Beyond Electric Sheep

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 

In Episode 4, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson discuss the current state and short-term future of AI. In ten minutes, they discuss The Turing Test, Artificial General Intelligence, and progress toward Artificial Super Intelligence. 

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 8 of the Beyond Electric Sheep podcast on AI, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson spend 8 minutes discussing how AI could be used to enhance democracy. News broadcasts constantly talk about the negative effects of social media and AI on our society. But there may be ways to use AI to help citizens participate more effectively in government decision making. In the local context, AI meeting summarizers could transcribe neighborhood meeting discussions and extract key points and arguments. These key points and arguments would then be passed along to other neighborhoods as well as up to the city council and mayor. Through an AI-driven iterative process, the participants would move closer to consensus, and decisions could be arrived at faster with more transparency. 

Ed had a several inspirations for his thinking on this. One was David Shapiro’s YouTube episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6wYM-nvK_Y. In addition, there are three Arxiv.org articles supporting the required technology including https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.15793.pdf , https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04928 , and https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13007. 

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. 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 

Episode 7 of the Beyond Electric Sheep podcast on AI discusses what our future will be like living with other intelligent beings. Interestingly, this isn't the first time Homo Sapiens has lived with other intelligent being. In this episode, Brick Thompson and I discuss my Medium.com article "What's Past is Prologue" which can be found at  https://medium.com/@edbdaniels/whats-past-is-prologue-10af858525d2 Ed observes that Homo Sapiens evolved alongside other Intelligent Hominins. He then asks what lessons that experience might teach us as we begin to live with our newly-created intelligent AI companions. Brick and Ed talk about this question and consider the implications.

"What's past is prologue" is a quote from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 1.

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 our 6th episode of the Beyond Electric Sheep Podcast on AI, Brick Thompson and Ed Daniels share our observations about what corporate executives and their management teams are thinking about #ai at the start of 2024. Who is using AI and in what ways? What are their fears and expectations? In a quick 12 minutes, we discuss our conversations about AI, and our expectations for 2024.

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 

Episode 3 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. In this episode we discuss LLM Prompting and Workflows. We talk about how we have used these tools in our daily work and share some tricks and techniques.

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

Welcome to our second episode of Beyond Electric Sheep - A Podcast on AI. In this episode Brick Thompson and Ed Daniels discuss how they use #LLM Large Language Models in their daily workflow. In only 10-minutes you can listen to a friendly back-and-forth chat about #AI and how we use it to increase our own productivity.

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

In this introductory podcast, Ed Daniels and Brick Thompson introduce themselves and explain how they intend to take the listener on an exciting tour of this new world of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models. Brick and Ed discuss the impact AI is having on businesses and careers, and how those who experiment with and embrace AI will succeed, but those who do not will be left behind. By joining this weekly podcast, listeners will find encouragement and support in their efforts to join this new exciting world of intelligent assistants, and ultimately superintelligent companions.

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