The Rise of AI in Our Daily Lives with Mike Todasco

Mike Todasco is the former PayPal innovation leader and current visiting fellow at the James Silberrad Brown Center of Artificial Intelligence. In this episode, the conversations explores how AI is seamlessly woven into our daily routines—from using custom GPTs for personal healthcare management to powering recommendations on streaming platforms and even assisting in the kitchen. Mike spills on the evolving risks and rewards of integrating AI into private life, the future of AI-generated creativity, and why world models could unlock the next level of smart technology. From how AI is quietly shaping society to the job markets and dating in the next generation relationships.

Show Notes

EPISODE COVERS:

1.     Everyday uses of AI in life

2.     AI as personal health assistant

3.     Medical data risk and privacy

4.     AI for cooking and recipes

5.     Anthropomorphizing AI and relationships

6.     AI-generated images for presentations

7.     Hidden AI powering daily technology

8.     World models and future AI data

9.     Personalization and echo chambers online

10.  Disclosure and transparency with AI bots

11.  AI reshaping workforce and internships

12.  Rise of AI agents at work

13.  Solopreneurs building businesses with AI

14.  Boundaries and guardrails for AI use

15.  Emotional impact of AI companions

AI in daily life, large language models, ChatGPT, medical AI, AI privacy risks, AI in healthcare, AI personalization, AI in cooking, AI as a tool, AI as a companion, AI-generated presentations, image generation, innovation at PayPal, hedonic adaptation, world models, training data, in-home robots, self-driving cars, AI perception gap, digital literacy, AI in work productivity, AI-induced job disruption, internships and AI, agentic AI, solopreneurship, AI agents, echo chambers, AI and social media, AI in education, disclosure of AI use, human-AI relationships

TIMELINE:

00:00 AI Integration in Health and Daily Life

04:17 Online Data Privacy Risk Assessment

09:02 Advancing AI: From Language to World Models

10:25 Advancing Large Language Model Training

13:39 AI and Future Workforce Dynamics

18:20 AI Influences Reddit Discussions

22:54 Future of Internships in Question

25:47 Teen AI Innovators Reshaping Future

27:16 The Nickname Game

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