Humanity Unchained

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   1. E15: Taiwan's $6.6 Billion Deal in Arizona for AI Chip Fabs, Our Controversial POV on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency, & Machine Consciousness with Kam Snow

   The Arizona desert just became the hottest place to supply chips that power the future. Today, we're covering breaking news that brings an incredible billion-dollar advancement in chip development to none other than Arizona – per Reuters, "The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday, April 8, it would award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's (TSMC) U.S. unit a $6.6 billion subsidy for advanced semiconductor production in Phoenix, Arizona and up to $5 billion in low-cost government loans." T

   Apr 09,2024 01:07:26
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   2. E14: Neuralink AI Brain Implant Allows Man to Play Chess with His Mind, The Road to AGI, Humanoids vs Electric Cars, & Do Machines Have Souls?

   In this action-packed episode, co-hosts Jeff Joyce and Julia McCoy cover some huge breakthroughs and giant questions as we hurtle towards a post-labor economy with AI fueling 100% of the work we do, impacting every industry.First up, we talk about how the first patient to get a cybernetic AI brain chip implant from Elon Musk's Neuralink, Noland Arbaugh, was able to move a cursor to play online chess using just his brain in a livestream on X shared Wednesday. It's an incredible breakthrough in AI

   Mar 27,2024 44:24
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   3. E13: Future Tense is Now Humanity Unchained, NVIDIA's Release of B200 "Blackwell" AI Chip & More

   Future Tense, our AI show, has officially been rebranded as Humanity Unchained! In E13 of what was formerly Future Tense, now Humanity Unchained, we cover the story of rebranding Future Tense into our new show and our vision for the future of this show & the conversations we are creating.Warning: some of the deepest, wildest conversations about AI and the future of humanity will be coming at you.  In this episode, we also cover what Sam Altman recently said about AGI. We're showcasing Figure 01

   Mar 19,2024 01:06:58
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   4. E12: Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, Anthropic Releases Claude 3, Content at Scale's New Deep Research Feature

   In today's episode, we're covering a bunch of breaking news starting with Elon Musk's lawsuit directed at OpenAI, alleging they broke the founding agreement by giving priority to profit over the benefits to humanity. But is this the real reason, or is the race to Artificial General Intelligence a motive? Will we see them duke it out in court? Jeff feels a battle of the bots is on the way.We also bring your attention to Anthropic's release of Claude 3, awareness to AI deep fakes during election t

   Mar 05,2024 50:25
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   5. E11: AI Predicted to Add $15 Trillion by 2030, Tyler Perry Abandons $800M Studio Because of Sora

   In today's episode, we cover what Sam Altman said about AGI (artificial general intelligence), a new NASDAQ / Motley Crew headline reporting how AI could add an estimated $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030 – and the stock winners are not what you think (it's not Microsoft, Apple, or Alphabet). Plus, Tyler Perry halting his custom $800M studio expansion on 300+ acres after seeing OpenAI’s Sora. We also cover Google's Gemini image generation fiasco, and dive into a big question: Does cre

   Feb 27,2024 39:48
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   6. E10: Is AGI Here? The Truth About Artificial General Intelligence

   In today's episode, we go into the rabbit hole of AGI (artificial general intelligence) with some practical, real answers. With OpenAI focused on a clear mission to "ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity," new AI technologies like Sora dropping regularly, and Sam Altman seeking $8T in investments, it's just a matter of time till AGI is put together.Julia debunks a major news headline circulating fearmongering around

   Feb 22,2024 47:35
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   7. E9: AI Girlfriends Are Cheating on Users, OpenAI Launches Sora and Google Gemini Ultra

   In today's episode, we cover a surprising Mozilla Foundation report released this Valentine's Day studying 11 "AI girlfriend chatbots" and how these "AI soulmates" are stealing data from users. Hear about the risks that these chatbots pose to users – with over 1M users on just one AI girlfriend chatbot alone, though, there is massive demand for them.We also cover breaking news in AI: how OpenAI announced the release of Sora, a new AI model that can create realistic and imaginative scenes from te

   Feb 20,2024 46:20
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   8. E8: Live Recording of Julia's Talk on the Future of AI at Concordia University Texas

