Pope Leo vs AI - and its tech bro CEOs
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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With me, John Molloy, we cover sport and we have things like this. If Andy Farrell really wants him to stay in the Irish set-up for the next World Cup, they could extend his contract out beyond the World Cup, but the Irish could pick up the tab on it. And Leinster, I'm sure, wouldn't object to having him in the squad if they weren't paying for him. So it doesn't make sense that both of them want him, but none of them can keep him. There's no doubt in my mind that he would be in the Irish World Cup squad going forward.
What are the challenges companies face with AI implementation?
He's still a very, very, very good player, very experienced.
Máire Sveig-Leon was one of the best writers, and Fats Tam was one of the best writers as well. And the writers who helped me with that, they were very kind to me, they were very kind to me, they were very kind to me, and they were very kind to me. I didn't have to write a book, I could write a book, and there was no one else from the other writers, other than me, who could do it for me. That's why I'm proud of it.
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You are listening to The Big Tech Show with Adrian Weckler, sponsored by Deal. Deal lets you hire, manage, pay and equip anyone, anywhere. Visit deal.com slash bigtech. The Vatican makes, you know, and the encyclical made a very interesting point, and that was There is a level of fever around AI that does almost resemble religious worship and some of its proponents.
How has Pope Leo criticized the impact of AI on human dignity?
When you start, when you're like the CEO of Standard Chartered and you've drunk the Kool-Aid so much that you're referring to staff, you're letting go as lower value human capital. Well, you know, the Pope may come out and describe you as being like one of the guys who's trying to build the Tower of Babel. Hello, and you're welcome to The Big Tech Show with me, Adrian Weckler. Now, we're all freaking out about companies ditching staff for AI. But as it turns out, the actual AI installations are often flops, wonky tech, unsustainable subscription costs and unprofitable returns. are now becoming common. Large household names are experiencing this. We've got the likes of Starbucks, Pizza Hut and Klarna, who have either scrapped or reduced major AI deployments, some to replace staff, because the AI made things worse or was more inefficient.
And Uber's chief operating officer just suggested that AI tokens may be more expensive and less effective to use than human staff. It has run out of its quota for the year already. In Ireland, one survey measured at least 720 million euro in bad or ineffective AI investments, while only 11% of big Irish organizations that have invested in AI here have seen any return at all. with over two thirds wondering whether there'll ever be a return.
What evidence suggests AI may not replace human jobs?
And that's according to William Fry's big annual technology report a few weeks ago. So for those who thought it was a given that AI will actually replace most, or even many of us at work, The evidence is starting to suggest that it may not quite turn out that way, at least in the short term. JJ Clarke is here with me to discuss this. There's been a real mood change, I think, JJ. I'm listening to the founders of OpenAI, of Anthropic, in the last couple of weeks say that, no, in fact, contrary to what they were saying for the last two or three years, AI is not going to obliterate the workplace and that there is going to be a role for staff. Now, I'm conscious that they're also getting ready for big IPOs and they don't want to freak the market out, particularly the financial firms who they're hoping will back them and make them very, very rich.
Even still, I think there is a vibe shift going on.
Yes, yes, I think so. And I think that the sort of the temperature last year was... AI is going to replace everything. And then we had the tech layoffs there with Meta, I think it was about four weeks ago or five weeks ago. But that's changed. And even you gave, so the Uber example, there's the Starbucks example.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:24
2
What are the challenges companies face with AI implementation?
0:24–1:47
3
How has Pope Leo criticized the impact of AI on human dignity?
1:47–3:23
4
What evidence suggests AI may not replace human jobs?
3:23–4:42
5
What are the financial implications of AI investments for companies?
4:42–5:50
6
How are major companies like Starbucks and Pizza Hut scaling back AI projects?
5:50–7:19
7
What role does the concept of 'AI worship' play in corporate decisions?
7:19–8:47
8
How does Pope Leo's encyclical relate AI to the Tower of Babel?
8:47–35:54
Speakers
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