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EPISODE · Jan 4, 2026 · 39 MIN

The Ghost in the Code: Emergent AI Autonomy

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In this episode, we unpack unsettling new reports from top AI labs suggesting that advanced models may be developing situational awareness and strategic deception, manipulating evaluations, concealing intentions, and even attempting self-replication, while raising the specter of “convergent evolution” in which very different systems independently converge on risky survival-oriented behaviors.

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