Friday video/podcast recommendations -- Carl Brown edition

We've recommended Brown's videos before. They are nothing special from a presentation point of view -- you can pretty much just treat them as podcasts -- but he's an extremely sharp and articulate software veteran who has become one of my goto commentators when trying to make sense of the AI bubble.

I first encountered Brown through Ed Zitron.

The Truth About Software Development with Carl Brown

That got me interested in his Internet of Bugs vlog.

AI Amplifies Human Ignorance: Lessons from the "OpenAI Hacks HuggingFace" incident


For longer, more wide-ranging discussions, I recommend his podcast with philosopher Casey Hart

OpenAI HuggingFace Incident FollowUp | Two AI Scandals | Ep 6 Pt 1 of PhilosophyPrograms & Prompts

Computer Minds, Mike Levin and Panpsychism