Prompt Wars, AI Cognition & Video Deception
The FAIK Files
Intro
This chapter explores the intriguing game of Prompt Wars, where large language models face off in a simulated battleground, reminiscent of Core Wars. It delves into the evolution of competitive AI games and their significance in showcasing the cognitive abilities of artificial intelligence.
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
- We explore "Prompt Wars," an asynchronous multiplayer LLM competition where players craft prompts to battle against others in a fascinating game of AI manipulation
- We dive into Anthropic's latest research on AI cognition and circuit tracing - essentially digital neuroscience for large language models
- Mason shares his AI BodgeLab experiment creating a low-effort podcast knowledgebase
- We discuss the potential risks of AI video chatbots as agents of surroundings and mayhem.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Prompt Wars: An Asynchronous Multiplayer LLM Competition:
- Play the game: https://promptwars.io
- GitHub repository: https://github.com/SupraSummus/prompt-wars
- Creator: Jan Rydzewski (Supra Summus)
- Inspiration: Core War programming game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War
- Different arenas available for Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
- Interesting "visibility paradox": the better your prompt performs, the more it reveals itself to others
Anthropic's Research on AI Cognition:
- Research paper: "Tracing Thoughts in Language Models" - https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model
- Circuit tracing: a method for reverse-engineering how LLMs compute specific outputs
- Relates to the "On the Biology of a Large Language Model" paper
- Gandalf game by Lakera mentioned by Perry: https://gandalf.lakera.ai/
Mason's AI BodgeLab: Creating a Low-Effort Podcast Knowledgebase:
- NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/
- LM Studio: https://lmstudio.ai/
- Pinokio: https://pinokio.computer/
- Whisper: https://github.com/openai/whisper
AI Video Chatbots and Security Concerns:
- Tavus: https://www.tavus.io/
- Research on human inability to detect AI voice clones: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-94170-3
- National Cybersecurity Alliance resources:
- Safeword campaign: https://www.staysafeonline.org/campaigns/safeword
- Full "AI Fools" campaign: https://www.staysafeonline.org/articles/ai-fools-stay-sharp
- Perry's video PSA: https://youtu.be/x-17T6aZ-Tg
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