The AI Fix #58: An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27 – Source: grahamcluley.com

In episode 58 of “The AI Fix” podcast, our hosts discover a pair of AI headphones that don’t electrocute you, Microsoft invents “medical superintelligence”, Chucky opens a hotel, some robot footballers fall over, Jony Ive invents a $6 billion pen, and Malcolm Gladwell fears a dystopian future full of children playing joyfully in the street.

Graham discovers that the number 27 holds a special place in the heart of every AI, and Mark investigates Anthropic’s terrible AI shopkeeper.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley:

Mark Stockley:

Episode links:

• Neurable headphones.
• Pitiful Chinese ‘footie robots’ stumble through match in hilarious scenes.
• The path to medical superintelligence.
• Robots replace hotel check-in staff.
• Malcolm Gladwell says driverless cars don’t work in cities.
• Jony Ive’s First AI Gadget? Clues Point to a Pen.
• LLMs and the Illusion of Randomness: Their obsession with number 27.
• How do lava lamps help with Internet encryption?
• “How to HACK the lottery” keynote speech by Graham Cluley.
• Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop?

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