The Glitchatorio
Join the Witch of Glitch for investigations into the failure modes, emergent mysteries and unexpected behaviors of artificial intelligence that are unfolding in our world today. You'll hear from technical researchers, data scientists and machine learning experts, as well as psychologists, philosophers and others whose work intersects with AI.
Most Glitchatorio episodes follow the standard podcast interview format. Sometimes these episodes alternate with fictional audio skits or personal voice notes.
The voices, music and audio effects you hear on The Glitchatorio are all recorded or composed by the Witch of Glitch; they are not AI-generated.
Podcasting since 2025 • 7 episodes
The Glitchatorio
Latest Episodes
What We Want
They listen to us. They give us smart-sounding answers. A lot of the time, they tell us what we want to hear.Large language models are trained to respond to our preferences. It sounds logical enough in theory, but it turns out to spiral ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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33:38
Dreaming or Scheming?
Since AI models are built on artificial neural networks, what parallels can we draw with human brain "wiring"?In this episode, we hear from neuroscientist and psychology researcher Scott Blain about the pitfalls of pattern recogni...
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30:13
The Map and the Territory (Voice Note)
Why are AI systems called models?And what does the concept of digital twins have to do with a short story by Jorge Luis Borges?This episode is a voice note about what I saw and heard at a recent AI and quantum computing event, alo...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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