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Summer Re-posts: Explainable AI
We continue re-posting favourite episodes while Ian and Michael are on summer break. This week, episode #19: Explainable AI!
AI Unfiltered returns with new episodes in August!
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Summer Re-posts: The AI Resort
While Ian and Michael are on summer break over the next few weeks, we'll re-post a few of our favourite episodes from years past. First up, episode #22: The AI Resort, Personalised Books, Documenting Peoples' Life Stories!
AI Unfiltered returns with new episodes in August!
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#108: The High Tech Life
In the final episode before the summer break, Ian and Michael discuss what a life using the cutting edge of technology would look like - will an immersion room be a standard part of our homes in the future?
AI Unfiltered returns with new episodes in August! -
#107: AI-Powered PCs, The Hallucination Problem, AI for Mayor
Ian and Michael discuss the latest goings-on in the AI world, including the recently announced AI-powered PC concept, hallucinations being - so far - an intractable problem for large language models, and the AI chatbot running for mayor in Cheyenne, Wyoming. (This episode features AI-generated content and speech)
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#106: Continuous Cruising, Podcast on a Boat, Working in an Office
Ian and Michael discuss continuous cruising and offering their podcasting production services to cruise lines - would you like to spend the rest of your days on a cruise ship? Plus, back on land, the virtues of working in an office in this era of remote work.
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#105: OpenAI and Apple Controversies, AI and Photos, the Next Pandemic
Ian and Michael discuss a variety of topics, including the recent OpenAI voice controversy, the outrage around Apple's latest iPad ad, AI and photo editing, the movie Contagion and its prescient nature, and finally, one of the pair's favourite topics - hologram bands! Plus, our AI-generated contributor Emma returns with "Emma's Artificial Reflections!" (This episode features AI-generated content and speech)
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#104: Royal Portrait Controversy, The Pace of Innovation
Ian and Michael discuss the recent viral controversy around the new portrait of Charles III, before tackling the topic of the speed of innovation in the digital era - are we inventing things at a break neck pace that we actually need, or are we churning out new products for its own sake?
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#103: AI Twins
Ian and Michael discuss Reid Hoffman's demo of a completely AI-generated version of himself - an AI twin. But as cool a technology demonstration as it was, are there any actual use cases for AI twins?
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#102: Word Origins, Old Buildings, Clickbait, Business Books
Ian and Michael take on a variety of topics in this far reaching episode, tackling the origins of certain expressions, the value of old buildings, the prevalence of clickbait, and the deluge of business books that provide little value. Plus, appearances by our AI-generated contributors, Sarah and Emma! (This episode features AI-generated content and speech)
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#101: Reviewing Reviews
Ian and Michael discuss the recent controversy stirred up by a scathing review of an AI-powered wearable - do reviewers really need to be nice even if the product is bad? And how much do reviews actually matter in the end? Plus, our fake AI-generated contributor Emma Williams returns with a new instalment of "Emma's Artificial Reflections!" (This episode features AI-generated content and speech)