799: AGI Could Be Near: Dystopian and Utopian Implications, with Dr. Andrey Kurenkov

No-code games with GenAI, the creative possibilities of LLMs, and our proximity to AGI: In this episode, Jon Krohn talks to Andrey Kurenkov about what turned him from an AGI skeptic to a positivist. You’ll also hear about his wildly popular podcast “Last Week in AI” and how the NVIDIA-backed startup Astrocade is helping videogame enthusiasts to create their own games through generative AI. A must-listen!

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In this episode you will learn:

• All about The Gradient and Last Week in AI [10:42]

• All about Astrocade and Andrey’s role at the startup [24:35]

• Balancing UX and creative control at Astrocade [42:00]

• The creative possibilities of LLMs [1:04:15]

• The rapid emergence of AGI [1:10:31]

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