A clip from our interview with Pedro Domingos a renowned AI researcher, tech industry insider, and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. His latest book “2040: A Silicon Valley Satire” (https://amzn.to/4dnmXGE) set in the year 2040, and the candidates are PresiBot, an AI CEO fine-tuned for politics, and a fake Native American chief hellbent on abolishing the United States.
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Chapters
00:00 What OpenAI Got Right
01:03 2040 How Pedro’s Book Is Like HBO’s Silicon Valley
02:12 AI President Using Chinese Parts
03:00 What Inspired Pedro To Write The Book
05:40 Silicon Valley Hype
06:52 AI Robot’s Campaign Strategy
07:55 AI Canidate Hard To Manage, Just Like Humans
09:00 “Machine Learning Guy Doesn’t Do Hardware”
09:50 AI Embodiment
Check out “2040: A Silicon Valley Satire”: https://amzn.to/4dnmXGE
