The Glitchatorio
30-minute introductions to some of the trickiest issues around AI today, such as:
- The alignment problem
- Questions of LLM consciousness
- AI and animal welfare
- Scheming and hallucinations
The Glitchatorio is a podcast about the aspects of AI that don't fit neatly into marketing messages or notions of technology-as-destiny. We look into the failure modes, emergent mysteries and unexpected behaviors of artificial intelligence that baffle even the experts. 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.
The Glitchatorio
Animal in the Loop
Our planet is home to 10 quintillion insects, 3.5 trillion fish, 428 billion birds and 130 billion mammals other than humans. Soon AI will be as much a factor in their lives as it is in ours.
In this episode, we'll hear from Max Taylor, an expert on animals and AI, about the different ways this is already happening, such as:
- AI trainers for dogs and cats
- Smart watch-style wearables for cows and pigs
- Wild animal surveillance
- Black-box insect farming
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If you're interested in both animal welfare and digital minds, you may want to check out the work of Sentient Futures.