OpenAI Changes Everything

This week, we dive deep into the mysteries of consciousness with Marta Halina, a philosophy professor from the University of Cambridge. Join us as we explore the intriguing question: What sets humans, animals, and artificial intelligence apart? Could ChatGPT exhibit human-like thinking, creativity, and consciousness? Don’t miss this thought-provoking episode that challenges our understanding of the mind and the potential of AI.

Should we use AI to capture and reproduce human voices? In this week's podcast, I interview Microsoft Artificial Intelligence MVP Charles Elwood who has worked with several people who have lost their voice due to disease. Leveraging AI, Charles has given these people back their voices. What does it mean when we can reproduce any human voice?

Can AI change a fundamental human activity such as reading? The goal of Rebind, a new AI startup, is to change the reading experience by turning books into interactive conversations. Rebind covers both classic and modern literature, including The Great Gatsby, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and Walden. Using advanced AI, they have “cloned” renowned experts like Deepak Chopra, John Kaag, and John Banville, allowing you to engage in real-time discussions with these experts in their voice as you read.

Interview with the former CEO of Kaiser Permanente, the largest non-profit healthcare company in the United States, on how OpenAI will transform healthcare. Can AI replace doctors? Should patients trust medical advice from ChatGPT?

Interview with the Vice President of AI for TurnItIn — the largest AI-Writing Detection company. Should we be using AI-Writing Detection to "bust" college and high school students for using ChatGPT to write their papers?

In this episode, I interview Priten Shah who is the author of the best-selling book "AI and the Future of Education: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" Learn how OpenAI is transforming education.

What is the "EU AI Act"? The Biden "Executive Order on AI"? The "NIST AI Risk Management Framework"? In this episode, Hadassah Drukarch, the Director of Policy and Delivery at the Responsible AI Institute, clarifies why these regulations matter and how ignoring them could cost your company millions.

Forms are everywhere: you use forms to register at websites, apply for credit cards, and submit job applications. But do forms still make sense in the age of AI? In this episode, I interview Nicolas Grenié about a new product built on OpenAI named Formless that replaces forms with conversations.

What is the AI Alignment Problem and why are companies such as OpenAI so concerned about solving it? In this podcast, I interview Mako Yass who is the winner of the Future of Life Institute's World Building Competition with his entry "To Light."  In his entry, Mako imagines a positive future where humanity has solved the Alignment Problem and found peace by embracing Artificial General Intelligence.