process without any human interaction?

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Welcome to Your Job Interview. Your Interviewer Is A.I. - NYTimes article

Young People Face a Hiring Crisis. AI Is Making It Worse. - Derek Thompson Substack

Jack & Jill AI

Does it matter if people are grooving to AI generated music? Was this an inevtible next step in a world where we can stream unlimited music? Should Spotify ban AI music?

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The Velvet Sundown

Suno

Do we want humanoid robots to have personality? Are robots being cute-washed? Do we want Disney designing robots?

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Nvidia CEO introduces its Disney collab bot

Neo humanoid robots

Can chatbots drive people to psychosis? Do we realise how powerful our language is? Can we trust AI companies to mitigate these risks?

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They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling - Kashmir Hill's NYTimes article

ChatGPT induced psychosis - Reddit Thread

Early methods for studying affective use and emotional well-being on ChatGPT - OpenAI and MIT Research

Will AI make us more productive? What can we learn about the age of AI from the internet revolution? Do we need to rethink the global economic structure?

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AI Alone Cannot Solve The Productivity Paradox - Carl Benedikt Frey

Alpha Evolve episode

What does a utopic AI future look like? Noo is joined by the show's chief research assitant (ChatGPT) to continue the discussion on Dario Amodei's Machines of Loving Grace.

Listen to part one here

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Machines of Loving Grace by Dario Amodei

ChatGPT more empathetic than human doctors

What will AI do to war? How will biases in data affect decision making in autonomous weapon systems, policing and surveillance? Who is ultimately accountable when these systems go wrong?

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Drones, AI and new technology will dramatically change nature of war - The Guardian

As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate 'killer robots' - UN

Stargate

All My Sons - Arthur Miller

Stop Killer Robots