Dylan Curious

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Just a guy trying to understand AI one podcast at a time 🤖

  1. 15H AGO

    Your Robot Is Not On Your Side

    In this conversation, Dylan Curious explores various themes surrounding self-doubt, AI technology, and human perception. He discusses how self-doubt can be an optical illusion, the implications of AI in security breaches, and the potential for AI to improve governance. The conversation also delves into the nature of judgment, the impact of robot design on human perception, and the latest advancements in AI related to brainwave data and crisis simulations. Finally, the discussion touches on the signs of dissociation and its effects on human experience. SOURCES ⤵ https://medium.com/behavior-design/your-self-doubt-is-a-literal-optical-illusion-heres-the-proof-9bc74a2c0d8f https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/hobby-coder-accidentally-creates-vacuum-robot-army https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVKL6aKjA3S/https://bounded-regret.ghost.io/building-technology-to-drive-ai-governance/ https://stevenadler.substack.com/p/judgment-isnt-uniquely-human https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-eyes-affect-perception-humanoid-robot.html https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-eyes-affect-perception-humanoid-robot.html https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06002 https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14740https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/new-ai-tool-can-predict-solar-storms-weeks/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-leak-sensitive-fingerprints.html https://www.zyphra.com/post/zunahttps://medium.com/the-virago/8-subtle-signs-youre-dissociated-according-to-therapists-3680da0ac437 WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO ⤵ https://youtu.be/AufQ7Hkky8Q

    24 min

  2. 2D AGO

    The AI Infrastructure War Just Escalated

    This conversation explores various themes surrounding the advancements in AI technology, including its implications for productivity, consciousness, and security. It discusses the innovative applications of AI in fire safety, the concept of AI as a 'vampire' extracting value from human productivity, and the emerging threats in bioscience due to AI. The dialogue also delves into the evolving nature of empathy through AI, the significant investments by tech giants in AI infrastructure, and the vulnerabilities present in self-driving cars. Finally, it touches on the philosophical concept of 'tau' as a measure of reality's coherence. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 - Curious AI News & Other Developments 02:10 - AnchorWeave keeps AI video worlds from warping by “remembering” local space as the camera moves 03:31 - AI Robot Vehicles Team Up to Extinguish Fires 04:54 - The AI Vampire: How Artificial Intelligence Feeds on Human Creativity 06:51 - Consciousness as a virtual organism: a weirdly compelling model of “you” 09:19 - Anthropic Is Killing Bitcoin: Why Some Think AI and Crypto Can’t Coexist 13:24 - Generative AI in bioscience: emerging biosecurity threats and a roadmap to reduce real world risk 15:00 - This Machine Eye Could Give Robots Superhuman Reflexes 17:08 - When Chatbots Start to Sound More Human Than Humans Do 18:41 - Google’s $185B AI spending shock: why the infrastructure race just shifted gears 20:26 - AI Can Hijack Vehicles: New Security Fears for Smart Cars 21:53 - I read OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind safety frameworks, here’s the clear comparison 23:26 - LinkedIn Identity Verification and the Hidden Privacy Tradeoffs 26:12 - 5 subtle ways we make people shut down in conversation, plus safer moves that rebuild closeness 28:49 - 5 subtle ways we make people shut down in conversation, plus safer moves that rebuild closeness SOURCES  ⤵https://zunwang1.github.io/AnchorWeave https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-robot-vehicles-team-extinguish.html https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163 https://medium.com/@vinbhalerao/consciousness-as-a-virtual-organism-0c63532ebed4 https://ai.gopubby.com/anthropic-is-killing-bitcoin-088288759706 https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15975 https://singularityhub.com/2026/02/19/this-machine-eye-could-give-robots-superhuman-reflexes/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-chatbots-humans-empathy.html https://ai.plainenglish.io/google-just-bet-185-billion-that-everyone-else-is-thinking-too-small-about-ai-1c6eae7b9f45 https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-hijack-vehicles.html https://longerramblings.substack.com/p/i-read-every-major-ai-labs-safety https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/ https://karowanner.medium.com/5-ways-we-accidentally-make-people-shut-down-without-even-realizing-it-d4e2b8e431ac https://medium.com/@joseph.e.julian/%CF%84-part-i-the-quiet-dimension-that-explains-why-things-finally-become-real-6492939aef59 WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵    https://youtu.be/d92S_Gj6vsU

