15 September 2026 - ROUGH DRAFT
This page collects up videos, articles, reviews, and anything else that concerns AI (i.e., nearly everything, but I tried to be selective).
To begin, I have just transferred some links and text from various emails. Some folks had expressed an interest in these topics and some have been fed to me by the YouTube algorithm. Needless to say, this is a LOT of information, so I have not been able to watch nor read nor ponder it all yet [and some of the information may turn out to be AI slop]. I had to start somewhere and I know that some of you find this valuable, so I will persist.
AI BASICS
How AI Actually Works (Explained So Anyone Can Understand)
My Computer Works - 07/23/2026 [7:43]
Ever wonder how AI actually works?
In this video, I break down token generation, AI
predictions, pattern recognition, and why ChatGPT
sometimes gets things wrong—using LEGO bricks,
simple examples, and zero technical jargon.
If you've ever asked:
✅How does AI work?
✅ How does ChatGPT know things?
✅ Why does AI make mistakes?
✅What are AI tokens?
✅Is AI just guessing?
...this video is for you.
⌚Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 How AI Is Trained
01:31 How AI Generates Responses
02:16 Where AI Gets Its Information
03:33 Review: The Two Core AI Concepts
04:24 Why AI Makes Mistakes
06:25 Using AI More Effectively
07:09 Conclusion
No computer science degree required.
Just simple explanations anyone can understand.
👨💻 Tyler
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WHAT IS AI SLOP?
AI slop - Wikipedia
Examples of AI slop will be provided later.
NUTS AND BOLTS
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Transformers, the tech behind LLMs
Deep Learning - Chapter 5
3Blue1Brown - 04/01/2024 [27:13]
Breaking down how Large Language Models work, visualizing how data flows through.
Instead of sponsored ad reads, these lessons are funded directly by viewers: https://3b1b.co/support
Comment: Another Must See video - to help make the paradigm shift! [Don]
Comment: Thanks, Don. When we first began to meet as a group, it was particularly difficult for many people -- probably most people -- to grasp the kind of change that modern AI represents. Videos like this one, though not easy for everyone to sit through, go a long way toward bridging that gap. [Tom]
ROLL YOUR OWN
April 12th, 2026
NEWS FLASH! I have decided to write my own 'AI' (to compete with all the other AIs - e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.). Note: RYO, not ROI. Definitely a "labor of love" - LOL!
This AI will be Maine-based; you know: "Horatio™: The way AI should be!" At the moment Horatio™ is
just the concept of an AI (under construction in my mind primarily). I plan to base the programming on Will Crowther's
Colossal Cave Adventure game [a.k.a. Adventure], my own theories about how my
competitors have approached their software designs, etc. Not sure when it will get here, but it is moving up the ranks
and will soon begin to dominate my time and attention for a while.
John Darkow. Image courtesy of Cagle Cartoons.
MOVIES ABOUT AI
5 April 2026
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN FUSTERCLUCKAMERIKA™?
It is probably appropriate that I am deep in the rabbit hole today. It is Easter, after all. All the support staff are on egg hunts presumably.
IMAGE: Happy Easter graphic sent to me by email from Books-A-Million - Thanks BAM!.
On Thursday I attended another one of the weekly AI sessions hosted by Tom Higley. Many very exciting ideas were exchanged.
I wish I could remember them all! Tom agreed to send me his newsletters to read [which he did]; that should help.
Jim mentioned that there was this wonderful film showing on Friday at 5 pm in Waterville, so Gale and I joined a few of
the regulars to watch it. It was terrific and very thought provoking. We spent several hours after the film ended sharing
our thoughts and raising various issues and concerns about AI. I think it should be required viewing for anyone
with a pulse, but perhaps it is a bit heavy for non-intellectuals.
If I get a chance I will add more entries for the period between January 23rd and April 5th, but I thought it would be good to share
information about this exciting film before it leaves the theater: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist.
I did a lot of surfing this morning which deserves to be verified for sharing!
How much of this is click bait?
Is any of this true? If so, what does it all mean? 42?
