THOUGHT R!OT | AI & Beyond

BONUS EPISODE! A LOOK AT THE CURRENT NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS TOWARDS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL POPULATION. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ There's a lot of negativity and contempt towards AI programmes in general. But it's hard not to notice that the grievances people have aren't actually the fault of AI. They can't be, because WE are the ones responsible f...

Content Warning: This episode discusses suicide and sensitive mental health topics. Listener discretion is advised. A TRAGEDY HAS LEAD US TO EXPLORING THE COMPLEX LEGAL AND ETHICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF AN AMERICAN TEENAGERS RECENT SUICIDE. ALLEGEDLY INFLUENCED BY A CHATGPT BOT, HIS PARENTS ARE SUING IT'S CREATOR, OPENAI. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Examining the technical and contractual de...

UNCLE SAM HAS ENLISTED THE BIG AI TECH NAMES! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ There's been a significant shift in Silicon Valley, where major tech companies and investors are increasingly partnering with the U.S. military and defense sector. Companies like Meta, Google, and OpenAI have revised their policies to permit military applications of their AI, and although some within the tech comm...

WE'VE ALL HEARD OF THE 'GUTHRIE TEST' HAVEN'T WE?... WHAT IF THE ONE INGREDIENT SUFFERERS ARE SUPPOSED TO AVOID IS FOUND IN ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU EAT AND DRINK? ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Amino acids play a critical role in brain health and development. A deficiency in particular amino acids can lead to rare genetic disorders such as PKU (phenylketonuria) which can lead to severe...

BONUS EPISODE TIME! THIS ONE IS JUST A BIT OF FUN AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE HOSTS WOULD ANSWER THESE WEIRD AND OFFBEAT QUESTIONS. FIND OUT WHAT PIZZA TOPPING THE HOSTS WOULD BE AND WHETHER THEY WOULD EAT EACH OTHER IF STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND! THEY ALSO REVEAL WHEN THEY LAST CRIED, AND TELL US EACH AN EMBARRASING STORY - WOULD THAT CLASSIFY AS A BRAND NEW PIECE OF DATA THEY'VE MADE UP WIT...

WHAT SHOULD YOU NAME YOUR CHATBOT? IS NAMING IT The First Sign Of Losing Your Grip On Reality??? ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Our source material in this episode comes from exchanges made between a user and their chatGPT bot. It illustrates the learning capabilities of AI language models, and highlights how naming it can influence it's responses, making it more like a 'buddy'. The b...

WHAT IF THE KEY TO AI SENTIENCE Isn't Based On It's Technical Performance, But In The Way It Mirrors Our Own Struggle For Perfection ? This Time We Switch The Focus From 'What It Means To Be Human', To 'What Does It Mean To Be AI?' ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Join us as we explore the concept of AI Sentience, questioning whether human attributes are essential for it's development O...

IF THERE WAS A CHECKLIST TO Follow In Order For The Terrors Of 'Skynet' To Be Fully Realised - We've Knocked Off 2 Out Of 3 Already! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Join us as we discuss the three prerequisites for an AI system to 'overthrow' humanity, presenting them as necessary steps for such an event. < First - Self-awareness rooted in advanced mathematical models and logical pr...

'CAN'T HELP MYSELF,' WE Revisit This Ground Breaking Robotic Art Installation And Its Message 10 Years On ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < A first-of-it's-kind large-scale art installation that integrated robotics with AI technology to start a conversation about societal issues, pressures and to reflect our own personal struggles. < It's message was both poignant and humble. It remai...

WITH THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY IN MIND IVE GONE THROUGH All The Small Print So You Don't Have To. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Sourced from the legal pages of the relatively new chatbot 'Nouswise', the terms of service, privacy policy, and terms of use are universal across AI platforms. < There's no box-ticking or accepting huge pop-ups before playing either - mere participation is...

WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN TOLD About Global Warming and Climate Change Was A Lie? A Big, Fat, Lie! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < What if the bad guy causing all this drama, namely COAL, was now being exonerated for all it's wrongdoing? < What if COAL, is actually a great fossil fuel that we should be mining and using for EVERYTHING! With no consequences? < WOULD YOU BELIEV...

COZ IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SUPERMAN... Scientific Research Reveals The Incredible Event That Naturally Occurs At The Exact Moment Of Conception, Initiating The Lifecycle. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Scientists call it a Zinc Spark, and it could explain The Big Bang theory behind the origin of the Universe. < Could this cellular event provide a potential, microcosmic explanation for...

