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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 12 - It's All Hell
Take a deep breath and join Alex and Emily in hell itself, as they take down a month's worth of hype in a mere 60 minutes.
This episode aired on Friday, May 5, 2023.
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Terrifying NEJM article on GPT-4 in medicine:...
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 15 - The White House and Big Tech Dance the Self-Regulation Tango
Emily and Alex tackle the White House hype about the 'voluntary commitments' of companies to limit the harms of their large language models -- but only some large language models, and only some, over-hyped kinds of harms.
Plus a full portion o...
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 11 - A GPT-4 Fanfiction Novella
After a hype-y few weeks of AI happenings, Alex and Emily shovel the BS on GPT-4’s “system card,” its alleged “sparks of Artificial General Intelligence,” and a criti-hype heavy "AI pause" letter. Hint: for a good time, check the citations.
Thi...
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 8 - The ChatGPT Awakens
Emily and Alex discuss ChatGPT and all the surrounding hype.
Also, more fresh AI hell.
Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13347091
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Situating Search (Shah & Bender 2022): https:...
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 13 - Beware the Robo-Therapist
Emily and Alex talk to UC Berkeley scholar Hannah Zeavin about the case of the National Eating Disorders Association helpline, which tried to replace human volunteers with a chatbot--and why the datafication and automation of mental health service...