799: AGI Could Be Near: Dystopian and Utopian Implications, with Dr. Andrey Kurenkov

Published: July 9, 2024, 11 a.m.

No-code games with GenAI, the creative possibilities of LLMs, and our proximity to AGI: In this episode, Jon Krohn talks to Andrey Kurenkov about what turned him from an AGI skeptic to a positivist. You\u2019ll also hear about his wildly popular podcast \u201cLast Week in AI\u201d and how the NVIDIA-backed startup Astrocade is helping videogame enthusiasts to create their own games through generative AI. A must-listen!\n\nThis episode is brought to you by\xa0AWS Inferentia\xa0and\xa0AWS Trainium. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email\xa0natalie@superdatascience.com\xa0for sponsorship information.\n\nIn this episode you will learn:\n\u2022 All about The Gradient and Last Week in AI [10:42]\n\u2022 All about Astrocade and Andrey\u2019s role at the startup [24:35]\n\u2022 Balancing UX and creative control at Astrocade [42:00]\n\u2022 The creative possibilities of LLMs [1:04:15]\n\u2022 The rapid emergence of AGI [1:10:31]\n\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/799