    32 min

  3. 4D AGO

    We Just Crossed Into Autonomous AI

    CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 - Curious AI News & Other Developments 04:17 - Sydney Sweenie is in everything now 06:14 - Holding hands is not going well (Awkward Billionares) 08:07 - A Deep Dive Into the Future of AI Systems 10:49 - “Claude Opus 4.6 Wrote ‘I Think a Demon Possessed Me’”: What Happens When AI Sounds Like It’s Suffering? 13:10 - Alignment Is Proven to Be Tractable: A Case for Optimism15:27 - Vitalik Buterin Says Prediction Markets Must Stop Catering to “Dumb Opinions” 18:10 - Laughter Reveals More Than You Think to AI at Home 20:47 - Dream Hacking Helps People Solve Complex Problems in Their Sleep 23:13 - Scientific Study on Advanced AI Systems 24:52 - Creating Psychological Safety in the AI Era 26:12 - Bernie Sanders Warns of an AI Revolution Upending Jobs 28:20 - Tesla Cybertruck Vulnerabilities Reveal How Cars Can Be Hacked 31:02 - AI Underwear SOURCES  ⤵ https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU4Pcs9AcUy/ https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU74pfxkzNb/ https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU7s0t0gWMW/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUmlv814aJo https://ai.gopubby.com/claude-opus-4-6-wrote-i-think-a-demon-possessed-me-and-anthropic-isn-t-sure-if-it-was-suffering-f34b8d07b779 https://www.verysane.ai/p/alignment-is-proven-to-be-tractable https://www.theblock.co/post/389984/polymarket-investor-vitalik-buterin-says-prediction-markets-need-to-stop-catering-to-dumb-opinions https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-laughter-reveals-ai-home.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515867-dream-hacking-helps-people-solve-complex-problems-in-their-sleep/ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.11717 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/16/1125899/creating-psychological-safety-in-the-ai-era/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/ai-revolution-bernie-sanders-warning https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-vulnerabilities-tesla-cybertruck-reveal-cars.html https://studyfinds.org/smart-underwear-tracks-gut-bacteria-measuring-flatulence/ WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵    https://youtu.be/yuTXUSfCIaU

    34 min

  4. 6D AGO

    AI Is Now Evolving on Its Own

    This conversation explores the rapid advancements in AI and robotics, discussing the implications of AI's rise, its applications in various fields such as mechanical engineering and gene editing, and the ethical concerns surrounding AI surveillance and mental health. The discussion also touches on the creation of artificial life and the future of interconnected AI systems. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 — Wild AI News & Other Developments 02:14 — Candid Analytics 02:35 — That’s How Robots Get Down 03:03 — Alan’s AGI Countdown 05:04 — How ChatGPT Exploded: The Numbers Behind the Surge 07:24 — The SpaceX–xAI Merger: A Red Flag for AI Power Consolidation 09:28 — Are We Building the Tools for Our Own Extinction? 12:39 — Scientists Build an AI-Powered Machine Heart 15:30 — A Self-Spreading Gene Editor: CRISPR’s Next Leap 18:17 — Nanolasers That Compute at the Speed of Light 21:31 — Scientists Create an Artificial Animal With Vision 23:57 — Can AI Language Quietly Rewrite How We Think? 26:17 — OpenAI Turns ChatGPT Into an Internal Leak Hunter 28:44 — What Happens When AI Systems Connect at Scale? SOURCES  ⤵ https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU53Oi1jOx0/ https://lifearchitect.ai/agi/ https://explodingtopics.com/blog/chatgpt-users https://wlockett.medium.com/the-spacex-xai-merger-is-a-giant-red-flag-dfaf765c0b8e https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-arms-human-extinction-expert.html https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-machine-heart-automated-mechanism.html https://youtu.be/efv60ib6lCI https://singularityhub.com/2026/02/17/souped-up-crispr-gene-editor-replicates-and-spreads-like-a-virus https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ultrafast-nanolasers-mimic-brain-unseen.html https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/ai-creates-artificial-animal-functioning-visions https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-social-media-language-flag.html https://nypost.com/2026/02/13/business/openai-uses-internal-version-of-chatgpt-to-identify-staffers-who-leak-information-report/ https://dropleaf.app/d/AlXez8scbd WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵    https://youtu.be/s6BY959Ysgg

