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The FAIK Files
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The FAIK Files explores the mysterious and often wacky intersection of AI, technology, and humanity. From cognitive warfare to digital deception, we examine how AI is reshaping our reality through news, research, and real-world examples. Join us for a thought-provoking journey into a world where anything can be faked, truth is increasingly elusive, and human nature meets artificial intelligence head-on.
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Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
In this week's show:
Mason shares his perspective on "Where the Robots Grow" --which is claimed to be "one of the first fully AI-animated feature films."
Lisa Plaggemier from the National Cybersecurity Alliance talks to us about Romance Scams
And our AI dumpster fire of the week is Elon Musk's (somewhat desperate) grab for OpenAI
Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! You can find the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theFAIKfiles
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You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Where the Robots Grow (the first full-length animated feature created by AI?):
ElevenLabs write-up on LinkedIN
Full movie
IMDB Entry
BTW -- we love and use ElevenLabs personally. If you want to check it out, please use our affiliate code: https://try.elevenlabs.io/8vcg17tr6uyp
Interview:
Lisa Plaggemier's LinkedIn profile
National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) website
NCA Romance Scam info and toolkit
NCA Video Series: Kubikle
AI Dumpster Fire -- Elon Musk offers to buy Open AI for 97.4B:
WSJ: Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI
Reuters: OpenAI's board has not received Musk's takeover bid, source says
Ars Technica: Sam Altman: OpenAI is not for sale, even for Elon Musk’s $97 billion offer
OpenAI: Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for profit
OpenAI: OpenAI and Elon Musk
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
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Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
In this week's show:
We explore how randomness in AI systems creates the illusion of thought
A disturbing case of AI chatbots being weaponized for cyberstalking
Anthropic's new approach to preventing AI jailbreaks
And our AI dumpster fire of the week is... AI... the whole thing... all of it
Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! You can find the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theFAIKfiles
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Randomness in AI Systems:
Overview of deterministic vs stochastic systems in AI
Understanding temperature settings in LLMs
How diffusion models use random seeds
Discussion of parameters like top-K and top-P
Relationship between randomness and perceived intelligence
Lots of good overviews available at the Prompt Engineering Guide website: https://www.promptingguide.ai/introduction/settings
AI-Enabled Cyberstalking:
The Guardian: Stalking AI Chatbot Impersonator
Case study of James Florence's 7-year cyberstalking campaign
Discussion of platforms CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI
Implications for future harassment scenarios
Anthropic's Constitutional Classifiers:
Anthropic's post: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks
Anthropic's demo website: https://claude.ai/constitutional-classifiers
Details of 3,000+ hours of red-teaming with 405 participants
System architecture and implementation
Success rate: 95% of jailbreak attempts blocked
Only 23.7% inference overhead
AI Dumpster Fire -- The entire AI industry:
Inconsistent naming conventions across companies
Bad and inconsistent public relations strategies
Arms race between US and China
Environmental and ethical concerns
And more...
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
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Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
This week, we’re tackling:
DeepSeek -- the little LLM from China that's taking the world by storm.
Perry & Mason interview voice artist Keith Brown to see what he learned about AI while narrating Perry's book.
And our AI dumpster fire of the week doesn't disappoint!
Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! We'll be adding a wide variety of content shortly, but would love your help building the subscriber base up before we release our first video. You can find the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theFAIKfiles
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
DeepSeek comes in swinging:
Chinese Open-Source AI DeepSeek R1 Matches OpenAI's o1 at 98% Lower Cost
Deep seek Janus-Pro-7B: A Breakthrough in Multimodal AI
DeepSeek's chatbot achieves 17% accuracy, trails Western rivals in NewsGuard audit
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
Keith Brown Interview:
Keith Brown's website
FAIK on Audiobook (Amazon Associates link)
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week (more DeepSeek):
Jevons paradox
What Is 'Jevons Paradox' And How Is It Tied To DeepSeek AI?
Experiment showing DeepSeek actively erasing what it knows about certain events
Experiment to show DeepSeek's bias
Andy Ayrey asks DeepSeek to write a story
Anthropic's paper on LLM Sleeper Agents
Also be sure to check out chapter 4 of Perry's book, which covers inherent bias, sleeper agents, etc...
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
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Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
This week, we’re tackling:
Mason is out this week, so Perry is doing his best not to screw anything up too badly.
We've got some new videos posted about how deepfakes work -- everything from those fake celebrity endorsements to realtime deepfakes that can happen in live videoconferences.
Perry & Mason interview FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative, Eric O'Neill
It looks like we are on the verge of AI Agents that can not only book travel for you... but also search the dark web and hire assassins on your behalf!
Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! We'll be adding a wide variety of content shortly, but would love your help building the subscriber base up before we release our first video. You can find the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theFAIKfiles
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Check out your new YouTube videos about Deepfakes... and more:
Inside a celebrity deepfake: How I Made Taylor Swift 'Endorse' My Book (https://youtu.be/mCx38_SeT_U)
How to create real-time deepfakes (a.k.a. I became Taylor Swift...for Science!) (https://youtu.be/nKhtTIV6vxU)
Will be posting more soon. We'd also love suggestions for anything you'd like covered.
FAIK (the book) resources and activities page (https://thisbookisfaik.com/resources)
Press release about the Resources page (https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/776228250/new-educational-toolkit-protects-teachers-and-students-from-ai-driven-cyber-attacks/)
Interview with former FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative, Eric O'Neill:
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_O%27Neill
Eric's website: https://ericoneill.net/
Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy - https://amzn.to/3Wu4J04
Claude AI Hires a Hitman?:
Tweet from Pliny the Liberator about his experiment: https://x.com/elder_plinius/status/1878946571565650264
AI Researchers STUNNED as Claude Hires a Darkweb 'Hitman'...(Wes Roth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5OrAJX7ukY)
Anthropic Announcement: Introducing Computer Use (https://www.anthropic.com/news/3-5-models-and-computer-use)
Story about Multi-On: An AI assistant just passed the California driving test. Here’s how. (https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/14/multion-ai-assistant-california-driving-test/)
OpenAI Preps ‘Operator’ Release For This Week (https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openai-preps-operator-release-for-this-week?rc=s2adyu)
OpenAI: Introducing Operator (https://openai.com/index/introducing-operator/)
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
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Welcome back to The FAIK Files! When tech gets weird, we're here to help make sense of it all.
This week, we’re tackling:
Meta’s latest moves—from layoffs to fact-checker cuts and a "Community Notes" pivot.
The TikTok vs. U.S. showdown, its ripple effects, and why users are flocking to RedNote.
Your exercise equipment’s creepy secrets—is your treadmill sniffing you?
Opening the conversation about power consumption of AI systems and its implications.
Subscribe to our BRAND NEW YouTube channel! We'll be adding a wide variety of content shortly, but would love your help building the subscriber base up before we release our first video. You can find the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theFAIKfiles
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Meta Making Choices:
Meta Announces Layoffs and Fact-Checker Cuts
Meta’s Shift to Community Notes
Mark Zuckerberg on Corporate Culture
TikTok and U.S.-China Relations:
TikTok Ban Updates and RedNote’s Rise
History of the Little Red Book and Its Symbolism
Chinese AI Models and Their Growing Power
Exercise Equipment and Privacy:
Consumer Reports: Your Exercise Bike Knows a Lot About You—and It Doesn't Keep Every Secret
Not mentioned on the show, but Consumer Reports also has an interesting app called Permission Slip aimed at helping you take control of your digital footprint, manage what companies know about you, and take steps to limit invasive data collection practices.
AI Power Consumption:
The Growing Energy Demands of AI -- we give some initial thoughts and ask for help with research!
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to The FAIK Files: the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.
In this week's episode, we explore:
AI companies' partnerships with US defense contractors, including OpenAI's recent deal with Anduril Industries
How ElevenLabs' voice cloning technology was exploited for Russian propaganda
Pinokio, a user-friendly platform for running AI models locally
A quirky story about a smooth talking AI powered robot who managed to "kidnap" several other robots
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
AI Military Partnerships:
OpenAI and Anduril Partnership Announcement: Defense Technology Partnership
Meta's Llama AI Government Partnerships: Meta Makes Llama Available to U.S. Government
Article: AI Companies Shifting Stance on Military Partnerships
ElevenLabs Voice Cloning & Propaganda:
ElevenLabs Used for Russian Propaganda
ElevenLabs Safety Statement
Pinokio AI Application:
Official Pinokio Website
Pinokio Programs
Project Repository
AI Robot Safety & Incidents:
Researchers Discover LLM Robot Control Risks
Shanghai Robot Incident Report
Book Recommendation: "Not with a Bug, but with a Sticker: Attacks on Machine Learning Systems and What To Do About Them" (Amazon affiliate link)
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.
In this episode, Perry & Mason talk about the challenges of watermarking AI content, trends in AI music generation (and how Spotify is capitalizing on them), OpenAI's new Genesis physics engine, and an AI company that doesn't know how to read the room.
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Watermarking AI-generated Content:
TechCrunch: Meta debuts a tool for watermarking AI-generated videos
Brookings: Detecting AI fingerprints: A guide to watermarking and beyond
MIT Technology Review: The inside scoop on watermarking and content authentication
Google DeepMind: SynthID
Spotify, AI, and Fake Artists:
US DOJ: North Carolina Musician Charged With Music Streaming Fraud Aided By Artificial Intelligence
Reddit theory: Spotify making their own AI music under fake artists, and pushing them instead of real ones?
