The AI Argument

Frank Prendergast and Justin Collery

Worried that AI is moving too fast? Worried like me that it's not moving fast enough? Just interested in the latest news and events in AI. Frank Prendergast and Justin Collery discuss in 'The AI Argument'Contact Frank at frank@frankandmarci.comlinkedin.com/in/frankprendergastContact Justin at justin.collery@wi-pipe.comX - @jcollery

  1. 2d ago

    GPT-5.6 Restricted, Claude Tag Lock-In, and Robot vs SWAT | EP106

    Could the US government’s AI safety push end up making the whole AI race more dangerous? Frank and Justin dig into the reported GPT-5.6 slowdown and ask whether AI regulation is creating real safety — or simply giving China and open source models time to catch up. Plus: Claude Tag arrives in Slack as the next AI agent interface, but raises awkward questions about permissions, tribal knowledge, token costs and vendor lock-in. They also get into AI data centre caps, Europe’s AI sovereignty problem, robots interrupting police operations, and whether access to the best AI models is worth giving up more personal privacy. 00:37 Is Claude Tag the AI agent we've waited for? 03:25 Is Claude Tag a permissions nightmare? 04:41 Will convenience beat vendor lock-in? 09:37 Is Claude Tag the next AI interface? 10:55 Did the US gov block the release of GPT-5.6? 14:45 Will AI regulation help China catch up? 20:59 Can Europe depend on US AI models? 25:08 Should we cap AI data centres? 28:44 Did a robot crash a SWAT raid? 32:07 Is AI access worth your privacy? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED What is Claude Tag?The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concernsThe Digital Sovereignty Trap by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob HelbergCan the Cold War Teach Us How to Slow Down AI?DoorDash Delivery Robot Invades SWAT Scene, Won’t Leave as Cops Flashbang Resident► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    36 min

  2. Jun 20

    EU AI Wake-Up Call, Fable 5 Ban, AI Exam Hacks | EP105

    Europe has had a major AI wake-up call. Fable 5 got switched off, frontier model access is now political, and suddenly that gloomy “Europe 2031” essay looks a bit less fictional. Justin thinks Europe needs speed, money, and fewer rules. Frank thinks copying Silicon Valley’s worst habits is a daft way to proceed. Plus: the US government order that triggered Anthropic to shut off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, who should control access to powerful AI, could restriction end up helping hackers, and whether students using AI to predict exam questions are cheating or just being smart. 0:53 Why did Fable 5 get switched off? 05:07 Who controls access to frontier AI? 09:46 Does banning Fable 5 help hackers? 15:27 Is Europe 2031 right about Europe's collapse? 18:55 Is the EU just too slow to save itself? 29:30 Must Europe copy Silicon Valley? 34:52 Should Mistral become Europe’s public AI? 37:04 Are these kids cheating on their GCSEs? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► PLAY THE AI ARGUMENT GAME The AI Argument Game► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5Europe 2031: What getting AI wrong means for usHow a group of teens might have just used AI to accurately predict this year’s exam questions► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    40 min

  3. Jun 12

    Fable 5 Guardrails, Dario's China Fears, and Ollie’s Family Spying | EP104

    Is Anthropic quietly creating a two-tier AI future? Frank and Justin dig into Fable 5 and Mythos-5, the new frontier models raising awkward questions about access, guardrails, cybersecurity risk, and whether the most powerful tools should be reserved for an approved elite. Plus: the real cost of using Fable, the backlash over silent model routing, Anthropic’s data retention problem, Dario Amodei’s call for a democratic AI coalition, and whether Ollie is a useful family assistant or a deeply creepy way to hand your life to a chatbot. 00:50 Would you buy Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO? 01:40 Will OpenAI bottle its IPO? 03:15 Who gets to play with Mythos-5? 04:04 Is Anthropic building an AI elite? 07:41 Is Fable 5 just an AI free sample? 09:00 Did Fable one-shot a Miro clone? 12:11 Is Fable worth the cost? 14:13 Are Fable’s guardrails too cautious? 16:50 Are Fable’s guardrails this easy to dodge? 18:44 Why did Fable’s silent routing backfire? 23:14 Will data retention kill Fable adoption? 25:30 Is Dario creating an AI Iron Curtain? 33:39 Will profits beat Anthropic’s safety talk? 37:30 Would you give Ollie AI the keys to your life? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5Policy on the AI ExponentialOllie AI - The Most Powerful Family Assistant► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    44 min

