Episode: 5

Opening the lid on OpenAI

With the news of Sam Altman’s sacking as CEO of OpenAI over the weekend, we thought we’d invite Ulysses Maclaren (General Manager at SSW) to discuss all the swirling drama, and dive into all things AI!

The Show

  • 01:30 - Who is 🕺Ulysses Maclaren🕺?
  • 02:20 - Saturday (Aus) / Friday (US) - The Board Meeting
  • 03:30 - The Official reason
  • 08:45 - Sunday (Aus) / Saturday (US) - Sam’s comeback
  • 09:15 - Monday (Aus) / Sunday (US) - Sam Signs with Microsoft
  • 10:15 - Rumours
  • 11:30 - Has OpenAI solved AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)?
  • 12:40 - AI Safety - Grounding and Alignment
  • 13:20 - Microsoft’s Tay (not Tye)
  • 17:00 - Moral Absolutism & Moral Relativism
  • 22:10 - Bill Gates Agents
  • 23:30 - Does AI understand Intent?
  • 29:10 - Uly getting his head around ambiguity
  • 32:51 - Matt writes unit tests (and bugs🐞)
  • 39:30 - Microsoft building AI Chips?
  • 40:20 - Cats Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
  • 41:30 - Is there risk of an Arms race?
  • 42:40 - What is the real risk of AI?
  • 44:40 - Is Embodiment an option?
  • 45:10 - The Paperclip Maximiser - Nick Bostrom
  • 46:30 - 🍻 Beers 🍻
  • 49:00 - Shameless Plug - Matt’s NDC Workshop and of course .NET MAUI in Action
  • 51:00 - 🍻 Cheers 🍻

The Beers 🍻