Man & Machine

Episode 40: Oh My, Hyundai... and GPT-3 Returns!

Boston Dynamics purchased by Hyundai? What will become of Spot? GPT-3 becomes Copilot... is the end of human programming near? Will GitHub make Microsoft & OpenAI proud?
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/29/microsoft-github-copilot-ai-offers-coding-suggestions.html
https://interestingengineering.com/hyundai-just-bought-boston-dynamics-now-what
https://youtu.be/O2_NEy0iDck
 

Episode 41: Big Ag & AI Join Forces

AI is shaking up Big Agriculture & Farming... will it produce the results to eliminate hunger and famine?
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic may give us an answer...
https://interestingengineering.com/fully-automated-hands-free-farm-will-replace-workers-with-robots-and-ai
https://interestingengineering.com/9-robots-that-are-invading-the-agriculture-industry
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/262754/20210711/ai-nanotechnology-help-solve-world-hunger-via-precision-agriculture-thanks.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/12/almost-one-in-three-globally-go-hungry-during-pandemic-un?utm_source=morning_brew

Episode 42: Will AI Become the Government?

Who can we trust?
Government? AI?
Matt is back to go the distance on the clash between neuroscience & technology... and whether governments will reign supreme over AI.
https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2021/07/new-ai-architecture-could-transform-government/183671/
https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2021/07/promoting-trustworthy-ai-government/183124/

Episode 43: In AlphaFold2 We Trust

Is DeepMind's AlphaFold2 going to revolutionize our understanding and interactions with biology?
AlphaFold2 dominated a world-renowned protein folding competition... and now it is open source after DeepMind kept its promise to decentralize its power.
 
What seemingly unknowable things will we learn?
https://fortune.com/2021/07/22/deepmind-alphafold-human-proteome-database-proteins/amp/

Episode 44: The Brain-Computer Interface Race

If you thought the space race was intense, wait until you find out about the brain-computer interface (BCI) race we have uncovered…
Competition has arrived for Elon Musk’s Neuralink with Synchron’s Stentrode gaining FDA approval for human trials.
And a former PayPal colleague is throwing his $$$ behind another BCI...
Could we all benefit?
https://news.yahoo.com/everything-know-neuralink-elon-musks-103000152.html
https://247newsaroundtheworld.com/health-news/new-york-company-gets-jump-on-elon-musks-neuralink-with-brain-computer-interface-in-clinical-trials/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/elon-musk-neuralink-competitor-announces-fda-trial-for-brain-device
https://247newsaroundtheworld.com/news/peter-thiel-is-backing-a-rival-to-elon-musks-brain-implant-company/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=5568730&relatedposts_position=1

Episode 45: AI Wants Your Job

What does the future hold? How will the synergy between science, technology, and work change our future?
Can we tame AI?
https://www.salon.com/2021/07/27/artificial-intelligence-wants-you-and-your-job_partner/

Episode 46: OpenAI Learns!

DeepMind’s OpenAI moves us closer to artificial general intelligence... and AI transforms genomic data... how will we leverage these advances?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/30/1030357/endless-playground-teaches-ai-multitask-general-intelligence-deepmind-openai/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.genengnews.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-transforms-genomic-data-into-actionable-insights/

Episode 47: Tesla AI Day Bonanza

Tesla, Tesla, Tesla...
SPOILER ALERT: Tesla AI Day was mind boggling!
We reviewed a recap from Lex Fridman to find out:
Full Self Driving, D1, Dojo... and... you’ll have to listen to find out!
Lex Friedman: https://youtu.be/ABbDB6xri8o
Tesla: https://youtu.be/keWEE9FwS9o
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-unveils-plans-for-humanoid-robot-that-uses-teslas-artificial-intelligence-11629426728?redirect=amp