Will AI Replace Us? with Matt Ginsberg

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Will AI Replace Us? with Matt Ginsberg

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Is artificial intelligence taking over? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly discuss deepfakes, AI hallucinations, and whether AI really is intelligent with software engineer at X, the moonshot factory, Matt Ginsberg. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free.Thanks to our Patrons Kathleen Kussman, Craig Hamilton, Denis de Oliveira, Jim, Ryan, and Krishna for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: mikemacmarketing, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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