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Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation. They're joined by special guests and talk about everything, from machine consciousness to science fiction, to political economy to art made by machines.
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4.4 stars from 21 ratings
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“This podcast helps people including this skeptical Computer Scientist (CS) student and professional. More importantly it is accessible to all by educating about facts rather than marketing jargon. It is informative and recent episodes have improved greatly. Cutting through AI-hype trends is...”Read full review »
Infini19A0 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/04/24
Please stop the "Scientist" attacks
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“Often I will hear "Computer Scientists" (CS) followed by a description of something derogatory which is a hurtful generalization. As someone who has a CS degree I feel personally attacked while listening to an otherwise informative podcast. A different term like AI-hype-person would be...”Read full review »
Infini19A0 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/22/24
“If you are still afraid of the stochastic parrots, listen.
If you already know, and are exasperated by otherwise sensible people convinced they’re on the verge of being replaced in all areas of life with some grinning robot, have them listen.
This is both vaccine and antidote.”
pengcognito via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/23
Recent Episodes
Published 04/19/24
Dr. Timnit Gebru guest-hosts with Alex in a deep dive into Marc Andreessen's 2023 manifesto, which argues, loftily, in favor of maximizing the use of 'AI' in all possible spheres of life.
Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research...
Published 04/19/24
Award-winning AI journalist Karen Hao joins Alex and Emily to talk about why LLMs can't possibly replace the work of reporters -- and why the hype is damaging to already-struggling and necessary publications.
References:
Adweek: Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI...
Published 04/03/24
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