Virtual Reality and the Ethics of Grief

In episode 12 of The AI Fix, Mark and Graham meet an LLM having an existential crisis, ChatGPT speaks Welsh for no reason, Graham does an impression of a water spout, Eric Schmidt shares a new and unexpected take on "do no evil", and our hosts feel like David Attenborough as they witness herds of Waymo robotaxis honking their late-night mating calls at each other.

Our hosts discover why it's OK to make AIs out of human brains, Mark takes Graham on an emotional roller coaster through the AI afterlife, and Graham comes last in a "who's the best Graham on the podcast?" competition.

Episode links:

• Elon Musk’s ‘fun’ AI image chatbot serves up Nazi Mickey Mouse and Taylor Swift deepfakes.
• Aspect - an AI social media app.
• Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’.
• Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Stanford Talk Gets Awkwardly Live-Streamed: Here’s the Juicy Takeaways.
• Meet Hermes, the new frontier model having an existential crisis.
• English ChatGPT users flummoxed by language glitch as bot turns Welsh.
• San Francisco neighbors say repeated Waymo honking is keeping them up at night.
• These 'living computers' are made from human neurons — and you can rent one for $500 a month.
• FinalSpark live stream.
• The Jessica Simulation: Love and loss in the age of A.I.
• Virtual reality "reunites" mother with dead daughter in South Korean documentary.
• Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones.

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