Smart Girl Dumb Questions

We asked Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning Godfather of AI: what happens when AI gets smarter than us? Can it unlearn bad behaviours? Break out and release a model that even Sam Altman acknowledges is dangerous? Under what circumstances can we trust Sam, Demis or Dario? And is the Trump administration and US government at all equipped to handle this moment?  Also: what does AI have to do with The Beatles … or beetles, rather. This is Part 3 of our Godfather of AI series you can find Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/Px3HfB2UkyU?si=W5A6S0X7FBgGTA8p Part 2 here: https://youtu.be/oMpNIz9AIu0?si=KYZHdN2U-tDNejnZ Send us your “dumb questions” on IG/TikTok @smartgirldumbquestions or by calling 1-855-MyDumbQ.  Make sure you’re following Nayeema and the show on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. And obvi: SHARE THE SHOW WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR GROUP CHAT, YOUR MOM and YOUR AI Obsessed Coworker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayeema sits down with Sam Roberts, the New York Times obituary reporter who’s studied some 120,000 years of life while penning obits for everyone from Washington’s most powerful people to Hollywood’s most famed vet and … Jesus Christ? So what has Roberts learned studying this much life? Who even gets an NYT obit? How do they handle scandal, mistresses or secret babies? Which is the meanest obituary Sam’s ever drafted? And is 92 the new … 82? Fact Check: At some point Sam says he may be, at age 79, the oldest staff reporter at The New York Times. He is not in fact the oldest. Also at some point, Nayeema says Sam is a spring chicken. Sam is not, in fact, a chicken. Be sure to get Sam’s book, appropriately titled, “Are They Dead Yet?” ICYMI - last week’s SGDQ Episode was all about how **AI could kill us all** so today’s on how we’ll be remembered, and how we choose to live, is particularly timely….  Send us your “dumb questions” on IG/TikTok @smartgirldumbquestions or by calling 1-855-MyDumbQ.  Make sure you’re following Nayeema and the show on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. And obvi: SHARE THE SHOW WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR GROUP CHAT, YOUR MOM and YOUR MORTICIAN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayeema sits does with journalist Kevin Roose, who has covered tech for 15+ years and wrote *the* book on the AI race, to ask if this latest AI panic is just a way to drive up trillion-dollar IPOs and regulatory moats for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei. Also on the agenda: Do we need bunkers? What actually went down with the Hugging Face attack? If we’re in an AI war with China, why are we still sending Nvidia chips there? And with AI is coming for our brains, is now the perfect time to get a glow up and/or looksmax? Get Kevin’s book: theagichronicles.com and listen to him on machinegod.fm We're taping part 3 of our Godfather Trilogy with Geoffrey Hinton next week SO send us your “dumb questions” on IG/TikTok @smartgirldumbquestions or by calling 1-855-MyDumbQ.  Make sure you’re following Nayeema and the show on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. And obvi: SHARE THE SHOW WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR GROUP CHAT, YOUR MOM and YOUR BOSS who is OBSESSED with AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayeema sits down with Serena Kerrigan, who left a salaried job and a self-described “Nepo Baby Lite" lifestyle to become an influencer (slash "icon"). Six years later, she’s built an empire: an IG live show that led to a TV deal with Peacock, card games, merch and a new book, "Let's F*cking Date".  The secret to her success? Confidence. Nayeema and Serena discuss how a mirror can make you an icon, why egg-freezing can change your mindset, and what modern feminism looks like in a world where we want men to pay … but also let us be.  Also on the agenda: dating younger (hi cougars), age gaps, wealth gaps and some romantic advice for people who love to be clean. Send us your “dumb questions” on IG/TikTok @smartgirldumbquestions or by calling 1-855-MyDumbQ.  Make sure you’re following Nayeema and the show on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. And obvi: SHARE THE SHOW WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR GROUP CHAT, YOUR MOM, YOUR EX, and anyone who has ever wondered whether they’re dating the wrong person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayeema sits down with Cal Newport, an expert on deep work, pseudo-productivity and how technology is shaping work. He’s prolifically productive himself (he’s written multiple bestselling books, is a tenured Georgetown professor, and hosts a hit podcast called Deep Questions … all of which is made possible by his work process and his abstention from social media).  In this episode of the SGDQ “What Even Is Work?!” series, Nayeema asks: Why are we working more and getting less done? Why does everyone feel so busy ALL THE TIME? And, should that meeting be an email, or that email be a meeting? Also: should my employer be finding some cognitive fitness … for my brain? Cal explains why modern knowledge work has created what he calls the “hyperactive hive mind” — a constant stream of Slack messages, emails, meetings, and notifications that keeps us reacting instead of thinking. And it’s not just annoying: our brains are actually TERRIBLE at constantly switching between different tasks and contexts. So how do we stay productive and cognitively fit??  Stay tuned for more of the SGDQ “What Even Is Work?!” series presented by @Zoom. Learn more about how Zoom can help you catch a break (and a chill first day back) zoommate.com. Nayeema thinks of it as vacation-maxxing for adults who want to holiday good and do other stuff good too! Send us your “dumb questions” on IG/TikTok @smartgirldumbquestions or by calling 1-855-MyDumbQ.  Make sure you’re following Nayeema and the show on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. And, obvi: if you liked this episode, send it to your friends, your group chat, your mom... and your COWORKER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices