AI: Hype vs. Reality
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★ - 33 ratingsArtificial intelligence (AI) carries a lot of promise to enhance human lives. It also carries a lot of hype. Can AI express human creativity? Where are all of the self-driving cars? Will machines ever become “human”? Join host Jessica Chobot as she puts present-day AI technology to the test and separates the hype from reality. Subscribe to AI: Hype vs. Reality here or in your favorite podcast app.
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Episodes
AI Has Eyes
July 31, 2019 07:05 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBComputer vision technology is already being used in a number of ways. Facial recognition is being used in lieu of boarding passes by some airlines. Facial biometrics can be used to unlock our devices—and even our doors. Conservationists are using the technology to identify and conserve rare species and promote biodiversity. Yet with this increasingly powerful technology comes increasing concern about other ways it may be used. Can we be tracked everywhere we go? What can be done to mitigat...
Artificial Instincts
July 17, 2019 07:05 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBDoes AI have intuition? It’s tough to say. Some experts predict AI will take the guesswork out of stock markets, come out on top in high-stakes competitive games, and figure out what we’re thinking before we think it. But will it? And how soon? With so much data being fed into AI, it’s reasonable to assume raw computational power and better information are stand-ins for intuition itself, yet that doesn’t entirely explain AI’s ability to be … well … truly intelligent. Jessica is joined by em...
Doctor AI
July 03, 2019 07:05 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIf you’ve been to a medical facility recently, you may have already had some of your healthcare provided for you by AI. Massive amounts of raw medical data have been compiled since medical imaging hit the scene, and with computing power up to the task, it can now be harnessed in novel, fascinating ways: diagnosing life-threatening diseases, plus assessing risk of disease and pregnancy complications. And that’s just the start. With any new technology comes risk: More data can improve diagnos...
AI for Creativity
June 19, 2019 07:05 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBCan AI be creative? If you believe the hype, AI will one day automate even the most creative jobs in advertising, fashion design, art, music and literature. But will it? To find out, host Jessica Chobot turns to Botnik Studios and its AI software to write a sitcom script—with an ocean of sitcoms from the 1980s and 90s providing the universe from which predictive text will draw inspiration. And then she delivers these bot-generated lines in front of a live audience. Will she get laughs, or wi...
AI On The Job
June 05, 2019 07:05 - 20 minutes - 19 MBIs AI really coming for all of our jobs? Or is fear of a robot takeover based on hype? To find out, host—and fellow human—Jessica Chobot talks with leading AI experts to uncover the source of the hype, reveal just how challenging it is to train a robot, and clearly define the role of machines in the workplace. In the “AI on the Job” episode of AI: Hype vs. Reality, you’ll hear Dave Graham from Dell Technologies explain the difference between job augmentation and replacement. Geoffrey Hinton...
AI That Drives
May 22, 2019 07:05 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBSelf-driving cars: the greatest automotive industry disruption since Henry Ford’s Model-T assembly line… just around the corner. Right? That’s the hype—but is it reality? Are we mere blocks away from our neighborhood streets and freeways being filled with autonomous cars? Find out in the premiere episode of AI: Hype vs. Reality, a new podcast and video series in which Jessica Chobot, veteran host of Nerdist News and Bizarre States, puts present-day artificial intelligence technology to the t...
Introducing AI: Hype vs. Reality
May 06, 2019 18:52 - 1 minute - 1.91 MBThe latest show from Dell Technologies is here to separate the hype about artificial intelligence from the reality. Host Jessica Chobot talks with experts and goes out into the field to test out the latest applications of AI, from comedy writing to self-driving cars. Listen to this preview of the upcoming season and subscribe.