140: These Strange New Minds (with Christopher Summerfield and Caitlin Green)

We created software that could generate human-like text output quickly and easily. Now we're dealing with the societal upheaval it's caused. What are the risks and rewards, and what can we learn about language from these large language models? Daniel — joined by Caitlin Green — has a chat with Dr Christopher Summerfield, author of These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means.

Timestamps

00:00 Start

00:46 Intros: Generative A.I. concerns

04:15 Shout out to our patrons!

05:03 News: AP Style Guide defines COUPLE

10:35 News: Men do vocal fry more

14:59 News: Uptalk from 1890

16:01 News: Is Singlish up?

22:22 Related or Not: Bonkers Mélange editon, theme from Ste

23:41 Related or Not: population, discombobulate, bobbin

29:09 Related or Not: goggle, goo-goo, agog