Where are the alien AIs, and are we being softened up for superintelligence?

In episode 24 of The AI Fix, Mark makes an unforgivable error about the Terminator franchise, our hosts wonder if a "seductive" government chatbot will make it easier to talk about tax, a radio station abandons its three month AI experiment after a week, and OpenAI parks its tanks on Google’s lawn.

Graham gets cosmic and wonders why we aren’t surrounded by advanced alien AIs, our hosts argue about whether the moon landings or the invention of the cheese sandwich were more consequential events in human history, and Mark tells Graham that artificial superintelligence is just around the corner.

Episode links:

• AI chatbot launches on Gov.UK – with mixed results.
• Introducing ChatGPT search.
• Polish radio station abandons use of AI 'presenters' following outcry.
• Anthropic introduces “Computer use”, a way for its AI models to control computers.
• Organiser “highly embarrassed” after fake AI Halloween parade.
• AI Has Likely Spread Through Cosmos, Says Former NASA Chief Historian.
• If alien life is artificially intelligent, it may be stranger than we can imagine.
• Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It.
• The Intelligence Age by Sam Altman.
• Sam Altman talking about the next five years.
• Mustafa Suleyman talking about AGI.
• Eric Schmidt talking about AGI.

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