#116 - ChatGPT plugins, AI hardware, petition to pause AI, Trump deepfakes
Summary
Hosts Andrei Kurenkov and Jeremy Harris discuss OpenAI’s ChatGPT plugin expansion, NVIDIA’s dominance in AI hardware, and Goldman Sachs’ job impact estimates. They also cover Cerebras Systems’ new chips, Agility Robotics’ warehouse bot, and research on efficient model training and reinforcement learning success detection.
Topics discussed
Sponsors: OutShift by Cisco and Box AI
Host introductions and Jeremy's quantum background
OpenAI ChatGPT Plugins and tool use capabilities
NVIDIA hardware, AI engineering, and the iPhone moment
Former Google China head joins JAT Capital
Cerebras Systems wafer-scale AI chips
Generative AI impact on jobs and GDP
Figure AI robot and LLMs in robotics
MIT research on efficient model training
Using LLMs for reinforcement learning rewards
Lightning Round: Simulators, BirdCast, and elderly care
Runway Gen-2 video generation model
OpenAI's shift away from open source models
The AI safety pause letter and existential risk
AI alignment art exhibit at SF Museum
Clearview AI, voice spoofing, and encryption risks
AI drawing hands and realistic image generation
Writers Guild AI policy and episode conclusion
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