Wall Street Journal reports, YouTube began internally testing “Playables” a service for playing games on the platform. Amazon is recruiting small businesses in 23 US states for its Amazon Hub Delivery service, a bid to expand its “last mile” delivery network. And Wired has a report on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research highlighting the effects of automation on employment numbers
Brad & Chad Are Such Tools - GDI 4548 starts at 29:57
The group discussed a survey of how people use AI, which products they know about and what they are worried about. With all this use of AI, how does this affect Google Search? Which generation uses AI the most? Do you want to augment your output? How do you think the new advancements in AI will change your day to day tasks? Do you want to weld an axe? Classic Brad. Do you want to go on a prompt journey? How do you fact check the tools? What are facts and what is true talk takes over. What’s inside the magic box? Can the hallucinations of an AI be of value?
Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
Link to the Show Notes.
Quick Hits:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/netflix-quietly-axes-its-basic-plan-in-canada/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/23/23771826/google-perspectives-search-feed-tab-humans-reddit
https://blog.google/products/search/google-search-perspectives/
Top Stories:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-youtube-is-testing-an-online-games-offering-16d1e772
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/26/amazon-hub-delivery-local-small-biz
https://logistics.amazon.com/hubdelivery/marketing/frequently-asked-questions
Help Bring Molly Wood to the Show:
Discussion Story:
https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-the-last-ai-boom-didnt-kill-jobs/
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w31357/w31357.pdf
Kicker:
https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-realm-online/mmorpg-game-shutdown
Mailbag:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/20/23767051/dominos-pizza-pinpoint-delivery-google-maps
GDI Content:
https://www.theverge.com/c/23753704/ai-chatgpt-data-survey-research
Today’s guest:
Justin Robert Young
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https://werenotwrong.fireside.fm
http://freepoliticalnewsletter.com
@JustinRYoung
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