In this 9-minute episode of the Beyond Electric Sheep Podcast on AI, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson discuss how Brick asked Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet to write the code for a Pong game. It did so and, after a few requests for modifications, produced a usable game. This capability has huge implications for software developers, and for the evolution of AI. Ed asked Brick if he would advise a young person to pursue a programming career given AI’s new code-writing capabilities. Brick concluded that, for the mid-term future, there will still be opportunities for work in requirements definition, quality assurance, and security/safety. In the longer term, the best advice is to become an AI engineer.

The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. 

The novel raises the question of whether androids can dream or feel anything at all, and whether they are different from humans in any meaningful way. In our Beyond Electric Sheep podcast we go beyond the novel and the movies and discuss the broader implications and applications of artificial intelligence in our personal lives and in our businesses. We explore the pragmatic as well as the ethical and philosophical issues that arise from creating and interacting with intelligent machines.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In this 13-minute episode of the Beyond Electric Sheep Podcast on AI, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson discuss how ChatGPT 4o helped Ed understand his optical migraines. Brick asks Ed about his condition and Ed explains why he decided to discuss his personal medical condition with an AI LLM. Ed elaborates on how he approached the conversation, what he learned, and what he did about it. Brick and Ed also cover the risks of using AI for medical advice, and how to safely act on the AI’s advice.

The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. 

The novel raises the question of whether androids can dream or feel anything at all, and whether they are different from humans in any meaningful way. In our Beyond Electric Sheep podcast we go beyond the novel and the movies and discuss the broader implications and applications of artificial intelligence in our personal lives and in our businesses. We explore the pragmatic as well as the ethical and philosophical issues that arise from creating and interacting with intelligent machines.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

Politics are getting dumber. AI is getting smarter. What happens when they meet?  In this 12-minute episode, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson discuss Ed’s latest Medium.com article, “We Have Arrived at the Intersection of Stupid and Smart.”

Today’s Multimodal Large Language Models are incredibly smart and are available for use by millions of people creating the potential for everyone in the United States to get smarter and smarter. On the other hand, politics in the United States seems to get stupider and stupider every day. What’s going to happen when we get to the intersection of Smart and Stupid? Can US voters turn off Stupid Street and turn on Smart?

The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. 

The novel raises the question of whether androids can dream or feel anything at all, and whether they are different from humans in any meaningful way. In our Beyond Electric Sheep podcast we go beyond the novel and the movies and discuss the broader implications and applications of artificial intelligence in our personal lives and in our businesses. We explore the pragmatic as well as the ethical and philosophical issues that arise from creating and interacting with intelligent machines.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In this thirteen-minute Episode, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson discuss a conference on AI that Ed facilitated recently. We discuss the “Event Bot” that Ed created and how it was received by conference attendees. We also discuss the conference attendees, both AI experts and AI novices, and note how they responded to Ed’s update on the current state of AI. While concerned about privacy impacts, no one seemed worried about losing their job, or about the robots taking over Earth. Eventually, Brick and Ed note how business processes are speeding up due to AI, and what organizations need to do to keep up. We also talk about AI-supported meeting transcription and summarization, and how this is rapidly becoming the norm for business meetings.

The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In this 11-minute episode, Brick Thompson and Ed Daniels discuss a project Ed is working on to prepare for an AI workshop he is facilitating. He and the event host decided to build an “Event Bot” using an LLM that has knowledge of the upcoming event and can converse with and answer questions from the event attendees. 

To build the Bot, Ed used the https://youai.ai/ platform selecting the Claude 3 Opus LLM https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-family. Ed also built a separate Bot using the D-ID platform https://www.d-id.com/agents/ to create a speaking animated avatar named Noel to provide additional information on the meeting topic. These tools gave the meeting participants hands-on experience with state-of-the-art AI and additional information on the upcoming event. 

This approach could be used by others to prepare for their events and give prospective attendees a fun and interesting exposure to the meeting agenda and the subject matter to be presented. 

