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EP 188 Robert Tercek on Intellectual Property in the Time of AI

Posted June 13, 202301:14:15

Jim talks with Robert Tercek about the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike and intellectual property rights in the era of generative AI. They discuss...

Currents 096: Jim & Michael Garfield Talk About Everything

Posted June 6, 202301:25:26

Jim has an extremely wide-ranging discussion with Michael Garfield. They discuss the upcoming book Michael is drafting in public, the exponential scaling...

EP 187 Carlos Perez on A Pattern Language for Generative AI

Posted June 1, 202301:14:44

Jim talks with Carlos Perez about the ideas in his new book A Pattern Language for Generative AI: A Self-Generating GPT-4 Blueprint. They discuss GPT-4's...

EP 186 Charles Eisenstein on Climate: A New Story

Posted May 24, 202301:00:47

Jim talks with Charles Eisenstein about the environment and the ideas in his book Climate: A New Story. They discuss Charles's involvement with Robert...

Currents 095: Matt Welsh on the End of Programming

Posted May 9, 202301:01:24

Jim talks with Matt Welsh about the ideas in his essay "The End of Programming," arguing that coding as we know it will soon be obsolete. They discuss...