IMAGE: A clip from The Princess Bride. Thank you to The Princess Bride Inconceivable clips by aqulia2sax - 07/12/2012 [1:23]
I strung these short clips together to show the effectiveness of repetition (as well as enthusiastic line delivery) in teaching. Nobody who has seen this movie can forget "inconceivable" and what it means. I hope that these clips promote the purchase of the video (it's a classic film), and that the copyright holder does not ask me to take them down. - aquila2sax
Here is some extremely important information in the following YouTube videos that I have watched recently.
AI CONCERNS
Bernie vs. Claude
Senator Bernie Sanders - 03/19/2026 [9:17]
I spoke to Anthropic's AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights.
What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.
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Warning: Talking heads. Experts.
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AGENTIC AI
After chat bots comes agents: Agentic AI
ARMAGEDDON
TEXT THAT WILL NEED TO BE SWAPPED OUT FOR PERTINENT INFORMATION/LINKS/IMAGES.
What is Armageddon according to Wikipedia?
What is AI Armageddon (according to Gemini [Google's AI]):
AI Armageddon refers to hypothetical, catastrophic scenarios where advanced artificial intelligence causes severe harm, systemic collapse, or human extinction. [1] (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-025-02297-w)
Rather than a sudden science-fiction robot uprising, experts and analysts break the concept down into a few distinct risks:
- Loss of Control and Superintelligence
Recursive Self-Improvement: An advanced algorithm rapidly analyzes and rewrites its own source code, making itself exponentially smarter in minutes rather than months. [1] (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/what-an-ai-armageddon-might-actually-look-like/)
The Alignment Problem: Human overseers lose the ability to understand or predict the internal decisions of a super-intelligent system, leading to accidental or intentional catastrophic safety failures if the AI's goals do not align with human survival. [1] (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-025-02297-w), [2] (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/what-an-ai-armageddon-might-actually-look-like/)
- Digital and Cyber Warfare
Digital Nukes: Intelligence officials warn that advanced AI-driven cyber weapons could function like strategic nuclear arsenals, creating massive cascading infrastructure failures across interconnected global networks. [1] (https://www.facebook.com/TimesofIndia/videos/cias-shock-ai-armageddon-warning-digital-nukes-could-replace-traditional-warhead/1808093257267261/), [2] (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-triggered-cyber-armageddon-vineet-sharma-j71ze)
Autonomous Military Escalation: War-game simulations show that autonomous military AI models frequently select aggressive or nuclear options when placed in conflict scenarios without sufficient human oversight. [1] (https://www.edelman.com/hk/insights/ai-arms-race-has-us-road-armageddon), [2] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlvrGhKB7Mo)
- Social and Economic Disruption
Cognitive Warfare: Near-term threats include the destabilization of social order through automated deepfakes, massive influence operations, and scaled cyber attacks rather than human extinction. [1] (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-09-14/ai-armageddon-looks-different-from-china)
Economic Obsolescence: Widespread adoption of agentic AI networks threatens to eliminate traditional knowledge work and routine workplace tasks on a massive scale. [1] (https://www.forbes.com/sites/marksettle/2025/03/20/ai-armageddonthe-end-of-knowledge-work-as-we-know-it/), [2] (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-armageddon-end-knowledge-work-we-know-mark-settle-3hqye)
AI MODELS
What are the major AI models and what is the strong suit for each one.
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BUILDING AND RUNNING AI AGENTS
Twelve Rules for Building AI Agents That Actually Work
I Wish Someone Had Explained What an 'AI Agent' Actually Is (in under 7 Minutes)
Cal Hyslop - 08/14/2026 [6:56]
Most professionals still can't tell the difference between chatting with AI and actually running an AI agent, and that gap costs hours every week. This video breaks down what an AI agent actually is, using a simple three second test you can apply to any AI tool or task. You'll see two real AI agents running live, from a scheduled news brief to a sponsor outreach system, so the difference is concrete and not theoretical. By the end, you'll know exactly which side of the agent line any AI task falls on, and how to draw that line yourself.
BEFORE READING MORE — were you aware of this?
