A Beginner's Guide to AI

Friday, September 15, 2023 Teaching AI Right from Wrong: The Quest for Alignment

This episode explored the concept of AI alignment - how we can create AI systems that act ethically and benefit humanity. We discussed key principles ...

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Iron Man's Tech through a Real-World Lens: Suiting Up with AI

This time on A Beginner's Guide to AI, we explore how Tony Stark pioneers artificial intelligence through companions like JARVIS and FRIDAY. JARVI...

Sunday, September 10, 2023 AutoGPT: AI's Awakening? The Promises and Perils of Recursive Self-Improvement

Today we explore AutoGPT, an AI system that can recursively improve its own natural language skills without human supervision. Through unconstrained l...

Thursday, September 7, 2023 Star Wars' Vision for Our AI Future: Lessons from Droids, the Force and the Death Star

Today's episode explores the world of artificial intelligence through the iconic Star Wars saga. We examine droids like C-3PO and R2-D2 whose adva...

Thursday, September 7, 2023 How Humanoid Robots will Reshape the Workforce: Jobs of the Future

This episode explores how humanoid robots with advanced dexterity and intelligence could reshape traditional human jobs and entire workforces. We lear...

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Racing Toward Utopia or Dystopia? The High-Octane Ideas of Effective Accelerationism

Today's episode explored the futuristic ideology of Effective Accelerationism. This movement advocates hastening progress towards benevolent artif...

Saturday, September 2, 2023 Commander Data: To Boldly Go Where No Algorithm Has Gone Before

This episode explores AI ethics through the iconic character of Commander Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. We examine Data's quest to und...

Thursday, August 31, 2023 Prompt Engineering: The Secret Sauce for AI Success

This episode unpacked why crafting excellent prompts is critical to get the most out of AI systems. Prompts act as instructions that steer the AI'...

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Predictive AI - Your Crystal Ball for the 21st Century

Today we explore predictive AI - systems that analyze data to forecast future outcomes. We learn how techniques like machine learning help uncover pat...

Saturday, August 26, 2023 Be My Eyes - How AI can help the Disabled

This episode explored how AI is transforming assistive technology to expand accessibility for the disabled. We learned how modern AI enables advanced ...

Thursday, August 24, 2023 Back to School, Version 2.0: How AI is Disrupting Education

This episode explores how schools are adapting to powerful new AI technologies like ChatGPT that can generate remarkably human-like text and content. ...

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 The Terminator Movies: From Sci-Fi Nightmare to AI Safety Blueprint

The Terminator films have profoundly shaped how society thinks about artificial intelligence. This episode analyzes concepts like artificial general i...

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