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Interview with Gary Marcus Turing Award Goes to 2 Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence Meta Discusses AI Data Center Project That Could Cost $200 Billion Satya Nadella Argues AI's True Value Will Come When It Finds Killer App Akin To Email or Excel Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next? - Slashdot Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice What to know about deepfakes bill backed by Melania Trump Digg is getting another revival, this time with an injection of AI Google lets Americans delete their search results 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Alexis Ohanian Joins Project Liberty's TikTok Bid YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content Skype is shutting down after two decades LATimes insights page PDF example from the LATimes Gebru: "🔇🔇🔇 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AGI AND ATTEMPTING TO BUILD IT IS A EUGENICIST, POWER CENTRALIZATION PROJECT THAT NO ONE SHOULD SUPPORT." The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects Masnick: Announcing Otherwise Objectionable: A Podcast Series About The Most Misunderstood Law On The Internet 18F demolished AI.com Is for Sale. Asking Price? $100 Million Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce new 'AI Phone' priced at under $1K Vintage Computer Festival East Mimeartist is watching us on the big tv Amazon's Delivery Drones Are Grounded. The Birds and Dogs of This Texas Town Are Grateful Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Dr. Gary Marcus Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit uscloud.com zscaler.com/security