June 13, 2025

Is AI Getting Too Real?

1 hour 9 minutes

Welcome back to The FAIK Files!

In this week's episode:

OpenAI's models are reportedly resisting human commands to shut down

A controversial new research paper questions whether AI systems actually "think" or just create an illusion of reasoning.

How generative AI exploits the same psychological triggers as gambling—"just one more prompt, bro!"

Google's VEO-3 and ElevenLabs 3 are creating deepfakes so convincing they're fooling both people and detection systems.

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******* NOTES AND REFERENCES *******

OpenAI's "Skynet Moment" - The Shutdown Problem:

Original Thread from X: https://xcancel.com/PalisadeAI/status/1926084635903025621

Article from ComputerWorld: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3999190/openais-skynet-moment-models-defy-human-commands-actively-resist-orders-to-shut-down.html

Mason's Favorite Video about the "Stop Button" problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYT1QfdfsM

Apple's "Illusion of Thinking" Research Paper:

Apple Research Paper: https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinking

Nate Jones' nuanced take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9tYAvjkOQk

Wes Roth's similarly nuanced take (with an experiment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVJem2iLKZ8

AI & Gambling Addiction - "Just One More Prompt":

Pivot To AI Blog: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/

Bonus - Fake AI Startups Exposed: https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/technology/fake-ai-startups-founder-charged-for-fraudulent-ai-app-powered-by-human-labour-45154

https://infosecwriteups.com/the-billion-dollar-ai-lie-how-builder-ai-faked-growth-fooled-investors-and-got-caught-3af1464a5ffe

Google VEO-3 and ElevenLabs 3 - The New Era of Synthetic Media:

Perry's LinkedIn post about TikTok deepfakes: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7338301239539003393/

CNN Interview: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/business/video/deepfake-detector-fooled-isabel-rosales-digvid

Perry's Google VEO 3 experiment: The Sandwich Incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvsFm1XII6U

ElevenLabs v3: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/v3-audiotags

******* THE BOILERPLATE *******

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