OpenAI's API & Function Update, Microsoft Guidance, Andromeda Cluster, Meta Open Source | E19

The future is rushing at us like a freight train - will AI crush our dreams by 2043 or give us indefinite life extension? Explore the tangled web of AI hype, loneliness, and alcoholism with your hosts as they dive deep into OpenAI's latest updates, Zuck's vision for chatbots gone wild, and whether Big Tech's sudden pivot to "openness" is too little too late.  From Microsoft's "Guidance" to steering GPT-3.5, fall down the rabbit hole of what's really going on behind the scenes—where are we headed and how soon will robots replace that guy in accounts payable (spoiler: probably not as soon as he thinks!). An epic voyage to the outer reaches of speculation that will leave you equal parts informed, entertained and possibly needing a stiff drink.

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Chapters
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00:00 - Mark Zuckerberg's Redemption Arc
00:14 - OpenAI's Function Calling, API updates and 16k GPT3.5
10:20 - Microsoft Guidance
18:05 - Andromeda Cluster for startups
26:24 - France's Mistral AI raises $113M seed round to take on OpenAI
33:40 - Mark Zuckerberg's comments about open source on Lex Friedman
40:27 - Deciding which LLM to use and when
44:13 - MusicGen by Meta & Adobe Firefly
48:14 - The Beatles are releasing a new song thanks to AI
53:37 - "Transformative AGI by 2043 less than 1% likely" paper
1:03:45 - Is AI Making Us Sad Drunks?

Sources:
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https://openai.com/blog/function-calling-and-other-api-updates
https://github.com/microsoft/guidance
https://andromedacluster.com/
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/13/frances-mistral-ai-blows-in-with-a-113m-seed-round-at-a-260m-valuation-to-take-on-openai/?tpcc=tcplustwitter
https://twitter.com/polygonmojo/status/1667183372525789185?s=20
https://huggingface.co/spaces/facebook/MusicGen
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65881813
https://vulcan.io/blog/ai-hallucinations-package-risk
https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-detector-ai-kansas-research-paper-99-accuracy-1850519081
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/13/ai_loneliness_alcohol_study/
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/open-philanthropy-ai-worldviews-contest#:~:text=The%20goal%20of%20the%20contest,AI%20timelines%20and%20AI%20risk.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02519