A Discourse On AI Discourse

AI is a divisive topic. Some people are AI boosters while others are AI doomers. And then there are those of us who sit in the middle, feeling both sides are not just wrong but that they aren't experiencing a shared reality with the rest of us. In this episode, Kris and Matt are joined by Steve Klabnik to talk about the state of AI and the discourse around it.

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Notes:

• Carl Sagan Responds To Christian Grad Student Question About God
• Weapons of Math Destruction
• Google apologises for Photos app's racist blunder
• My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts
• Playing to Win
• The Infinite Game
• Glenn Vanderburg of LivingSocial on why software development is an engineering discipline
• Analogs All The Way Down

Table of Contents:

• Prologue (01:35)
• Chapter 1: Chemistry Is Just Alchemy Rebranded (07:30)
• Chapter 2: Quantity Is A Quality All On Its Own (15:57)
• Chapter 3: Optimizing The Individual, Not The Collective (25:39)
• Chapter 4: What Is Fun? (30:09)
• Chapter 5: Balancing The Good And The Bad [Supporter Only] (38:18)
• Chapter 6: The Art of Constructive Criticism [Supporter Only] (38:28)
• Chapter 7: Embracing The Meta (38:44)
• Chapter 8: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular (44:56)
• Chapter 9: What Is A Computer? (51:29)
• Chapter 10: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular Part II (01:09:24)
• Epilogue (01:14:09)

Hosts

• Kris Brandow - Host
• Matthew Sanabria - Host
• Steve Klabnik - Guest

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• (01:35) - Prologue
• (07:30) - Chapter 1: Chemistry Is Just Alchemy Rebranded
• (15:57) - Chapter 2: Quantity Is A Quality All On Its Own
• (25:39) - Chapter 3: Optimizing The Individual, Not The Collective
• (30:09) - Chapter 4: What Is Fun?
• (38:18) - Chapter 5: Balancing The Good And The Bad [Supporter Only]
• (38:28) - Chapter 6: The Art of Constructive Criticism [Supporter Only]
• (38:44) - Chapter 7: Embracing The Meta
• (44:56) - Chapter 8: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular
• (51:29) - Chapter 9: What Is A Computer?
• (01:09:24) - Chapter 10: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular Part II
• (01:14:09) - Epilogue