Singular XQ rewatches Silicon Valley S1:E4
Do you remember Dorian Nakamoto?
Dorian Nakamoto was a person Newsweek mistakenly outed as the the Nakamoto who founded Bitcoin. It turned out they were wrong and he sued. That and a bunch of tornadoes were in the new in 2014 the week this episode aired. In this installment we have special guest Dr. Heather Roff , an expert on ethics, law, and policy when it comes to AI and autonomous systems. She hangs out with JP, Aaron, and Luis and they chat about the content of the episode, their own thoughts about Silicon Valley culture and the eerie prescience and spot on accuracy of some of the details of the episode, including what JP calls the "catch and release" strategy of emerging tech.
Why do so many big tech companies hire talented and skilled workers and then put them on hold?
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