No Priors Ep. 71: The Best of 2024 (so far) with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 11, 2024

Duration

25m

Channel

No Priors

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Believe or not, we’re almost halfway through 2024. Sarah and Elad have spent the first of this year talking with some of the most innovative minds in the AI industry, so we’re taking a look at some of our favorite No Priors conversations so far featuring Dylan Field (Figma); Emily Glassberg-Sands (Stripe); Brett Adcock (Figure AI); Aditya Ramesh, Tim Brooks and Bill Peebles (OpenAI’s Sora Team); Scott Wu (Cognition); and Alexandr Wang (Scale). Watch or listen to the full episodes here: Emily Glassberg Sands from Stripe: https://youtu.be/wiD1BfNEi-U Dylan Field from Figma: https://youtu.be/k7F0yRs1IWY Brett Adcock from Figure: https://youtu.be/O3fp1Xf7Ztw Aditya Ramesh, Tim Brooks and Bill Peebles from OpenAI’s Sora team: https://youtu.be/reMnn6bV_fI Cognition’s Scott Wu: https://youtu.be/OvBiqmcnjHY Alexandr Wang from Scale: https://youtu.be/2SWRU7YOd6c Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil Show Notes: 0:00 Introduction 0:46 Emily Glassberg Sands on the Future of AI and Fintech 4:23 Dylan Field on AI and Human Creative Potential 9:03 Brett Adcock on Running Figure AI’s Hardware and Software Processes 12:43 OpenAI’s Sora Team on Artists’ Creative Experiences with their Model 17:43 Scott Wu Gives Advice for Human Engineers Co-Working with AI 21:06 Alexandr Wang on How Quality Data Builds Confidence in AI Systems

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Sarah Guo

  host

• Elad Gil

  host

• Emily Glassberg Sands

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• Dylan Field

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• Brett Adcock

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• Aditya Ramesh

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• Tim Brooks

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• Bill Peebles

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• Scott Wu

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• Alexandr Wang

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of No Priors, featuring Sarah Guo and Elad Gil, No Priors Ep. 71: The Best of 2024 (so far) with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil explores mid-2024 AI: From Fintech and Design to Robots and AGI This mid-year 'best of' episode of No Priors curates standout conversations from 2024 on how AI is reshaping finance, design, robotics, software engineering, and model evaluation. Guests from Stripe, Figma, Figure, OpenAI, Cognition, and Scale AI discuss practical deployments of AI and emerging opportunities. Themes include AI as a creative and technical copilot, humanoid robots for physical labor, video models like Sora as world simulators, and AI agents such as Devin that redefine software work. The episode closes by emphasizing the importance of rigorous evaluation and trust as models approach and sometimes exceed human-level capabilities.

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