Richard Dawkins Finds Love, Isolation as a Societal Norm, and Other AI News (Half the Answer #84, with Hagen Blix)
Is this chatbot sentient? Is AI my friend? Is isolation hackable? Trent and Caitlin discuss recent AI news, Sam Altman's troubles legal and otherwise, labor organizing as a strategy against the worst fears of AI experts, and whether Richard Dawkins is conscious, in this news digest episode with linguist and AI researcher Hagen Blix.
Richard Dawkins Finds Love, Isolation as a Societal Norm, and Other AI News (with Hagen Blix)
Podcast Episode · Half the Answer · May 21 · 1h 34m
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