The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. The novel raises the question of whether androids can dream or feel anything at all, and whether they are different from humans in any meaningful way. 

In our Beyond Electric Sheep podcast we go beyond the novel and the movies and discuss the broader implications and applications of artificial intelligence in our personal lives and in our businesses. We explore the pragmatic as well as the ethical and philosophical issues that arise from creating and interacting with intelligent machines.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In this 12-minute episode, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson consider the future of AI in the healthcare Industry. Their discussion includes the juncture of AI and telemedicine and how AI will help improve access to care. They talk about how AI could improve both the availability and quality of disease screening, how AI can help physicians manage the onslaught of data from personal devices and sensors, and the impact of AI on radiology and physician workload.

The name of our podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In this 14-minute episode, Brick and Ed discuss Embodied AI. What happens when we give Humanoid Robots the intelligence and language capabilities of GPT-4? How will we respond to them and feel about them? Brick uses the example of his little French Bulldog harassing his vacuuming robots, and Ed talks about a San Francisco mob burning a Waymo car. What can we expect when Humanoid Robots interact with people on a massive scale around the world? 
The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. 
The novel raises the question of whether androids can dream or feel anything at all, and whether they are different from humans in any meaningful way. 
In our Beyond Electric Sheep podcast we go beyond the novel and the movies and discuss the broader implications and applications of artificial intelligence in our personal lives and in our businesses. We explore the pragmatic as well as the ethical and philosophical issues that arise from creating and interacting with intelligent machines.

https://youtu.be/rP9CYDrqGpI 

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In this episode, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson ask the question, “Will AI make healthcare data standards obsolete?” AI tools like GPT-4 can transcribe and “understand” doctors’ notes. Ed explains how they can generate standardized codes based on natural language. Will AIs eventually be able to code and exchange data on their own without using the data standards we have worked so hard to create? Check out this interesting discussion. For those who want to read about this topic, here is a link to a Medium.com article Ed wrote on this subject: https://medium.com/@edbdaniels/ais-impact-on-healthcare-data-standards-36b6347d70bb

The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. 

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In this, our 9th episode, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson discuss how AI is being adopted in many areas of the healthcare industry. Brick and Ed talk about how physician's notes and exam room dialogue are being transcribed and then parsed into standard codes. We also discuss how AI is being used in research and development and even in the surgical suite. It should be noted that there are United States Government Federal regulations about using AI in healthcare applications. Other local and country-level governments have also enacted or are considering laws and rules to regulate AI in healthcare.

The name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. 

The novel raises the question of whether androids can dream or feel anything at all, and whether they are different from humans in any meaningful way. In our Beyond Electric Sheep podcast we go beyond the novel and the movies and discuss the broader implications and applications of artificial intelligence in our personal lives and in our businesses. We explore the pragmatic as well as the ethical and philosophical issues that arise from creating and interacting with intelligent machines.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn

In Episode 5, we discuss the advent of Artificial Superintelligence and talk about the risks associated with their implementation. We consider their “Alignment” with human values and human interests. Finally, we ask the question, "Will Alignment and consciousness have to be designed into AIs, or some form of ethical behavior just emerge from superintelligence?"

Featuring Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson, the name of this podcast, Beyond Electric Sheep, is a reference to the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. That novel is the source for the movies Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It explores the themes of artificial intelligence, empathy, and reality in a dystopian future where humans and androids coexist. 
The novel raises the question of whether androids can dream or feel anything at all, and whether they are different from humans in any meaningful way. In our Beyond Electric Sheep podcast we go beyond the novel and the movies and discuss the broader implications and applications of artificial intelligence in our personal lives and in our businesses. We explore the pragmatic as well as the ethical and philosophical issues that arise from creating and interacting with intelligent machines.

Beyond Electric Sheep is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYg2J0jET_BPCKSnsxz8mleEmYogYJZhn