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Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren't you?
· 1 h 08 min
Episode Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren't you?
My guest today is Kevin Roose, a journalist and author of the new book The AGI Chronicles. Kevin was a longtime New York Times reporter and host of the popular podcast Hard Fork, but he and friend of the show Casey Newton just left The Times to start the all-new tech podcast Machine Gods, which launched last week.
Kevin and I talked about launching Machine Gods and what it’s like to go from mainstream media to being an independent creator. Of course, we also talked about his book, which is excellently reported dive into the companies racing to build machine intelligence.
Read the full interview transcript on The Verge.
Links:
• The AGI Chronicles | Kevin Roose • Can AI replicate in your smart TV? | Machine Gods (YouTube) • Introducing Machine Gods | Platformer • Inside the biggest feud in artificial intelligence | The Atlantic • The essay that started the AI race | Kevin Roose • A conversation with Bing’s chatbot left me deeply unsettled | NYT
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Credits:
Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Decoder’s producers are Greg Ott, Kate Cox, and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Kabir Chopra. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane.
The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.
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Links in the notes 9
- https://www.theverge.com/e/1018264
- https://theagichronicles.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKDai2_aZe4&t=134s
- https://www.platformer.news/machine-gods-manifesto-ai-realism/
- https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/openai-v-anthropic-inside-biggest-rivalry-tech/688819/?gift=yOCyPCgFlJHcmtVyKr47rhGAB_Df6W1HFhl_sAnIi4o&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
- https://kevinroose.substack.com/p/the-essay-that-started-the-ai-race
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html
- https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
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