Elon Musk SUES Sam Altman

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Single purpose robots are here
(4:00) Self-driving lawn mowers
(10:30) Robot line cooks
(14:00) Op ex over cap ex
(19:30) What could go wrong?
(22:00) Sam Altman's call for Universal Basic Income
(24:00) Preparing for the AI winter
(28:00) Robotics-first Chipotle
(32:30) Sergey Brin's viral Q+A
(38:30) Elon is suing Sam Altman
(42:30) Larry Page calls Elon a "speciest"
(45:00) The Manhattan Project of AI
(48:30) Rumors around Q-Star
(51:00) We read Elon's emails
(58:30) Making sense of the war against OpenAI

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[DADNation_]

Whoever thinks a robot never calls in sick has never tried to get ice cream from a McDonald’s

[Ke_Mis]

I worked for the last 5 years at a Biotech AI company (first as a Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer and later as Head of Machine Learning), and I think it will be great both on a lower level, such as curing diseases and creating personalized medicine, and on a higher level for humanity, where there is an unconditional basic income.

The sun provides enough energy.
The earth has enough space to house everyone.
Automation can enable a continuous food supply for everyone.

From first principles, there is nothing speaking against such a future. There are certain events that can prevent this from happening, but this is still the future I am striving for :)

[leedsdrumacademy]

"I'm only one google away from saying sorry." 😂

[iggychiang]

UBI, lol.
That was Andrew Yang 4 years ago.
Milton Friedman’s negative income tax 60 years ago.
EITC. Stimmie checks. All the same.

[docnslim]

Electric Sheep. Blade Runner was based on a novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”

[Trilluminati]

If Shaan drops a course on the Art of Storytelling, I’d buy it

[Mind.Body.Mosaic]

What an amazing (an equally terrifying) pod! Love the thumbnail too BTW. The burden of proof required to satisfy a civil court is relatively low, in theory, Elon only needs to prove that his version of events are more likely true than not. Even if the standard was raised to clear and convicing, I do not see how the court's decision could leave Elon with anything other than a W. As was pointed out, Elon's original investment into a purpose-driven, non-profit company is now anything and everything but.

[DevinWSimmons]

You guys are both so awesome, thanks so much for all the value you bring.

[thejamesinator]

Phenomenal episode. You two bounced off each other like champs in this one 👏

[TheAshley]

I live in Wisconsin, oh the warehouse workers keep their jobs here for their whole life. They don't change ever. I have lived in 6 states, was not born here, and oh boy do I not fit in. I am 43 and I have been unemployed since July 2023. I have 12 years of Investment Finance experience, including trading, back office, and positions at RIA firms.

[bofni]

Robots can simulate thought, but it's all programming. It's the programming that needs to be regulated.

[ErickaWilliamsCC]

alaska oil dividend is like 3k to 5k... its not enough. Trust me as a kid who lived in alaska the costs are crazy

[ChristopherOkhravi]

As if I don’t always listen through the whole thing 😊

[nomadprints]

The main learning I took from this episode of The Pod was: 'What is the midwit version of my business and how do I avoid that?'

[RichEdwards]

Most of the pain here comes from the mismatch between the speed of advancement and the (local/global) ability to absorb the advances. If job losses in certain fields take a decade to fully play out, there's a path there. When it's much faster, people feel like they, or actually are, being run over. Look at how quickly NAFTA changed the face of manufacturing in the US in the 90s. The part that generates feat is the very real potential for AI-driven change to be across most/all parts of society and the change to come much much faster.

[unPHILteredNBA]

Jobs these robots will replace are paying funds under what it takes to survive. The real question is how do you put to work, at much higher salaries the majority of the population as you will have the robots and 100k + people. Not saying this as a hippie, but as a Product Manager interested in the human product in work.

[mjcherub]

Can you do a breakdown on Sam's response?

[Evermorecurious]

The key is to always have a human facing front to act as the manager “host”. These one host will need to be paid substantially more than restaurant workers today. But this pay should be justified with the increased efficiency. They will also need to be more technical savvy than your restaurant today. Also restaurants will need to embrace a community mentality where communities meet at this restaurants. This can substantially reduce the headache of people hosting house guest when maybe their house isn’t clean or kids or around when it’s an adult only event. I could see humans actually be able to strategize their dining out experience a lot more than we can now.

[IAmDiegoMilan]

This upload schedule is on point. This honestly has become one of the podcasts I religiously listen to next to the Tim Ferris show.

Appreciate you guys for introducing us to so many new entrepreneurs and ideas.

[dannyquiroz]

It’s going to be really bad when everyone is as depressed as an aimless founder who just had an exit. Work keeps people honest and occupied.