Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than any technology in human history, leaving governments and the general public scrambling to figure out how to deal with it. Although current AI-generated images can't even get hands right, the technology will soon be able to create photos, text, video and audio that not even the trained eye will be able to detect as fake. What are the consequences of AI, and how much should companies be held accountable for how the technology is used?

 

(0:00:00) - Intro (update on Olympic athlete episode, August is the worst month)

(0:16:25) - Sounds of the Week:

• Twitter announces lawsuit against advertisers
• Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch worries about Americans 'caught by surprise' by unreasonable laws

(0:42:40) - Artificial intelligence

 

Songs:

"More Than Machines" by Bush

"Naked in Front of the Computer" by Faith No More

"Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai

 

Notes:

• Freakonomics podcast: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (0:03:25)
• The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Episode #995 (0:05:30)
• How older athletes powered up and transformed women's gymnastics (0:06:00)
• A History of the Average Age in Women’s Gymnastics (0:07:20)
• Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover (0:20:00)
• Elon Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ as UK rocked by far-right riots (0:21:15)
• EU warns X over illegal content risks — Musk replies with Tropic Thunder insult meme (0:21:24)
• Boxing Olympic Gold Medallist Imane Khelif Files Complaint Against X Over “Moral Harassment” (0:21:46)
• Teen wearing 'neo-Nazi' bulletproof vest stabs 5 in live-streamed attack near mosque: officials (0:22:00)
• Unilever comments during House Committee on the Judiciary hearing (0:24:05)
• Global Alliance for Responsible Media announces it is discontinuing its activities (0:24:35)
• Elon Musk’s financial woes at X have Tesla bulls fearing he will liquidate more stock (0:25:20)
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., introduces DEFIANCE Act (0:43:00)
• AI-generated image of real-life Beavis and Butthead (0:48:15)
• The YouTube channel of Beavis singing 90s alt-rock songs no longer exists, probably due to copyright infringement. However, there are now at least two websites where you can create your own AI-generated Beavis cover songs, which you can find here and here. (0:50:35)
• X’s chatbot can now generate AI images (0:51:45)
• Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies (0:57:00)
• AI already uses as much energy as a small country (1:03:10)
• Rick Beato's YouTube channel where he interviews the producers, engineers and other behind-the-scenes geniuses of the music industry (1:08:15)
• GoodContent AI text generator and Grammarly's AI text generator (1:09:00)