Author: Alex Kantrowitz

Billy McFarland is the founder of Fyre Festival. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss what he learned about social media, investing, and prison during his ordeal at the helm at the world's most infamous music festival. Tune in for McFarland's clear-headed insights on what he did wrong, how social media sells a version of the world that is not there, how inflating his numbers changed investors' approach to his business, and what ten months on solitary confinement does to a man. Tune in for a fascinating, deep discussion covering the making and downfall of an internet phenomenon.

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Nate Silver is a statistician, election prognosticator, and bestselling author. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his reporting on extreme risk takers, and why the seem to be winning. Tune in to hear Silver's theory on how society bifurcates into the risk-forward, probability oriented thinkers (The River) and the safety seeking, status oriented community (The Village). In this episode, we discuss poker, sports betting, effective altruism, VC, AI research, and existential threads to humankind. Tune in for a fascinating deep dive from one of The River's foremost instigators.

To buy Silver's book, On The Edge, check out his book page: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529280/on-the-edge-by-nate-silver/

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Wall Street's roller coaster week 2) Does market turmoil change AI investment? 3) The Yen trade 4) NVIDIA's stock market drop 5) Warren Buffet sells Apple 6) OpenAI loses more key leaders 7) Is OpenAI struggling to fundraise? 8) Are LLMs hitting a wall? 9) Google loses antitrust case 10) Does this hurt Google? Or Apple? 11) U.S. government deterrence restored? 12) Do we actually need new antirust laws for Big Tech? 13) Twitter sues advertisers

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Nick Bostrom is a renowned philosopher and bestselling author of "Superintelligence" and "Deep Utopia." He joins Big Technology to discuss the potential outcomes of advanced artificial intelligence, from existential risks to utopian possibilities. Tune in to hear Bostrom's thoughts on how humanity might navigate the transition to a world of superintelligent AI and what life could look like in a technologically "solved" world. We also cover the evolution of AI safety concerns, the concept of effective accelerationism, and the philosophical implications of living in a post-scarcity society. Hit play for a mind-expanding conversation about the future of humanity and the profound challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The week's market selloff 2) Consumer spending declines and other negative economic factors 3) Starbucks as a economic barometer 4) Favorite boba 5) AI spending comes under scrutiny 6) Big Tech earnings performance 7) NVIDIA's resilience 8) Apple Intelligence beta arrives 9) Siri is still bad 10) Ranjan depressed about Siri being bad 11) Review of OpenAI's ChatGPT 4o voice edition 12) Friend dot com launch 13) Olympics recap 14) The case of Gianmarco's lost wedding ring

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Danny Shapiro is the Vice President of Automotive at NVIDIA. He joins Big Technology to discuss the current state of autonomous driving technology, its future, and NVIDIA's role. Tune in to hear how NVIDIA is pushing the boundaries of AI and simulation to make self-driving cars safer and more reliable. We also cover the challenges of full autonomy, NVIDIA's broader play in the automotive ecosystem, and how generative AI is transforming the industry. Hit play for an insider's look at the cutting-edge technology shaping the future of transportation.

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Kamala in, Biden out 2) Kamala's tech agenda 3) The importance of Lina Khan 4) Do VCs regret backing Trump after the past week's developments 5) J.D. Vance couch meme 6) Twitter at the center of the story 7) AI CapEx goes wild 8) Google's resilience through the first AI wave 9) OpenAI launches a search engine, SearchGPT 10) Elon's AI supercomputer 11) DeepMind's math-solving AI 12) Meta's need for open source AI 13) Southwest Airlines does away with open seating,

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Thomas Dohmke is the CEO of Github. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the state of AI-assisted coding, and whether the rest of the economy can see benefits similar to software engineers using coding 'copilots.' We also discuss how AI assistance can help individual developers build whatever's on their mind, and whether we'll see $1 billion dollar startups built by just one person. Tune in the for the second half where we discuss the next set of AI models, how engineering jobs change when AI produces most of the code, and whether AI will eventually improve itself.

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) VCs and Elon going to Trump 2) The policy issues swinging VCs to Trump 3) The case for an against big tech acquisitions 4) Electric vehicle policy as a flashpoint 5) Anti-woke common ground between VCs and Trump 6) Is it a good bet? 7) Goldman Sachs pours some cold water on the GenAI hype and spending 8) Anthropic starts a new venture fund 9) Warner Bros. Discovery potential spinoff plan 10) Using AI to talk to animals. 11) Is a squirrel the next Einstein?

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Sebastian Siemiatkowski is the CEO and co-founder of Klarna. Siemiatkowski joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's aggressive efforts to implement AI across its operation, including in customer service where it says the technology is now doing the work of 700 people. We also discuss how Klarna is using generative AI in marketing, and whether it can do the work of strategists or simply discreet tasks. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss how Klarna is using ChatGPT enterprise, the company's roller coaster ride amid big market swings, and whether the company plans to continue to grow its workforce in the age of AI.

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