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May 28, 2024

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Elon Musk made a huge statement claiming AI will make jobs optional. Wait, what? We dive in to discuss to see if that’s more crazy or correct. Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: Google shifts its focus to AI and search, Mistral AI looks to make U.S. presence and Opera browser adds Gemini AI. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: OpenAI to create new model and safety committee, ex-OpenAI researcher joins Anthropic and xAI secures $6B funding. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🚀 AI In 5: We found one of the best GPTs yet! See how it’ll save you tons of time here.

🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Does Elon Musk have some truth in his statement? Here’s what you need to know about the future of work with AI. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about the 5 steps for GenAI implementation, secret way to access ChatGPT desktop app, Google Search AI summaries misinformation and more. Check it here!

Elon Musk says AI will make jobs 'optional' – Crazy or correct? 🤔

Will AI make jobs... optional? 

Elon Musk seems to think so.

His comments struck a chord with some. And rightfully so. As polarizing as Elon Musk can be, does he have a point?

Let's break it down..

↳ LLMs are getting more and more capable

↳ Companies still haven't fully implemented AI throughout their org

↳ When those two things happen – will human jobs make much sense?

Join the conversation and ask Jordan questions on AI and jobs here.

Also on the pod today:

• Future of work with AI advancements 💼
• Elon Musk's statement and its implications 🧐
• AI's impact on human purpose and employment 👥

It’ll be worth your 51 minutes:

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Trending in AI - OpenAI and Microsoft have successfully defeated a proposed class action lawsuit regarding web scraping.

Business of AI - Mistral AI is looking to bring its AI to the US and compete with big tech.

Read This – Opera is adding Google Gemini AI to its browser.

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1. OpenAI's New Safety Committee and Training Next Model 👀

In response to recent departures and safety concerns, OpenAI has established a safety and security committee, including key figures like Bret Taylor and Aleksander Mądry, to enhance AI safety measures. The committee's primary task is to evaluate and improve OpenAI's processes within the next 90 days.

Additionally, the company has officially confirmed the commencement of training for its next large language model, expected to surpass the capabilities of GPT-4. These strategic moves aim to address criticisms, ensure long-term safety in AI development, and align future systems with human values.

Whether this means GPT-5 is being trained or if OpenAI will go with a different naming scheme, this is the first official confirmation form OpenAI that it’s actively training its next large model.

2. Ex-OpenAI Researcher Jan Leike Joins Rival Anthropic 😳

In a bold move earlier this month, Jan Leike, a prominent AI researcher, publicly resigned from OpenAI, criticizing the company's approach to AI safety.

Leike has now joined Anthropic, a rival organization, where he will lead a new "superalignment" team focusing on various aspects of AI safety and security, particularly scalable oversight and automated alignment research.

This high-profile departure highlights the intense competition and differing philosophies within the AI research community.

3. Elon Musk's xAI Secures $6B Funding 🤑

Elon Musk's xAI has just hit the jackpot by raising a jaw-dropping $6 billion in funding. This financial boost from heavyweights like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital will fuel xAI's mission to bring cutting-edge technologies to the market.

With plans to launch a supercomputer powered by NVIDIA chips by fall 2025, xAI is gearing up for an epic AI battle in the tech arena.

4. EU Data Protection Drama Unfolds for OpenAI's ChatGPT 🇪🇺

A data protection task force in the EU is giving OpenAI's ChatGPT a run for its money, highlighting legal concerns and potential risks faced by the AI giant under GDPR regulations. Watchdogs have raised issues regarding the collection and processing of personal data by ChatGPT, leading to investigations and regulatory challenges in multiple EU countries.

The report emphasizes the need for transparency, fairness, and proper safeguards in AI data processing, raising important questions about privacy rights and compliance in the digital age.

5. Apple iOS 18 To Add AI 📲

Apple is gearing up to unveil its latest AI features through iOS 18 at the Worldwide Developers Conference, including custom emojis and improved Siri interactions, all under the project name "Greymatter."

The tech giant aims to integrate AI into various aspects of its software, from voice memos to email, with a focus on on-device processing for enhanced privacy.

6. Google AI Unleashes Next-Level Features on Chromebook Plus 🔋

Google's AI enhancements on the Chromebook Plus are a game-changer, introducing tools like "Help Write" for text generation and "Magic Editor" for effortless photo editing. These features empower users to write like pros and edit photos with a few taps, thanks to Google's advanced AI algorithms.

The integration of AI-powered gaming features through the Game Dashboard takes the Chromebook Plus to a whole new level, promising an immersive gaming experience like never before.

