IM 844: Poob Has It For You - Spiky Superintelligence vs. Generality

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI.

• Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong
• The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
• Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey
• Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different
• Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough'
• How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
• Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research
• Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do
• Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight
• Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
• Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year
• Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat
• The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show
• The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden
• TikTok announces its first awards show in the US
• Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space
• Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028
• American Museum of Tort Law
• Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain
• Nicvember masterlist
• Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Jeremy Berman

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