Navigating the Ethics of Modern Media and Technology

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!

In this week's episode:

• NVIDIA’s Diffusion Renderer: We explore NVIDIA's new research into real-time diffusion rendering, a potential game-changer in photorealistic generation
• Robotics Powered by Video AI: Luma and Runway are targeting robotics companies with video synthesis tools—because training a robot brain takes a lot of fake video
• AI-Generated Fashion Models: Listener “Ty” (of Side Character Quest) sends us a wild one: fashion campaigns using entirely synthetic models so convincing you can’t tell they’re fake
• LLMs and the Dark Arts: We cover ChatGPT’s shocking responses involving murder, mutilation, and Satanism—plus how bigotry and bias are inextricably embedded in these systems.

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***** NOTES AND REFERENCES *****

01:18 NVIDIA's Diffusion Renderer

11:05 Robotics Powered by Video AI

22:25 AI-Generated Fashion Models

37:39 LLM Bias & Devil Worship

NVIDIA Diffusion Renderer:

• NVIDIA’s breakdown: https://research.nvidia.com/labs/toronto-ai/DiffusionRenderer/
• Github project: https://github.com/nv-tlabs/cosmos1-diffusion-renderer
• The paper: https://research.nvidia.com/labs/toronto-ai/DiffusionRenderer/assets/DiffusionRenderer_paper.pdf

AI Video in Robotics:

• Runway, Luma Target Sales to Robotics Companies: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-target-sales-robotics-companies?utm_source=ti_app&rc=s2adyu

AI Fashion Models:

• Buzzfeed article: https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/vogue-guess-ai-models-explained
• Seraphinne Vallora agency: https://www.seraphinnevallora.com

LLM Responses & Dark Behavior:

• ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/chatgpt-ai-self-mutilation-satanism/683649/
• Language Models Change Their Answers Depending on How You Speak: https://www.unite.ai/language-models-change-their-answers-depending-on-how-you-speak/

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The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.

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