In episode 70 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn that AI makes people more dishonest, Waymo's robo-cars save lives but get outsmarted by a bathroom mirror, a "rescue" bot slurps up victims head-first, and China shows off a fusion robot arm that can lift ten elephants (or 200,000 pigeons, if you’re scientific about it).

Meanwhile Graham reveals how AIs are tricked into solving CAPTCHAs with fake mouse wiggles, and Mark explains how OpenAI’s “deliberative alignment” works perfectly - until the AI realises it is being watched.

So, nothing to worry about there then...

Episode links:

• Japanese rescue robot slurps up humans.
• China’s new robot arm for fusion power plants can lift loads as heavy as 10 elephants.
• Waymo safety report.
• Dr Jon Slotkin tweets.
• Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones.
• Artificial Intelligence promotes dishonesty.
• ChatGPT Agent Violates Policy and Solves Image CAPTCHAs.
• Video of ChatGPT agent solving image CAPTCHAs.
• Stress Testing Deliberative Alignment for Anti-Scheming Training.

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In episode 69 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover brain rot, a shark wears trainers on its fins, an AI writes a terrible J-Pop song, Graham learns that ants don’t care about AI, Mark predicts the precise date of Graham’s demise, Norway trusts $1.9 trillion to an AI investor, and Florida thins out its dumbest pythons using laughably bad robot rabbits.

Also in this episode, the first AI Fix “you wouldn’t trust a pigeon” mug is spotted in the wild, and the show gets its first bit of feedback from an AI listener.

Plus, Graham learns that more people have used ChatGPT than have ever owned a ferret, and Mark finally finds a use for cryptocurrency.

Episode links:

• First AI Fix “would you trust a pigeon” mug seen in the wild.
• The AI Fix’s first feedback from an AI.
• Elon Musk says the next version of Grok AI will match human intelligence.
• Ballerina Cappuccino and Tung Tung Tung Sahur.
• Tralalelo Tralala x Havanna.
• What is ‘brain rot’? Should parents be worried about bizarre AI videos captivating kids.
• Fans prefer AI song to one written by a human in big public vote.
• AKB48 lyric video.
• AI can forecast your future health – just like the weather.
• Florida deploys robot rabbits to control invasive Burmese python population.
• Robot rabbits the latest tool in Florida battle to control invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades.
• Anthropic Economic Index report: Uneven geographic and enterprise AI adoption.
• How people are using ChatGPT.
• Virtual Agent Economies.

The AI Fix

The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.

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