🧠 LinkedIn founder launches AI podcast

Greetings humans & cyborgs,

We're only halfway through the week and I'm already feeling exhausted.

When will AI be able to create this entire newsletter for me? 😮‍💨

Well in the mean time, enjoy this edition that was created (almost) entirely by humans.

🔦 AI SPOTLIGHT: REID HOFFMAN'S AI PODCAST

Most of you have probably heard the name "Reid Hoffman" before.

Even if you haven't heard of him, I can guarantee you've used one of his products.

He was a member of the "PayPal Mafia", Co-founder of LinkedIn, and early investor in AirBnB.

Hoffman has always been a visionary, so it should come as no surprise that he's the first person to launch an AI podcast.

And no, I don't mean a podcast about AI. I mean a podcast with AI.

That's right, Hoffman just launched a new podcast where he has fireside chats with ChatGPT as his co-host.

ChatGPT is a large language model created by OpenAI, a company that Hoffman serves on the board of.

The podcast also leverages text-to-speech platform Play.ht to give ChatGPT a voice.

While the voice doesn't sound human, the conversation is pretty entertaining. Here are a few of my favorite exchanges from the convo...

Reid asks ChatGPT if it passes the Turing test:

Reid asks ChatGPt to tell him a joke...it's not very funny 😅:

Reid points out that ChatGPT lacks emotion. ChatGPT's response ironically lacks emotion once again:

While I didn't find the podcast as interesting as my favorite podcasts, I think it's worth at least one listen.

And if you REALLY want to take it to the next level, you can check out podcast.ai, where the episodes are 100% AI generated.

There's even an interview with Joe Rogan and Steve Jobs that really plays on the heart strings.

📰 TOP 3 STORIES

An AI just passed a university exam (but don’t panic: it was only economics): “Claude” — a similar AI system designed by SBF-financed Anthropic — has now passed a law and economics exam.

The Long-Tail Problem in AI, and How Autonomous Markets Can Solve It: Ai Yahya of a16z highlights how AI is becoming a game only AI giants can play, and how we can level the playing field.

Google teases its ChatGPT rival right as the first anti-AI lawsuits take place: The Sparrow chatbot aims to reduce “the risk of unsafe and inappropriate answers,” and it may even cite specific sources and improve answer accuracy – features ChatGPT currently lacks.

🖼️ AI ART PIECE

Prompt: An illustration portrait of a woman with short hair, retro earrings, retro sunglasses, retro style v4 by @Natt

🤖 CHATGPT PROMPT OF THE DAY

Using ChatGPT to figure out what to ask ChatGPT = Big Brain thinking

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