Tech Talk: AI Supremacy, TikTok’s Fate, and Crypto Decadence

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The Bitter Rivalries Behind the Race to Build Superintelligence

Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis are three of the most important figures in AI superintelligence, but each of them have very different ideas about what this technology should become and what it could mean for the future. Kevin Roose, author of 'The AGI Chronicles,' jo ...  Show more

Why the Midterms Suddenly Look So Bad for Republicans

Last year, Republicans were the heavy favorites to hold the Senate in the following years midterms. Now, however, prediction markets and political forecasters see a very different race. Today, Nate Silver joins Derek to explain what’s behind Donald Trump’s plummeting approval rat ...  Show more

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