The FAIK Files

Prompt Wars, AI Cognition & Video Deception

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Welcome back to the FAIK Files!


In this week's episode:

  • We explore "Prompt Wars," an asynchronous multiplayer LLM competition where players craft prompts to battle against others in a fascinating game of AI manipulation
  • We dive into Anthropic's latest research on AI cognition and circuit tracing - essentially digital neuroscience for large language models
  • Mason shares his AI BodgeLab experiment creating a low-effort podcast knowledgebase
  • We discuss the potential risks of AI video chatbots as agents of surroundings and mayhem.


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    *** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

    Prompt Wars: An Asynchronous Multiplayer LLM Competition:

    • Play the game: https://promptwars.io
    • GitHub repository: https://github.com/SupraSummus/prompt-wars
    • Creator: Jan Rydzewski (Supra Summus)
    • Inspiration: Core War programming game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War
    • Different arenas available for Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
    • Interesting "visibility paradox": the better your prompt performs, the more it reveals itself to others

      • Anthropic's Research on AI Cognition:

      • Research paper: "Tracing Thoughts in Language Models" - https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model
      • Circuit tracing: a method for reverse-engineering how LLMs compute specific outputs
      • Relates to the "On the Biology of a Large Language Model" paper
      • Gandalf game by Lakera mentioned by Perry: https://gandalf.lakera.ai/

        • Mason's AI BodgeLab: Creating a Low-Effort Podcast Knowledgebase:

        • NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/
        • LM Studio: https://lmstudio.ai/
        • Pinokio: https://pinokio.computer/
        • Whisper: https://github.com/openai/whisper

          • AI Video Chatbots and Security Concerns:

          • Tavus: https://www.tavus.io/
          • Research on human inability to detect AI voice clones: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-94170-3
          • National Cybersecurity Alliance resources:
          • Safeword campaign: https://www.staysafeonline.org/campaigns/safeword
          • Full "AI Fools" campaign: https://www.staysafeonline.org/articles/ai-fools-stay-sharp
          • Perry's video PSA: https://youtu.be/x-17T6aZ-Tg


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