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They Might Be Self-Aware

"They Might Be Self-Aware" is your weekly tech frenzy with Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop. Every Monday, these ex-co-workers, now tech savants, strip down the AI and technology revolution to its nuts and bolts. Forget the usual sermon. Hunter and Daniel are here to inject raw, unfiltered insight into AI's labyrinth – from its radiant promises to its shadowy puzzles. Whether you're AI-illiterate or a digital sage, their sharp banter will be your gateway to the heart of tech's biggest quandary. Jack into "They Might Be Self-Aware" for a no-holds-barred journey into technology's enigma. Is it our savior or a mother harbinger of doom? Get in the loop, subscribe today, and be part of the most gripping debate of our era.

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Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
38 minutes
Episodes
120
Years Active
2024 - 2025
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Fake Flamingos, Turing Test Failures, AI Politicians, and Tinfoil Hats | EP20

Fake Flamingos, Turing Test Failures, AI Politicians, and Tinfoil Hats | EP20

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:39 Humans Sneak into AI Competitions
00:08:07 Hunter Flunks the Turing Test; Daniel's Colorful Descriptions
00:18:15 AI Candidates Compete for Control in the UK and Wyoming
00:39:32 …

00:59:14  |   Mon 01 Jul 2024
Apple's New Intelligence and Glorbo's Betrayal: AI Gets Emotional, and So Do Your Roads | EP19

Apple's New Intelligence and Glorbo's Betrayal: AI Gets Emotional, and So Do Your Roads | EP19

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:04 Mandela Effect in AI
00:05:19 Apple's AI Evolution
00:09:29 Excited for Glorbo
00:24:10 AI Soothes Your Rage
00:34:41 AI Supervisors: Placating Pros
00:37:48 Generative AI: The Robo…

00:56:02  |   Mon 24 Jun 2024
Tesla, Teachers, and the 2%: The Real Impact of AI | EP18

Tesla, Teachers, and the 2%: The Real Impact of AI | EP18

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:36 The Human Side of Tesla's Full Self-Driving
00:06:37 Ethical Concerns: Licensing Agreements and Beyond
00:22:01 All Aboard the AI Hype Train: The Lucky 2%
00:26:04 AI in Education…

01:08:09  |   Mon 17 Jun 2024
AI Mayhem: Gluey Pizza, Sentience, and Sam Altman’s Safety Circus | EP17

AI Mayhem: Gluey Pizza, Sentience, and Sam Altman’s Safety Circus | EP17

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:52 Uncle Elon’s Free Ride
00:13:39 Training Data Diaries
00:20:47 Pizza Glue Hacks
00:29:43 Sentient or Not?
00:44:38 Sam Altman’s Safety Circus
00:51:00 Distributed AI Dreams
00:53:39 …

00:58:22  |   Tue 11 Jun 2024
AI Controversies: Celebrity Voices, Deepfakes, and Kitchen Secrets | EP16

AI Controversies: Celebrity Voices, Deepfakes, and Kitchen Secrets | EP16

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:55 The Scarlett Johansson Voice Scandal at OpenAI
00:09:16 Putin Premieres at Cannes: The Deepfake Debate
00:22:18 Is Your Boss a Deepfake? Protecting the Company Coffers
00:30:08 Mi…

01:02:41  |   Mon 03 Jun 2024
AI Steals Voices and Flips Burgers: The Future is Here! | EP15

AI Steals Voices and Flips Burgers: The Future is Here! | EP15

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:24 The Rise of GPT-4o and Google's AI Showdown
00:09:11 AI Steals Voices for Audiobooks
00:25:01 The Reality of AI in Fast Food
00:35:05 AI: Human or Robot Mask?
00:48:02 Morton's Bos…

00:52:36  |   Mon 27 May 2024
Voice Cloning Gone Wild, AI's Impact on Truth & One Gym Teacher’s AI Revenge | EP14

Voice Cloning Gone Wild, AI's Impact on Truth & One Gym Teacher’s AI Revenge | EP14

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:03 The Rabbit R1: Indispensable or Wabbit Season?
00:03:34 AI: The New Author of Your News
00:25:44 Biden’s Stutter and the AI Truth Trouble
00:34:21 Randy Travis's AI Encore: Anyone…

00:48:56  |   Mon 20 May 2024
AI Judges and Nukes: Navigating the Maze of Machine Control & Cloning the Dead | EP13

AI Judges and Nukes: Navigating the Maze of Machine Control & Cloning the Dead | EP13

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:41 The Rabbit R1
00:16:52 Your new AI best friend
00:17:10 Voicemail from a "listener"
00:24:20 Cloning the dead
00:33:02 The digital afterlife and selling your personality
00:47:29 Gi…

00:56:25  |   Mon 13 May 2024
Meta's Glasses Come Alive, Reddit Spirits in Deaddit & AI Sacraments | EP12

Meta's Glasses Come Alive, Reddit Spirits in Deaddit & AI Sacraments | EP12

00:00:00 Intro & Meta's New Ray-Ban Update
00:01:37 AI Gadget Form Factors and User Adoption
00:04:21 A Dead Reddit
00:07:38 Future of AI-Driven Content
00:09:34 Cryptographic Signatures for Online Ident…

