Episode 1: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 1, August 31, 2022

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05/31/23 • 44 min

Technology researchers Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna kick off the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 series by reading through, "Can machines learn how to behave?" by Blaise Aguera y Arcas, a Google VP who works on artificial intelligence.
This episode was recorded in August of 2022, and is the first of three about Aguera y Arcas' post.
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Christie Taylor.

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Music by Toby Menon.
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Production by Christie Taylor.

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Episode 2: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 2, September 6, 2022

Technology researchers Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna kick off the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 series by reading through, "Can machines learn how to behave?" by Blaise Aguera y Arcas, a Google VP who works on artificial intelligence.
This episode was recorded in September of 2022, and is the second of three about Aguera y Arcas' post.
You can also watch the video of this episode on PeerTube.

Check out future streams at on Twitch, Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see.
Our book, 'The AI Con,' comes out in May! Pre-order now.
Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown.

Bluesky: emilymbender.bsky.social
Mastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender

Alex

Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Christie Taylor.

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 - Episode 1: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 1, August 31, 2022

Transcript

ALEX: Welcome everyone!...to Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, where we seek catharsis in this age of AI hype! We find the worst of it and pop it with the sharpest needles we can find.

EMILY: Along the way, we learn to always read the footnotes. And each time we think we’ve reached peak AI hype -- the summit of bullshit mountain -- we discover there’s worse to come.

I’m Emily M. Bender, a professor of linguistics at the University of Washington.

ALEX: And I’m Alex Hanna,