Techtonic with Mark Hurst is a weekly radio show from WFMU about technology, how it's affecting us, and what we can do about it.

May 13, 2024: Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for

Show Notes

Sam Altman wants to make AI like a 'super-competent colleague that knows absolutely everything' about your life (Insider, May 4, 2024)

Sam Altman Answers The Burning Questions About AI: Bias, Privacy, Etc. (Forbes, May 3, 2024): “He mused that AI might, for example, testify against you or get subpoenaed by a court.”

Don't Talk to the Police: non-surveilled video link. (If you prefer to be spied on by Google, here's the YouTube link.)

Data centers to run out of power in two years, says DigitalBridge CEO (LightReading, May 6, 2024)

Tesla vehicles kept crashing even after the Autopilot software updates, NHTSA says (The Verge, May 7, 2024)

Digital recreations of dead people need urgent regulation, AI ethicists say (The Guardian, May 8, 2024)

The Deeper Problem With Google's Racially Diverse Nazis (Chris in the Atlantic, Feb 26, 2024)

@hypervisible – Chris’s Mastodon account
Guest
Host
Comments
Playlist & Comments at WFMU
Aired
May 13, 2024