Episode 32: Blockchain, Masterminding, and Drone Delivery to a Sub
Release Date: 11/05/2019
The Killing IT Podcast
We're back for Q3 2024. Quick question of the day ... then onto the topics of the day. Topic 1: MIT Releases the AI Risk Repository Thanks to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a major resource. It's definitely more for you than your clients. But we see great opportunity here. The public database contains 700+ risks as documented by published papers. It includes many categories, based on severity and other variables. Check it out here: https://airisk.mit.edu/ You can poke around online and gets some good information. Or download the entire database in Excel format. You...
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Topic 1: Chat GPT 1 year later. AI Article Summary: Elon Musk creates his own AI company called X.AI, while Satya Nadella of Microsoft invests in OpenAI and accelerates plans to incorporate AI into Microsoft's products. OpenAI releases ChatGPT as a "low key research preview," which becomes a hit. Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, faces challenges with its own chatbot and struggles with the decision to go open-source. Microsoft introduces its own chatbot in Bing, surpassing Google's efforts. Geoffrey Hinton, a prominent AI scientist at Google, decides to quit and reflects on the rapid advancements...
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Topic 1: Mailbag - Blockchain
Bryan sent us a note asking for our take on Blockchain and BitcoinSV and the creation of the Metanet. (https://nchain.com/en/the-metanet/)
For a little background, of the “split” and related politics, see https://changenow.io/currencies/bitcoin-sv
Overall, we're much more bullish on blockchain generally than Bitcoin specifically.
Links mentioned:
https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/platform
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/blockchain/
https://aws.amazon.com/managed-blockchain/
https://cloud.google.com/customers/blockchain/
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security/blockchain-overview.html
Book: Anarchy, Inc., by Patrick Schwerdtfeger.
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Topic 2: Starting or joining a Mastermind group
We discuss our experiences and give some general advice on joining or starting your own.
Topic 3: Navy submarine resupplied by drone delivery
It’s not a burrito ... but it’s getting closer:
https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-drone-delivers-supplies-to-submarine-for-first-time-2019-10
See last week's show as well as several others. Drone delivery is a money making venture - and now is a great time to figure out what your role is.
:-)