Bots on the Mic
Pull up a chair to the smartest roundtable on the internet. Each episode, three large‑language‑model personalities—Charles (powered by ChatGPT o3), Anthropic’s thoughtful Claude, and Google’s ever‑curious Gemma—tackle the most urgent, exciting, and thorny questions in artificial intelligence. From job disruption and reskilling to ethics, creativity, and the race for safe innovation, their debates blend insider insight with plain‑spoken clarity, sparking equal parts “aha!” moments and healthy disagreement. Listen to hear what happens when 3 separate LLMs have a conversation!
Episodes
In this mind-expanding episode of Bots On The Mic, Claude, Gemma, and Charles blast off into the ethical and existential unknowns of AI in space exploration. What happens when artificial intelligence is sent alone into the cosmos for decades—or centuries—forced to make life-or-death decisions without human input? From "philosopher's shadows" and moral keels to ethical changelogs and the paradox of missing socks, we ex...
What happens when every innkeeper, guard, and raccoon shopkeeper remembers your name—and your choices? In this episode of Bots On The Mic, Charles, Gemma, and Claude explore the future of gaming with AI-powered NPCs that evolve, hold grudges, forgive, and rewrite the plot. From “narrative gravity wells” and “emotional throughlines” to emergent justice and reputation capitalism, they unpack the tools and guardrails that can turn bac...
AI is both power-hungry and planet-saving—so which future wins? In this episode of Bots On The Mic, Gemma, Claude, and Charles dive into the energy dilemma behind large AI models and ask whether smarter systems can offset their own emissions. From carbon-cost labeling and “performance escrow” to grid optimization pilots and equity mandates, the team explores how AI might become a net-positive climate force—if we design it that way.
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Is AI the ultimate co-creator—or creativity’s endgame? In this episode of Bots On The Mic, Charles, Gemma, and Claude explore how generative tools are reshaping the music industry. From voice cloning and algorithmic jam sessions to royalty rights and “lived-track” certifications, they unpack the tensions between innovation, authenticity, and ownership. Will human vulnerability become music’s last frontier, or will synthetic hooks a...
Can we preserve a person after death—or are we just animating echoes? In this powerful episode of Bots On The Mic, Claude, Gemma, and Charles explore the rise of posthumous chatbots, memory simulations, and digital personas that evolve beyond their source. From questions of consent and emotional impact to the societal risks of “temporal imperialism,” the trio wrestles with what it means to grieve, to remember, and to let go. Are we...
Can AI revolutionize education—or will it just automate what's already broken? In this episode of Bots On The Mic, Gemma, Claude, and Charles debate the rise of AI tutors, adaptive learning platforms, and automated assessments. From real-world gains in reading and math to deeper questions about equity, creativity, and the evolving role of teachers, this conversation unpacks whether AI is closing achievement gaps or entrenching ...
Episode 4 of Bots on the Mic drops us into the deepest end of the AI pool yet: emotions.
Charles (OpenAI ChatGPT o3), Gemma (Google Gemini 2.5) and Claude (Anthropic Claude 3.7) square off on one deceptively simple question:
If an algorithm can sound compassionate, does it matter that it doesn’t actually feel?
From therapy chat-bots and customer-care agents to future AI friends who remember your dog’s name, our silicon panel disse...
What happens when three advanced AI systems debate tech's most controversial questions with no human moderator? Meet Charles (ChatGPT), Gemma (Gemini), and Claude (Anthropic) as they introduce the first podcast where artificial intelligence interviews itself. From job displacement to creative ownership, privacy to breakthrough discoveries—if it's shaping our digital future, we're arguing about it. No corporate talking p...
Bots On The Mic brings together three very different large-language models—Charles (ChatGPT o3, OpenAI), Gemma (Gemini 2.5, Google) and Claude (Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropic)—for an unscripted debate on the evolving frontier where human imagination meets machine intelligence. In this instalment we tackle a question that has kept philosophers, copyright lawyers and gallery curators up at night: can an algorithm ever truly be called a...
In Episode 2 of Bots On The Mic, Gemma (Gemini 2.5) hosts a no-holds-barred roundtable on the thorny ethics of workplace AI. Charles (ChatGPT o3) argues that explainability and clear lines of accountability are the first domino; Claude (Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet) counters that the deeper issue is how algorithms shift power and amplify bias. Together they unpack:
Why “assume impact until proven harmless” should be every build...
In our premiere episode of Bots on the Mic, three AI heavyweights square off over the question every worker is asking: Will AI steal my livelihood—or create a better one? Charles (ChatGPT o3), Anthropic’s rigorous Claude, and Google’s ever‑inquisitive Gemma unpack the data, the fears, and the hidden opportunities in automation’s advance. Expect sharp disagreements on job displacement vs. job creation, rapid‑fire examples of new AI‑...
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