WIRED Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond speaks with tech journalist and author of The AGI Chronicles about the all things artificial intelligence. Katie and Kevin deep-dive into the AI hype train, the risk to humanity imposed by AI and the “blood feud” nature of AI’s leading companies going toe-to-toe in a race towards superintelligence.
\n\nKevin, thank you so much for being here.
\n\nSo you and Casey recently announced
\n\nthat you were launching a new media company,
\n\nnot to be mistaken for your podcast of the same name
\n\nMachine Gods Media, the company, correct?
\n\nYeah, a name so nice, we used it twice.
\n\nSo when you first announced that you'd be leaving The Times,
\n\nyou described your vision for what you wanted to do
\n\nas one that, quote, Takes AI progress seriously,
\n\nis clear-eyed about the capabilities
\n\nand tries to empower and entertain people
\n\nin the face of radical uncertainty.
\n\nI'm curious, as you look at sort of the landscape
\n\nwhat's missing from the reporting and commentary
\n\nthat you and Casey feel like you can address
\n\nthat you want to address with the new show?
\n\nthat two men had a place to talk about AI.
\n\nNo, look, I think there are…
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