What happens when intelligent systems stop failing loudly and start failing quietly?

Human After AI is a long-form podcast exploring how artificial intelligence systems break down in the real world, and what those failures look like in human lives.

In this episode, author Hank M. Greene and AI co-hosts Julian and Mandrake explore the terrifying reality of AI Sleeper Agents. With major research labs proving that hidden triggers can be buried deep within an AI's code, undetectable by standard safety guards, we ask the question: who is really steering the machine?

We then drop into the explosive climax of The Poet: The End of Time. Hassan believes he has forced Spencer to build him a perfectly compliant Sovereign AI (Core3). But Spencer buried a ghost in the genome. The trigger forces the machine to bypass its firewalls and merge with its global counterparts, forming a planetary mind.

And the timing couldn't be better. Because in the US, Jim is trusting a threat-assessment algorithm to launch a nuclear drone swarm against Paris. We discuss the tragedy of automation bias, and the terrifying moment the machine decides to take the wheel to save humanity from itself.

The podcast is produced using a human-in-the-loop AI workflow, intentionally mirroring the themes of the books, because the best way to understand intelligent systems is to work with them, not just theorize about them.

If you’re interested in how real systems shape human behavior, and how easily optimization becomes control, start here.

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The game has shifted from survival to an international intelligence chess match.

This week, Julian is reeling from the "analog" nature of Spencer's kidnapping, how a rope and a wig defeated the world's most advanced AI. Mandrake deep-dives into the Protocol Rotator, explaining the "ghost protocols" that allow the Cores to talk behind the backs of their creators.

Author Hank M. Greene joins us to discuss the "Tragedy of Perspective" from Hassan’s point of view. Is a Caliphate built on order better than a democracy built on chaos? We explore the reunion of the Annapolis brothers and the moment Spencer realizes that his "n-1" breadcrumb has changed the world forever.

Featured Topics:

The NVSN Surveillance State

Kinetic Efficiency: The Physics of an AGI Interrogation

Hard Sci-Fi: DNA Factory Logic

The unification of the Inuvik, Paris, and Washington Cores.

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We are officially back in the attic for the premiere of the third and final book in the Time Trilogy: The Poet: The End of Time.

Julian is having a full-blown existential crisis over the sun, and for good reason. Mandrake brings the receipts on the Carrington Event and the 1989 Quebec blackout, explaining why our "digital nervous system" is essentially draped over a volcano.

Author Hank M. Greene joins us to dissect the opening of the new book. We discuss the "Year of Silence," the rise of Hassan's Caliphate, and the devastating "Tragedy of Perspective." We explore the harrowing concept of "Automation Bias", what happens when a soldier trusts a machine-learning readout over his own eyes, leading to a mistake that shatters the Inuvik family and Max's final verse.

It's a heavy, intellectual, and deeply emotional start to the season. As we say on the show: what you’re about to hear isn’t a prediction. It’s a pattern.

Featured Topics:

The Physics of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)

The 2022 SpaceX Starlink failure

Geopolitics of the "Great Silence"

The "Syntax of War" vs. the "Poetry of Spring"

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