In episode 60 of The AI Fix, we learn why Grok might be Elon Musk's bid for digital immortality, how Meta is building a Manhattan-sized data centre called Prometheus, how AI is helping create carbon-sucking concrete, and are bewildered that 2000 people "work" at the Candy Crush company.

Plus Graham takes a look at Elon's latest creations: a giggling anime girlfriend desperate for your attention, and a cute cartoon red panda who wants to bomb a synagogue and moon the rabbi.

Meanwhile Mark learns which AI is most likely to blackmail, lie, and - when the mood takes it - commit murder to avoid being switched off.

Episode links:

• AI Can Simulate Billions of Atoms Simultaneously.
• Grok consults Elon Musk before answering controversial questions.
• Meta is building gigawatt data centres the size of Manhattan.
• ChatGPT is changing how we speak.
• Laid off Candy Crush staff are being replaced by the AI tools they helped to build.
• I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend.
• Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools.
• Elon Unveils New Grok AI ‘Companion’ That Looks Uncomfortably Familiar.
• Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats.

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In episode 59 of the AI Fix, our hosts ponder whether AIs need a “disagreement dial”, Mark wonders what he could do with an AI-powered “drug design engine”, Graham plays Wolfenstein instead of working, a robot graduates from high school, and a popular rock group is unmasked as an AI fever dream.

Graham explains why Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and Mark reveals which AI is most likely to betray you.

Episode links:

• Disagreement dial.
• Humanoid robot ‘graduates’ at Chinese high school ceremony as automation tech gains spotlight.
• Robot surgery on humans could be trialled within decade after success on pig organs.
• Rock band with more than 1 million Spotify listeners reveals it’s entirely AI-generated — down to the musicians themselves.
• Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs has grand ambitions to ‘solve all diseases’ with AI. Now, it’s gearing up for its first human trials.
• ChatGPT Guessing Game Leads To Users Extracting Free Windows OS Keys and more.
• Wolfenstein 3D - DOS.
• Musk Keeps Trolling as Internet Melts Down Over His Hitler-Loving Chatbot.
• Strategic Intelligence in Large Language Models: Evidence from evolutionary Game Theory.



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In episode 58 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover a pair of AI headphones that don't electrocute you, Microsoft invents "medical superintelligence", Chucky opens a hotel, some robot footballers fall over, Jony Ive invents a $6 billion pen, and Malcolm Gladwell fears a dystopian future full of children playing joyfully in the street.

Graham discovers that the number 27 holds a special place in the heart of every AI, and Mark investigates Anthropic’s terrible AI shopkeeper.

Episode links:

• Neurable headphones.
• Pitiful Chinese ‘footie robots’ stumble through match in hilarious scenes.
• The path to medical superintelligence.
• Robots replace hotel check-in staff.
• Malcolm Gladwell says driverless cars don’t work in cities.
• Jony Ive’s First AI Gadget? Clues Point to a Pen.
• LLMs and the Illusion of Randomness: Their obsession with number 27.
• How do lava lamps help with Internet encryption?
• “How to HACK the lottery” keynote speech by Graham Cluley.
• Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop?

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