Editorial: OpenAI Fails Its Ask Jeeves Moment
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Oh Sam. Ask Jeeves established precedent for the search industry that monetizing porn is bad for people and for business. OpenAI and its Microsoft godfather seems intent on doing the opposite. Will Google and Amazon read the room* and ask What Would Jeeves Do? When I worked at Ask Jeeves in 2000 there was a debate. We were valued at $12B but nowhere near breaking even. Should Jeeves be a butler for porn? Eric our internet architect sat on the traffic control council for the internet (W3C) and reported that the bulk of the packets flying through this early system of tubes carried porn pixels....
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Editorial: OpenAI Fails Its Ask Jeeves Moment
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. *Not holding out hope for Meta. Zuckerberg's bunkers aren't going to pay for themselves. The rats nest of Instagram's AI is already "engaging" our brainstems with as much soft core porn as it can get away with. Meta's recent virtue-signaling of "Instagram for Teens" is 99.999% certain to be a setup for serving hard core porn.
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Paul Berger Gives MJ Hope
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Paul Berger joins and shockingly convinces MJ that AI is not the enemy! His thoughtful and constructive approach to MJ's skepticism is based on a lifetime of experience and success in two wildly different fields. An excellent episode! If you find the episode helpful, please share with friends and family. Thanks for listening!
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Cincinnati Children's - Philip Hagedorn, MD
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Chief Health Informatics Officer Phil Hagedorn shares a "this is happening right now" bedside view of artificial intelligence and clinical education. MJ asks Phil to advise aspiring medical and nursing students, as well as twenty-somethings new to the workforce. MJ asks Jeff the same question. Both have (some) answers! Thanks for listening!
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Book
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Hi, Here's how you can get You Teach The Machines... The Library... visit one of the libraries listed below or ask your local library to consider ordering from the distributor (IngramSpark) so you and others can read it. eBook ISBN is 979-8-9988-152-2-5, hardcover is 979-8-9988152-1-8, paperback is 979-8-9988152-0-1. You may also email me at and I'd be happy to donate a copy directly to your library. Local Business... visit one of the bookstores listed below or and pick up from your friendly bookseller. Bookshop.org shares profits with physical stores, like a...
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How To Get You Teach The Machines: AI On Your Terms
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Hi, Jeff here! Here's how you can get You Teach The Machines... Best for humanity: ask your local library to order from the distributor (IngramSpark) so you and others can read it. Give them the ISBN*. Hardcover ISBN is 979-8-9988152-1-8, paperback ISBN is 979-8-9988152-0-1. Best for your community: ask your local book store to order from the distributor. Give them the ISBN. Paperback ISBN is 979-8-9988152-0-1. You pay $16, bookstore makes $8.50, I get $2.40. Hardcover ISBN is 979-8-9988152-1-8. You pay $24, bookstore gets $12, I get $2.01. Best for my bank account: Buy direct...
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Pablo Urdiales Antelo - Journalism at Swansea
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If you thought AI killed journalism, you haven't met Pablo! Thrilled to speak with Pablo Urdiales Antelo, full-time journalist and Class of 2024 graduate of the excellent Swansea University! Class of '25, '26, '27: this is a great discussion of Pablo's experience starting out in a profession AI is supposedly automating. We find space between doom and optimism, but if you're looking for easy answers with AI... let us know when you find them! Thanks for listening, check out Pablo's articles at , and get in touch at
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Jack - CS at CalPoly
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Our first graduate in the workforce! Jack takes his fresh computer science degree to Silicon Valley and along the way shares how he lives and works with AI as a student, job candidate, and new employee. We discuss whether AI will put 20-somethings like Jack and MJ out of work, or just maybe 50-somethings like me will be on the outs! MJ asks a great question about learning to think vs learning to program and we get closer to some answers. Get in touch at youteachthemachines.com and thanks for listening!
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Serena - AI, Privacy and Public Health
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The kids care about privacy! Hallelujah! Serena joins to discuss privacy and use of health data in AI. Also, use of your content in OneDrive, Gmail, Google Drive to train AI. We try for a balanced view, but are mostly freaked out. Thanks for listening, please review, subscribe and get in touch at youteachthemachines.com.
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Alexa - French, and Sarah - Econ at Colby
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Does AI fall flat with French idioms? Why should you NOT prompt AI with important data? Three different answers to the question "If AI went away, would you be able to do what you learned with it." Three seniors adapt their learning to an AI world whether they like it or not.
info_outlinePaul Berger joins and shockingly convinces MJ that AI is not the enemy! His thoughtful and constructive approach to MJ's skepticism is based on a lifetime of experience and success in two wildly different fields. An excellent episode! If you find the episode helpful, please share with friends and family. Thanks for listening!