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This Machine Kills - Patreon Preview – 298. Ways of Seeing Infinite Art

We step into the art world by way of a long profile of Holly Herndon, an experimental artist and musician who works with artificial intelligence to create provocative, strange, and deeply personal works that serve as meta commentaries on the intersection between art + tech + society. Through a start-up she co-founded, Herndon is also engaged in advocacy work to build a “consent layer” for artists in AI infrastructures. We critically discuss the political / cultural economy of these dynamics — these ways of seeing and means of producing artworks — both old and new. ••• Holly Herndon’s Infinite Art https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/holly-herndons-infinite-art Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)
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The Gist - Architecture’s Weird Definition of “Natural”

Des Fitzgerald, Professor of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at University College Cork in Ireland, is out with a new book The Living City: Why Cities Don’t Need to Be Green to Be Great. The European title gets at things more straightforwardly: The City of Today is a Dying Thing: In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow. We’ll discuss the need for two titles. Plus, on the day Israel and Hamas agree to a hostage release and temporary cease-fire, attempting to watch the 47-minute film of Hamas atrocities with an emphasis on humanity over dehumanization.

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Big Technology Podcast - Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI. Now What? — With Aaron Levie

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins Big Technology Podcast to look forward at the AI field now that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has returned. In this episode, we discuss: 1) Whether this is good for the AI field 2) Should we actually be concerned with Ai safety? 3) Whether the saga is over? 4) How companies are insulating themselves in case of further eruptions 5) The downsides of switching off of OpenAI 6) Does the open source movement rise now? 7) Can OpenAI still lobby effectively with a new board? 8) The EA vs. e/acc fight 9) How Sam let this happen

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State of the World from NPR - A possible deal to release Israeli hostages; Russian news media in exile

Hamas and Israel have reached a deal to release some Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a pause in fighting. We get the details from our reporter in Tel Aviv.

And in Russia, a crack down on journalists following the invasion of Ukraine has caused some to continue their work outside the country.

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First Things Podcast - Rabbi Mark Gottlieb on “A Jewish Theology of Resurrection”

In this episode, Rabbi Mark Gottlieb joins the podcast to talk about his article, “A Jewish Theology of Resurrection” from November 2023. They evaluate Pinchas Lapide's theology of the Christian resurrection of Jesus. Music by User:Quinbrid (Luigi Boccherini) via Creative Commons. Track cropped.
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Motley Fool Money - AI and ai

Uppercase, lowercase, doesn’t matter. Nvidia and OpenAI are the ones to watch in artificial intelligence. 

(00:20) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss:

  • Nvidia’s epic quarter and the market’s ho-hum response. 
  • The OpenAI drama, corporate governance, and 
  • How they’re making their turkeys this Thanksgiving. 


Companies discussed: NVDA, MSFT

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Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Asit Sharma

Engineers: Rick Engdahl


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Lost Debate - Closed AI: Sam Altman Returns

Sam Altman is back as CEO of OpenAI only five days after he was ousted. Ravi breaks down the company's recent chaos and explains why the questions the drama has raised about artificial intelligence's pace, commercialization, and regulation deserve more attention.


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Show Notes:

OpenAI's Manifesto: https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai

Ilya: the AI scientist shaping the world (The Guardian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iqn1HhFJ6c&themeRefresh=1

Open AI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain (Stratechery): https://stratechery.com/2023/openais-misalignment-and-microsofts-gain/

The Sam Altman drama points to a deeper split in the tech world (The Economist): https://www.economist.com/business/2023/11/19/the-sam-altman-drama-points-to-a-deeper-split-in-the-tech-world

The OpenAI Mess Is About One Big Thing: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/11/19/the-sam-altman-drama-points-to-a-deeper-split-in-the-tech-world


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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - New Book Highlights Untold Story Of Civil Rights Activist Mollie Moon

The new book Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement introduces readers to a figure whose story has largely been overshadowed– until now. Reset learns more about how Moon shaped the Civil Rights Movement from author and historian Tanisha Ford. For more conversations like this, check out our full catalog of interviews at wbez.org/reset.