Best Alex Anders Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 319: Live from The Open & Breaking The Old Course 36:33

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We're live from Troon in the middle of the last round! Join Erik, JoJo, and special guest Marc Eubanks for thoughts on the tournament and "breaking" announcement about the Old Course Post your job for free at LinkedIn.Com/EALSHOW. Terms and conditions apply. Follow us! RANDOM GOLF CLUB www.randomgolfclub.com IG: @randomgolfclub Twitter: @randomgolf…

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Episode 36: About That 'Dangerous Capabilities' Fanfiction (feat. Ali Alkhatib), June 24 2024 1:02:00

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When is a research paper not a research paper? When a big tech company uses a preprint server as a means to dodge peer review -- in this case, of their wild speculations on the 'dangerous capabilities' of large language models. Ali Alkhatib joins Emily to explain why a recent Google DeepMind document about the hunt for evidence that LLMs might inte…

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Ep 318: Bubba Watson 1:04:52

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The one and only Masters Champion Bubba Watson joins the program to talk team golf, haircuts, his view on golf gambling, and what overrated or underrated! The 2024 Mad Scramble is here and brought to you by: L.A.B. Golf, Macanudo Cigars, Long Drink, PING, Turtlebox Audio, and CaddyTalk Rangefinders Use code lowtempslowscores for $150 off your next …

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Episode 35: AI Overviews and Google's AdTech Empire (feat. Safiya Noble), June 10 2024 1:01:42

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You've already heard about the rock-prescribing, glue pizza-suggesting hazards of Google's AI overviews. But the problems with the internet's most-used search engine go way back. UCLA scholar and "Algorithms of Oppression" author Safiya Noble joins Alex and Emily in a conversation about how Google has long been breaking our information ecosystem in…

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Episode 34: Senate Dot Roadmap Dot Final Dot No Really Dot Docx, June 3 2024 1:03:57

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The politicians are at it again: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's series of industry-centric forums last year have birthed a "roadmap" for future legislation. Emily and Alex take a deep dive on this report, and conclude that the time spent writing it could have instead been spent...making useful laws. References: Driving US Innovation in Arti…

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Ep 317: The Evolution of Golf Fashion with Dan Gilligan 1:17:10

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Abercrombie's head of Men's Design Dan Gilligan joins the podcast to talk the brand new RGC x A&F collab (link: https://randomgolfclub.com/pages/abercrombie-fitch) and the history of golf fashion. The 2024 Mad Scramble is here and brought to you by: L.A.B. Golf, Macanudo Cigars, Long Drink, PING, Turtlebox Audio, and CaddyTalk Rangefinders Craving …

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Ep 316: US Open Special with Martin Kaymer 1:26:54

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Strap in for this one! First, Erik and JoJo go behind the scenes of Breaking Pinehurst, look back at the Dunvegan, and talk Pinehurst vs Oakmont. Then, an exclusive interview with the last man to take home the US Open trophy at Pinehurst No. 2: German golfer Martin Kaymer. Enjoy! The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Get your remote fittin…

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Episode 33: Much Ado About 'AI' 'Deception', May 20 2024 1:00:30

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Will the LLMs somehow become so advanced that they learn to lie to us in order to achieve their own ends? It's the stuff of science fiction, and in science fiction these claims should remain. Emily and guest host Margaret Mitchell, machine learning researcher and chief ethics scientist at HuggingFace, break down why 'AI deception' is firmly a featu…

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Ep 315: Winged Foot to Merion feat. Sam Hahn 1:29:53

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I just took a golf vacation for the first time in years. Listen as friend of the pod Sam Hahn (from Lab Golf of course) and I reminisce over our bucket list golf trip in Long Island. The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Get your remote fitting here: RandomGolfClub.com/pages/lab-golf Craving more golf podcast content? Make sure to SUBSCRIB…

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Episode 32: A Flood of AI Hell, April 29 2024 57:48

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AI Hell froze over this winter and now a flood of meltwater threatens to drown Alex and Emily. Armed with raincoats and a hastily-written sea shanty*, they tour the realms, from spills of synthetic information, to the special corner reserved for ShotSpotter. **Lyrics & video on Peertube. *Surveillance:* Public kiosks slurp phone data Workplace surv…

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Ep 314: I Caddied at the PGA Championship... 36:25

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I'm buzzing. I just caddied at the 2024 PGA Championship for my good friend Rich Beem. I can't believe it. Here is the behind-the-scenes look at what it was really like at Valhalla this year for the PGA and what it was REALLLLLY like that fateful Friday morning when Scottie got arrested. Stay tuned! The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Ge…

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Ep 313: Michael Peña 1:36:15

