In this episode of the Humanity Unchained podcast, hosts Julia McCoy and Jeff Joyce tackle the latest iteration of AI news and its implications for humanity, jobs, and daily life. They dive into a fascinating story about NAVR, South Korea's largest search engine, which uses over 100 autonomous robots to deliver coffee in their 36-story building. The hosts also react to videos of food delivery robots being vandalized and discuss whether AI can achieve consciousness. This thought-provoking discussion covers topics from AI ethics to potential future scenarios with AGI, emphasizing the importance of alignment and safety in AI development.

Timestamps: 01:34 Welcome to Humanity Unchained

01:53 AI in South Korea: Autonomous Coffee Delivery

04:21 Hollywood's Food Delivery Robots Under Attack

05:48 The Robots Will Remember This: A Discussion on AI and Sentience

07:11 Joe Rogan and AI: Befriending Our Future Overlords

08:53 Can AI Have Consciousness?

21:49 The Future of AI: Risks and Rewards

30:08 Closing Thoughts and Farewell About the hosts: Julia McCoy, co-host, is an accomplished entrepreneur, speaker, and writer, currently serving in AI as a thought leader and influencer. Her day job is President of Content at Scale. Jeff Joyce, co-host, is a brilliant former media agency owner, video producer, and content creator-turned-AI-nerd, and the AI Director at Content at Scale. Learn more about Content at Scale: https://contentatscale.ai

What's real, what's hype? OpenAI has announced the training of a new model that promises to surpass GPT-4, setting sights on achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Jeff and Julia explore the implications of this ambitious project, and the formation of a new safety and security committee designed to ensure responsible development and deployment of AI technologies.

We also cover Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, which has recently raised a staggering $6 billion in a Series B funding round. We discuss plans to launch xAI's first products and Musk's announcement to build a supercomputer that is poised to be four times more powerful than existing GPU clusters. With a valuation of $18 billion pre-investment, xAI is gearing up to compete with AI giants like Microsoft and OpenAI.

Highlights of the episode include:

• OpenAI’s partnership with News Corp for access to vast amounts of content.
• The formation of a safety and security committee for OpenAI.
• Elon Musk's vision of a supercomputer powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs.
• The significance of these developments for the future of AI and supercomputing.
• OpenAI’s new AI model training and AGI aspirations
• The formation of a new safety and security committee at OpenAI
• Elon Musk’s xAI and its $6 billion funding round
• Plans for a supercomputer powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs
• The future of AI and supercomputing

See ARC Show Notes here.

Julia McCoy, co-host, is an accomplished entrepreneur, speaker, and writer, currently serving in AI as a thought leader and influencer. Her day job is President of Content at Scale. Jeff Joyce, co-host, is a brilliant former media agency owner, video producer, and content creator-turned-AI-nerd, and the AI Director at Content at Scale. Learn more about Content at Scale: Content at Scale

History was in the making as we saw incredible AI technology news drop at Google's recent I/O conference and OpenAI's Spring Update. We're breaking down Google's Project Astra, showcasing real-time AI awareness that hints at a future where machines exhibit conscious-like behavior; and OpenAI's ChatGPT 4o, including enhanced voice interaction capabilities that bring us closer to seamless AI-human conversations.

Listen in for a debate on the potential resurgence of the metaverse, driven by AI advancements and wearable tech, and how societal chaos may increase the desire for such immersive distractions. We also touch on the implications of AI's growing role in everyday life, from improving work efficiency to raising ethical questions about machine sentience and consciousness.

In the second half of the podcast in a special segment, Chris Evans, co-founder of Traffic & Funnels (a $70M agency) joins the show to share his experience of integrating AI into his consulting business. He's new to AI, and exploring it all. We ask him point-blank "do you think AI has a soul?" And the answer was great. Listen in to catch it!

Tune in for a captivating and thought-provoking discussion that challenges our perceptions of AI and its role in shaping our future. This is an episode you won't want to miss.

Highlights:

• Google's Project Astra and real-time AI awareness
• OpenAI's ChatGPT 4o and advanced voice interaction capabilities
• The future of the metaverse and AI's influence
• AI's impact on work efficiency and ethical considerations
• Special guest Chris Evans on using AI in consulting

About the hosts: Julia McCoy, co-host, is an accomplished entrepreneur, speaker, and writer, currently serving in AI as a thought leader and influencer. Her day job is President of Content at Scale. Jeff Joyce, co-host, is a brilliant former media agency owner, video producer, and content creator-turned-AI-nerd, and the AI Director at Content at Scale. Learn more about Content at Scale: https://contentatscale.ai