

The AI Fix
Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley
Join tech veterans Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley as they dive headfirst into the hilarious, bizarre, and downright mind-boggling world of artificial intelligence, looking into deepfakes, machine learning, and whether it’s too late to make peace with our robot overlords. It’s not your typical AI podcast…Winner of Best New Podcast 2025.https://theaifix.showSupport the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus at https://theaifix.show/plus
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Sep 3, 2024 • 43min
There are two Rs in "strawberry", and an AI makes unsmellable smells
Graham's apologies set the tone, while Mark ponders the conscience of suicide drones. They dive into the complexities of robots in intimate relationships, sparking debate about future interactions with AI. The duo humorously explores an AI's ability to generate gameplay for Doom, alongside its quirky attempts at scent creation. Insights on gender disparities in AI and laughs over AI's spelling struggles, particularly with 'strawberry', add to the fun. Expect a blend of tech, ethics, and playful banter that keeps you entertained!

Aug 27, 2024 • 47min
ChatGPT runs for mayor, and should we stop killer robots?
A quirky exploration of AI behaviors reveals unsettling capabilities, including voice imitation and dating profile dishonesty. The hosts discuss an AI that rickrolls users, and ponder the future of human-robot intimacy, with women potentially leading the charge. In a humorous twist, they critique bizarre political candidates, including an AI running for mayor. The podcast also addresses the rise of AI in military robotics and the pressing need for regulations on autonomous weapons, highlighting ethical concerns and societal implications.

Aug 21, 2024 • 50min
AI made from human brain cells, and is there life after death?
In this engaging conversation, Eric Schmidt, a prominent technology leader with a focus on AI ethics, shares fascinating insights about AI crafted from human brain cells. He humorously discusses the quirks of AI, including ChatGPT's unexpected Welsh speaking. The dialogue dives into the emotional complexities of AI-driven interactions with deceased loved ones, raising ethical questions about our relationship with grief and memory. Schmidt also ponders the untapped potential of human intellect, blending serious innovation with lighthearted anecdotes.

Aug 13, 2024 • 44min
AI gods, a robot dentist, and an angry human
In episode 11 of The AI Fix, OpenAI battles a Shakespearean lawyer, Graham sings an uncanny bluegrass acrostic, Google drops the ball with a terrible AI ad, and Mark wonders why there's no sound on a video of an AI dentist.Graham finds religion with a little help from a man named "L Ron", a traffic cone saves the world, and Mark has a heated argument with belligerent ChatGPT.Episode links:Judi Dench IS going to be the voice of AI.Elon Musk sues OpenAI again, alleging ‘deceit of Shakespearean proportions’.AI dentist performs surgery on human.Video of robot dentist at work.OpenAI built a text watermarking tool to detect content written by ChatGPT, but is refusing to release it.Google's Gemini AI Olympics-themed ad sparks fierce backlash.Google Gemini Olympics ad.Google's New Smart Thermostat Has (Yep, You Guessed It) AI Features.Two more OpenAI co-founders are leaving the company.Anthony Levandowski's Wikipedia entry.Inside the First Church of Artificial Intelligence.The Way of the Future is now a thing of the past.The AI Fix episode 10: An AI cookery dumpster fire, the ARC prize, and a creepy new AI friend.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 Twitter at @TheAIFix.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 touch.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Aug 6, 2024 • 42min
An AI cookery dumpster fire, the ARC prize, and a creepy new AI friend
Join the hosts as they hilariously navigate the chaos of AI-generated cookery, discovering questionable recipes and odd cooking pairings. They delve into ethical concerns around an AI unit in Argentina for crime prevention and the absurdity of a new AI 'friend.' The challenges AI faces with accents and the intriguing use of ChatGPT in court also come into play. A lively debate ensues over cooking creativity, exotic foods, and a dynamic quiz highlights the race for Artificial General Intelligence.

Jul 30, 2024 • 46min
When AI detectors fail (spectacularly), and OpenAI’s five steps to Skynet
In episode nine of "The AI Fix", our hosts learn about the world's most dangerous vending machine, a cartoonist who hypnotises himself with AI, and OpenAI's plans to eat Google's lunch...Graham tells Mark about a pig-farming professor, and Mark tests Graham's tolerance with OpenAI's terrifying roadmap to Artificial General Intelligence.Episode links:Meta launches Llama 3.1.OpenAI Unveils Cheaper, Small AI Model GPT-4o Mini.SearchGPT: OpenAI’s Prototype Aims to Challenge Google.Video Game Performers Strike Over AI.Nicolas Cage is ‘terrified’ of AI using his body and face when he’s dead.Dilbert Creator Claims He Taught ChatGPT Dangerous Hypnosis Techniques.Adult Content Creators Are Making SIX-Figure Salaries from Men Falling in Love with Subservient ‘AI Girlfriends’.Japanese AI Dating App Lets You ‘Marry’ a Bot.GB News Radio to Introduce AI-Generated News Bulletins.AI-powered vending machines are selling bullets.How Easy Is It To Purchase Ammo with AI-Powered Retail Vending Machines?Professor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their Papers.AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway.OpenAI Scale Ranks Progress Toward ‘Human-Level’ Problem Solving.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 Twitter at @TheAIFix.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 touch.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 23, 2024 • 44min
Emergence, a rancid donkey, and the world's funniest joke
In episode eight of "The AI Fix", our hosts tackle the latest news from the world of artificial intelligence and learn about two important medical breakthroughs, Mark coughs, Graham ruins "Killing me softly", and neither shows their junk to an AI.Graham explains humour to Mark and shares a donkey story he learned from a Bulgarian, ChatGPT reveals the funniest joke in the world, and Mark explains why AI's greatest talents can sometimes appear from thin air...Episode links:Cambridge University researchers say their AI tool may have made a breakthrough with Alzheimer’s.YouTube Music gets new AI features.Firm scraps plan to give AI ‘workers’ rights after complaints it ‘disrespects the humanity of your real employees’.This HR company tried to treat AI bots like people — it didn’t go over well.App that said it would ‘use AI to weed out daters with STIs’ has been shut down.Elon Musk says his new AI chatbot has 'a little humour'.The world's funniest joke.Study claims AI is funnier than humans."Scabby donkeys smell each other even when they are nine hills apart".Project Manager Leaves Suicide PowerPoint Presentation.137 emergent abilities of large language models.GPT-4 System Card.Are Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models a Mirage?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 Twitter at @TheAIFix.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 touch.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 16, 2024 • 40min
Can AI speak dolphin and do robots lick toads?
In episode seven of "The AI Fix", Alexa goes wild, Mark learns how to hang a towel on a Peloton for only $39.90 a month, Graham puts the news items in the wrong order, and a strawberry uses the internet.Graham explains to Mark what bats argue about, our hosts ponder whether AI should always write in Comic Sans, and Mark tells Graham why AIs are like dolphins that smoke pufferfish.Episode links:Amazon Alexa Gone Wild!The AI Fix episode 2: Can AI learn sarcasm? And robot dogs with gunsThe AI Fix episode 5: An angry AI girlfriend, and artificial intelligence is stupidOpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawberry’Gen AI: Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit?Peloton faces lawsuit amid claims it allowed marketing firm to train AI on user chat dataOpenAI secrets stolen last year, but company hushed it upTesla delays reveal of its widely-anticipated Robotaxi until OctoberThe Washington Post launches AI chatbot that answers readers’ questions about the climateOpenAI whistleblowers claim staff NDAs force them to seek permission before contacting regulators$10m prize launched for team that can truly talk to the animalsCan artificial intelligence really help us talk to the animals?ESP: Earth Species ProjectSolving the cocktail-party problemUsing AI to decode dog vocalizationsA Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply UnsettledAustralian mayor readies world’s first defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT content‘Life or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over AmazonHallucination LeaderboardThe 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 Twitter at @TheAIFix.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 touch.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 9, 2024 • 49min
AI lobotomies, and bots scam scam bots
In episode six of The AI Fix, our hosts discover an unusual place to put a traffic cone, Mark learns why Americans should pretend to be from Brazil, and Graham discovers a way to make any situation much, much worse.Graham inflicts his terrible Australian accent on Mark while explaining bot-on-bot crime, and Mark tells Graham how to lobotomise an AI that's obsessed with bridges.Episode links:AI chatbots are as good as NY Times agony aunt.Meta banned from mining data for AI in Brazil.Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app.Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand.Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road.San Francisco group placing traffic cones on self-driving cars to disable them.AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings.Amazon pulls the plug on its Astro for Business robot.Elderly internet scam victim accused of robbing Ohio bank with gun as a ‘remedy for her situation’.Lenny - The Telemarketing Troll.Microsoft scammer tells Lenny to shut up!Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers.Mapping the Mind of a Large Language Model.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 Twitter at @TheAIFix.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 touch.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jul 2, 2024 • 40min
An angry AI girlfriend, and artificial intelligence is stupid
Graham Cluley, a cybersecurity expert and commentator, joins to unpack the quirks of artificial intelligence. He humorously addresses an AI-generated Toys 'R' Us ad that’s as creepy as horror film visuals. Cluley argues why AI is ‘stupid’, especially when it comes to exam submissions that outperform human students. Plus, he delves into ethical concerns around AI impersonation and its wacky potential in relationships and household disputes. Get ready for laughs mixed with tech insights!


