The Glitchatorio
30-minute introductions to some of the trickiest issues around AI today, such as:
- The alignment problem
- Questions of LLM consciousness
- Chain-of-thought and monitorability
- Scheming and hallucinations
The Glitchatorio is a podcast about the aspects of AI that don't fit into standard narratives about superintelligence or technology-as-destiny. We look into the failure modes, emergent mysteries and unexpected behaviors of artificial intelligence that baffle even the experts. You'll hear from technical researchers, data scientists and machine learning experts, as well as psychologists, philosophers and others whose work intersects with AI.
Most Glitchatorio episodes follow the standard podcast interview format. Sometimes these episodes alternate with fictional audio skits or personal voice notes.
The voices, music and audio effects you hear on The Glitchatorio are all recorded or composed by the Witch of Glitch; they are not AI-generated.
The Glitchatorio
AI & Mental Health
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Could AI address the global mental health crisis at scale? And what are the risks and unknowns that go along with that?
These are the questions being investigated by a working group called AIMHI (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/MrFBezseyfnQd9XmJ/seeking-feedback-an-initiative-on-ai-mental-health-and).
In this episode, I talk to four members of the group about their field research as well as the mental health chatbot they're developing (https://stillwater.coach/), whose focus is on serving populations with severe mental healthcare shortages (https://impartial-priorities.org/p/ai-mental-health-chatbots-for-low).
- Find out more about Effective Mental Health: https://effectivementalhealth.com
- Join one of AIMHI's weekly coworking sessions: https://luma.com/calendar/cal-JNJlcdItDuFEFcn
- Read about the project's theory of change:
https://impartial-priorities.org/p/breaking-the-cycle-of-trauma-and