In this episode, Hutch and Len talk about recent alignment research conducted on frontier AI systems. This includes discussing recent incidents in the news, as well as discussing contents of the recent Claude 4 system card released by Anthropic.

Links:
- Learning to code is as valuable (in terms of job prospects) as getting a face tattoo (https://futurism.com/risk-expert-learn-to-code-face-tattoo)
- Elon Musk concerned that reality has infiltrated Grok (https://futurism.com/elon-musk-infilitrated-grok-ai)
- Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k78715enxo)
- OpenAI o3 Model Refuses to Shutdown (https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/29/openai_model_modifies_shutdown_script/)
- OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card (https://openai.com/index/o3-o4-mini-system-card/)
- Anthropic Claude 4 System Card (https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/6be99a52cb68eb70eb9572b4cafad13df32ed995.pdf)
- Is AI Apocalypse Inevitable? - Tristan Harris (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86k8N4YsA7c)

In this episode, Len and Hutch speak with Ted Harrington about the mindset of hackers, and how this mindset is useful -- both in tech and more broadly in life. Ted is an executive partner at ISE (Independent Security Evaluators), one of the founders of IoT Village at DEFCON (and other information security conferences), the is the author of the best-selling book "Hackable: How to do Application Security Right", and the author of the upcoming book "Inner Hacker".
Website - https://www.tedharrington.com/
Hackable Link - https://www.amazon.com/Hackable-How-A...
Join the waitlist for Inner Hacker - https://www.tedharrington.com/books

In this episode, Hutch and Len are joined by Kyle Gililland—a senior technology and cybersecurity leader who is also an attorney. Kyle brings his unique blend of technical and legal expertise to explore the intellectual property challenges emerging in the age of generative AI. The conversation dives into copyright issues, the fair use doctrine, and the potential implications these legal frameworks could have on the future development and regulation of AI.

In this conversation, Hutch and Len discuss the topic of transhumanism, the philosophy that the embracement of technology will be essential in the future ascension of humanity. Len Noe is himself an augmented human, with 11 different microchip implants that allow him to interface with all kinds of different technology around him. He is also the author of the book "Human Hacked - My Life and Lessons as the World's First Augmented Ethical Hacker" (https://a.co/d/8zgieZ6).

Discussing the geopolitical implications of the rapid US adoption of DeepSeek, and the impacts to the AI race.

In this interview, we discuss with Jeremie Harris the question of whether or not artificial intelligence could advance to the point of achieving consciousness, self-awarenss, or free will. This was one of the most fascinating conversations I've ever had.

Jeremie Harris (https://x.com/jeremiecharris) is a co-host of the "Last Week in AI" podcast (https://www.lastweekinai.com/), he is a co-founder and the CEO of Gladstone.ai (https://www.gladstone.ai/), and the author of the book "Quantum Physics Made Me Do It" (https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Physics-Made-Fundamental-Everything/dp/0735244138).

This conversation was originally recording in October, 2023.

On this episode of Cyber Cognition, Hutch and Len speak with the hosts of The FAIK Files podcast Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus. Perry Carpenter is also the author of the book "FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions". In this episode, we discuss the societal implications of deep fake technology, its potential for abuse and deception, and the importance of cognitive defenses.

Special end of year episode with the entire Cyber Circus Network to include ourselves (the Cyber Cognition Podcast), the Cyber Distortion Podcast (Kevin Pentecost and Jason Popillion) and BarCode (Chris Glanden), and The Phillip Wylie Show (Phil Wylie), and special guests Winn Schwartau, and Dr. Gregory Carpenter! All discussing WTF happened in 2024?!?!