{"id":15730,"date":"2023-09-21T23:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T17:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/?p=15730"},"modified":"2023-09-21T23:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T17:53:33","slug":"episode-68-gary-smith-is-an-ai-skeptic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2023\/09\/21\/episode-68-gary-smith-is-an-ai-skeptic\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 68: Gary Smith is an AI Skeptic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"iframe-class\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/28105433\/height\/90\/width\/640\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ff1018\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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Not a chance, says Gary Smith, as he joins\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Vasant<\/span>\u00a0Dhar in episode 68 of Brave New World. The human brain is special.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><b>Useful resources<\/b>:<br \/>\n1. Gary Smith on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StandardDevs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/StandardDevs&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1uiwEWT2vd_oSJ1eP9DZQP\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Gary-Smith\/author\/B001IU51YQ?ref=ap_rdr&amp;store_ref=ap_rdr&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Gary-Smith\/author\/B001IU51YQ?ref%3Dap_rdr%26store_ref%3Dap_rdr%26isDramIntegrated%3Dtrue%26shoppingPortalEnabled%3Dtrue&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZLsh-a1wr6E3VOaQ9_c6Q\">Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/economics-files.pomona.edu\/GarySmith\/Home\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/economics-files.pomona.edu\/GarySmith\/Home\/home.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0o_0PN04gt9Q6Ufv6evDea\">Pomona College<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=8CzBuBYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user%3D8CzBuBYAAAAJ%26hl%3Den%26oi%3Dao&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Gr_aep8k8Q0Nf8qawfpjq\">Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.garysmithn.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.garysmithn.com\/home&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ViDBzYYeU8wXbQlU-QFpD\">his own website<\/a>.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/6u2WfDl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/a.co\/d\/6u2WfDl&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3WzQ152BygFj9gyRy-fUDZ\">The AI Delusion<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Gary Smith.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/6VjIT5n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/a.co\/d\/6VjIT5n&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Bf4feJ0nYoagIxE-nMSHH\">Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Gary Smith.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Standard-Deviations-Assumptions-Tortured-Statistics-ebook\/dp\/B07MWBRFST\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Y9T518MG8A68&amp;keywords=gary+smith&amp;qid=1695216935&amp;sprefix=gary+smith%2Caps%2C434&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Standard-Deviations-Assumptions-Tortured-Statistics-ebook\/dp\/B07MWBRFST\/ref%3Dsr_1_2?crid%3D2Y9T518MG8A68%26keywords%3Dgary%2Bsmith%26qid%3D1695216935%26sprefix%3Dgary%2Bsmith%252Caps%252C434%26sr%3D8-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pLe3h6DqcrBrdcV0oWFC4\">Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Gary Smith.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_Analysis_(book)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_Analysis_(book)&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw262fU7UtcFkw1Qc6EeqZLc\">Security Analysis<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Benjamin Graham and David Dodd.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2023\/03\/23\/episode-58-sam-bowman-on-chatgpt-controlling-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2023\/03\/23\/episode-58-sam-bowman-on-chatgpt-controlling-ai\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0asHPlsQtxOgdgZqPyLBzu\">Sam Bowman on ChatGPT &amp; Controlling AI<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 58 of Brave New World.<br \/>\n7.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2023\/04\/20\/episode-60-raphael-milliere-looks-under-the-hood-of-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2023\/04\/20\/episode-60-raphael-milliere-looks-under-the-hood-of-ai\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1nb9is1Qm2TGk5j18citer\">Rapha\u00ebl Milli\u00e8re Looks Under the Hood of AI<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 60 of Brave New World.<br \/>\n8.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2021\/06\/24\/episode-15-indias-new-export-a-more-egalitarian-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2021\/06\/24\/episode-15-indias-new-export-a-more-egalitarian-internet\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2edKk380hCryndG0axRA16\">Nandan Nilekani on an Egalitarian Internet<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 15 of Brave New World.<br \/>\n9.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/dj7RGfJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/a.co\/d\/dj7RGfJ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2WAq8fq1X8TjQSSz-TIAo9\">Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment\u00a0<\/a><\/i>&#8212;\u00a0\u00a0Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein.<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2021\/09\/16\/episode-21-daniel-kahneman-on-how-noise-hampers-judgement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2021\/09\/16\/episode-21-daniel-kahneman-on-how-noise-hampers-judgement\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0T85PWSN5CxJyecwOja5x_\">Daniel Kahneman on How Noise Hampers Judgement<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 21 of Brave New World.<br \/>\n11.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2021\/03\/04\/episode-7-the-nature-of-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2021\/03\/04\/episode-7-the-nature-of-intelligence\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34xkSEWC4ZrFNq0WC50I3Z\">The Nature of Intelligence<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Episode 7 of Brave New World (w Yann le Cunn).<br \/>\n12.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2023\/09\/07\/episode-67-ellie-pavlick-on-the-cutting-edge-of-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/episodes\/2023\/09\/07\/episode-67-ellie-pavlick-on-the-cutting-edge-of-ai\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mgf8bmo96d-47FGNefb4g\">Ellie Pavlick on the Cutting Edge of AI<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 67 of Brave New World.<\/p>\n<p>Check out\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/vasantdhar.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/vasantdhar.substack.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695404495593000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-epYk2OtVS14Mq_RcB2tF\"><span class=\"il\">Vasant<\/span>\u00a0Dhar\u2019s newsletter<\/a><\/b>\u00a0on Substack. 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Not a chance, says Gary Smith, as he joins\u00a0Vasant\u00a0Dhar in episode 68 of Brave New World. The human brain is special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[226],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15731,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730\/revisions\/15731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}