Google Gemini is a gambling addict, and how to poison an AI

In episode 73 of The AI Fix, AI now writes more web content than humans and more books by ex-British prime ministers than ex-British prime ministers. Mark eats a dodgy prawn, Google discovers a new pathway to treating cancer, a lawyer gets skewered for using AI over and over again, and a US general declares that he's outsourced his brain to ChatGPT.

Also in this episode, Graham discovers that LLMs show all the characteristics of pathological gambling, and Mark explains why AI training is like eating a prawn buffet.

Episode links:

• Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI.
• 653917 2024 Pamela B Ader v Jason Ader et al DECISION ORDER ON 174.
• More Articles Are Now Created by AI Than Humans.
• Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers.
• How a Gemma model helped discover a new potential cancer therapy pathway
• Boris Johnson admits writing books using ChatGPT. 
• Can Large Language Models Develop Gambling Addiction?
• How to Beat Online Poker: Russian Group Won Big With AI.
• A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size.

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