As companies try to put AI in more places, more and more users say they want less AI in their lives. Explaining that gap, plus the future of foldable phones, on The Vergecast.
There’s a big, and increasing, disconnect in culture right now when it comes to artificial intelligence. Companies of all shapes and sizes are hunting for places to deploy AI and can’t stop talking about how this new technology will change everything.
But when you ask people about AI, the consistent response is: no thanks. Study after study shows people are worried about the effects of AI and simply don’t find the technology worth all the downsides. --- Verge subscribers, don’t forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Vergecast wherever you get your podcasts. Head here. Not a subscriber? You can sign up here. --- On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay try to understand the AI gap. No matter what you’ve heard, it’s not the water worries that are keeping AI from succeeding. Nor is it the supposedly “doomer” CEOs. The problem, we think, is simpler than all that. AI may be interesting, valuable business software, and it may make writing code easier than ever. But we are still without a truly game-changing use case for AI — at least, one people are willing to pay for. After that, The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins the show with a suddenly in-demand device, the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold. Allison has spent months trying to get one of these phones, only to have Samsung discontinue the device this week. She takes us through her journey with the phone and helps us figure out what’s next for foldables, if anything. Finally, in the lightning round, it’s time for another round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, DLSS 5, the latest news on the metaverse, and some unfortunate news about a couple of viral stories on social media. If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, first on AI: * OpenAI cuts back on “side quests.” * Signalsandnoise on TikTok * From NBC News: Poll: Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits * From Pew: How Americans View AI and Its Impact on Human Abilities, Society And in foldable phones: * PSA: Don’t buy a $4,400 gray market Samsung TriFold on eBay * Samsung discontinues its Galaxy Z TriFold after just three months * Oppo’s nearly creaseless foldable isn’t launching in Europe after all * From last year: Just look at Huawei’s trifold phone And in the lightning round: * Brendan Carr’s tweet threatening broadcasters about war coverage * Jensen Huang, on the critical reaction to DLSS 5: “Well, first of all, they’re completely wrong.” * DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games * Nvidia has lost the plot with gamers * Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now * This is not a fly uploaded to a computer * ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer
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