Low-Stakes AI Scenarios, High-Stakes AI Viruses, and the Trump Catering Truck Escape, With Charlie Warzel
The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel joins the podcast to help break down the small-potato scenarios of AI run amok.
In this episode:
(00:00) Intro
(7:15) Low-stakes AI scenarios
(40:21) Trump’s catering truck escape
(43:57) AI viruses
(47:22) The missing Nicolas Cage movie
(54:18) Ancient Chine…
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