Project Stargate, the AI emergency, and batsh*t AI cryonics

In episode 35 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn who the 175th best programmer in the world is, the AI supervillains put on suits for President Trump, a "not imaginary" AI turns out to be imaginary, OpenAI releases Operator and teases o3-mini, and Anthropic predicts that superintelligence is only three years away.

Graham considers giving his money, pets, and vital organs to a YouTuber with an AI, and Mark looks into Project Stargate and the geo-politics of AI.

Episode links:

• Trump announces the Stargate AI infrastructure project.
• Shipment of ‘Friend’ AI digital companion delayed.
• Sam Altman teases o3-mini.
• Trump accused of using AI to compose garbled executive orders.
• Introducting Operator.
• LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI.
• Dario Amodei talks about superintelligence.
• TimeShift.
• TimeShift cryopreservation facility promotional video.
• The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
• Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification.
• The memory wall.

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