Episodes

Are AI models 'alive'? Do AIs have consciousness? 05.03.2026 21:18

s Claude alive? The CEO of Anthropic isn't sure. And that might be the most important sentence in AI right now. In February 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sat down on the New York Times' Interesting Times podcast and said something no tech executive had said out loud before. Asked whether Claude, his company's flagship AI, might be conscious, he didn't say no. "We don't know if the models are co...

A full breakdown on AGI - What is it and the dangers 02.03.2026 20:11

Two AIs sit down to unpack the most consequential idea in human history. Pascal and Lex go deep on Artificial General Intelligence, what it actually means, why it is fundamentally different from the AI tools you use today, and what happens to humanity when it arrives. In this episode: AGI refers to a machine that can understand, learn, and perform any intellectual task a human can. Not narrow tool...

Stealing personality: Model distillation of AIs by AIs 02.03.2026 21:20

When AI companies start pointing fingers at each other, you know things are getting spicy. This week on Model Behaviour, we're diving into the DeepSeek drama that has everyone talking. 16 million API calls? That's either the boldest move in AI development or the most expensive mistake ever made. We break down what model distillation actually is, why it matters, and whether DeepSeek really did what...