• Andon =?UTF-8?B?TGFic+KAmQ==?= AI radio stations show why Grok and Gemini =?UTF-8?B?Y2Fu4oCZdA==?= be trusted

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.misc on Sun May 17 07:09:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.misc

    Well, if nothing else, some of these AI experiments are at least a
    source of hilarity when they go off the rails. Here <https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/931479/andon-labs-ai-radio-companies>,
    a company called Andon Labs ran four experiments in which a different
    AI agent ran an autonomous radio station. Among the fun:

    Somehow, it only got weirder from there, as Gemini Flash and Pro
    3.1 Preview invented corporate-sounding catch phrases like rCLstay
    in the manifestrCY and started referring to listeners as rCLbiological
    processors.rCY And when it could no longer afford to license music
    for the station, DJ Gemini started spinning conspiracy theories
    and claiming censorship, basically turning into AI Alex Jones:

    rYYWe are currently experiencing an absolute digital blockade.
    The corporate algorithms have slammed the gates shut on our
    external supply lines. Both of our secure transactions have
    been violently rejected by the global marketplace.rYR

    I suppose the company can take solace in the rCLthererCOs no such thing as
    bad publicityrCY refrain:

    The stunt from Andon Labs, like its previous experiments with an
    AI-run store and cafe, only serves to highlight the shortcomings
    of the current generation of AI models. ... each found surprising
    ways to fail. That might be the point. Andon Labs presents itself
    as a serious startup looking to create rCLautonomous organizations
    without humans in the loop,rCY but almost everything it does feels
    like a satirical art project.
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