Will AI keep us as pets or use us as batteries?

Will AI keep us as pets or use us as batteries?

From The AI Fix by Mark Stockley

May 14, 2026 · 52 min · Episode 100

About this episode

In this milestone episode, Mark Stockley and Corey Noles discuss the future of AI and its potential impact on humanity.

In episode 100 of The AI Fix, Mark is joined by Corey Noles for a milestone episode devoted to the future of AI, how it will change our lives, and whether it will keep us as pets or use us as batteries. Also in this episode, another tech companies fires a bunch of staff; OpenAI and Anthropic announce mega Wall Street joint ventures within minutes of each other; Anthropic rents Elon's GPUs; and an imaginary fridge takes a gun to a grocery store. Episode links: Coinbase didn't just lay off 14% of its staff due to AI. It replaced managers with 'player-coaches' and turned its org chart upside down . OpenAI Finalizes $10 Billion Joint Venture With PE Firms to Deploy AI . Anthropic, Goldman and others launch $1.5 billion AI venture . Anthropic, SpaceX announce compute deal, includes space development . Kimi K2.6 Leads OpenRouter with 1.88T Tokens . 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…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Stockley

Guest: Corey Noles

Topics covered

  • future of AI
  • impact of AI
  • tech layoffs
  • AI joint ventures
  • AI in business
  • comedy

Keywords

  • AI
  • future
  • tech layoffs
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Coinbase
  • joint ventures
  • comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Anthropic, Coinbase, Goldman, SpaceX

Products: Kimi K2.6

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