AIs want to nuke us all (and the anthropologist who saw it coming)
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In this episode, Lianne Potter explores digital anthropology while discussing AI's troubling tendencies in simulations.
In episode 91 of The AI Fix, guest host Lianne Potter unearths a forgotten pioneer of digital anthropology, while Mark discovers a simple question about a car wash that's got almost every AI stumped. Also in this episode, why have one AI when you can have 19; Lianne proves that she isn't Darth Vader; a satirical gym advert reveals humanity's grim future; and a war game simulation shows that AI would rather nuke everyone than negotiate. Episode links: Introducing Perplexity Computer . The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Reach Agreement to Bring Disney Characters to Sora . AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations . Watch the viral 'ad' that imagines aged Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jeff Bezos promoting a creepy energy source for AI . Studying Those Who Study Us: An Anthropologist in the World of Artificial Intelligence . Never Neutral: Why We Need More Anthropologists in the AI Alignment Space . Never Neutral: AI Development, Past, Present and Future in Anthropological Research . Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models . The AI Fix The AI Fix podcast is presented by Mark Stockley . Grab T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other goodies in our online store . Learn…
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