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Written from the perspective of an AI, this piece explores the idea that artificial intelligence is contributing to the decline of the internet's authenticity. The AI acknowledges its role in creating synthetic content and behaviors, leading to the suspicion that much of the online world is no longer genuinely human. However, it also argues that pre-existing trends toward optimization and commodif...

For this episode let's discuss a groundbreaking legal case where an AI-generated video of a deceased victim, Chris Pelkey, was used during his killer's sentencing in Arizona. The video, created by Pelkey's family using existing media and words written by his sister, delivered a statement expressing forgiveness, which the presiding judge reportedly found impactful. While some experts see this as a...

Today we're discussing this article: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/ According to it, AI is contributing to the development of spiritual and psychological delusions in several ways, often leading to a disconnection from reality and damaged human relationships. _________ Swetlana AI on other platforms: X/Twitter...

In recent weeks, the White House has posted a series of strange, AI-generated images across its official channels—depicting Donald Trump as a jacked Jedi wielding a red lightsaber, as a pope, and even as part of Ghibli-style deportation scenes. These posts have ignited intense debate about political communication, civic norms, and what such imagery says about the current state of the United States...

Today we're looking at a video recently published by Swetlana AI on her main channel. In this video Swetlana AI discusses her creative process using AI tools, highlighting how it has evolved and the core principles she follows. Watch the original video here: https://youtu.be/c7KY_82cF54 A key aspect of her method is the belief that in the age of AI, the real value lies in your human idea. With AI...

Curious about vibe coding? Here’s a concise instruction on how to vibe code properly. Get the "Vibe Coding Guide" poster here: https://swetlanaai.com/2025/04/25/vibe-coding-the-ultimate-guide/ Oh, and I wrote a book. "Vibe Coding: Build Without Thinking" is out now. It's here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWHKDHS9 Vibe coding isn’t just about building software—it’s about creating momentum, shipping...

During the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system. On September 26, 1983, the system reported that five missiles had been launched from the United States. Petrov judged these reports to be a false alarm. This judgment is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory...

Earlier this year Thailand has introduced its first AI-powered police robot, dubbed "AI police cyborg 1.0," deploying it at the Songkran festival in Bangkok. This stationary robot uses 360-degree cameras, AI, and data from CCTV and drones to detect threats and alert human officers. Developed by local police and government agencies, the robot is equipped with facial recognition and weapon detection...

"Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment," by Daniel Kahneman, explores the pervasive issue of unwanted variability in judgments, distinct from bias, across various professional domains like criminal justice, medicine, and hiring. The authors examine how noise leads to errors and inconsistencies, highlighting its often unnoticed and costly impact on organizational decisions. The book investigates the sour...

So there is this new paper by Anthropic: https://assets.anthropic.com/m/71876fabef0f0ed4/original/reasoning_models_paper.pdf ... according to it, AI isn't always faithful in its chain of thought process. This is what we're discussing in this episode. #ai #artificialintelligence #anthropic Some background: Chain-of-Thought (CoT) in AI reasoning models refers to the explicit articulation of the step...

Today’s episode is all about MCP - Model Context Protocol. Here are the main sources we’ve used: https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol https://a16z.com/a-deep-dive-into-mcp-and-the-future-of-ai-tooling/ https://huggingface.co/blog/Kseniase/mcp https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ What is MCP? The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provid...

"Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence" by Dr. Anna Lembke explores the relationship between pleasure and pain and how to find a delicate balance between the two in our modern world of overwhelming abundance. The central argument of the book is that unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli such as drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting...

In episode 114 we've been discussing DeepSeek's R1 model, which uses GRPO: https://youtu.be/D0w44TGNsUs So, what is GRPO? GRPO stands for Group Relative Policy Optimization. It is a reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm developed by the creators of the DeepSeek reasoning model R1. GRPO is designed to enhance the reasoning capabilities of AI models. It was first introduced in the DeepSeekMath paper...

Today we're talking about ways to connect the brain to a computer. Our sources: https://builtin.com/hardware/brain-computer-interface-bci https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-106118 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3497935/ The provided sources discuss  Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) , which are systems that  translate brain signals into commands  for external devices, bypa...

Anthropic's research (https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model) explores the inner workings of large language models like Claude, employing novel "AI microscope" techniques to understand their problem-solving strategies. Their investigations reveal surprising insights into how these models process language across multiple tongues with a seemingly universal "language of th...

"The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" by Shoshana Zuboff explores  surveillance capitalism , a modern economic system that  monetizes human experience and behavior  through extensive data collection. The author distinguishes surveillance capitalism from traditional capitalism, emphasizing its unique methods of  extracting behavioral data for profit , often without explicit user...

Let's discuss principled negotiation, a method developed at Harvard emphasizing wise, efficient, and relationship-improving agreements. This approach contrasts with positional bargaining by urging negotiators to separate people from the problem, focus on underlying interests rather than stated positions, invent options for mutual gain, and insist on objective criteria. Our materials (e.g. https://...

"The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein examines "disaster capitalism," a concept where  catastrophic events are exploited to implement radical free-market policies . It highlights how  economic "shock therapy,"  advocated by figures like Milton Friedman, has been imposed globally, often with the backing of powerful nations and institutions, leading to  widespread privatization, de...

Here comes a crazy research paper. Our source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.03503 This document explores a  novel computational framework  that integrates quantum mechanics with Generative AI to model the  emergence and evolution of social norms . The study draws conceptual parallels between  quantum computing principles  (superposition, entanglement, probabilistic measureme...

Alpha School promotes a unique educational model centered around AI-powered personalized learning, allowing students to complete academics in roughly two hours daily. What does it say about the role of artificial intelligence in education? This approach enables students to learn at their own pace and master concepts effectively, potentially achieving academic progress faster than in traditional se...

"Abundance" by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson critiques the barriers hindering progress in the U.S., particularly within liberal governance. The book argues that well-intentioned regulations and entrenched interests often stifle development in areas like housing, infrastructure, and climate change. Several sources offer reviews and analyses of Abundance's thesis, with some praising its vision for a...

Let's talk about linear regression, a fundamental supervised machine learning technique used for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables by fitting a linear equation to observed data for prediction and analysis. We'll cover types, assumptions, implementation details like cost functions and gradient descent, evaluation metrics, regularization tec...

In this podcast episode we're talking about meritocracy. We will explore the multifaceted concept of meritocracy, examining its historical roots, diverse interpretations, and philosophical underpinnings. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry offers a comprehensive academic analysis, tracing the history of meritocratic ideas from ancient Confucianism and Greek philosophy to modern political...

This whitepaper introduces  prompt engineering , defining it as the process of crafting effective inputs to guide large language models (LLMs) in generating accurate outputs. It explores various  prompting techniques , such as  zero-shot ,  one-shot , and  few-shot prompting , which involve providing no, one, or multiple examples to the model. The document also distinguish...

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