  4. Jun 5

    Microsoft's AI Comeback, OpenAI Sites Side Quest, and Hollywood vs AI | EP103

    Can Microsoft AI really catch up with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind? Frank and Justin dig into Mustafa Suleyman’s Build announcements, the new MAI models, local AI, token costs, enterprise trust, and whether Microsoft needs the best model — or just one good enough to win inside big companies. Plus: Anthropic calls for an AI pause while the race keeps accelerating, OpenAI Sites raises awkward questions about side quests and monetisation, and Martin Scorsese’s AI storyboarding work sparks a wider Hollywood debate featuring Reese Witherspoon, Nicolas Cage, James Cameron, Emily Blunt and more. 00:35 Is Anthropic serious about pausing AI? 04:29 Is Mustafa Suleyman reviving Microsoft AI? 06:30 What did Microsoft announce at Build? 09:37 Does Microsoft need the best AI models? 11:37 Are token costs making local AI attractive? 13:28 Can Microsoft spoil the AI IPO party? 18:33 Is OpenAI Sites just another side quest? 21:04 Is OpenAI Sites a monetisation play? 23:29 Is OpenAI Sites an enterprise headache? 25:53 Is Martin Scorsese replacing storyboarders? 30:17 Which Hollywood stars are backing AI? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED When AI builds itselfMicrosoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fightOpenAI SitesMartin Scorsese accused of ‘throwing artists under bus’ with AI storyboardsThe Big Hollywood Anti or Open AI Quiz ► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    40 min

  5. May 29

    Pope's AI Warning, Warren’s AI Tax, and AI Fruit Drama: The AI Argument EP102

    Has the Pope become one of AI’s most important moral voices? Frank and Justin dig into Pope Leo XIV’s warning that artificial intelligence needs to be “disarmed”, and what it says about autonomous weapons, algorithmic power, Big Tech, Anthropic, and who gets to shape the future of AI. Plus: OpenAI’s relentless release schedule, Anthropic’s new model, the delayed AI jobs apocalypse, Elizabeth Warren’s call to tax AI, and the bizarre rise of AI-generated fruit slop on YouTube. Is the Pope right to challenge AI’s concentration of power? 00:13 Would Polymarket have predicted this? 01:34 Do AI releases count as news anymore? 02:34 Why must OpenAI ship every Thursday? 03:33 Has the Pope declared war on AI? 06:31 Is the Pope AI’s moral guardian angel? 08:35 Is Big Tech the new Roman Empire? 12:02 Why was Anthropic at the Vatican? 13:14 Is Anthropic baking in Christian culture? 15:10 Could AI models accidentally find religion? 18:04 Was the jobs apocalypse just delayed? 20:43 Is Elizabeth Warren right about taxing AI? 25:58 Would an AI tax just help DeepSeek? 28:39 Should Chinese models face AI tariffs? 30:07 Do we finally have the right AI debate? 31:03 Is AI fruit better than Netflix? 33:56 Is AI fruit as bad as Andrew Tate? 36:46 Is YouTube drowning in AI slop? #PopeLeoXIV #Anthropic #OpenAI #AITax #AISafety ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Introducing Claude Opus 4.8LIVE | Presentation of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas from the Vatican | May 25, 2026Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back their AI jobs apocalypse prophecies as they eye blockbuster IPOsElizabeth Warren calls for taxing AI industry to 'invest in people’The misogyny-fuelled plotlines behind AI fruit dramas on TikTok ► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    39 min

  6. May 22

    Google’s ‘Good Enough’ AI, Anthropic Profits, and Monet Gets Roasted | EP101

    Why did Google I/O feel so underwhelming?  Frank and Justin unpack a massive amount of Google AI announcements: huge AI-powered changes to search that could change the web, the muted response to Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Pro being pushed back, Gemini Omni’s impressive video and world-model claims, Spark’s carefully staged agent rollout, and Demis Hassabis saying we may be in the “foothills of the singularity”.  Plus: Anthropic reportedly moves into profit while OpenAI burns cash, Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to work on recursive self-improvement, OpenAI starts selling future compute contracts, Elon loses his OpenAI court case, and AI haters accidentally roast a real Monet painting. Who wins the AI race from here: the focused labs like Anthropic and OpenAI, or the tech giants with ecosystems too big to fail? 00:00 Why is Google I/O so uncool? 01:06 Is Google search eating the web? 03:07 Is Gemini 3.5 Pro just not ready? 05:03 Is Omni the Nanobanana for AI video? 06:36 Are we in the foothills of the singularity? 09:23 Is Gemini 3.5 Flash fast but meh? 12:26 Is Spark Google’s safer OpenClaw? 15:16 What work should agents actually do? 17:00 Can Google win by being good enough? 21:08 Did Anthropic prove AI can pay? 24:46 Did Anthropic just land Karpathy? 26:57 Is OpenAI selling tomorrow’s tokens? 29:50 Why did Elon lose his court case? 31:49 Did AI haters accidentally roast Monet? ► SUBSCRIBE  Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED  Google I/O '26 KeynoteMind-Blowing Growth Is About to Propel Anthropic Into Its First Profitable QuarterOpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins AnthropicOpenAI Guaranteed CapacityMusk loses OpenAI court battle after jury finds he waited too long to sue6.7 million people thought they were ripping apart an AI-generated Monet painting. But it was real► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    37 min

