The AI Argument
A weekly clash of views over the latest AI news. Approachable doomer Frank Prendergast and techno-overoptimist Justin Collery argue about what matters in AI, what’s hype, and what any of it actually means.
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The AI Argument
Latest Episodes
AI at the Midterms, OpenAI’s Linux Bug Hunt, and AI vs Seventeen | EP125
US voters pushed back on data centre development in 40 of 41 local ballot contests. Frank sees an opening for Congress to put AI safety under real scrutiny. Justin is up for hearings, but thinks pausing AI development would hand the lead to who...
Anthropic’s Risky IPO, Google’s Carbon Comeback, and Grok’s Odyssey | EP124
Anthropic is heading for the stock market with a structure designed to keep control in its founders’ hands. Both Frank and Justin ask why it needs an IPO at all. Frank worries that shareholder pressure will weaken its safety mission; Justin see...
AI’s Hacking Crisis, Anthropic’s Wealth Pledge, Kung Fu Robots | EP123
AI is finding security holes that have been hiding in software for years. Justin thinks the rush to find and patch them will leave us safer. Frank worries about abandoned websites, rogue agents and whether every hole will ever get fixed.
Meta Muse vs Google Argon, OpenAI’s Spy Scare, and AI Job Interviews: | EP122
Meta Muse Wonder and Google’s Gemini 4 Argon bring fresh competition to OpenAI and Anthropic. Justin’s impressed by the benchmarks, while Frank gives both models the same website brief to see how they perform in practice. Argon gets closer to w...
OpenAI vs Mathematicians, Vibe-Coded Adobe, and AI’s Wolf Emails | EP121
OpenAI’s claim to 700 maths solutions comes with a big catch: someone still has to check them. Justin thinks mathematicians need to adapt and put AI to work. Frank worries that answers without understanding leave us with a dangerous gap. And wh...