Kevin Roose discusses The AGI Chronicles and new Machine Gods podcast
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Decoder interviews journalist Kevin Roose about his book The AGI Chronicles, a reported dive into the companies racing to build AGI, and his new independent podcast Machine Gods with Casey Newton after leaving The New York Times and Hard Fork.
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