#193: Don’t Forget to Tip Your Robot

This week Ian and Michael return to the nebulous question of what we actually mean when we say “AI”, a subject they discussed in the very first episode of the podcast. From there, things get more tangible, with robots asking for tips and an AI agent taking the initiative to hack a gym’s booking system when no slots were available. It all raises some slightly awkward questions about what counts as intelligence, how much autonomy we really want to give machines, and who gets the blame when they take “whatever it takes” a little too literally. (This description was written with the help of AI)