Mark Pesce - The Next Billion Seconds Podcast
1) ALWAYS IMPERFECT - THE CLIMATE QUESTION
There's an elephant in the room along with artificial intelligence - its impact on the climate. Demand for electricity has skyrocketed as Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Microsoft build vast new d...Show More
2) ALWAYS IMPERFECT - ISN'T IT IRONIC?
Massive increases in productivity lure businesses into adopting artificial intelligence. But what if pursuit of that elusive 'superprodctivity' produces exactly the opposite? A rebroadcast of Radio Ne...Show More
3) ALWAYS IMPERFECT - BUILDING RESISTANCE
What would you do if you lost your job to an AI? Would you even know? It happened to me - and I didn't learn the truth for six months. In the aftermath I recognised how my work needed to change. That ...Show More
4) ALWAYS IMPERFECT - EPISODE 4 - STOP THE WOKE AI!
While the US focuses on putting the brakes on 'woke AI' (whatever that is) the rest of the world's nations confront thorny questions about how to regulate a technology that's both moving very quickly ...Show More
5) ALWAYS IMPERFECT - A BETTER WAY
ALWAYS IMPERFECT Episode 3: A BETTER WAYUsed well, artificial intelligence can automate labor-intensive and rote processes, freeing people for the work they want to do. That's the theory, anyway - but...Show More
6) ALWAYS IMPERFECT: "VIBE SLOGGING"
Can a computer program a computer as well as a human being can? Artificial intelligence enabled a quantum leap in the quality of the tools programmer use to write code - but they're delicate. Push the...Show More
7) ALWAYS IMPERFECT: "NO MAGIC WANDS"
Always Imperfect - Episode 1 - NO MAGIC WANDS Artificial intelligence may be amazing but it’s always imperfect. Anyone trying to use AI professionally lands on the horns of a dilemma: will ...Show More
8) TWO FUTURISTS GO 'VIBE FORECASTING'
Whenever fellow futurist and longtime friend Rob Tercek and I (Mark Pesce) get together, we go crazy deep on the future: What happens when lazy humans outsource their thought process to machines? You ...Show More
9) RNZ Nine to Noon: ADDICTION IS THE BUSINESS MODEL
Mark joins RNZ Nine to Noon host Kathryn Ryan to delve into the sudden phenomenon of 'viral' AI videos - getting better at capturing your eyeballs. Did you see those cute bunnies bouncing on a trampol...Show More
10) The Next Billion Cars - Experiences in 'Range Anxiety'
On a recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, Mark rented an EV, drove to a rural town on the Mendocino coast, then drove back again. That trip taught Mark a lot about what it means to drive an EV -...Show More