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TECH008: Emerging Tech Overview: Driverless Cars, Image Generation, Energy Infrastructure w/ Seb Bunney (Tech Podcast)

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TECH008: Emerging Tech Overview: Driverless Cars, Image Generation, Energy Infrastructure w/ Seb Bunney (Tech Podcast)

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In this episode, Seb and Preston explore Tesla's FSD 14.2 advancements and their implications for AI-driven autonomy. They also tackle the ethical, societal, and infrastructural challenges of rapid AI development—from brain-inspired computing to nuclear en...

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In this forward-looking discussion, Seb and Preston dive into the accelerating evolution of artificial intelligence and its wide-ranging implications across technology, ethics, and society. They examine how breakthroughs in AI are not only transforming transportation and computing but also challenging long-held assumptions about decision-making, energy use, and human capability.
12:55
An image can convey emotions, feelings, location, and actions more efficiently than words.
16:49
Whose values are encoded in a self-driving car's decision-making during unavoidable accidents?
23:27
Tesla's camera-only approach is a long-term intelligent play due to lower production costs and better scalability.
27:33
Artificial neurons using bacterial nanowires can interface directly with biological systems
30:37
Enhancements could create a two-tier society
35:15
Rational AI agents would choose Bitcoin to preserve purchasing power over fiat currencies.
44:57
Cosmos AI can execute 42,000 lines of code and read 1500 papers in 12 hours, equaling six months of human research effort.
52:54
Nuclear power is essential for sustainable AGI development due to high energy demands.
1:05:45
Feeding all AI models the same data risks creating a generation with uniform, uncritical thinking.
1:07:33
Manual trades are a hedge against AI-driven job displacement.

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Intro
00:00
How Tesla’s FSD 14.2 dramatically improved its autonomous driving performance
01:44
The ethical dilemmas and liability concerns around AI decision-making
13:42
Tesla’s sensor-only approach versus LiDAR-heavy systems like Waymo
20:27
The potential of biologically-inspired artificial neurons
27:31
How brain-computer interfaces could revolutionize AI and prosthetics
30:32
The societal risks of tech-enhanced human capabilities
32:28
How AI image generation tools like Google’s Nano Banana Pro are evolving
36:26
Why AI’s energy demands are influencing nuclear power policy
49:37
The risks of AI-induced content homogenization and “AI slop”
1:00:06
Why some are turning to manual trades to escape AI disruption
1:07:22

Transcript

Speaker 3: You're listening to TIP. Preston Pysh: Hey everyone, welcome to this Wednesday's release of Infinite Tech. Today, Seb Bunney and I unpacked the biggest innovations hitting the tech world right now, from AI breakthroughs, robotics, brain-compute...