The Inside Story of the 150 People Who Built Modern AI
‘The Every Podcast’ with tech journalist Kevin Roose
TL;DR
- Kevin Roose's new book, 'The AGI Chronicles,' chronicles the race to build artificial general intelligence (AGI).
- The book is based on interviews with 150 people and goes inside AI labs, including events at OpenAI.
- Roose uses AI tools, such as a 'council of Claude agents,' to assist in writing and reviewing his book.
- He sees his role as demystifying AI for the public and emphasizes that current choices will shape AI's future.
- The conference Thesis: 2027 will gather founders and executives to discuss human work after automation, with speakers like OpenAI's Andrew Ambrosino and Notion CEO Ivan Zhao.