OpenAI Cracks Navier-Stokes, Tech Trailers, AI Jobs Apocalypse on Hold | Diet TBPN
John Coogan and Jordi Hays join TBPN to discuss OpenAI's Navier-Stokes math breakthrough, AI agents doing real tasks, and why the predicted AI jobs apocalypse has not arrived.
The gist
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OpenAI solving Navier-Stokes is more about prestige than utility, since engineers already solve it numerically for weather modeling and aircraft design.
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AI agents like Astra and Instinct booking reservations and managing real tasks show more practical value than abstract math or benchmark wins.
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AI-powered 3D generation tools that produce Blender models and CAD designs from prompts are drawing stronger real-world adoption than research breakthroughs.
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The Economist found about 1 million net new AI-related jobs created in the US since mid-2023, against only 200,000 layoffs.
Also mentioned
7:15
Blender
· "The weekend was very much Blender and people showing 3D renders and remodeling their houses and building..."
8:48
Codex
· "You can just ask Codex or any AI agent to go and do it and it'll just do it and come back to you."
14:33
Instinct
· "Instinct is a personal assistant AI focused on consumer. You link it with your email, your text messages...."
16:58
A24
· "A24. I don't think a movie like this wouldn't get made by A24 specifically because it feels like the TAM is..."
22:48
The Social Network
· "Do you think Hollywood took away any lesson from The Social Network in that they were trying to frame Mark..."
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