Intelligent Machines (Audio)

IM 844: Poob Has It For You - Spiky Superintelligence vs. Generality

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Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI.

  • Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong
  • The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
  • Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey
  • Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different
  • Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough'
  • How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
  • Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research
  • Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do
  • Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight
  • Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
  • Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year
  • Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat
  • The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show
  • The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden
  • TikTok announces its first awards show in the US
  • Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space
  • Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028
  • American Museum of Tort Law
  • Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain
  • Nicvember masterlist
  • Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in

    • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Jeremy Berman

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