Oct 4, 2026 · 10 min · 7 segments
This week's AI Hope is another solo episode, part of an experiment to see how these commentaries compare to guest interviews. The topic is AI for good, which feels like a radical idea given the week's…
Geoff LivingstonHost
They're really neat tools and nifty and do a lot of cool things, but I don't know if I'd call them intelligent, much less super.
So first of all, I think that press conference really struck me as more hyperbole, more bluster from a bunch of people that are really doing a good job of manipulating the media and influencers and social networks to talk about their brands and their omnipotent technologies.
without necessarily taking full responsibility for the way that they're getting deployed.
And that even includes Nvidia, which deployed a technology this week that supposedly stops rogue agents.
What we saw was a moral responsibility agreement signed by all these players to supposedly develop AI in a responsible way.
I think what we have is a bunch of folks that are clearly thinking about how to make the most money they can and to build the most value they can for their investors.
And so long as their interest aligns with our interests, they'll make it happen.
And I think what you're seeing is a reaction to them understanding that they may have gone a little bit too far with the doomsday scenarios.
So please forgive me if you actually listen to this thing, which I am 100% certain that you're not going to listen to it.
But I'm pretty certain that what's going on there is that D.O.D. kind of or D.O.W., excuse me, battle with Mr. Amodi.
They're really neat tools and nifty and do a lot of cool things, but I don't know if I'd call them intelligent, much less super.
So first of all, I think that press conference really struck me as more hyperbole, more bluster from a bunch of people that are really doing a good job of manipulating the media and influencers and social networks to talk about their brands and their omnipotent technologies.
without necessarily taking full responsibility for the way that they're getting deployed.
And that even includes Nvidia, which deployed a technology this week that supposedly stops rogue agents.
What we saw was a moral responsibility agreement signed by all these players to supposedly develop AI in a responsible way.
I think what we have is a bunch of folks that are clearly thinking about how to make the most money they can and to build the most value they can for their investors.
And so long as their interest aligns with our interests, they'll make it happen.
And I think what you're seeing is a reaction to them understanding that they may have gone a little bit too far with the doomsday scenarios.
So please forgive me if you actually listen to this thing, which I am 100% certain that you're not going to listen to it.
But I'm pretty certain that what's going on there is that D.O.D. kind of or D.O.W., excuse me, battle with Mr. Amodi.
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