Cade Metz, author of "Genius Makers", on the rise of AI

How Cade got access to the stories behind some of the biggest advancements in AI, and the dynamic playing out between leaders at companies like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.

Cade Metz is a New York Times reporter covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine and the U.S. editor of The Register, one of Britain’s leading science and technology news sites. His first book, "Genius Makers", tells the stories of the pioneers behind AI.

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Topics discussed:
0:00 sneak peek, intro
3:25 audience and charachters
7:18 *spoiler alert* AGI
11:01 book ends, but story goes on
17:31 overinflated claims in AI
23:12 Deep Mind, OpenAI, building AGI
29:02 neuroscience and psychology, outsiders
34:35 Early adopters of ML
38:34 WojNet, where is credit due?
42:45 press covering AI
46:38 Aligning technology and need

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