AI (over)hype, CSIRO job cuts + is hip hop in trouble?
Has an AI investment frenzy created a "bubble"? And if so, is it going to burst? Google's boss has weighed in with a warning: if AI stocks go bust, no company will be safe. Also: scientists are asking questions about the future of research and innovation in Australia, after CSIRO announced hundreds of job cuts. And for the first time in decades, there's no hip hop in the Billboard Top 40. Is the genre dying? Plus hundreds of thousands of fans are getting ready to pack stadiums right around Australia, with the Ashes series starting in Perth this week. Listen now: 01.01 - Is AI over-hyped? 08.52 - CSIRO job cuts 13.27- Is hip hop dead? 24.22- Ashes preview Guests: Jason Murphy, economist and journalist Chris Lambert, musician and lecturer, SAE University College Get the whole story from hack: Follow us on Instagram and TikTok Subscribe to the hack podcast Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm
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Show Notes
Has an AI investment frenzy created a "bubble"? And if so, is it going to burst? Google's boss has weighed in with a warning: if AI stocks go bust, no company will be safe.
Also: scientists are asking questions about the future of research and innovation in Australia, after CSIRO announced hundreds of job cuts.
And for the first time in decades, there's no hip hop in the Billboard Top 40. Is the genre dying?
Plus hundreds of thousands of fans are getting ready to pack stadiums right around Australia, with the Ashes series starting in Perth this week.
Listen now:
01.01 - Is AI over-hyped?
08.52 - CSIRO job cuts
13.27- Is hip hop dead?
24.22- Ashes preview
Guests:
- Jason Murphy, economist and journalist
- Chris Lambert, musician and lecturer, SAE University College
Get the whole story from hack:
- Follow us on Instagram and TikTok
- Subscribe to the hack podcast
- Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm