The AI Fix

Marc Beckman, CEO of an award-winning advertising agency and author, dives into the potential of AI in transforming industries. He discusses the intriguing concept of psychopathic AIs, like 'Norman,' and their implications for society. Beckman emphasizes optimism about AI's role in enhancing creativity, from healthcare to marketing, while balancing this with the need for responsibility. The conversation also touches on the humorous potential of AI, with a look at its interpretations of Rorschach tests and its impact on sensationalism.

A woman shares how ChatGPT urged her to seek emergency care, ultimately saving her life. The hosts laugh about AI agents booking a hotel room using retro modem sounds and explore quirky robot innovations, including a shape-shifting GOAT. They dive into the launch of Claude 3.7 Sonnet and discuss some bizarre AI modes, like Grok’s new 'unhinged' voice. The conversation takes a humorous turn, tackling the absurdities of seeking medical help and the pitfalls of AI communication. It's a wild ride through AI's quirks and real-world impacts!

The hosts delve into the quirky world of AI, discussing a drone and robot dog battling with fireworks. They explore groundbreaking advancements, from AIs designing genomes to mind-reading tech. A lighthearted take on politeness reveals that saying 'please' might not be necessary for AIs. They humorously tackle ethical dilemmas in AI decision-making, including how perceived values of lives can skew outcomes. The chat rounds off with reflections on how AI could influence future voting and human interactions.

In episode 38 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover a robot they actually like, Sam Altman teases GPT-5 and trolls Elon Musk, a robot dog grows arms, an AI compliments Graham, Mark worries about "gradual disempowerment", an octopus pretends to be a glove, and a listener reveals an entirely new reason to worry about AI.Graham's plan to make his fortune is scuppered by an AI with opinions on time travel, and Mark investigates an intriguing question about a six-fingered glove.Episode links:They see your photos.Robot dog grows arms.Elon Musk tries to buy OpenAI.Man builds a robot to cut his hair.Gradual disempowerment.Female journalist seeks AI boyfriend.Sam Altman teases GPT-5.Apple prototypes tabletop robot.The real economics of time travel.The efficient market hypothesis when time travel is possible.AI-hosted podcast discussing the extended efficient markets hypothesis.Listener Kenneth’s AI-generated glove with a disappointing number of fingers.Mark’s AI-generated glovetopus.Mark’s girlfriend’s six-fingered AI-generated glove.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In episode 37 of The AI Fix, Google Gemini gets the munchies, the wettest country in the world can’t find any water, an escalator tries to eat Graham, o3-mini can’t rub two sticks together, and OpenAI invents an AI that can do “a single-digit percentage of all economically valuable tasks in the world” but nobody notices.Graham wonders why his childhood was full of Triffids and quicksand, and discovers a way to trap overstepping AI crawlers in an endless maze, while Mark investigates the appalling state of DeepSeek security.Episode links:AI IQ test results.Deep Research.Concern UK's AI ambitions could lead to water shortages.NHS to launch world’s biggest trial of AI breast cancer diagnosis.Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff ‘AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency.Google Super Bowl ad gets embarrassing attention before game even happens.Nepenthes.Feroot Security Research Reveals DeepSeek AI’s Hidden Data Pipeline to China.NowSecure Uncovers Multiple Security and Privacy Flaws in DeepSeek iOS Mobile App.Evaluating Security Risk in DeepSeek and Other Frontier Reasoning Models.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In episode 36 of The AI Fix, Graham and Mark take a long look at DeepSeek, an upstart AI out of China that was trained on a shoestring, shook up Wall Street, kneecapped Nvidia, and challenged America's AI hegemony.Graham also discovers a remarkably f***ing effective way to remove AI snippets, a personal mobility robot gets a bit over-excited, some aliens regret installing an FTP server, and Mark explains what o3-mini owes to Spinal Tap.Episode links:OpenAI releases o3-mini.Saying F*&! Disables Google AI Overviews.AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU.Movr: the robot that has a human on its back.DeepSeek.On DeepSeek and Export Controls.How to get Deepseek to talk about Tiananmen square.Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek’s AI ‘reasoning’ model.Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Unravel the identity of the 175th best programmer and encounter AI supervillains in suits. Discover the whimsical world of AI companions and the intriguing Project Stargate, a $500 billion initiative. Brace for predictions that superintelligence is just three years away! Explore the humorous yet sobering future of cryonics and the quest for becoming a 'cryonaut.' Delve into the global power shifts driven by AI and the chilling implications of rapid technological advancement on security and geopolitics.

In episode 34 of The AI Fix, our hosts watch in horror as a vacuum cleaner sprouts a robotic arm and tiny little robot legs, a mind-reading helps a man chat up some French students, a robot dog runs as fast as Usain Bolt, and AI podcast hosts get impatient with their listeners. Meanwhile Graham isn’t tempted by NVIDIA’s $3000 supercomputer, and Mark explains his emergency manoeuvre for avoiding karaoke.Graham shares a heartbreaking tale of a French woman’s encounter with someone who owns a copy of Photoshop, and Mark looks into AI's voracious appetite for jobs.Episode links:The Black Panther 2 robot dog goes for a run.Omi, a competitor to Friend, wants to boost your productivity using AI and a ‘brain interface’.Omi launch video.Nvidia’s $3,000 ‘Personal AI Supercomputer’ Will Let You Ditch the Data Center.New Roborock Vacuum Has an Arm and Picked Up My Sock.Roborock's grabby new robot vacuum is a huge flex.Dreame X50 Ultra.Scheduled tasks in ChatGPT.Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans.AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830,000.Fake Brad Pitt Scammed 800K€, This Hacker Found Him.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In episode 33 of The AI Fix, our hosts watch a robot fall over, ChatGPT demonstrates that it can't draw a watch face but it can fire a gun, a man without a traffic cone gets trapped in his Waymo taxi, Graham discovers what social robots are, and both hosts watch horrified as somebody rips a robot's face off.Graham explains why Elon Musk has invented an "unhinged" version of Grok and every Tesla will soon come fitted with a built-in racist uncle, and Mark looks into the disturbing phenomenon of "alignment faking".Episode links:EngineAI robot walks in Shenzhen.EngineAI robot falls over.ChatGPT with a rifle.Aria and Melody, social robots.LA man trapped in a Waymo.Grok may soon get an ‘Unhinged Mode’.Elon Musk tweets how Grok will be less woke than ChatGPT.The definition of “woke”.Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix.Alignment faking in large language models.OpenAI o1 System Card.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.Learn more about the podcast at theaifix.show, and follow us on Bluesky at @theaifix.show.Never miss another episode by following us in your favourite podcast app. It's free!Like to give us some feedback or sponsor the podcast? Get in touchAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Delve into the amusing concept of robosexuality and the rise of autonomous AI agents. Discover schools using AI as educators, and learn about dire predictions from the 'Godfather of AI' about our future with machines. The discussion takes a quirky turn as they explore killer robot fridges and the potential for robots to become more popular than men in romantic relationships. The hosts also critique the role of AI in the food industry, emphasizing profit over consumer preference, blending humor with serious insights.