System Malfunction Podcast

In our series about the AI Critic, I interview long-standing researchers and practitioners in the AI sector—voices who have worked with artificial intelligence in the advent of machine learning and its evolution to deep learning, which has laid the foundation for current large language models. These experts in their field have experienced mainstream pushback against current general-purpose technol...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit systemmalfunction.substack.com As these general-purpose models pervade our lives, what has been around for some time is the AI critic, someone who examines current technology, understands its foundations, scrutinizes its outputs, applies a critical lens to what is happening, and communicates a judgment. That critic is often dismissed, a...

In this episode, the focus is on AI psychosis, the rise of AI-driven loneliness, and its impact on mental health. We take a look at the emergence of AI psychosis, define it and delve into the growing epidemic and meet two innovators who are meeting this problem head-on. I’m joined by Arul & Shirali Nigam, co-founders of Circuit Breaker Labs, who have built a solution that tests AI systems for safe...

Who am I? I’m a writer who has contributed to Forbes, HuffPost, and Grit Daily. I am also a strategist and entrepreneur who has worked in data privacy for the last 10 years. Through my time in the early days of Yahoo!, the rise of social media, and the shift to data monetization, I’ve become a tech ethicist. These days, I am motivated to expose the glitches in the trillion-dollar AI industry. Syst...

I recently met with Greg Crennan, Founder and CEO of Coastal Journal, to get a different perspective on what the financial markets are signalling about this pending Generative AI bubble. Not all is going well with Generative AI. Since 2023, Sam Altman and Jensen Huang have been touting the need to invest in compute to support the $2 trillion already spent on L LMs and accelerate their growth to al...