13 minute listen at: https://cmureadme.com/podcasts/artificial-intelligence-for-real-this-time
SAFFRON, BYLINE: Welcome to our first installment of LISTENUP, our new README podcast hosted right here out of the heart of Pittsburgh.
(SOUNDBYTE OF PATRIOTIC BRIDGEBUILDING AND METALWORKING NOISES)
SAFFRON: Today we’re here with a very special guest. I’d like to introduce—
BARTHOLOMEW: Oh! Uh, sorry to interrupt, but can I go by a different name? Don’t want mine on the record in case any rabid tech fans try to track me down.
SAFFRON: Alright, he wants to go by a pseudonym. Sure, shoot.
BARTHOLOMEW: Oh uhhh, fuckin, can you make me Andrew Carnegie? But like, every seventh letter in Comic Sans and then tilt the last name like, four degrees clockwise and th—
SAFFRON: Fuck you we’re calling you Bartholomew now. Bart, why don’t you tell us about what you were so eager to show us?
BART: Yeah! See, the tech world’s been in uproar since you revealed in your guys’s first print that ChatGPT was actually just some guy. Now everyone’s scrambling to become the next big name in actual artificial intelligence. I’m very pleased to say that my team and I have been working on our own project for quite a while, and I think now is the perfect time to announce: Project Chris—the forefront, the real cutting edge of modern technology in artificial intelligence.
(SOUND OF SQUEAKY WHEELS)
SAFFRON: Alrightyie then. You’ve got a little demonstration for us? Take it away.
BARRY: Yep! A quick conversation to showcase the real power of our new chatbot. Alright, Christopher, how are you doing today?
MICROSOFT SAM: Doing today.
BARTHOLOMEW: Aw man, same. We all sure are just doing. But don’t worry, we can power through. Now, what should we discuss?
MICROSOFT SAM: Discuss?
BARTHOLOMEW: Should we talk about the meaning of life? Something with some crazy philosophical value? Or should we try to solve some complicated theorem together? Oh I don’t know, maybe you should tell a story? Or talk about how useful a chatbot like you can be?
MICROSOFT SAM: Talk about how useful a chatbot like me can be?
BARTIE: Oh what a wonderful idea!
