Future Relationships: Exploring Human-Robot Intimacy

In episode 13 of The AI Fix, meat avatar Cluley learns that AI doesn't pose an existential threat to humanity and tells meat avatar Stockley how cybersex is about to get very, very weird. Our hosts also learn that men lie on their dating profiles, hear ChatGPT steal somebody's voice, and discover an AI that rick rolls its users.

Graham tells Mark about AI's political ambitions and discovers what ChatGPT has in common with the reluctant ruler of the universe, while Mark introduces Graham to the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.

Episode links:

• GPT-4o System Card.
• A new study finds that AI poses no existential threat to humanity.
• Women are using ChatGPT to tell if men are lying about their height.
• AI caught rickrolling people.
• Women will be having more sex with robots than men by 2025.
• ChatGPT firm OpenAI strikes deal with Vogue owner.
• AI recreates stunning likeness of Shroud of Turin image that many believe to be Christ.
• Bosco the dog.
• Republican senator loses to dead rival in Missouri.
• AI Joe.
• Wyoming voters face mayoral candidate who vows to let AI bot run government.
• Victor Miller Harnesses Technology to Run for Mayor of Cheyenne.
• VIC (Virtual Integrated Citizen) Twitter account.
• "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
• China's military shows off robot dog with automatic rifle mounted on its back.
• Campaign to stop killer robots.
• Digby: the biggest dog in the world.
• Defence of Ukraine shows its use of robot dogs.
• What We Know About Ukraine’s Army Of Robot Dogs.
• Manta Ray.
• US completes first dogfight between AI-controlled F-16 and human pilot.
• DOD DIRECTIVE 3000.09 AUTONOMY IN WEAPON SYSTEMS

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