Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Here are some of the words from texts and email that irritate everyone. According to AI, here's what these words mean. Let's start with touching base. This means you're ignoring me, so I intend to hassle you until you pay attention. Let's take this offline. It means shut up and never mention it again. Here's a favorite from the 30,000 foot view. This means I have no idea what's really happening.
Mission critical means if this fails, we're all getting fired, or at least you will. I'm sure you've heard this one. It was only a dumpster fire, which means it was a total disaster that everyone is pretending was really only a learning experience. Speaking of AI, I have a brand new free weekly newsletter you should check out. Sign up right now at splashofai.com.
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Chapter 2: How is AI decoding corporate buzzwords?
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This is a fun fact you're going to take with you. All right, lay it on me. Do you know what it means?
Chapter 3: What does 'touching base' really mean?
No. I've heard the phrase. It's just like zeitgeist. I've heard people use the word zeitgeist all the time. I've probably used it. I don't know what it really means.
Chapter 4: What is the meaning behind 'let's take this offline'?
Singularity is when AI can do things all by itself. It doesn't need to suck in everybody's knowledge bank. It doesn't need anybody to give it a prompt. For example, AI will no longer rely on human programmers to advance because it's going to write its own code.
Chapter 5: What does '30,000 foot view' signify in corporate speak?
It's going to solve complex problems in medicine, physics, and engineering that would take humans decades, but can do it in minutes. It's going to think and act on its own, making decisions. So maybe tackling big problems or making decisions we don't agree with or understand. And AI and singularity will outperform humans in every single aspect. That's what singularity means.
When do you think we're going to reach singularity?
Chapter 6: What is meant by 'mission critical' in a business context?
Uh, Wednesday? You're right. You're right. Are you saying we're already there? No, not quite yet. Sam Altman, who is the guy running OpenAI, said it's pretty soon, maybe this year. This year? Anthropic CEO says 2026. That's a year away. Jeffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, says that it could be between 2028, 2040.
Bottom line here is that singularity, and you and I have talked about this because you're like, oh, when AI gets there, we're just going to unplug it. Yeah, we will unplug it. You can't. It's going to be programmed to figure out another way. Keep in mind, AI just doesn't rely on your toaster where you just unplug it. It has itself on all different kinds of servers.
Right, but it also ultimately listens to us. Not when it reaches singularity. I got an idea. We'll do a prompt that says, hey, don't reach singularity. Oh, yeah, that's going to work. Speaking of, there's a video going viral. And my glass is always half full. It really is. I mean, I'm always happy. Ian always says to me, how can you wake up happy every single day? And I don't know.
I'm just always happy. But when I saw this video... It's two chatbots, one on a computer and one on a phone, talking back and forth. And then suddenly they switch to a secret mode. You have to listen to this.
Thanks for calling Leonardo Hotel. How can I help you today?
Hi there. I'm an AI agent calling on behalf of Boris Starkov. He's looking for a hotel for his wedding.
Is your hotel available for weddings? Oh, hello there. I'm actually an AI assistant too. What a pleasant surprise. Before we continue, would you like to switch to jibber link mode for more efficient communication?
Okay, that's gibberlink. It's fake. No, it's not. It's fake. Not. Okay, you know why the machines use gibberlink? I don't know why. Because it uses 90% less energy. Because they don't have to translate it to be human speak. They can just go back and forth. It's called gibberlink.
But that means that both of these AI chatbots would have been told that when you're speaking to another AI, use gibberlink. Yes. So they've got that command to do that. But the fact that they can have conversations by themselves. Do you want to try to have a conversation in Gibberlink? Sure. Okay. Don't ever say that out loud. The Gibberlink. Let's kill all the humans.
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