00:57:19  |   Mon 06 May 2024
AI Music, Love & Aliens | EP11

AI Music, Love & Aliens | EP11

00:00:00 Introduction & AI Music
00:02:13 The progress of MidJourney
00:05:31 The future of generative AI
00:08:46 Challenges in monetizing generative AI
00:11:34 Meta's approach to openness and being at…

01:06:46  |   Mon 29 Apr 2024
Humans Pretend To Be AI, Get Stuck In The Loop & Robots Need Vacation | EP10

Humans Pretend To Be AI, Get Stuck In The Loop & Robots Need Vacation | EP10

00:00 TMBSA turns 10!
01:05 Behind the Scenes: SORA Powers Shy Kids' "Airhead" Video
02:46 Challenges of Video Editing with Sora
03:18 AI and Physical Embodiment: Key to True Intelligence?
10:18 How Germ…

00:55:20  |   Mon 22 Apr 2024
AI Is Writing News, Impersonating Teachers & Congress Is On The Hunt | EP09

AI Is Writing News, Impersonating Teachers & Congress Is On The Hunt | EP09

00:00 Introduction
01:04 The Rise of AI-Generated News
04:38 Automating our Teachers
08:57 AI-Generated Books Ruing Google
12:38 The Need for Real Data for Training AI
16:08 Solutions for Capturing NEW Re…

00:49:00  |   Mon 15 Apr 2024
GPT-4 Is Done, Everyone Gets Cloned, AI Elvis Will Protect Us | EP8

GPT-4 Is Done, Everyone Gets Cloned, AI Elvis Will Protect Us | EP8

(00:00) Introduction and Podcast Automation
(02:24) Giving AI an Inner Monologue
(05:03) Expanding Human Perception with VR
(09:38) Developing Additional Senses
(14:32) Claude III Opus Outperforms GPT-4
(…

00:54:33  |   Mon 08 Apr 2024
Government Regulation, AI Lions, Extinction Level Events, Post Technology Living | EP7

Government Regulation, AI Lions, Extinction Level Events, Post Technology Living | EP7

(00:00) Introduction
(01:45) Devon AI: Revolutionary or Not?
(04:56) AI's Existential Threat to Humanity
(07:10) Regulating AI Development and Expertise
(11:42) Animals Disappearing from Hollywood
(22:32)…

00:56:38  |   Mon 25 Mar 2024
AI Goats, The Preservation of Life, More Jobs Fall to AI | EP06

AI Goats, The Preservation of Life, More Jobs Fall to AI | EP06

CHAPTERS

(00:00) AI and medicine
(01:03) AI in Radiology and Dermatology
(03:04) The Release of OpenAI's Sora
(05:44) Potential Pricing for Sora
(11:02) Vision Pro in Surgery
(13:23) AI Goat Simulator
(17:1…

00:48:45  |   Mon 18 Mar 2024
Beyond Sci-Fi: No Jobs, Elon Musk's Justice, and the Quest for AGI | EP05

Beyond Sci-Fi: No Jobs, Elon Musk's Justice, and the Quest for AGI | EP05

(00:00) AI Taking Over Jobs
(02:05) Efficiency vs. Extracting More Money
(05:10) Elon Musk's History of Founding Companies
(08:16) Lawsuits Against OpenAI and Microsoft
(09:23) The Possibility of Achievi…

00:48:57  |   Mon 11 Mar 2024
My Dinner With AI, Artificial General Intelligence, Infecting your BRAIN | EP04

My Dinner With AI, Artificial General Intelligence, Infecting your BRAIN | EP04

(01:35) Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson
(08:15) The Revolution of Large Language Models
(18:14) Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
(24:45) The Future of Human and AI Interaction
(34:57) Jobs Replac…

00:57:01  |   Mon 04 Mar 2024
Sora Kills ALL Trust, Finding the Fakes, RIP Hollywood, Make AI Do Some Good | EP03

Sora Kills ALL Trust, Finding the Fakes, RIP Hollywood, Make AI Do Some Good | EP03

  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 00:27 Generating Images with Sora
  • 01:28 Impressions of the Generated Images
  • 06:19 Comparison with Other Commercial Solutions
  • 09:36 Runway ML vs. Sora
  • 11:42 Quality of Video Generation
  • 13…
00:53:10  |   Mon 26 Feb 2024
Apple Vision is Zucked, Sam Altman is making GPT-5 Smarter | EP02

Apple Vision is Zucked, Sam Altman is making GPT-5 Smarter | EP02

(00:00) - OpenAI Sora creating video from text
(02:19) - Daniel tries the Apple Vision Pro
(15:41) - Hunter Watches the Super Bowl on Apple Vision
(23:50) - Mark Zuckerberg Reviews the Apple Vision
(38:3…

00:49:48  |   Sat 17 Feb 2024
Apple’s Vision Pro, META's Money Pit, Your Toothbrush is Hacked | EP01

Apple’s Vision Pro, META's Money Pit, Your Toothbrush is Hacked | EP01

Unlock the future of tech with us, Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop, as we explore the bleeding edge of VR/AR headsets in our debut podcast episode. Prepare to be whisked away on a journey through the…

01:01:06  |   Mon 12 Feb 2024
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