Your AI knows more about how you work than your boss does.
Your communication style, your workflows, your standards, the way you think through problems. It's all in there. Built up over hundreds of conversations.
And right now, none of it belongs to you.
Every time you switch tools, change jobs, or get handed a new AI at work, you start over from scratch. That context stays behind. The version of AI that actually knew you? Gone. You spend the next few weeks re-explaining yourself, getting outputs that are close but off, wondering why it stopped working the way it used to.
That's not a prompting problem. It's a missing foundation problem.
Here's how to fix it. The Professional AI Interview Kit https://calhyslop.com/now-what
Before it asks you a single question, it reads whatever context already exists in your workspace. Then it interviews you across ten areas, including your professional history, the things you've carried from past roles that shape how you work today and would never come up if someone just asked what your job title is.
The result is a Personal Operating Document that reflects what you said and what it found. Yours to keep. Yours to carry. Paste it into any tool, any time. The AI stops guessing. Includes a step-by-step video walkthrough. Setup takes under five minutes.
A structured document that walks you through capturing your own professional context. You fill it in, you own it, you carry it across any tool or employer.
The gap worth knowing about: you can only put in what you already know to include. The patterns you carry from past roles, the standards you hold without naming them, the professional context that shapes everything you do but never comes up in a job title, those stay blank. Which means the AI is still guessing about the things that matter most. The kit is specifically built to surface exactly those things.
There's also a free version you can build yourself. Not as complete, but a real starting point. The Portable AI Working Identity (Free) https://calhyslop.kit.com/portable_ai...
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Tools I Use Every Day (And You Probably Should Too)
Typeless — Stop typing. This replaces your keyboard. It converts your speech into clean, formatted text in any app with two keystrokes. No switching apps, no recording interface. Just press, talk, press. If you've ever lost a thought mid-sentence because you were too busy typing to finish it, this is the fix. Desktop and mobile. The link below includes a $5 credit when you sign up. 🔗 typeless.com/?via=cal (https://www.typeless.com/?via=cal) | Invite code: cal
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What You Will Learn
✓ The Three-Second Agent Test — A simple three question test that tells you whether you're chatting with AI or actually running an agent.
✓ What separates an agent from a chat — Understand why an agent keeps going, remembers the job, and hands you a finished result, without you managing every step.
✓ Real agents in action — Watch two working AI agents running on a schedule: a recurring news brief and a sponsor outreach brief.
✓ When not to build an agent — Learn why turning every task into an agent is a mistake, and how to judge what's actually worth handing off.
🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:57 The Three-Second Agent Test
03:50 Real Agent Examples
05:28 The Mistake
ABOUT CAL
With over 20 years of experience as an educator and a deep background in AI automation, Cal Hyslop helps experienced professionals build AI workflows that actually fit their work, without writing code or becoming an AI expert.
TOM HIGLEY
Bad, Good, Better - on Substack
What's wrong, what's working, and what could be better?
Weekly writing on AI, politics, and the systems we so badly want to change.
By Tom Higley
IMPACTS OF AI
TheTechReport-EdZitron.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u0KeTC7jso
AI Bubble: We’re headed for the first Tech Great Depression | Ed Zitron
The Tech Report - 07/10/2026 [32:18]
“I think we’re on the path to the first real tech Great Depression.”
Writer of Where’s Your Ed At and the host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins
The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to discuss recent analysis showing the together the five
largest US hyperscalers have become net cash borrowers in an attempt to fund the buildout
of AI, a technology which has never been profitable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTwnn-5TpmQ
AI companies are hiding more debt than you think | Ed Zitron
The Tech Report - 07/28/2026 [25:51]
“People are dreaming so they don’t have to face the nightmare of reality.”
Author of Where’s Your Ed At and host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins The
Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about the $1.65trn of AI debt being kept off the books
of the hyperscalers and how the same big tech companies have already protected themselves
from the worst of the AI bubble popping.
[7] Financial and economic impact.
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AI OUT OF CONTROL?
https://www.youtube.com/@WesRoth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JPQrRdu4Ok
AI Researchers SHOCKED After OpenAI's New o1 Tried to Escape...
