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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

WILL AI PUT BILLIONS OUT OF WORK?

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Health & Fitness, News, Society & Culture

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Listen to ‘The ‘Highwire’ theme song, an AI-generated near-hit song crafted in just seconds, boasting production quality and lyrical depth that rival professional musicians. As AI continues to advance, Del considers the broader implications: How many jobs will AI disrupt, and what existential risks does this technology pose?

Transcript

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0:00.0

This week that almost meant more than it has at other times, this high wire, this precarious feeling that we're just, you know, balancing on the edge of insanity.

0:12.0

I had an experience that really sort of shifted and I would say altered my thinking

0:17.2

Perhaps about the entire future as I understand it it actually started out somewhat simply I had a friend that you know sort of

0:26.5

showed me a new AI technology that's out there that writes songs.

0:32.6

It's called So New.

0:33.7

And they had punched a song.

0:36.4

Let me show you how this works, because I put in a song,

0:39.6

just to give you a sense of where this sort of conversation happened to my mind.

0:43.7

I'm going to be very personal and honest with you.

0:45.6

You type in W.Sono.com and then you create a song.

0:50.2

And in this case, I said, well, let's create create a song please create a theme song for the

0:54.4

high wire with Del Bigtree in an alternative rock style sound hit

1:00.0

create this is in real time This is how long it takes.

1:05.8

Boom. There it is. I have two options for the song. Let me play one of those for you now.

1:12.6

In this tangled world of lies,

1:17.8

where truth is hard to find out

1:21.3

break through the web that's fine

1:25.0

expose the secrets one by one

1:30.0

on the highway, we're going to rise, a master thing and open our highest

1:36.0

a master thing and open our heart is question.

1:41.0

Down and don't comply.

1:44.0

It's time to find no compromise.

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