The AI Fix AI robot butlers and gigawatt banana highways
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Sep 10, 2024 
In this engaging discussion, Mark, an AI enthusiast, humorously relates AI to a highway of exploding bananas. He explores the latest trends in robot butlers and why they may soon need their own nuclear reactors. The conversation also touches on the quirky behaviors of AI, like its uncanny inaccuracies and political opinions. Listeners will enjoy lighthearted anecdotes about robotic helpers folding shirts and pondering the eerie aesthetics of life-like robots, paired with insightful commentary on the implications of evolving AI technology.
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Listener Experiments
- Listeners experimented with various AIs after hearing Mark Stockley's story about how AIs struggle with counting letters in words.
- One listener, Joseph Amakam, used a step-by-step approach with an AI, but it still failed to count the Rs in "strawberry" correctly.
More Counting Errors
- On Twitter, Cyberzen (Adam) asked Copilot how many Ls are in "playlist", and it incorrectly answered one.
- Mark Stockley's daughter suggested asking about "Mississippi", and ChatGPT claimed there's one W.
Gemini's G-Spot
- Graham Cluley asked Gemini how many Gs are in "Mark Stockley", to which it responded one, then identified it as the G-spot.
- This highlights AI's occasional inappropriateness and unexpected responses.