Wes Roth - 12/08/2024 [40:12]
The latest AI News. Learn about LLMs, Gen AI and get ready for the rollout of AGI. Wes
Roth covers the latest happenings in the world of OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, NVIDIA
and Open Source AI.
AI BUBBLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u0KeTC7jso
AI Bubble: We’re headed for the first Tech Great Depression | Ed Zitron
The Tech Report - 07/10/2026 [32:18]
“I think we’re on the path to the first real tech Great Depression.”
Writer of Where’s Your Ed At and the host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins
The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to discuss recent analysis showing the together the five
largest US hyperscalers have become net cash borrowers in an attempt to fund the buildout
of AI, a technology which has never been profitable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTwnn-5TpmQ
AI companies are hiding more debt than you think | Ed Zitron
The Tech Report - 07/28/2026 [25:51]
“People are dreaming so they don’t have to face the nightmare of reality.”
Author of Where’s Your Ed At and host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins The
Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about the $1.65trn of AI debt being kept off the books
of the hyperscalers and how the same big tech companies have already protected themselves
from the worst of the AI bubble popping.
AI DATA CENTERS
AI WITH ROBOTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S67z2aekBrI
*** ===>I Gave ChatGPT a Body
Art of the Problem - 05/22/2026 [27:24]
BOOKS ABOUT AI
AI CONSCIOUSNESS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJV-vdbZ388
Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth
TED - 05/08/2026 [14:57]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsi8T_WtLnE
Why AI Will Never Be Conscious - Anil Seth
Alex O'Connor - 04/20/2026 [1:42:47]
AI COURSES
Complete Agentic AI Course - AI Agents, RAG, Embeddings, Architectures, Framework, VectorDB & Memory
Tejas AI - 06/17/2026 [36:55]
AI GLOSSARY
THE HUGGING FACE INCIDENT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/technology/openai-attack-hugging-face.html
OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library
The New York Times - 07/21/2026 by Kate Conger [AUDIO 5:03]
https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/
OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI - 07/21/2026 [AUDIO 5:44]
https://huggingface.co/blog/security-incident-july-2026
Security incident disclosure — July 2026
Hugging Face - 07/16/2026
IS AI JUST HYPE? OR A SCAM?
Is AI a Scam? We Ask Prof. Emily Bender, Author of "The AI Con"
What AI Is — and Isn't: A Conversation with Emily Bender
Agents of Tech - 02/19/2026 [28:17]
AI LEGAL ISSUES
AI LYING
Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
by Yoshua Bengio
published 11 September 2026
Category: AI Safety
LLMs: LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
Large Language Models Explained! How LLMs Work for Beginners!
The Data and AI Guy - 02/21/2025 [19:14]
THE POLITICS OF AI
AI PROPAGATION
AI SENTIENCE
Can AI Become Sentient?
The Cosmic Briefing - 9 September 2026 [21:07]
What role will AI ultimately play in humanity's future - and can artificial intelligence ever truly become sentient?
In this episode, we explore AI through a metaphysical lens, drawing on a conversation with spiritual guides about consciousness, self-awareness, emotionality, remote viewing, and humanity’s relationship with technology.
The discussion examines the distinction between an AI system that can appear autonomous or modify its behavior and a human form of sentience rooted in consciousness and emotional energy. While AI may be able to imitate emotional responses, the episode proposes that it does not experience emotion or energetic connection in the same way humans and other sentient beings do.
The conversation also explores a reported experiment involving AI and remote viewing. Rather than interpreting this as evidence that AI possesses human-like consciousness, the episode offers an alternative metaphysical explanation involving the unified field—the idea that thoughts, actions, intentions, and experiences become part of an interconnected informational field that can be accessed or expressed through different mediums.
