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Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson
228: AI Snake Oil by Arvid Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor
1 hour 36 minutes Posted Aug 1, 2025 at 4:15 pm.
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1: Introduction
2: How Predictive AI Goes Wrong
3: Why Can‘t AI Predict the Future?
4: The Long Road to Generative AI
5: Is Advanced AI an Existential Threat?
6: Why Can‘t AI Fix Social Media?
7: Why Do Myths about AI Persist?
8: Where Do We Go from Here?
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Today’s authors (and two of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in AI) promise to help us navigate the often misleading claims about the real capabilities of Artificial Intelligence. Join Mike & Cory as they consider what AI can do, what it can’t, and how to tell the difference.

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