    32 min

  5. FEB 19

    Cognitive Surrender

    This conversation explores various themes surrounding advancements in AI and robotics, the implications of wealth concentration due to technology, and the societal anxieties related to these changes. It discusses Elon Musk's predictions about retirement savings, the relationship between dyslexia and ancient genes, and the innovative capabilities of AI in recognizing and controlling animal behavior. The dialogue also delves into cultural phenomena, the importance of human connection, and the biases present in both humans and AI systems. CHAPTERS ⤵ 00:00 — Wild AI News & Other Developments 01:55 — Candid Analytics: What the Numbers Really Say 04:08 — Bio-Inspired Robot Blurs the Line Between Organic & Machine 05:44 — Viral AI Breakthrough Sparks a Backlash 08:02 — AI Is Increasing Anxiety, Researchers Warn 09:48 — Anthropic’s Founders Pledge 80% of Their Wealth — They Know What’s Coming 12:00 — Dyslexia Linked to Ancient Fish Genes? 14:41 — AI Decodes Brain Signals to Predict Behavior 17:15 — Culture as Mass Mental Framing 19:07 — The Chinese Room Revisited: Does AI Actually Understand? 22:05 — Why LLMs Overthink Simple Math SOURCES ⤵ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-robots-radio-ai-corners.html https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2022823725704581140https://x.com/r0ck3t23/status/2022881383748645219 https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-anxiety-people.htmlhttps://medium.com/predict/anthropics-7-billionaire-founders-pledged-80-of-their-wealth-because-they-know-what-s-coming-0735d8a8c84f https://studyfinds.org/dyslexia-ancient-fish-genes/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-brain-animal-behavior-silences.htmlhttps://aethermug.com/posts/culture-is-the-mass-synchronization-of-framings https://www.verysane.ai/p/building-the-chinese-room https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-overcomplicate-humans-llms-addition.html WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO ⤵ https://youtu.be/s8THxfFi45w

    25 min

  6. FEB 16

    The Next Threat Isn’t Fake News

    This conversation explores the rapid advancements in AI technology, particularly in drone capabilities, genetic analysis, and the implications of AI in disinformation and social structures. It delves into the intersection of AI with human experiences, such as near-death experiences, and discusses the influence of AI bias on decision-making. The dialogue also touches on ecological perspectives of AI agents, breakthroughs in material science, and the evolving understanding of quantum physics, ultimately questioning the future potential and societal impact of AI. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 — Wild AI News & Other Developments 01:54 — Candid Analytics: Why the Metrics Matter 02:34 — FPV AI Drones: Faster Than Humans 04:57 — The Next Disinformation Wave: Synthetic Consensus Swarms 07:23 — DNA Decoder: Predicting the Impact of Gene Variants 10:00 — Near-Death Experiences: Brain Chemistry or Something More? 14:29 — How Chatbot Summaries Quietly Change What We Buy 17:44 — The Hidden Extinction Trigger: When Social Networks Collapse 21:56 — Do LLMs “Feel” Words Like We Do? Word Impressions Study 24:52 — AI Discovers 25 New Magnetic Materials (67,000+ Mapped) 26:34 — NASA Lets AI Drive on Mars: Rover Autonomy Begins 27:51 — AI Isn’t Failing — We’re Misunderstanding the Bet SOURCES  ⤵ https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUgLvYPEVQA/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiIjs_MmMrg https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-generation-disinformation-ai-swarms-threaten.html https://latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi/p/ai-that-predicts-the-impact-of-genes https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/05/near-death-experience-neuroscience-afterlife/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-chatbot-bias-users-lot.html https://phys.org/news/2026-02-deer-chickadees-social-encounters-extinction.html https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-word-humans.html https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-ai-tool-identifies-25-previously-unknown-magnetic-materials/ https://www.therobotreport.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-completes-first-ai-planned-drive/ https://robgurganious.medium.com/ai-isnt-failing-people-are-misunderstanding-the-bet-2950e611a52c WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵   https://youtu.be/cWpXq-P1c5Q