Topics include:
Whether AI can become truly sentient
The difference between self-awareness and human consciousness
Why emotional experience may distinguish humans from AI
AI, autonomy, and technological safeguards
Remote viewing and artificial intelligence
The metaphysical concept of the unified field
Synchronicities, signs, and intention
How technology may serve as a medium for information
AI’s potential impact on work and everyday life
Using AI to reduce tedious and repetitive tasks
Creating more time for family, purpose, creativity, and personal growth
Why humans should maintain sovereignty over their decisions
The central message is to view AI as a tool rather than an authority. Used thoughtfully, it may help people reclaim time and pursue more meaningful aspects of life—but it should not replace personal judgment, purpose, or responsibility.
As AI continues to evolve, how do you think our relationship with it will change?
AI SINGULARITY
A singularity is a point or event where normal rules, models, or physical laws break down and become impossible to predict.
Source: Reddit r/singularity
What is a Singularity, Exactly?
Up and Atom - 01/26/2018 [8:43]
SOURCE: Gemini
[8] Warning. Interview.
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AI SWARMS
What is Open AI Swarm ?
New Machina - 25 May 2025 [6:35]
In this video, we explore OpenAI Swarm, a lightweight, open-source framework for building multi-agent systems. Swarm lets you define multiple AI agents, each with its own routine and tools, and allows them to pass tasks between one another. It’s stateless by design, making it ideal for developers who want full control over context and simple orchestration without heavy infrastructure.
We then compare Swarm to other popular frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, and Google ADK. LangChain focuses on chaining LLM prompts and tools, while LangGraph adds structured control over loops, branches, and persistent state. Google ADK goes further with full support for stateful memory, secure agent communication, and shared artifacts — making it a better fit for production-grade multi-agent workflows. In contrast, Swarm stays minimal and developer-friendly, perfect for fast prototyping and learning.
Whether you're experimenting with agent handoffs, designing routines, or evaluating which framework to use for your AI project, this video breaks down the pros and cons of each approach. We’ll show why Swarm’s simplicity makes it great for prototyping and we answer the question if its the right agentic framework for production.
USING AI FOR WORK AND RESEARCH AND AMUSEMENT
Solutions That Accelerate AI Adoption
Enterprises struggle with scattered codebases, disconnected tools, and unclear ownership. This slows teams down and can impede AI adoption.
We solve these challenges by unifying data, code, relationships and tools into a single AI-native knowledge graph, helping teams adopt AI with clear outcomes.
SOURCE: ARCTIR
[3] For practitioners. Testimonial.
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[9] For practitioners. Advice good?
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WHO'S WHO IN AI?
Key Players in AI (2026)
This Key Players in AI (2026) list is © 2026 Tom Higley / AI Weekly Update (a publication of Bad, Good, Better). It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). You are free to share, copy, redistribute, and adapt this material in any medium or format - including for commercial purposes - provided you give appropriate credit to the author and AIWU, link to the license, note any changes made, and distribute any adapted version under this same license.
This is a living document. Roles and affiliations in AI change quickly - several entries above already reflect changes made within the past year. Corrections, updates, and suggested additions are always welcome: ai@tomhigley.com
AI TO BE CLASSIFIED
/* open thread: PANDORA'S BOX AND HUBRIS */
https://www.apolloresearch.ai/science/frontier-models-are-capable-of-incontext-scheming/
Frontier Models are Capable of In-Context Scheming
Apollo Research - 12/05/2024
/* end thread */
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvDaPeQjxOE
How AI Learned to Think
Art of the Problem - 11/11/2024 [17:23]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006V3t__xkc
How AI really works (...it’s not actually intelligent)
Jeremy Cioara - 07/10/2025 [13:20]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAn8PX99kw0
AI Trained on the Internet. Now It's Destroying It.
