<p>We're back! Tom and Nate catch up after the Thanksgiving holiday. Our main question was -- what were the biggest AI stories of the year? We touch on the core themes of the show: infrastructure, AI realities, and and antitrust. The power buildout to scale out AI is going to have very real long-term impacts.</p><p>Some links this week:<br/>* Ben Thompson's, The End of the Beginning: <a href="https://stratechery.com/2020/the-end-of-the-beginning/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://stratechery.com/2020/the-end-of-the-beginning/</a><br/>* Miles Brundage's Substack: <a href="https://milesbrundage.substack.com/p/why-im-leaving-openai-and-what-im" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://milesbrundage.substack.com/p/why-im-leaving-openai-and-what-im</a><br/>* Stochastic Parrots paper: <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922</a></p><p>Thanks for listening! </p><p>Get The Retort (<a href="https://retortai.com/)…" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://retortai.com/)…</a><br/>… on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetortAIPodcast" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetortAIPodcast</a><br/>… on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0FDjH8ujv7p8ELZGkBvrfv?si=fa17a4d408f245ee" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0FDjH8ujv7p8ELZGkBvrfv?si=fa17a4d408f245ee</a><br/>… on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retort-ai-podcast/id1706223190" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retort-ai-podcast/id1706223190</a><br/>… Follow Interconnects: <a href="https://www.interconnects.ai/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.interconnects.ai/</a><br/>… email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="linkified">[email protected]</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.retortai.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">www.retortai.com</a>