web01.fireside.fm Sun, 10 May 2026 08:59:58 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Pencil Problems - Episodes Tagged with “Sentient” https://www.pencilproblems.com/tags/sentient Mon, 21 May 2018 07:00:00 -0400 Kent Fenwick (@kentf) and Nick Shim (@nim342) talk about their side projects, their day jobs, technology, the future, philosophy, 90s action movies, and much much more. en-us episodic Conversations on getting started, and finishing. Pencil Problems Podcast Kent Fenwick (@kentf) and Nick Shim (@nim342) talk about their side projects, their day jobs, technology, the future, philosophy, 90s action movies, and much much more. yes Pencil Problems Podcast kent.fenwick@gmail.com Episode 30: Is Google sentient? How do we build side projects in the age of strong AI? Plus some WWDC predictions. https://www.pencilproblems.com/30 a1ec2dba-dded-40b4-af1d-39c9cdd56ca1 Mon, 21 May 2018 07:00:00 -0400 Pencil Problems Podcast full Pencil Problems Podcast Nick and Kent discuss the Google Assistant demo where an AI places a call and books a reservation. Is this software sentient? No. And how does this shape ambition when building side projects? Are certain industries dead? Plus some WWDC predictions. 1:27:40 yes <p>Nick and Kent discuss the Google Assistant demo where an AI places a call and books a reservation. Is this software sentient? No. And how does this shape ambition when building side projects? Are certain industries dead? Plus some WWDC predictions. </p> Nick and Kent discuss the Google Assistant demo where an AI places a call and books a reservation. Is this software sentient? No. And how does this shape ambition when building side projects? Are certain industries dead? Plus some WWDC predictions.

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