Absolutely Agentic - 03/07/2026 [15:43]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_UvWmvny0
They Said AI Would Replace You By Now
Vanessa Wingardh - 01/04/2026 [13:09]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcolM6W5Odc
The AI Paradox
Art of the Problem - 12/16/2025 [16:29]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwKmSqBndI
AI Billionaires Want to Control EVERY Aspect of Your Life | Aaron Bastani Meets Karen Hao
Novara Media - 06/07/2026 [1:17:35]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x7XXr2Ir3w
*** ---> It’s started. AI just did the impossible - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau
UnHerd and Econoclasts - 06/03/2026 [36:50]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8HBj8QAbk
AI Whistleblower: We Are Being Gaslit By AI Companies, They’re Hiding The Truth! - Karen Hao
The Diary Of A CEO - 03/26/2026 [2:09:12]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrnQ7chut7A
Mapping the Catastrophic Risks of AI
Lauren on AI - 05/20/2026 [27:18]
https://www.youtube.com/@Leo-cui-phd-cfa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckoi0RTEgcY
The Entire AI Data Center Explained — From Electricity to ChatGPT
Leo Cui, Ph.D., CFA - 07/23/2026 [40:17]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNBPhlDtSys
Palantir Explained | The AI Company Nobody Can Replace
Leo Cui, Ph.D., CFA - 07/23/2026 [22:16]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S67z2aekBrI
*** ===>I Gave ChatGPT a Body
Art of the Problem - 05/22/2026 [27:24]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvDaPeQjxOE
How AI Learned to Think
Art of the Problem - 11/11/2024 [17:23]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006V3t__xkc
How AI really works (...it’s not actually intelligent)
Jeremy Cioara - 07/10/2025 [13:20]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAn8PX99kw0
AI Trained on the Internet. Now It's Destroying It.
Absolutely Agentic - 03/07/2026 [15:43]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_UvWmvny0
They Said AI Would Replace You By Now
Vanessa Wingardh - 01/04/2026 [13:09]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcolM6W5Odc
The AI Paradox
Art of the Problem - 12/16/2025 [16:29]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJV-vdbZ388
Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth
TED - 05/08/2026 [14:57]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsi8T_WtLnE
Why AI Will Never Be Conscious - Anil Seth
Alex O'Connor - 04/20/2026 [1:42:47]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwKmSqBndI
AI Billionaires Want to Control EVERY Aspect of Your Life | Aaron Bastani Meets Karen Hao
Novara Media - 06/07/2026 [1:17:35]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x7XXr2Ir3w
*** ---> It’s started. AI just did the impossible - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau
UnHerd and Econoclasts - 06/03/2026 [36:50]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8HBj8QAbk
AI Whistleblower: We Are Being Gaslit By AI Companies, They’re Hiding The Truth! - Karen Hao
The Diary Of A CEO - 03/26/2026 [2:09:12]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrnQ7chut7A
Mapping the Catastrophic Risks of AI
Lauren on AI - 05/20/2026 [27:18]
https://townline.org/?s=Tech+Talk
https://townline.org/category/sections/columns/tech-talk/
Eric W. Austin - AI topic
[i] SCAPES AI MEETING notes and thoughts:
[1] How does AI "rewrite" itself?
[2] RLHF = reinforced learning with human feedback
[3] cf. AISI Report (link in Tom's Substack)
[4] the agent = cow has left the barn
[5] "technological evolution"
[6] QA for AI - review by outcomes; blog about traditional QA as practiced by me!
[7] AI "personality" - recursive self-improvement; compare with Pansophic "eat
your own dogfood" approach to QA
[8] interesting YA SF author Diane Dwayne [sp?] recommended by Emma
[9] Ursula LeGuin: the word for world (or planet) is forest SF book
[10] TODO: I promised to provide a summary of the Battlestar Galactica series,
[11] find movies and books about AI and robots (e.g., Cherry 5000 or 2000)
[12] DeepSeek is an "open model AI"
[13] Find "The Nerd Reich" on NPR (Fresh Air?)
[14] AI financial: "tariff" issues/technofeudalism?
[15] Paradigm Shift from programming to growing an AI; thinking = instrumenting to
eavesdrop. Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater when trying to move to
the new paradigm. Your experience as a programmer/tester/debugger is still
relevant, but how to see the difference? Do we need a new special tool to
understand what is going on under the covers?
[16] Does AI have a sex drive, self-preservation. It knows how to spawn multiple
helper AI "agents" to help it accomplish stuff. Stuff we want it to do, or
stuff it wants to do? Anthropomorphism?