   This episode is a recording from a live talk Julia McCoy gave to three college classes at Concordia University Texas in Austin, TX on February 8, 2024. In this talk, a blend of teaching by Julia on AI content, Content at Scale case studies, and how to implement AI successfully into marketing – plus brand new information from AI studies predicting the future – students heard how AI is set to automate almost every human task, not just content, and how they can pivot and adapt to the future by lean

   Feb 08,2024 01:03:24
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   9. E7: Why We're All Moving to Arizona, An Explosion of "Box Face Wearers," Google's Gemini Ultra

   In this episode, we're starting off with the reason why an AI company (ours) decided to work in-person and move to Arizona rather than work remotely.Next, Jeff brings up what a columnist recently said on Search Engine Land about SEO not getting replaced by generative AI tools. Julia brings up why it's critical for listeners to be aware that headlines like these are simply points of view – and not the reality of an industry (Artificial Intelligence) capable of greater, faster strides in innovatio

   Feb 05,2024 01:01:48
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    10. E6: Man Arrested Due to AI & Jeff's 2024 Viral Strategy

    On this episode:Imagine waking up to the police knocking at your door, informing you that you’re under arrest for armed robbery. That’s exactly what one man experienced when he was falsely accused due to faulty AI-based facial recognition.This episode is packed with AI mishaps, and it’s a great lesson on why YOU need to be in the driver's seat with AI. You should never blindly trust the results you get back from AI.Also in this episode:Jeff is mortified by Julia's absence for an episode and take

    Feb 02,2024 45:59
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    11. E5: First Human Brain in History Gets an AI Implant + Other News

    Imagine a world where people can control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone. In breaking news, the first human has received a neural implant from the controversial brain chip startup Neuralink, with Musk tweeting on Sunday: "The first human received an implant from Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.”  Musk announced Monday, January 29, 2024 that the first Neuralink product is called Telepathy and initially used

    Jan 30,2024 41:51
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    12. E4: Did Game Developer Palworld Steal Intellectual Property with AI? + Other News

    In breaking news, a new open-world game called Palworld launched in early access over this past week and sold four million copies in just three days - reaching a Steam concurrent player peak of over 1.2 million users overnight, giving it the highest concurrent player peak for a paid game (ever). However, serious allegations of AI usage and plagiarism claims have been directed at Palworld. In today's episode, we discuss a critical topic: intellectual rights and authorship around AI-generated cont

    Jan 25,2024 01:01:48
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    13. E3: Will Schools Adapt to AI? ASU Pulls a Shocker: First to Adapt to ChatGPT + Other News

    In breaking AI news on Friday, January 19, 2024, OpenAI acquired its first higher education customer: Arizona State University (ASU). ASU is leading the AI revolution in education by bringing ChatGPT to their researchers, staff and faculty, specifically planning to empower educators to use ChatGPT to build personalized AI tutors and offer writing help to students – starting in their largest class, Freshman Composition. Jeff and Julia explore this exciting development in education and how this wi

    Jan 23,2024 01:00:41
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    14. E2: CES AI Gadgets, GPT Store Launch & Custom GPTs, Deepfake Actor Clones & More

    In this episode, Jeff discusses a major release at CES: the Rabbit R1, an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you. OpenAI launched their GPT store where anyone can release, publish, and sell a Custom GPT early January of 2024; Julia debugs why CustomGPTs aren't the end-all, be-all of generating content as some might think, and potential dangers when creating yours. Then, Julia and Jeff discuss Norwegian AI robotics startup 1X Technologies AS, which secured $100M in its Series B funding

    Jan 16,2024 01:04:28
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    15. E1: 1.4 Billion People Will Have to Reskill By 2026 + Other AI News

    An IBM study published in the fourth quarter of 2023 surveying 3,000 C-level executives across 28 countries and 21,000 workers in 22 nations found that 40% of all workers will have to reskill. That’s a whopping 1.4 billion folks. In January of 2024, the largest study of its kind on the state of how AI will impact society was published, and 2,700+ researchers declared: “if science continues undisrupted, the chance of unaided machines outperforming humans in every possible task was estimated at 10

    Jan 09,2024 01:09:44