Controversies and Innovations in AI

In episode 48 of The AI Fix, OpenAI releases the first AI models capable of novel scientific discoveries, ChatGPT users are sick of its relentlessly positive tone, our hosts say "Alexa" a lot, OpenAI eyes a social network of its own, and some robots run a half-marathon.

Graham discovers AI Jesus and a great offer on some Casper mattresses, and Mark wonders if the technological singularity is actually much closer than we thought.

Episode links:

• Humanoid robots race humans in a half-marathon in Beijing.
• OpenAI introduces o3 and o4-mini.
• Cluely causes CEO to be suspended over AI cheating.
• Cluely promo video.
• Is OpenAI planning a social network?
• Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about its relentlessly positive tone.
• Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice.
• Jesus resurrected as an influencer who you can make video calls in real-time - thanks to AI.
• AI Jesus.
• Greg Brockman says o3 and o4-mini produce good and useful novel ideas.
• Eric Schmidt says programmers will be replaced by AI.

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