The 404 Media Podcast

Boo-sters

The 404 Media Podcast

Show Notes

We start this week with Sam telling us all about the commencement speeches where speakers have been praising AI, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. That did not go down well! After the break, Jason tells us how he was offered the chance to buy a bunch of images of poop to train AI (really). In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains how researchers planned to stick cameras onto preschool teachers to train AI.

Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution’

Internet of Shit: AI Poop Analysis App Offered to Sell Me Database of Its Users' Poops

Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI

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