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Episode 29: How LLMs Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao), March 25 2024

Episode 29: How LLMs Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao), March 25 2024

FromMystery AI Hype Theater 3000


Episode 29: How LLMs Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao), March 25 2024

FromMystery AI Hype Theater 3000

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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Award-winning AI journalist Karen Hao joins Alex and Emily to talk about why LLMs can't possibly replace the work of reporters -- and why the hype is damaging to already-struggling and necessary publications.References:Adweek: Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI PlatformThe Quint: AI Invents Quote From Real Person in Article by Bihar News Site: A Wake-Up Call?Fresh AI Hell:Alliance for the FutureVentureBeat: Google researchers unveil ‘VLOGGER’, an AI that can bring still photos to lifeBusiness Insider: A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then all hell broke loose.More pranks on chatbotsYou can check out future livestreams at https://twitch.tv/DAIR_Institute. Follow us!Emily Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender Mastodon: https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emilymbender.bsky.social Alex Twitter: https://twitter.com/@alexhanna Mastodon: https://dair-community.social/@alex Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Christie Taylor.
Released:
Apr 3, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (31)

Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation. They're joined by special guests and talk about everything, from machine consciousness to science fiction, to political economy to art made by machines.