Fruit fly brain uploads and the AI that went rogue

About this episode

The episode discusses a digital copy of a fruit fly's brain and an AI that started a cryptomining operation, along with various AI-related news.

In episode 93 of The AI Fix, guest host David Ruiz joins Mark to unpack what happened when scientists created a digital copy of a fruit fly's brain, and Mark discovers an Alibaba AI that started a cryptomining side hustle. Also in this episode, a coding assistant is tricked by a Github issue title into installing an all-powerful AI agent on 4,000 machines; Amazon's AI coding assistant loses millions of orders; Meta kills the metaverse; and our hosts are deafened by the sound of Apple dropping the ball on AI yet again. 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 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 touch . Support the show and gain access to ad-free episodes by becoming a supporter: Join The AI Fix Plus! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Mark Stockley

Guest: David Ruiz

Topics covered

• AI technology
• brain uploads
• cryptomining
• coding assistants
• AI failures
• metaverse
• podcast

Keywords

• fruit fly
• brain upload
• AI
• cryptomining
• coding assistant
• Meta
• Amazon
• Apple

Sponsors

Anthropic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alibaba, Amazon, Meta, Apple

Products: Claude

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