The AI Argument - EP59 - €13M for SpAItial, Amodei’s Job Fears, and Bots Raise $2K

€13M isn’t a typical seed round. Not in Europe, where seed money usually barely covers snacks and a slide deck. So when the co-founder of Synthesia launched SpAItial with that kind of firepower to build 3D worlds from text prompts, Frank saw it as a reminder that European startups can still swing big. 

Justin? He calls it “AI homeopathy”, a token dose of ambition in an EU that still lacks the power, money, and muscle to compete.

Elsewhere, Frank slams Ireland’s planning board for locking down AI tools, after one planner dared to use ChatGPT when writing a report. For once, Justin agrees that it's ludicrous a government body wouldn't use AI to help write planning reports.

They also butt heads over whether hallucinations have actually been solved, break down a bizarre AI-run charity fundraiser, and debate whether a fake kangaroo video is a sign we’re heading for an internet too flooded with bots to be useful.

Chapters

• 0:00 €13M for SpAItial, Amodei’s Job Fears, and Bots Raise $2K: The AI Argument EP59
• 0:18 ‌
• 0:44 Have hallucinations actually been solved?
• 4:25 Why did Partsol ditch the US for Dublin?
• 7:40 Did An Bord Pleanála overreact to ChatGPT use?
• 11:40 Is SpAItial’s €13M a win for EU innovation?
• 19:58 Did Dario Amodei put AI job loss in the spotlight?
• 25:11 Did AI agents just run a charity fundraiser?
• 31:08 Did a kangaroo video just prove dead internet theory?