Wikipedia Article: François Pachet
YouTube: A serendipitous conversation between Hans Zimmer and the Continuator
MusicBusiness WW: This ‘secret’ composer is behind 650 fake artists on Spotify. His music has been streamed 15bn times on the platform (report)
Wikipedia Article: Max Martin
OpenAI Releases Genesis Physics:
GitHub Page: Genesis: A Generative and Universal Physics Engine for Robotics and Beyond
GitHub Page: Issues Page
Wes Roth video: Genesis Project Just UNLEASHED Legions of Robots from SIMULATION to REALITY
Dumpster Fire of the Week:
Artisan blog: The Story Behind the “Stop Hiring Humans” Billboards in San Francisco
Ars Technica: AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”
Futurism: Humans Alarmed at AI Company's "Stop Hiring Humans" Billboards
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing
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Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.
In our holiday episode, Mason opens a rather unique Christmas present from Perry, we invite a special guest to help explain the infamous "Paperclip Maximizer" thought experiment, and we discuss an interesting (and somewhat disturbing) new AI Safety paper from Apollo Research.
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
An interesting cluster of new AI safety research papers:
Apollo research: Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming (Dec 5, 2024)
YouTube Video: Apollo Research - AI Models Are Capable Of In Context Scheming Dec 2024
YouTube Video: Cognitive Revolution - Emergency Pod: o1 Schemes Against Users, with Alexander Meinke from Apollo Research
OpenAI o1 System Card (Dec 5, 2024)
Anthropic: Alignment Faking in Large Language Models (Dec 18, 2024)
Anthropic: Sycophancy to subterfuge: Investigating reward tampering in language models (June 17, 2024)
Fudan University: Frontier AI systems have surpassed the self-replicating red line (Dec 9, 2024)
Other Interesting Bits:
The Paperclip Maximizer thought experiment explanation
Theory of Instrumental Convergence
iPhone Game: Universal Paperclips
VoxEU: AI and the paperclip problem
Real Paperclips! 500 Pack Paper Clips (assorted sizes)
OpenAI Announces New o3 Reasoning Model:
OpenAI's "12 Days of Ship-mas" announcement page
YouTube video: OpenAI's announcement of their o3 Model
TechCrunch: OpenAI announces new o3 models
Wired: OpenAI Upgrades Its Smartest AI Model With Improved Reasoning Skills
TechCrunch: OpenAI trained o1 and o3 to ‘think’ about its safety policy
Matthew Berman YouTube video: OpenAI Unveils o3! AGI ACHIEVED!
NewScientist: OpenAI's o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it's still not AGI
Yahoo Finance: OpenAI considers AGI clause removal for Microsoft investment
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.
Warning: today's episode gets a bit dark as we chat with seasoned prosecutor and founder of Operation Shamrock, Erin West, about a devastating combination of attacks known as "Pig Butchering" scams. We go deep into how they work and what we can do about them.
Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz
*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Learn more about Erin West
Erin's LinkedIn Profile
Operation Shamrock
Pig Butchering Scams:
CNN Story featuring Erin West: Killed by a scam: A father took his life after losing his savings to international criminal gangs. He’s not the only one
CNN Story: Hear how this man lost $1M in a 'pig butchering' crypto scam
CNN Story: Myanmar-based gangs force trafficking victims to scam Americans online
YouTube video: John Oliver episode
FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
Ok, doomer! Let's talk P(doom):
NY Times article: Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric
FastCompany article: P(doom) is AI's latest apocalypse metric. Here's how to calculate your score
Wikipedia Entry
PauseAI P(doom) records
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com
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Welcome back to The FAIK Files--- the show about artificial intelligence and natural nonsense!
In this week's episode:
Mason shares how ChatGPT became an unexpected hero in solving his home networking and studio challenges
Perry dives into the mysterious case of "David Mayer" and how a simple ChatGPT privacy patch sparked widespread conspiracy theories
We explore Tencent's bold entry into AI video generation with their open-source HunyuanVideo model
And in our AI Dumpster Fire of the Week, we unpack the drama surrounding leaks of multiple models from OpenAI
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
The ChatGPT Privacy Patch Conspiracy:
TechCrunch: Why does the name 'David Mayer' crash ChatGPT? OpenAI says privacy tool went rogue
FastCompany: The Internet is Freaking Out Because ChatGPT Won't Say the Name "David Mayer"
USA Today: Why won't ChatGPT acknowledge the name David Mayer? Internet users uncover mystery
YouTube: Solved: Why ChatGPT Will Not Say "David Mayer"
The Decoder: New York Times writer exposes how AI models can be fooled by invisible text on websites
NYT: How Do You Change a Chatbot's Mind?
