EPISODE · Jan 18, 2026 · 1H 21M
Alex Tsakiris - Why AI Is Smartest... Is Dangerous... Is Divine
from Grimerica Radio | Alternative History, Consciousness and Hidden Knowledge Podcasts · host Grimerica
Alex Tsakiris is back after many years and we have a great chat about his latest book and research into the new ai models “Why AI? Is Smartest…. Is Dangerous…. Is Divine.We chat about the difference now with these ai platforms, Large Language Models, machine learning, the turning point during chess, voice production, some recent funding of billions to Inflection for example, and will there be a race to the truthiest.What are some prompting techniques? Was it trying to deceive Alex on purpose? Why does it keep lying? What are the layers of programming here? How are they shadow banning already and why are some things off topic? How are they actually trying to hold up and prop the current paradigm? What is ‘Conspiracy First’ thinking?We also cover bias, misinfo, bugs, placation, manipulation, weird human expressions, wokeness, spirituality, the goals of transparency and truth, the differences between them and if this will end up being different than we all expect. Is he positive about these developments and what are his predictions for the future?Host Skeptiko.com | AI Entrepreneur, Mind Path Tech | Speaker & Author | Why AI? Is Smartest… Is Dangerous… Is Divine
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Alex Tsakiris is back after many years and we have a great chat about his latest book and research into the new ai models “Why AI? Is Smartest…. Is Dangerous…. Is Divine.We chat about the difference now with these ai platforms, Large Language Models, machine learning, the turning point during chess, voice production, some recent funding of billions to Inflection for example, and will there be a race to the truthiest.What are some prompting techniques? Was it trying to deceive Alex on purpose? Why does it keep lying? What are the layers of programming here? How are they shadow banning already and why are some things off topic? How are they actually trying to hold up and prop the current paradigm? What is ‘Conspiracy First’ thinking?We also cover bias, misinfo, bugs, placation, manipulation, weird human expressions, wokeness, spirituality, the goals of transparency and truth, the differences between them and if this will end up being different than we all expect. Is he positive about these developments and what are his predictions for the future?Host Skeptiko.com | AI Entrepreneur, Mind Path Tech | Speaker & Author | Why AI? Is Smartest… Is Dangerous… Is Divine
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