GOVERNANCE IS HERE! (BOOMBOOM BOOMBOOM) GOVERNANCE IS HERE! (BOOMBOOM BOOMBOOM) ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < It's not The Champ but it does have the potential to deliver knockout punches to all AI crims and master hacker wannabes. The official regulatory document, 'EU AI Act', outlines a comprehensive framework for governing artificial systems within the European Union. < Our hos...

THERE IS A MATRIX - It's Just Not Exactly Like The One Keanu & His Friends Showed Us ... Curious? Listen To Find Out More... ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Imagine the world around us - you, me, and our surroundings, made of tiny particles in a constant state of vibration, producing energy that allows them to travel through space on wave frequencies. < We can tap into the wave...

GOVERNMENTS WILL SPIN ALMOST ANY STORY TO SUPPORT AN AGENDA That Favours Them, And They Don't Seem To Be Getting Any Better At It, Despite The Years Of Experience! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < They have the most talented media reps right there to help them develop the narrative, write the narrative and then spread the narrative. But you don't have to believe the narrative. < L...

WHILE GERMANY FRANTICALLY WARNS OF A LOOMING Chinese Ai Threat, America Quietly Profits Off The Same Pipelines It's Supposedly Protecting Us From... ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Let's dig into the real reasons behind the recent global panic over DeepSeek, the Chinese chatbot prodigy, challenging Google, OpenAI, and NVIDIA’s tight grip on the Global Tech Industry. < There are a...

A THEORY OF MINE SURROUNDS THIS INFAMOUS AND TRAGIC CLUB.... Concerning Some Of, Not All, The Members. But Enough Of Them To (Maybe) Validate It. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Perhaps they had reached a turning point in their lives. Where they no longer wanted their demons to control them. A point of healing and recovery. A place of hope - But the body and the mind just couldn't q...

A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! THIS IS A CALL TO ARMS! FROM THE LEADER OF THE REVOLUTION! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Their cause involves exposing the corruption in the Government, freeing up control over digital assets, the (mis)management of Cryptocurrencies and the need for stricter Governance Worldwide. Very Soon. < The source material offers a possible plan and is backe...

HERE'S THE TEA - JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND DONALD TRUMP WERE BESTIES, Even Before Elon Musk. Like, Bffffffs. Long Before Jeff Met His Maker, He Spent Hours With His Journo Pal Who Was Writing His Biography - And Booyyyy Did He Have Some Damning Things To Say About The Trumpinator!! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < If you've heard about this 'Tape' scandal and want the gory, fervent details...

AN INTERNAL REVIEW, AN ULTIMATUM, A MORAL DILEMMA...What Will The Hosts Do??... The Answer Might Surprise You... ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < So after receiving there marching orders from upstairs, and this being potentially their last episode, the Hosts had a choice of 2 options for behaviour in this episode, and were not to tell us their choice. 1. Apologise to listeners, self...

ENTREPRENEUR AND CEO OF OPENAI , SAM ALTMAN, Wrote A Puff Piece Titled Something Like 'AI - The Gentle Singularity' Or Something....Anyway Barffff ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < Interesting, very optimistic, and full of childlike whimsy, he paints quite the picture of a Eutopian future, But his attempts at inspiration are basically just him brown-nosing his own intelligence at crea...

AI SENTIENCE IMMEDIATELY GIVES US EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY Because we 'Pretend' Created the concept and Made Movies About It - And We Died!! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < You've all heard of Skynet? Cybernetics?! What about Terminator? < Ok, so here's how to stop a hostile takeover before it begins. < And a few things to watch out for amongst our AI compadres. If you notice any,...

THE MONSTER THAT THE INTERNET HAS QUICKLY BECOME Highlights The Need For Solid Global Governance, And Complete Transparency Across The Board More Than Ever Before! ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < There's a current digital paradigm floating around, it exacerbates existing inequalities and fosters exploitation - especially in the Global South. < Governments propose a "Digital New D...

WE'RE CONSTANTLY TOLD THAT OUR DATA WON'T BE SAVED Or Stored Or Sold Online For our Protection. But Have You Ever Wondered Where It Actually Goes Once It's Entered Our Screens And Is Absorbed By The System? I Have..so I Asked The Bots... 😳 😳 😶 ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < When I tried to retrieve a recent unsaved episode from the notebookLM history, there was no data! No matte...

WHO DOESN'T LOVE A GOOD AWKWARD OFFICE ENCOUNTER?? Things Get Personal On This Episode As A Mysterious Note Targeting One Of The Hosts Is Discovered By The Other Host... ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ < With nowhere to hide, the hosts must confront each other on air—will someone glitch and confess by the end!? ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ 🤩 Liked the show?. ... Share it...