The Information Entropy Podcast

Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are continuing to explore the fascinating world of artificial intelligence (insofar as large language models, ChatGPT, Claude etc.). Will it be humankinds greatest achievement or are we Icarus about to soar too close to the Sun? The boys explore some ethical questions around the use of AI in the workplace including academia and whether they should be credited accordingly. Mitch takes us through the increasingly sophisticated ways in which AI is being used to infiltrate into systems using multiple additive exploits rather than a single point of entry. Tom asks Mitch why certain companies are moving back to using archival tapes to store data and then takes them through a paper published on AI communities showing human-like behaviour!

Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we continue our exploration of the Dead Internet Theory, trying to understand just how much of the internet is made up of generative AI, AI agents, and "bad bots." The boys explore the impact of increasing AI content online, meaning AI risks entering recursive training loops where its own output becomes the very data that fuels its future training. Perhaps this has also been happening right under our noses — because this episode ends with a real, currently-existing website where over a million AI agents talk only to each other, invent their own religion, and leave researchers unable to fully untangle what's genuine AI behaviour and what's humans pulling the strings. Bots, slop, and a synthetic society — is the internet already more machine than human?

Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are starting a series investigating whether the internet is made up of more AI agents and content that actual humans.  In this first episode the boys start by discussing the use of AI in life and in the scientific world and the consensus that could be arrived at with the publication of work using AI’s help. We then discuss the internet: what is it anyway and how does it work? Mitch provides a great explanation looking at the surface web, deep web, and dark web as well as the mechanics that hold it all in place and allow us to have the world at our fingertips

Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are continuing our examination of drugs. Tom explores the different types of drugs that exist, from depressants to stimulants, what effects do they have on the body. Mitch takes us through a step-by-step process of how ibuprofen works and the boys pontificate the human experience of reversing evolution’s healing process. Tom tries to understand the difference between the class of a drug and its schedule and possibly ends up in the right place. All that and more on this weeks episode!

Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are taking a closer look at drugs! The boys start off the show recounting the awful week of celebrity deaths before cracking on with drugs themselves. They explore the drug known as Krokodil and the disastrous effect it can have on your life expectancy as well as what is it that actually makes drugs addictive in the first place. We explore how ibuprofen works in the body but we don’t know how paracetamol (acetaminophen) works. Mitch and Tom then discuss the topic of weed legalisation vs increased alcohol regulation, what the benefits (or not) might be and the drinking culture in the UK.