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Season 1, Ep. 4
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Episode Summary (by AI)
Mixed feelings on AI music; Ryan/Speaker 1 discuss creator wanting Grammy recognition.
* Ryan & Jason do weekly AI check-ins, discuss topics & answer reporter questions.
* Writers' strike deal limits AI scriptwriting credits.
Actor negotiation around AI harder due to potential for unpaid AI versions.
Comparison to Black Mirror's "Jane," raising ethical concerns about replacing actors with AI.
Black Mirror episode where woman's life is recreated without consent, raising data privacy issues.
* Ryan notes we may unknowingly agree to voice assistant data collection.
* Actors seek to own AI likenesses to protect against unauthorized uses.
* At Decrypt, AI helps generate articles & summarize documents.
* OpenAI's ChatGPT upgrade allows image/voice interaction.
* ChatGPT accurately explains comic strips, exciting speakers about everyday use potential.
* ChatGPT correctly identified Olympian in photo.
* Concerns about treating AI with human politeness, warns it could impact human interactions.
* Fiction shows potential consequences.
* Skepticism about regulating pace of AI evolution.
* Biden's AI executive order shows government attention to issue.
* Meredith Whittaker warns about AI surveillance, lack of chat transparency.
* Next GPT's privacy/control issues raised.
* AI is built on datasets often created by underpaid workers, perpetuating inequality.
* Decrypt launched AI hub "Emerge." Excited to cover longevity, life extension, biohacking.
* Group discusses quantum computing & space's impact on crypto; some fearful, some embracing YOLO.
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