GPT-4chan, ’Sentient’ AI, Tesla Crash Probe, BIG-bench, DALL-E mini

Our 101st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Outline:

• (0:00) Intro
• (1:13) Lessons from the GPT-4Chan Controversy
• (8:14) Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient
• (14:20) Tesla Autopilot safety faces bigger questions as US upgrades crash probe
• (18:05) Stunning Insights from James Webb Space Telescope Are Coming, Thanks to GPU-Powered Deep Learning 
• (20:31) Can Machine Learning Translate Ancient Egyptian Texts?
• (22:48) 444 Authors From 132 Institutions Release BIG-bench: A 204-Task ‘Extremely Difficult and Diverse’ Benchmark for Large Language Models 
• (26:23) ProcTHOR: Large-Scale Embodied AI Using Procedural Generation
• (28:52) Axon Pauses Plans for Taser Drone as Ethics Board Members Resign
• (32:42) Shield AI raises $165M at a $2.3B valuation to fuel development of its military autonomous flying systems
• (35:38) AI program DALL-E mini prompts some truly cursed images
• (39:30) Outro