TWiT 946: AI is Number Two - iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks - a podcast by TWiT

iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks    

• Discussion on hype cycle of AI; evaluating current state


• Defining artificial intelligence vs regular computation


• AI winters and peaks of inflated expectations for AI


• Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of chatbots like ChatGPT


• AI's role in computational photography and new iPhones


• Microsoft's focus on AI with OpenAI partnership


• Multimodal AI and challenges like hallucination


• Apple's secretive approach to developing AI technology


• Job loss concerns with the advancement of AI; need for training


• Unity's failed attempt to charge developers an install fee


• Tech IPO outlook after Instacart and Clavio


• Panos Panay leaving Microsoft for Amazon


• New Amazon Echo and Alexa AI announcements


• Authors suing OpenAI over AI-generated content


• Misinformation research facing political attacks


• Implications of AI voice mimicry without consent


• Neuralink seeking volunteers for brain chip implants

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ben Parr, Harry McCracken, and Doc Rock

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