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Erik and Michael Peña sit down at Pelican Golf Club for a lengthy chat between new friends. They talk falling in love with golf in Hollywood, Michael's surprise at ANGC, and behind the scenes of their match. The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Get your remote fitting here: RandomGolfClub.com/pages/lab-golf Find a Long Drink supplier near…

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Episode 31: Science Is a Human Endeavor (feat. Molly Crockett and Lisa Messeri), April 15 2024 1:02:57

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Will AI someday do all our scientific research for us? Not likely. Drs. Molly Crockett and Lisa Messeri join for a takedown of the hype of "self-driving labs" and why such misrepresentations also harm the humans who are vital to scientific research. Dr. Molly Crockett is an associate professor of psychology at Princeton University. Dr. Lisa Messeri…

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Ep 312: My Match with Anthony Kim | BTS 59:30

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The boys are back! In this special episode of the EAL Show, Erik and JoJo recount their last month of travels and deep dive into the Anthony Kim match. We answer audience questions PLUS Erik's in-depth review of Dune Pt. 2. The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Get your remote fitting here: RandomGolfClub.com/pages/lab-golf Post your job f…

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Episode 30: Marc's Miserable Manifesto, April 1 2024 1:00:45

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Dr. Timnit Gebru guest-hosts with Alex in a deep dive into Marc Andreessen's 2023 manifesto, which argues, loftily, in favor of maximizing the use of 'AI' in all possible spheres of life. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Prior to that she was fired by Google, wh…

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Ep 311: The Future of the Golf Swing With UGP's Mac Todd 1:15:50

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EAL is joined this week by old friend and Urban Golf Performance founder Mac Todd. UGP is an all-in-one facility for golfers of any level to enhance and grow their love for the game. Erik and Mac talk the long road of entrepreneurship in golf and what it's like to take on "big golf." Learn more about UGP at https://urbangolfperformance.com The EAL …

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Episode 29: How LLMs Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao), March 25 2024 1:02:30

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Award-winning AI journalist Karen Hao joins Alex and Emily to talk about why LLMs can't possibly replace the work of reporters -- and why the hype is damaging to already-struggling and necessary publications. References: Adweek: Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform The Quint: AI Invents Quote From Real Person in Article…

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Ep 310: A Major Announcement with Alex Bodney 1:07:14

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Erik is joined by lifelong golfer and close friend Alex Bodney to trade old war stories from on the course and off it. The EAL Show is presented by Ecco Golf. Head to https://golf.ecco.com/ and follow them @eccogolf on Instagram. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopify.com/ealshow! Use code lowtempslowscores for $150 off your nex…

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Ep 309: Grant Horvat on Turning Professional and the Future of YouTube Golf 1:01:04

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YouTube Superstar Grant Horvat returns to the program to talk through his current game, playing in a PGA Tournament, and state of the union on YouTube Golf. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.Com/EALSHOW. Terms and conditions apply. Find a Long Drink supplier near you! www.thelongdrink.com/RGC GRANT HORVAT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gran…

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Episode 28: LLMs Are Not Human Subjects, March 4 2024 1:00:57

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Alex and Emily put on their social scientist hats and take on the churn of research papers suggesting that LLMs could be used to replace human labor in social science research -- or even human subjects. Why these writings are essentially calls to fabricate data. References: PNAS: ChatGPT outperforms crowd workers for text-annotation tasks Beware th…

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Ep 308: Behind Breaking Bandon with Contestant Niall Croke 1:31:03

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Erik catches up with Breaking Bandon star Niall Croke in NYC. The pair chat Irish golf, proper banter, why New York is the best city in the world, and what it's really like on the breaking series when the cameras are turned off. The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Go to RandomGolfClub.com/pages/lab-golf to try one for the first time! Hea…

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Episode 27: Asimov's Laws vs. 'AI' Death-Making (w/ Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders), February 19 2024 1:04:42

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Science fiction authors and all-around tech thinkers Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders join this week to talk about Isaac Asimov's oft-cited and equally often misunderstood laws of robotics, as debuted in his short story collection, 'I, Robot.' Meanwhile, both global and US military institutions are declaring interest in 'ethical' frameworks f…

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Ep 307: Golfing the Caribbean | Adventures in Golf Special 59:13

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The crew returns for a special behind-the-scenes look into filming in St. Lucia and Bermuda for Adventures in Golf. Plus! Keffer is going through a swing slump and Erik tries to talk him out of it. The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Go to RandomGolfClub.com/pages/lab-golf to try one for the first time! Post your job for free at LinkedIn…

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Episode 26: Universities Anxiously Buy in to the Hype (feat. Chris Gilliard), February 5 2024 59:52