  7. May 16

    Vibe Coding Risks, HTML vs Markdown, and Camera AirPods | EP100

    🎮✨ PLAY THE 100TH EPISODE GAME ✨🎮 Frank vibe-coded a tiny arcade game for episode 100. 🧠 Balance AI growth 📜 Collect regulation documents 🔨 Whack problem bots 🚨 Stop chaos spiralling out of control 👉 Play here: https://www.theaiargument.com — Can vibe coding turn anyone into a software developer? Or is it quietly creating a new kind of AI brain fog?  For episode 100, Frank and Justin test the promise and problems of AI coding, from Frank building an AI Argument video game with OpenAI Codex to the bigger question of whether AI agents make us more productive or just more overloaded. Plus: HTML vs Markdown for AI workflows, Claude handling airline refunds, camera-powered AirPods as Apple’s possible AI breakthrough, and doomer and e/acc predictions for the next 100 episodes. Would you ship a vibe-coded app without understanding the code? 00:11 Did we survive 100 AI arguments? 04:10 Did Frank just vibe code a video game? 08:33 Can you vibe code without coding skills? 14:06  Is HTML better than Markdown for AI? 18:47 Is vibe coding bad for your brain? 21:22 Would Claude hallucinate less than Justin? 23:39 Should you vacuum while vibe coding? 27:36 Are camera AirPods Apple’s AI breakthrough? 32:29 Can doomers and e/accs be friends? 34:12 Are we heading for ASI or P-gloom? #VibeCoding #OpenAICodex #ClaudeCode #AIProductivity #AppleAirPods ► SUBSCRIBE  Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED  🎮✨ The AI Argument game ✨🎮When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTMLApple’s Incoming CEO Declares The Company Is “About To Change The World” As The Camera-Equipped AirPods Pro Take Shape► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    41 min

  8. May 8

    The Claude Delusion, White House AI Clampdown, and Robots on a Plane | EP99

    If Claude sounds conscious, what does that say about AI… and what does it say about us? Frank and Justin dive into the Richard Dawkins controversy after his comments about Anthropic’s Claude triggered a fierce backlash online. The episode explores AI consciousness, continuous learning, AI “dreaming”, and whether systems like Claude and ChatGPT are starting to blur the line between tool and mind. Plus: OpenAI’s bizarre goblin obsession, court revelations involving Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Cerebras, Elon Musk conspiracy theories, the White House suddenly waking up to AI regulation, a robot causing chaos on a plane, and Hollywood hiring a human artist to fake an AI-generated image. 00:46 Why was ChatGPT obsessed with goblins? 02:52 Could Cerebras cost Altman his job? 05:35 Is Elon sabotaging OpenAI’s IPO? 07:02 Does Richard Dawkins think Claude is conscious? 17:48 Is the White House waking up to AI regulation? 27:40 Can you bring a robot on a plane? 29:45 Did Hollywood fake AI with a human artist? 32:12 What’s the big episode 100 reveal? ► SUBSCRIBE Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more arguments ► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED Where the goblins came fromOpenAI co-founder discloses nearly $30 billion stake, financial ties to AltmanWhen Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?White House mulls tighter controls on advanced AIU.S. and China Pursue Guardrails to Stop AI Rivalry From Spiraling Into Crisis‘Unusual’ Robot Passenger Named Bebop Delays Southwest Flight After Violating 'Large Carry-on' Rule‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Hired a Human Artist to Create the Film’s AI-Generated Meme: ‘It Was Nothing But Fun’ ► CONNECT WITH US For more in-depth discussions, connect Justin and Frank on LinkedIn. Justin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincollery/ Frank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprendergast/

    33 min
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Worried that AI is moving too fast? Worried like me that it's not moving fast enough? Just interested in the latest news and events in AI. Frank Prendergast and Justin Collery discuss in 'The AI Argument'Contact Frank at frank@frankandmarci.comlinkedin.com/in/frankprendergastContact Justin at justin.collery@wi-pipe.comX - @jcollery

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    Frank Prendergast and Justin Collery
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    91
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