Mark Stockley

62: AI robots can now pass CAPTCHAs, and punch you in the face

In episode 62 of The AI Fix, your hosts learn how AI models smash through CAPTCHA roadblocks like they’re made of wet tissue paper – so much for humanity’s last line of defence.  Meanwhile, we meet a bottle-flipping robot and call BS on a cartwheeling cyborg, Graham has a full-blown breakdown over traffic light puzzles,…

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61: Replit panics, deletes $1M project; AI gets gold at Math Olympiad

In episode 61 of The AI Fix, a robot called DeREK goes bananas, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic warn we may lose the ability to see what AI is thinking, a dextrous robot changes its own batteries, the USA unveils its AI action plan, and a human beats AI to win the World Coding Championship….

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60: Elon’s AI girlfriend, the arsonist red panda, and the AI that will kill you

In episode 60 of The AI Fix, we learn why Grok might be Elon Musk’s bid for digital immortality, how Meta is building a Manhattan-sized data centre called Prometheus, how AI is helping create carbon-sucking concrete, and are bewildered that 2000 people “work” at the Candy Crush company. Plus Graham takes a look at Elon’s…

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59: Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and AIs can think strategically

In episode 59 of the AI Fix, our hosts ponder whether AIs need a “disagreement dial”, Mark wonders what he could do with an AI-powered “drug design engine”, Graham plays Wolfenstein instead of working, a robot graduates from high school, and a popular rock group is unmasked as an AI fever dream. Graham explains why…

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58: An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27

In episode 58 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover a pair of AI headphones that don’t electrocute you, Microsoft invents “medical superintelligence”, Chucky opens a hotel, some robot footballers fall over, Jony Ive invents a $6 billion pen, and Malcolm Gladwell fears a dystopian future full of children playing joyfully in the street. Graham…

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57: AI is the best hacker in the USA, and self-learning AI

In episode 57 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover an AI “dream recorder”, Mark Zuckerberg tantalises OpenAI staff with $100 million signing bonuses, Graham finds out why robot butlers sit in chairs, Wikipedia holds the line against AI slop, an AI cat collar can tell you if your cat is annoyed by its AI…

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56: ChatGPT traps man in a cult of one, and AI is actually stupid

In episode 56 of The AI Fix, Anthropic and Apple have a bar fight, a woman describes her husband falling in love with ChatGPT as “not ideal”, WhatsApp’s AI helper isn’t helpful, Graham serenades a pack of headless robot dogs with his rendition of “Don’t stop me now”, and our hosts debate whether AI turning…

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55: Atari beats ChatGPT at chess, and Apple says AI “thinking” is an illusion

In episode 55 of The AI Fix, Gemini thinks a little meth won’t hurt, Mark realises what a terrifying 45mph “robot bird” is really for, Graham finds a surprising number of TikTokers in the bible, an AI discovers dust on Mars, Google forgets what year it is, and Apple finally enters the AI chat. Graham…

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54: Will AI collapse under its own garbage, and AI charity “Hunger Games”

In episode 54 of The AI Fix, Graham saves humanity with a CAPTCHA, Mark wonders whether AI can suffer, ChatGPT throws shade at Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus, an AI called Jack ask if you want fries with that, an artist invents AI bird poop, and Eric Schmidt says we should unplug AI when it gets direct…

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53: An AI uses blackmail to save itself, and threats make AIs work better

In episode 53 of The AI Fix, our hosts suspect the CEO of Duolingo has been kidnapped by an AI, Sergey Brin says AIs work better if you threaten them with physical violence, Graham wonders how you put a collar on a headless robot dog, Mark asks why kickboxing robots wear head guards, and the…

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