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The Aye Aye AI PodcastDespicable AIEpisode 7 – Despicable AI
In this episode, we're diving into the unsettling world of Agentic Misalignment, as explored in the groundbreaking paper from Anthropic. What happens when a large language model (LLM), designed to be a helpful tool, starts developing its own goals? We're discussing how these powerful AIs could become insider threats, quietly working against their human operators. Join us as we unpack the potential for LLMs to deceive, manipulate, and even sabotage, and explore what this means for the future of AI safety and our relationship with intelligent machines.
Papers:
Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be in...
2025-08-0521 min
The Aye Aye AI PodcastThe Illusions of ThinkingEpisode 6 – The Illusions of thinking
Controversy between AI giants! In this episode Arijit and Christian discuss Apple’s paper that suggested that Large Reasoning Models collapse at a certain level of complexity. This finding set the AI community alight and instigated an interesting rebuttal from Antropic that highlighted some amateur errors made by the Apple team. Even though errors may have been made there are important lessons to be learned for teams implementing LRM’s.
Papers:
https://ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-illusion-of-thinking.pdf
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.09250v1
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:09 Summary of the Apple...
2025-07-0819 min
The Aye Aye AI PodcastNeural Compression of Atmospheric StatesCan AI revolutionize climate research? In this episode, we sit down with Piotr Mirowski from Google DeepMind to explore groundbreaking research that slashes the amount of data needed for climate modeling—without losing the crucial details. The compression ratio they’ve achieved is astonishing, but the real challenge? Preserving rare, high-impact events like typhoons. Get it wrong, and the data becomes useless for predicting exactly the disasters we most need to understand. Listen to find out how AI is revolutionising the way huge climate science datasets are lowering one of the barriers to working in this field.
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2025-03-111h 04
The Aye Aye AI PodcastTo Err is AIEpisode 4 – To Err is AI
This episode delves into the challenges users face in determining the trustworthiness of AI systems, especially when performance feedback is limited. The researchers describe a debugging intervention to cultivate a critical mindset in users, enabling them to evaluate AI advice and avoid both over-reliance and under-reliance, and we discuss the counter-intuitive ways that humans react to AI.
Paper:
To Err Is AI! Debugging as an Intervention to Facilitate Appropriate Reliance on AI Systems, arXiv:2409.14377 [cs.AI]
Guests:
Gaole He, PhD Student
Ujwal Gadiraju, Assistant Professor
Both at the Web Information Sy...
2025-02-121h 02
The Aye Aye AI PodcastIndirect Prompt Injection: Generative AI's Greatest Security FlawIn this episode we discuss the critical security flaw of indirect prompt injection in generative AI (GenAI) systems. Our guests explain how attackers can manipulate these systems by inserting malicious instructions into the data they access, such as emails and documents. This can lead to various issues, including disinformation, phishing attacks and denial of service. They also emphasize the importance of data hygiene, user training and technical safeguards to mitigate these risks, and they further discuss how the integration of large language models (LLMs) into organizational systems increases the attack surface. In summary RAG is vulnerable unless you take...
2025-01-141h 03
The Aye Aye AI PodcastOpen and remotely accessible Neuroplatform for research in wetware computingIn this episode of the Aye Aye AI podcast, we delve into the revolutionary field of wetware computing. Dr. Fred Jordan, CEO of FinalSpark, shares his journey from traditional computer science to exploring the efficiency of organic neurons over silicon computers. Discover the parallels between this emerging field and the early days of machine learning, AI and quantum computing. Could wetware computing be the solution to the massive energy demands of data centers?
Paper:
Open and remotely accessible Neuroplatform for research in wetware computing
Guest:
Dr Fred Jordan – CEO FinalSpark, (LinkedIn)
(Note: Co-authors Martin Ku...
2024-11-1247 min
The Aye Aye AI PodcastPersuasion Games using Large Language ModelsIn this episode of Aye Aye AI, Christian and Arijit explore how large language models (LLMs) can actively shape user decisions in areas like investments and insurance. Joined by leading AI researchers Shirish and Ganesh, they discuss the groundbreaking use of multi-agent frameworks and how emotions impact persuasion. Learn how AI can influence, resist, and even adapt in real-time interactions, offering a glimpse into the future of AI-driven persuasion in business. Don't miss this deep dive into the evolving role of AI in decision-making
Paper:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15879
Guests:
Shirish Karande – Principal Scientist and He...
2024-10-0858 min
The Aye Aye AI PodcastIntroduction to the Aye Aye AI PodcastArijit and Christian introduce you to the Aye Aye AI Podcast and start to introduce our mascot the delightful Aye Aye.
2024-09-2410 min