7. U.S. Senate Bill Aims to Protect Artists' Voices and Likenesses 🎤️

U.S. Senators are gearing up to introduce the NO FAKES Act, aiming to safeguard artists' originality and prevent unauthorized AI-generated replicas of their voices and likenesses. This bipartisan proposal comes amidst growing concerns in Hollywood over AI's impact on entertainment.

From Scarlett Johansson's conflict with OpenAI to the impersonation of singers like Ariana Grande, the bill seeks to establish rules for AI use in music and film while balancing First Amendment rights.

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Does Elon Musk say off-the-wall things all the time? 

Yes. 

(TBH, we feel most of it is kinda nonsense.) 

But when Elon Musk talked at the VivaTech conference in Paris a few days ago, the world took notice to what he said. 

His comments were more than the normal, headline-grabbing quips he usually dishes on his Twitter/X platform. 

That bold statement? 

That AI will make jobs optional. 

(Side note: Does that also make rent/mortgage/bills optional or nah?) 

We took a deepish dive today on his comments, looked at his track record a bit, and then tried to answer the same question for ourselves. 

Ready to explore? 

Will our jobs just be …. Hobbies? 

Let’s kick the can and find out. 👇

1 – Elon’s Track Record is meh 🤷️

You can’t ignore the fact that Elon turned Tesla into a little-known brand into a legit global superpower. 

But, people aren’t looking at another fact — Tesla’s run over the past 2.5 years has been one of the most disastrous losses by a company. 

Actually, Tesla’s market cap change over the past 2.5 has been one of the biggest losses. Ever. 

(At least when you look at a market cap loss.)

Sure, there’s some technicalities like stock splits, but Tesla’s financial performance has been pretty bad with net income dropping 55% year over year. 

Or, you could look at Twitter, which Elon bought for $44 billion but about two years later is now reportedly worth $12.5 billion.

What it means: 

In short, Elon’s not batting 100. Not everything he says turns out to be true. So even though he’s widely regarded as a leading visionary in the tech space, he’s not always on-point when it comes to his futurist predictions. 

2 – Does he ACTUALLY believe this? 🤔

Maybe. 

Real talk — Elon also joked that he was an alien at VivaTech, so everything he says should be taken with a ginormous grain of salt. 

But, see/watch for yourself:

But, he seemed kinda serious in what he said about AI at the VivaTech conference.

In short, it seems he does believe (or at least with 80% certainty) that future AI systems and humanoid robots will be so good in the future that us lowly humans won’t really be needed. 

  • So jobs will be optional, but we could keep them as a hobby.

  • And that whole surviving thing? And shelter? UHI.

  • Musk thinks a form of Universal Basic Income called Universal High Income will take care of our basic needs.

(You know, for those of us who aren’t billionaires and trillionaires.)

What it means:

Aside from really using the word ‘benign’ a lot, a few things we took away from Elon’s speech, and some comments and news that followed shortly after: 

  • He thinks AGI will be achieved in about 1-2 years

  • His parent AI company, xAI, just raised $6 billion dollars to work on various AI systems.

  • He wants to build a "Gigafactory of Compute" to make his AI models powerful. (We’ll see if that means future versions of Grok are actually usable.)

  • He thinks that AI and humanoid bots will be much better at human jobs than humans.

3 – He’s not the only one wondering 👥

So is Elon’s take here crazy or correct?

Like we talked about on today’s show, he’s not the only one musing.

Bill Gates and Sam Altman talked about similar topics a few months ago, which we covered in-depth.

Gates talked about what happens in the coming years when AI systems are so smart that they don’t necessarily need humans to help anymore.

What it means:

So if Gates and Altman are ALSO talking about the rise of Artificial General Intelligence and what purpose humans may have (or not have) in the future, does that mean it’s inevitable?

Should we just pack up our work belongings on our desk and call it a career early?

Here’s our take on if Elon’s hot take was crazy or correct:

In short, we think it actually might be a bit more correct than crazy. But we don’t see it playing out quite the same way.

Although legit no one knows what the future holds, this is the 101 of how we see AI impacting our jobs.

  • 1. AI will kill more jobs than it creates.

  • 2. Human skill and expertise will not be thought of in the same way in the future as they are today. Instead, your value will be measured by the amount of new business value you can create for a company while using AI.

  • 3. In less than 5 years, most of us will mainly be working with/around AI. (Like how knowledge workers are all mostly using the internet all day in various forms.)

What’s your take?

Hit us with a reply and lettuce know.

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