Exponential View by Azeem Azhar

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.exponentialview.co As I shared yesterday , I met up with the co-founder and CEO of Wayve, Alex Kendall, to test out Wayve’s self-driving car on some of the toughest streets of London — and to sit down for a longer chat about the technology and the company. His team is breaking some impressive ground — just six months ago, they relea...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.exponentialview.co Just a couple of hours ago, I sat down with the brilliant Karen Hao, whose reporting on OpenAI has been the light in the fog of the OpenAI crisis in the past week. She’s kept a close eye on AI developments over the past several years, most recently at The Atlantic, and is currently in the process of writing a book...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.exponentialview.co An exciting paper on the impact of generative AI on labour productivity: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.11771 I spoke with authors Erik Brynjolfsson (Director of Stanford Digital Economy Lab) and Lindsey Raymond (MIT). Notes: * Generative AI systems can improve productivity by 14% in certain office roles and raise the...

We’re hearing more about genome sequencing. More than 12M people have taken very basic genetic tests through direct-to-consumer services like 23andme. Last month, the British Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, laid out plans to undertake whole genome sequencing for all children at birth. I took the opportunity to speak to a couple of friends who understand this topic to explore what it really meant:...