• Episode 7 - Bigger than Prometheus?

  • Mar 25 2023
  • Length: 23 mins
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Episode 7 - Bigger than Prometheus?

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  • Jeff and Seymour debate the significance of the generative AI revolution relative to the invention of the WIMP interface, the web, and even the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions.  Prometheus refers to the humans learning how to control fire; is gen AI bigger than that?! Articles referenced:

    • Bill Gates "The Age of AI Has Begun" 
    • Thomas Friedman "Our New Promethean Moment" (NY Times)
    • Rodney Brooks on GPT and related LLM technology 

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