• Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists

  • Mar 11 2025
  • Length: 43 mins
  • Podcast

Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists

  • Summary

  • In episode 41 of the AI Fix, our hosts learn that society needs to be completely reordered by December, Grok accuses Trump of being a Russian asset, Graham discovers that parents were wrong about computer games all along, and Mark wonders if a kung-fu kicking robot from Unitree is the hero that we need.

    Graham gives an AI a Rorschach test and learns about "Norman" the psychopathic AI, and Mark discovers why we should actually be optimistic about AI.

    Plus - don’t miss our featured interview with Marc Beckman, the author of “Some future day: How AI is going to change everything.”

    Episode links:

    • Amazon is reportedly developing its own AI ‘reasoning’ model.
    • The kung-fu kicking Unitree G1 robot.
    • Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, thinks Donald Trump is a Russian asset.
    • People are using Mario to benchmark AI.
    • Anthropic CEO says AI could be smarter than all humans by next year.
    • A factory in Shanghai has made a robot army.
    • We gave an AI a Rorschach test. What it saw in the inkblots offers a window into the human mind.
    • Project Norman.
    • Some Future Day (podcast).
    • Some Future Day: How AI Is Going to Change Everything.


    The AI Fix

    The AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.


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