
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Backlash against AI & specifically Sam Altman's comments about AI as a utility 2) Is this because people are worried about AI taking their jobs? 3) NBC poll shows AI is one of the least popular things in the U.S. 4) YouGov poll shows broadly negative feelings toward AI 5) Pew finds datacenters are very unpopular 6) Consequences of AI's unpopularity 7) Nvidia GTC preview: A rallying cry for AI 8) Could Jensen Huang be the guy that turns this around? 9) Amazon's AI code is messing things up 10) McKinsey's AI tool hacked 11) Meta can't get its act together with Avocado delayed 12) Should Meta's AI use Google's Gemini tech Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:20 - Discussion on AI Backlash 00:15:12 - AI Perception and Public Data 00:16:29 - AI Likability in Comparison to Other Entities 00:18:16 - AI Integration and Public Perception 00:19:38 - AI Perception and Usage Data 00:27:12 - AI, Jobs, and Data Centers 00:28:30 - Implications of Negative AI Perception 00:32:17 - AI's Impact on Job Creation and Productivity 00:35:54 - AI and Work-Life Balance 00:47:16 - AI Security and Job Creation 00:49:46 - Meta's AI Development Challenges

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