2024 in AI, with Nathan Benaich
Episode 142 Happy holidays! This is one of my favorite episodes of the year — for the third time,...
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Category: Ethics
Philip Goff: Panpsychism as a Theory of Consciousness
Episode 141 I spoke with Professor Philip Goff about: What a “post-Galilean” science of...
Read MoreSome Changes at The Gradient
Hi everyone! If you’re a new subscriber or listener, welcome. If you’re not new, you’ve probably noticed that things have slowed down from us a bit recently. , and I sat down to recap some of The Gradient’s history, where we are...
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Shape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning Research
I’m very excited to share this piece by Henry Kvinge about the overlap between machine learning...
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Jacob Andreas: Language, Grounding, and World Models
Episode 140 I spoke with Professor Jacob Andreas about: Language and the world World models How...
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Evan Ratliff: Our Future with Voice Agents
Episode 139 I spoke with Evan Ratliff about: , Evan’s new podcast, where he creates an AI voice...
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Meredith Ringel Morris: Generative AI’s HCI Moment
Episode 138 I spoke with Meredith Morris about: The intersection of AI and HCI and why we need...
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Update #83: AI Music Fraud and PlanSearch
Welcome to the 83rd update from the Gradient! If you’re new and like what you see, subscribe and...
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Mini-Update #47: First International AI Safety Treaty and the WavTokenizer Codec
Welcome to the 47th mini-update from the Gradient! This is our exclusive newsletter edition...
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What’s Missing From LLM Chatbots: A Sense of Purpose
I’m super excited to see this piece come out by Kenneth Li, one of my good friends. Kenneth is...
Read MoreDavidad Dalrymple: Towards Provably Safe AI
Episode 137 I spoke with Davidad Dalrymple about: His perspectives on AI risk ARIA (the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency) and its Safeguarded AI Programme Enjoy—and let me know what you think! Davidad is a Programme...
Read MoreClive Thompson: Tales of Technology
Episode 136 I spoke with Clive Thompson about: How he writes Writing about the climate and biking across the US Technology culture and persistent debates in AI Poetry Enjoy—and let me know what you think! Clive is a journalist...
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