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Zoe Schiffer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
820 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Now it's up to a jury and the judge who's overseeing the case to ultimately decide what happens next.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

We finally found the thing to make Leah care about AI.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Yeah, I mean, these two men absolutely hate each other and they have for quite a long time.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

But again, like just to get into the stakes a little bit, they're really high for OpenAI.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

The company could have to unwind its current structure.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Greg Brockman and Sam Altman could have to leave.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

And obviously they're pulling out all the stops.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

They have these hardcore legal teams.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

All of the executives are expected to testify.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

They've already been in court.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

And then to give you a little bit of background on just how ridiculous it has already been, like Elon Musk was promoting a New Yorker profile about Sam Altman that alleged he had kind of this history of being a bit

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

deceptive, duplicitous.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

He was actually boosting that post on X ahead of the trial.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Sam Altman was, like, hitting back.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Another key moment that I thought was really funny was when one of the lawyers' microphones was, like, going in and out, and the judge says, completely deadpan, yeah, we're funded by the federal government, which I felt like was a dig right to Elon Musk and Doge.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

My favorite part, Paresh didn't say this verbatim, but the lengths that Elon Musk went to to make Sam Altman seem like a little nobody in this opening monologue were so funny.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

He was like, he was a random investor I barely knew, basically implying that Elon made him who he is today.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

I thought that was silly.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Yeah.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

Yeah.