With the news of Sam Altman’s sacking as CEO of OpenAI over the weekend, we thought we’d invite Ulysses Maclaren (General Manager at SSW) to discuss all the swirling drama, and dive into all things AI!
The Show
01:30 - Who is 🕺Ulysses Maclaren🕺?02:20 - Saturday (Aus) / Friday (US) - The Board Meeting03:30 - The Official reason08:45 - Sunday (Aus) / Saturday (US) - Sam’s comeback09:15 - Monday (Aus) / Sunday (US) - Sam Signs with Microsoft10:15 - Rumours11:30 - Has OpenAI solved AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)?12:40 - AI Safety - Grounding and Alignment13:20 - Microsoft’s Tay (not Tye)17:00 - Moral Absolutism & Moral Relativism22:10 - Bill Gates Agents23:30 - Does AI understand Intent?29:10 - Uly getting his head around ambiguity32:51 - Matt writes unit tests (and bugs🐞)39:30 - Microsoft building AI Chips?40:20 - Cats Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut41:30 - Is there risk of an Arms race?42:40 - What is the real risk of AI?44:40 - Is Embodiment an option?45:10 - The Paperclip Maximiser - Nick Bostrom46:30 - 🍻 Beers 🍻49:00 - Shameless Plug - Matt’s NDC Workshop and of course .NET MAUI in Action51:00 - 🍻 Cheers 🍻The Beers 🍻
🍺Matt’s choice this week: 4 Pines Ultra Low Hazy🍺Liam’s choice this week: James Squire One Fifty Lashes Pale Ale🍺Uly’s choice this week: Peroni Nastro Azzuro