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Just Tech Fellow Dr. Chris Gilliard aka "Hypervisible" joins Emily and Alex to talk about the wave of universities adopting AI-driven educational technologies, and the lack of protections they offer students in terms of data privacy or even emotional safety. References: Inside Higher Ed: Arizona State Joins ChatGPT in First Higher Ed Partnership AS…

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Ep 306: Golf Footwear with Sneakerhead Jacques Slade 1:18:44

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In Jacques "Kustoo" Slade's own words: "I wear sneakers, play golf, and tech out." Jacques joins the program to talk falling in love with the game, Tiger's history with Nike, and what his favorite golf footwear of all time. Tune in! The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Go to RandomGolfClub.com/pages/lab-golf to try one for the first time!…

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Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job, January 22 2024 56:29

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Is ChatGPT really going to take your job? Emily and Alex unpack two hype-tastic papers that make implausible claims about the number of workforce tasks LLMs might make cheaper, faster or easier. And why bad methodology may still trick companies into trying to replace human workers with mathy-math. Visit us on PeerTube for the video of this conversa…

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MM Werewolf Romance - His Cursed Mate by Alex McAnders - Full Length [ShF 3] 6:51:37

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Get access to premium narration by becoming a YouTube channel member here: http://bit.ly/3YSILSS Character A.I. Chatbot - BookishBoyfriend.com - https://bit.ly/Signup-bookishboyfriend-pod-shf MM WOLF SHIFTER ROMANCES - AUDIBLE (Free Trial): Book 1 [His Caged Wolf] - https://adbl.co/3HfrVqA Book 2 [His Rejected Mate] - https://adbl.co/3HaUqpu Book 3…

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Episode 24: AI Won't Solve Structural Inequality (feat. Kerry McInerney & Eleanor Drage), January 8 2024 1:00:17

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New year, same Bullshit Mountain. Alex and Emily are joined by feminist technosolutionism critics Eleanor Drage and Kerry McInerney to tear down the ways AI is proposed as a solution to structural inequality, including racism, ableism, and sexism -- and why this hype can occlude the need for more meaningful changes in institutions. Dr. Eleanor Drag…

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Episode 23: AI Hell Freezes Over, December 22 2023 1:04:42

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AI Hell has frozen over for a single hour. Alex and Emily visit all seven circles in a tour of the worst in bite-sized BS. References: Pentagon moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously kill humans NYC Mayor uses AI to make robocalls in languages he doesn’t speak University of Michigan investing in OpenAI Tesla: claims of “full self-driving” ar…

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Reverse Harem - MMF Romance - Furious Chase by Alex McAnders - Full Length - [Gay] 7:08:33

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Get access to premium narration by becoming a channel member here: http://bit.ly/3YSILSS Character A.I. Chatbot - BookishBoyfriend.com - https://bit.ly/bookishboyfriend-yt-mmf REVERSE HAREM (MMF) AUDIOBOOKS - AUDIBLE (Free Trial): In the Moonlight - https://adbl.co/41FJJ7O Hurricane Laine - https://adbl.co/41KqMB8 Burning Blaze - https://adbl.co/3v…

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Episode 22: Congressional 'AI' Hearings Say More about Lawmakers (feat. Justin Hendrix), December 18 2023 57:52

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Congress spent 2023 busy with hearings to investigate the capabilities, risks and potential uses of large language models and other 'artificial intelligence' systems. Alex and Emily, plus journalist Justin Hendrix, talk about the limitations of these hearings, the alarmist fixation on so-called 'p(doom)' and overdue laws on data privacy. Justin Hen…

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MM Spicy Wolf Shifter Romance - His Rejected Mate by Alex McAnders - Full Length [ShF 2] 6:39:19

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Get access to premium narration by becoming a YouTube channel member here: http://bit.ly/3YSILSS MM WOLF SHIFTER ROMANCES - AUDIBLE (Free Trial): Book 1 [His Caged Wolf] - https://adbl.co/3v8XWhf Book 2 [His Rejected Mate] - https://adbl.co/3vbzUSM Book 3 [His Cursed Mate] - https://adbl.co/471QKRz Book 4 [His Alpha Wolf] - https://adbl.co/3NtVtV4 …

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Ep 305: Behind The Scenes Of Adventures In Golf 59:37

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We're back from shooting Adventures in Golf and we brought juicy stories from the set with us! Tune in for an exclusive look at what it takes to film our favorite golf show. Plus! Erik takes on Kapalua's Plantation Course in the first Break 90 of 2024! The EAL Show is brought to you by L.A.B. Golf! Go to RandomGolfClub.com/pages/lab-golf to try one…

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