Whenever the tech industry rolls out a new innovation, they always quote some great work of science fiction --- but Silicon Valley doesn't really understand the stories they're reading and watching. That's why the three-time Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct is launching a new miniseries called "Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction," to explore all the ways that tech companies have misinterpreted or misunderstood the great works of the genre, in order to create marketing hype.
The first episode is a deep dive into some unexpected science fictional inspirations of today’s AI products such as ChatGPT – and reveals some of the extremely unsavory underpinnings of Silicon Valley’s AI philosophy. Future episodes will explore how mad scientist stories fueled the “difficult genius” myth among tech CEOs, and how Ayn Rand’s work is implicated in the gig economy.
Our Opinions Are Correct is a biweekly podcast from bestselling...
The first episode is a deep dive into some unexpected science fictional inspirations of today’s AI products such as ChatGPT – and reveals some of the extremely unsavory underpinnings of Silicon Valley’s AI philosophy. Future episodes will explore how mad scientist stories fueled the “difficult genius” myth among tech CEOs, and how Ayn Rand’s work is implicated in the gig economy.
Our Opinions Are Correct is a biweekly podcast from bestselling...
- 3/24/2023
- Podnews.net
On A&E's new reality show, Fit to Fat to Fit, 10 personal trainers aim to prove their weight loss strategies really work by taking their own advice – after intentionally gaining weight to lose it with their clients. "I feel this deep need to help people," trainer Jj Peterson - who intentionally gains 60 lbs. for the show - says in an exclusive sneak peek. "I have done difficult things. I don't think any of those things are going to compare to this journey. I'm going to throw away years of fitness to adopt the lifestyle of my new client." How will...
- 12/28/2015
- by Gabrielle Olya and Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
On A&E's new reality show, Fit to Fat to Fit, seven personal trainers are showing that their weight loss strategies really work by taking their own advice - after intentionally gaining weight to lose it again along with their clients. "I feel this deep need to help people," trainer Jj Peterson - who intentionally gains 60 lbs. for the show - says in an exclusive sneak peek. "I have done difficult things. I don't think any of those things are going to compare to this journey. I'm going to throw away years of fitness to adopt the lifestyle of my new client.
- 12/28/2015
- by Gabrielle Olya and Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
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