364: How to Minister to Artificial Intelligence
06/17/22 • 76 min
Andy and Flo wonder why the new Chromecast ambient mode is cluttered with widgets before they get into a recent whistleblower's claims that Google's LaMDA is a sentient being. (It's not.) We'll explain the what, why, and no-how of last weekend's most trending Google story. Then, it looks like iPhones are getting some Googley abilities. We'll cheekily walk you through all the features Android had first. Finally, Andy will explain why the new Pixel update fixes an overlooked audio essential.
Links and Show Notes:- May be Fired Soon for Doing AI Ethics Work
- Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its AI Is Sentient
- Is LaMDA Sentient? - an Interview
- Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks its LaMDA AI has come to life
- The New iOS 16 Features that Android Had First
- Google's June Feature Drop may have fixed one of the last remaining issues plaguing the Pixel 6
Andy and Flo wonder why the new Chromecast ambient mode is cluttered with widgets before they get into a recent whistleblower's claims that Google's LaMDA is a sentient being. (It's not.) We'll explain the what, why, and no-how of last weekend's most trending Google story. Then, it looks like iPhones are getting some Googley abilities. We'll cheekily walk you through all the features Android had first. Finally, Andy will explain why the new Pixel update fixes an overlooked audio essential.
Links and Show Notes:- May be Fired Soon for Doing AI Ethics Work
- Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its AI Is Sentient
- Is LaMDA Sentient? - an Interview
- Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks its LaMDA AI has come to life
- The New iOS 16 Features that Android Had First
- Google's June Feature Drop may have fixed one of the last remaining issues plaguing the Pixel 6
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363: No More Spoilers
Andy fixed his Pixelbook display problem, and Flo can't stop watching Columbo. This week, your hosts talk about why Google canceled a presentation on caste bias and why folks are asking the company to take action against radicalism festering inside its work walls. Then, we'll lighten things up with the latest Android 13 Beta 3 and our favorite parts of the recent Pixel feature drop.
Links and Show Notes:- Google canceled a talk on caste bias by Thenmozhi Soundararajan after some employees revolted
- Android 13 Inches Even Closer to Launch with Its Third Beta
- Pixel Feature Drop Brings an Exclusive Collaboration with Teenage Engineering
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365: The Death of Google Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
No, Google is not dead, but a pundit on the internet thinks it is! Andy and Flo use this prompt to kick off this week's conversation. The consensus seems to be that it's not dead yet. The web has just changed.
Afterward, we'll talk about why lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches that suggest fake clinics instead of verified ones. We'll also discuss Google News' new look, plus Google's massive new open-source library of 3D scans.
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- The Open Secret of Google Search
- Lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches suggesting 'fake clinics'
- Taking pride in our businesses
- Read all about it: A new look for Google News
- Google is paying the Wikimedia Foundation for better access to information
- Scanned Objects by Google Research
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