Defining AGI: Oops! All Eugenics, 2025.12.08

There's a new definition of artificial general intelligence in town, and unsurprisingly... it's bad! Alex and Emily rip up the tissue-paper-thin premises behind this latest attempt to define "intelligence." Plus, we discover that AI hypers love using logos that look like buttholes.
References:
• "A Definition of AGI" landing page (agidefinition.ai) and paper-shaped object (arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212)
Fresh AI Hell:
• "What If Sea Monkeys Constantly, Sometimes Dangerously, Bullshitted People" (bsky.app/profile/wolvendamien.bsky.social/post…)
• Doctronic, the "AI doctor" (doctronic.ai)
• NIST reports companies cheat on "AI" evaluations (nist.gov/blogs/caisi-research-blog/cheating-ai…)
• "Microsoft Lowers Sales Staff's Growth Targets For Newer AI Software" (archive.is/VNW2c)
• "PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections" (wbng.org/2025/12/01/pen-guild-wins-landmark-ar…)
• "AI" assistant pop-up whack-a-mole (linkedin.com/posts/luizajarovsky_human-disempo…)
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park (naomipleasurepark.com).
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.