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Making games with your voice, with Roblox chief scientist Morgan McGuire
How will AI change games? How is AI changing games? In this TechFirst we chat with Morgan McGuire, Roblox’s Chief Scientist and a former Nvidia research scientist. He tells host John Koetsier how AI is not only enhancing game creation through generative AI but also revolutionizing multiplayer game safety with advanced AI moderation systems. We chat about the explosive growth of Roblox and share…
How do we know when a machine is smart?
Is an AI system smart when it can do what a human can do? Or … when it can do things humans can’t do? For years we’ve had the Turing Test … measuring AI’s ability to mimic being human. But is that really the right benchmark? In this TechFirst, we chat with a computer scientist who has been working in AI for more than a decade. He’s currently VP strategy at Intuition Robotics, which makes an…
Can cat qbits save quantum computing?
A whimsically-named quantum company named Alice & Bob actually has a quantum chip in the Google Cloud marketplace. Its “cat qbits” solve a massive issue that affects all other quantum chips. And it might just make quantum computing actually matter. In this episode of TechFirst, we explore the fascinating paradox of building a quantum computer with Théau Peronnin, CEO and co-founder of Alice and…
AI-generated code: what 4000 developers do
When will AI replace developers? Or is it an if? In this TechFirst we dive into a survey focused on how 4,000 software developers use AI to generate, test, and check code. Justice Erolin, the CTO of BairesDev, recently surveyed over 4,000 developers globally. The goal: exploreing how AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are being utilized in software development. We chat about how these tools…
AGI: solved already?
Have we already achieved AGI? OpenAI just released GPT-4o. It’s impressive, and the implications are huge for so many different professions … not least of which is education and tutoring. It’s also showing us the beginning of AI that is truly present in our lives … AI that sees what we see, doesn’t exist just in a box with text input, hears what we hear, and hallucinates less. What does that —…
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Moon first, then Mars: a chat with astronaut Jack Fischer
Today we have a special privilege: we’re talking to an astronaut who has spent 136 days in the International Space Station and completed 2 space walks. He’s also the mission director for the recent Intuitive Machines lunar lander, the first US mission to the moon in more than 50 years. His name is Jack Fischer, and here is our chat: (Subscribe to my YouTube channel) In this episode of TechFirst,…
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Water from air for 10 cents a gallon: atmospheric water generators
If our planet turns to Dune, how will you survive? Atmospheric water generators might help … We’re already experiencing water crises in thousands of global cities, places like Flint Michigan, or even native reserves in Canada. How can you ensure you’ll get good, healthy, clean drinking water? In this episode of TechFirst, we explore the critical global challenge of securing clean water, a…
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