Episode 36 • Killing as Few Humans as Possible

Peter is away this week... or is he? A special appearance! Scott drinks some wacky coffee that's not really all that wacky and does arguing with a person who really IS wacky. Is it worth listening to? You tell us! Or rather, don't. We'll leave that to the AI to decide.

The brew

Water Avenue Coffee

River Trip

Scott

Coffee

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The Topics

• The Brews
  • Water Avenue Coffee River Trip
• AI and technical and ethical concerns
  • Timnit Gebru
  • What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?
  • Tech Won’t Save Us – ChatGPT Is Not Intelligent w/ Emily M. Bender
  • On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots | Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
  • ChatGPT Is Nothing Like a Human, Says Linguist Emily Bender
  • Policy makers: Please don’t fall for the distractions of #AIhype | by Emily M. Bender | Mar, 2023 | Medium
  • Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks Sydney might make a comeback - The Verge

The Links

• Water Avenue Coffee River Trip
• Timnit Gebru - Wikipedia
• What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?
• Tech Won’t Save Us – ChatGPT Is Not Intelligent w/ Emily M. Bender
• On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots | Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
• ChatGPT Is Nothing Like a Human, Says Linguist Emily Bender
• Policy makers: Please don’t fall for the distractions of #AIhype | by Emily M. Bender | Mar, 2023 | Medium
• Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks Sydney might make a comeback - The Verge
• FriendsWBrews
• Friends With Brews Podcast