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In episode 92 of The AI Fix, Mark explains why the AI that ushers in the apocalypse might be more drunk toddler than evil genius, and guest host Corey Noles offers moral support as his pet AI starts to replicate itself.
Also this week: Jack Dorsey slashes jobs at Block and blames AI; Reddit sets a trap for Perplexity AI; OpenAI raises enough money to rival a small nation; and a new benchmark asks a simple question: is AI full of crap?
Episode links:
- Block CEO Jack Dorsey lays off 4,000 Block staff.
- Reddit sues AI company over 'industrial-scale' scraping.
- OpenAI raises $110B in enormous private funding round.
- BullshitBench: Models Answering Nonsense Questions.
- The Hot Mess of AI: How Does Misalignment Scale with Model Intelligence and Task Complexity?
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