May 27, 2026
Glen and John dissect a recent online airing of grievances
regarding AI’s perceived shortcomings. To Glen’s surprise, John
finds validity to some of these criticisms. Also- the Pope weighs
in, robots close the human gap, the term “neuro-symbolic AI”
emerges, and the green shoots of a “slow tech” movement may be
emerging.
Links related to this episode:
- The Reddit thread- from the AGI community- that prompted this discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/agi/comments/1t73hw7/i_was_once_an_ai_true_believer_now_i_think_the/
- YouTube video on translating Claude’s AI thoughts into language: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQgMCXPJRHXjjZvVNCqcswtpNNr?projector=1
- JB dissects ChatGPT’s new personal finance features on our recent CU Town Hall: https://www.big-fintech.com/cu-town-hall-episode-147-the-chatgpt-finance-era/
- Last week’s interview with Jack Henry’s Lee Wetherington, including data on AI as a bank/credit union strategic priority: https://www.big-fintech.com/what-keeps-you-up-at-night-may-depend-on-your-charter/
- The assembly line video of a package sorting robot (which *may* outperform a human, depending on your yardstick): https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=luU57hMhkak&ra=m
- The Associated Press on Pope Leo’s AI encyclical: https://apnews.com/article/pope-ai-tech-trump-vatican-anthropic-d92d0108730d146baa46da041b8523da
- A precursor to “slow tech”? The AP’s obit for Slow Food Movement founder Carlo Petrini https://apnews.com/article/slow-food-petrini-founder-italy-85cde4ee84168207a3354281202720b1
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