Are AIs like intoxicated graduates?

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06.08.25

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Daniel on the Driven by Data podcast.

In Daniel’s third appearance on the podcast, he and host Kyle Winterbottom discuss…

🎤How AI has graduated from an ‘intoxicated graduate’ to masters level intelligence and beyond.
🎤Why Leaders don’t have time to place the wrong bets but many are.
🎤Why companies are wasting time and money on building the wrong agents.
🎤How to prioritise the correct AI bets to invest in.
🎤How AI can free society from economic constraints meaning people won’t have to work.
🎤The future of the education system and the impact on graduate jobs.
🎤Why verification of AI will be imperative to success and create huge demand.
🎤The five levels of AI verification you need to know about.
🎤The importance of testing for skills and expertise instead of knowledge.
🎤When AI may become conscious and we could be at AGI by 2030.
🎤The disruption we’re going to see in the job market.
🎤Why most firms can’t attract the talent they need to build AI.
🎤Why we should be building AI with values as opposed to implementing guardrails after the fact.
🎤The three questions to ask when deploying AI.
🎤The real safety and security issues that companies are going to face.
🎤Why there will be an explosion of innovation in AI safety.
🎤The risks of building zombie superintelligence.

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