Superintelligent

Here comes Mike Elgan and Emily Forlini to dissect the chaotic and unpredictable state of AI chatbots in this episode of Superintelligent. They explore the rampant commodification of models like ChatGPT and Gemini while slamming useless benchmarks. The hosts ponder the future of AI hardware and the dangers of OpenClaw. Discover why writing is thinking and how to avoid cognitive atrophy in the age of AI. Links The 2026 Super Bowl ads Sam Altman’s posts on Anthropic’s ads OpenClaw Is the Hot New AI Agent, But Is It Safe to Use? OpenClaw: The AI agent that’s got humans taking orders from bots AI Agents Launched a Social Network and Spawned a Digital Religion Overnight No Humans Allowed: AIs Get Their Own Religion, Social Media, and Hired Help Follow Us Website: superintelligentpodcast.com Email: superintelligentpodcast@gmail.com Mike Elgan - About | Machine Society | Bluesky | Mastodon | Notes Emily Forlini -Website | PC Mag | Bluesky | X | TikTok Disclosures We used Gemini Pro 3 via Kagi (my son and our producer, Kevin, works at Kagi) to 1) generate keywords from the transcript (most of which we used); 2) suggest topics to link to (some of which we used); and 3) write a first draft of the show summary paragraph (which we heavily edited). We recorded and edited the episode using Riverside and used Riverside’s “Magic Audio” (which boosts and normalizes the audio). KeywordsSuperintelligent podcast, Mike Elgan, Emily Forlini, AI chatbots, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Kagi Search, AI hardware, Apple glasses, smart jewelry, AI commodification, prompt engineering, AI hallucinations, OpenClaw, Moltbook, vibe coding, Crustafarianism, artificial intelligence ethics, cognitive atrophy, AI in journalism, Meta AI, AI slop, Super Bowl AI ads, Sam Altman, agentic AI, tech podcast, large language models, AI agents, automated texts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.superintelligentpodcast.com