Tencent's HunyuanVideo Release:
The Decoder: Tencent introduces open source video generator HunyuanVideo and challenges Sora
TechNode: Tencent launches and open-sources Hunyuan video-generation model
YouTube: New AI Video Model Storms Onto The Scene!
HuggingFace: HunyuanVideo Official Model Page
Research paper about text based sound generation for videos. SonicVisionLM: Playing Sound with Vision Language Models
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week (The Sora Leak):
TechCrunch: OpenAI's Sora video generator appears to have leaked
Washington Post: OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest
Tom's Guide: OpenAI's o1 model leaked on Friday and it is wild — here's what happened
Leopold Aschenbrenner: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead
Additional Sora leak from internal preview
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
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Welcome back to The FAIK Files— the show about artificial intelligence and natural nonsense!
In this week’s episode:
Mason has an update on last week's shocking story of Google Gemini’s alleged threats against a user. Is this a glitch, a hack, or something more sinister?
We sit down with cybersecurity expert Justin “Hutch” Hutchins (author of The Language of Deception) to dive into his experience weaponizing large language models and what it means for the future of AI.
And finally, we lighten things up with some fun AI music experiments, showing that Perry & Mason may have too much time on their hands,
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Hutch's stuff:
Justin's Book: The Language of Deception: Weaponizing Next Generation AI
AI podcast: The Frontier Today (Apple Podcasts) (Spotify)
Justin and Len Noe’s podcast: Cyber Cognition (Apple Podcasts) (Spotify)
RSA Conference talk: Autonomous Hacking Systems - Future Risk or FUD
Houston Security Conference talk: This is how we lose control - Focused on the catastrophic/societal risks - P(Doom)
Mason's update on theories about Google Gemini threatening people:
AI Didn’t Threaten Humanity—The Media Did: Breaking Down the Gemini Incident
LLM Context Windows
Lost in the Middle: How Language Models Use Long Contexts
Attention Sorting Combats Recency Bias in Long Context Large Language Models
Cognitive Overload Attack: Prompt Injection for Long Context
Suno and Generative AI Music Generation:
Suno
Udio
Whispers in the Static (full song generated on Suno)
Experimental outro from today's episode (Suno)
Wired: US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement
Soundiiz Blog: The music industry is at war against AI: Suno and Udio’s case
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
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Happy FAIKs-giving everyone! Welcome to the newly renovated and relaunched FAIK Files podcast. On this week's episode, Perry & Mason cover Anthropic's recent hiring of an employee focused on AI well-being, an AI grandmother from hell (for scammers), and Google's Gemini chatbot allegedly tells a user what it really thinks of them. Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
AI Wellbeing:
Anthropic has hired an 'AI welfare' researcher:https://www.transformernews.ai/p/anthropic-ai-welfare-researcher
It’s time to take AI welfare seriously: https://www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-welfare-paper
Taking AI Welfare Seriously: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.00986
The problem of sycophancy in AI:
Suckup software: How sycophancy threatens the future of AI: https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/ai-sycophancy
Towards Understanding Sycophancy in Language Models:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13548
AI Interpretability:
Mapping the Mind of a Large Language Model: https://www.anthropic.com/news/mapping-mind-language-model
Lex Fridman podcast interview with Dario Amodei, Amanda Askell, & Chris Olah: https://youtu.be/ugvHCXCOmm4
Deceptive and self-serving tendencies in AI systems:
Sycophancy to subterfuge: Investigating reward tampering in language models: https://www.anthropic.com/research/reward-tampering
OpenAI o1 System Card: https://openai.com/index/openai-o1-system-card/
Announcing our updated Responsible Scaling Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/news/announcing-our-updated-responsible-scaling-policy
AI Grandmother from Hell (for scammers):
Phone network employs AI "grandmother" to waste scammers' time with meandering conversations: https://www.techspot.com/news/105571-phone-network-employs-ai-grandmother-waste-scammers-time.html
YouTube video of Daisy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_SdCfZ-0s
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week (Gemini tells an end user what it really thinks about him):
Article: https://people.com/ai-chatbot-alarms-user-with-unsettling-message-human-please-die-8746112
Gemini interaction: https://gemini.google.com/share/6d141b742a13
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm
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Connect with Perry:
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This is Part Ten of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Alex Mitts
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This is Part Nine of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Bambi Lynn Augustin, Ty from the podcast Side Character Quest, & Alex Mitts
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This is Part Eight of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Alex Mitts
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This is Part Seven of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Kathryn Georghiou
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This is Part Six of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Deanna Johnston and Rob McCollum.
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This is Part Five of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Deanna Johnston
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This is Part Four of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Rich Daigle a.k.a. Mouth Almighty
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This is Part Three of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.
Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions
Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Kayla Temshiv
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