Episode 38: Deflating Zoom's 'Digital Twin,' July 29 2024

Could this meeting have been an e-mail that you didn't even have to read? Emily and Alex are tearing into the lofty ambitions of Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, who claims the future is a LLM-powered 'digital twin' that can attend meetings in your stead, make decisions for you, and even be tuned to different parameters with just the click of a button.
References:
The CEO of Zoom wants AI clones in meetings (theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clo…)
All-knowing machines are a fantasy (iai.tv/articles/all-knowing-machines-are-a-fan…)
A reminder of some things chatbots are not good for (linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:72234…)
Medical science shouldn't platform automating end-of-life care (buttondown.email/maiht3k/archive/medical-scien…)
The grimy residue of the AI bubble (buttondown.email/maiht3k/archive/the-grimy-res…)
On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs: a work rant (strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs)
Fresh AI Hell:
LA schools' ed tech chatbot misusing student data (the74million.org/article/whistleblower-l-a-sch…)
AI "teaching assistants" at Morehouse (axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/07/04/morehouse-a…)
"Diet-monitoring AI tracks your each and every spoonful" (newscientist.com/article/2431572-diet-monitori…)
A teacher's perspective on dealing with students who "asked ChatGPT" (x.com/thecardsharp2/status/1810037181706334612)
Are Swiss researchers affiliated with Israeli military industrial complex? Swiss institution asks ChatGPT (middleeast.epfl.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/…)
Using a chatbot to negotiate lower prices (404media.co/ai-hell-is-begging-a-chatbot-for-a…)
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park (naomipleasurepark.com).
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.