Episode 2: Butlerian Jihad and Other AI Contingencies

In this one Andy and Matt talk about AI, copyright, remix, creativity, and the future. Is there going to be a Butlerian Jihad? What do cover bands got to do with anything? Tune in to learn about Zazzles the chicken, hear Matt pronounce the word “flutist” and catch Andy proclaiming “there has never been a famine of song.”

Pieces discussed today:

“AI as Normal Technology: An alternative to the vision of AI as a potential superintelligence” By Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor

“Photography Specializations Facing Extinction in the Next Decade” by Alex Cooke

“Can we Justify College?” by Marc Watkins

Also Mentioned

Andy’s “Exploring the Phase Space of Stable Diffusion, Discovering Procedural Nonsense”

Mark Sample’s “Your Mistake Was a Vital Connection”

Bethany Nowvskie’s “Resistance in the Materials” (which, it turns out does not make a citation mistake when discussing Morris, Andy just misread it!)