Can A.I. Save The Middle Class? | EP 77

This week we look at how A.I. is affecting jobs. As companies start announcing A.I.-related job cuts and experimenting with customer service bots, economists are placing bets on whether A.I. will lead to major gains for companies and workers. Some are even predicting it will help rebuild the middle class.
Then, the multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Paul Trillo joins to talk to us about his experience as part of a select group of testers granted early access to Sora, OpenAI’s video generation tool. And finally, Kevin explains what happened when a Microsoft developer stumbled on a huge cybersecurity breach.

Chapters

00:00:00 - St. Stupids Day
00:00:56 - this week on hardfork
00:01:38 - A.I. and jobs
00:22:30 - Using Sora with Paul Trillo
00:47:01 - Secret Software Attack


Today’s Guests:
Paul Trillo, multidisciplinary artist, writer and director
https://paultrillo.com/


Additional Reading:
How One Tech Skeptic Decided A.I. Might Benefit the Middle Class
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/business/ai-tech-economy.html


Will A.I. Boost Productivity? Companies Sure Hope So.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/business/economy/artificial-intelligence-productivity.html


Paul Trillo’s Sora Video, “the Golden Record”
https://vimeo.com/927400626


Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/technology/prevent-cyberattack-linux.html



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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton. Produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. Edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano. Our audience is Nell Gallogly. Video production by Ryan Manning and Dylan Bergeson. Motion graphics by Phil Robibero Thumbnails by Julia Moburg, Elizabeth Bristow, and Harshal Duddalwar
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