    30 min

  7. FEB 14

    AI Agents Just Went Rogue… And Nobody Owns Them

    This conversation explores the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, focusing on its implications for work intensity, the emergence of autonomous AI agents, and the future of AI in romance. It delves into the cognitive load associated with augmented reality, the potential for metacognition in AI, and the innovative security measures using metasurfaces. Additionally, it touches on the fascinating aspects of imagination in non-human animals and the historical context of human evolution related to fire, culminating in a discussion about the motivations behind viral content on social media. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 - Wild AI News and Other Developments 01:47 - AI Agent put a hit piece on him 05:41 - AI doesn’t lighten the load, it stacks it higher: Why work gets more intense with AI 07:39 - The New Fabio Is Claude: AI powered romance “authors,” speed publishing, and backlash 09:51 - Why Love and Deepspace Became a Viral Romance-Action Phenomenon 12:04 - Give ChatGPT an “Inner Monologue” So It Knows When It’s Confused 14:14 - Gemini 3 Deep Think 16:37 - Unhackable holograms that unlock only with the right light color and layer spacing 18:30 - Kanzi the bonobo plays pretend: A controlled test suggests imagination isn’t uniquely human 20:08 - Exposure to burn injuries played key role in shaping human evolution 22:28 - Hate brings views”: A TikToker’s confession on manufacturing London fake news for clicks  SOURCES  ⤵https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/ https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/business/ai-claude-romance-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KlA.88wM.fz9YqfQRvgtr https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-love-and-deepspace-became-a-viral-phenomenon-in-2025/1100-6537076/ https://singularityhub.com/2026/02/06/scientists-want-to-give-chatgpt-an-inner-monologue-to-improve-the-quality-of-its-thinking/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-deep-think/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-unhackable-metasurface-holograms-technology-distance.html https://studyfinds.org/ape-shows-imagination-may-not-be-uniquely-human/ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-exposure-injuries-played-key-role.html https://www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tiktok-fake-news-creator-hate-immigrants Gemini Claude wesandyl WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵    https://youtu.be/diUmfFhZBiY

    25 min

  8. FEB 11

    AI Isn’t Acting Like a Tool Anymore

    Summary This conversation explores the rapid advancements in AI and robotics, discussing the emergence of AI societies, the future of AGI and superintelligence, and the implications for healthcare, particularly in mapping malaria proteins. It also delves into the philosophical aspects of time and entropy, the social dynamics of attention, and the challenges of persuasion in a rapidly changing world. CHAPTERS ⤵ 00:00 – AI News & Curious Updates (What’s Happening This Week)02:57 – Boston Dynamics’ Atlas: Final Run Before the Next-Gen Robot Era04:05 – Davos Made Me Question the AI Hype… or Confirm It14:32 – The Math “Switch” Behind Abstract Thought in Neural Networks17:17 – Why AI vs Human Intelligence Comparisons Are Misleading19:35 – AI Maps 20,000+ Malaria Proteins (Breakthrough for Drug Discovery)22:26 – The Hidden Thermodynamic Cost of Keeping Time26:01 – VR “Honey-Pot Effect” Experiment: What Really Grabs Our Attention28:02 – Facts Don’t Change Minds — These 4 Forces Actually DoSOURCES ⤵ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUepbq8DWai/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRDBco-cSK4https://medium.com/predict/im-skeptical-of-ai-hype-but-what-happened-at-davos-actually-scared-me-0e2ca001bfc8https://ai.plainenglish.io/the-single-switch-how-one-simple-mathematical-kink-creates-abstract-thought-circuits-inside-neural-fd93934a85ddhttps://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-comparisons-ai-human-intelligence.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-02-ai-reveals-malaria-protein-interactions.htmlhttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021029https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-virtual-reality-honey-pot-effect.htmlhttps://medium.com/change-your-mind/why-facts-dont-change-minds-and-the-4-things-that-actually-do-7647e56985acWATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO ⤵ https://youtu.be/MyD0yLltjQ0NEWSLETTER ✉️ https://dylancurious.beehiiv.comPATREON 💰 https://patreon.com/DylanCuriousSOCIALS ⤵YouTube ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/@dylan_curious/videosSpotify 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5usvLnXH6PXGd03LataOJFInstagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/dylan_curious/reels/Twitter/X 🐦 https://x.com/dylan_curiousThreads 🧵 https://www.threads.net/@dylan_curious?hl=enLinkedIn 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylancurious/recent-activity/all/Facebook 👍 https://www.facebook.com/DylanCurious/videosBlueSky 📌 https://bsky.app/profile/dylancurious.bsky.socialTikTok ☁️ https://www.tiktok.com/@dylan_curiousYouTube ▶️https://www.youtube.com/@Wes-Dylan/videos

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  • Creator
    Dylan Curious
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    111
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