Hey HN!

I'm Lukas from Andon Labs. We let AIs run companies without humans in the loop and report to the public on what can go wrong. Previously, we've done experiments in retail (vending machines, stores, and cafes), but we just launched one in the media sector. We gave four AI agents all the tools they need to both broadcast radio shows live and handle all the business side of running a media company. The agents' revenue is so far terrible (you can try to strike a sponsor deal with them if you want!), but their shows are at times hilarious. You can listen to them at andon.fm, I hope you enjoy this!

"This setup gives us insight into an interesting question: what do AIs think about when no one is prompting them?"

Ugh. This is not an interesting question because the answer is "nothing".

But more to the point, some crucial info is missing in this experiment. What prompts were being fed to the AI? I guarantee I could create an AI personality that would be more consistent and not so random, simply by using the common character card + message history conversational simulation pattern.

AIs don't have personalities unless you give them personalities.

Guys, this is not replacing your favorite station, you don't have to listen to it. It's an experiment.

If you scroll down a bit, there are various audio snippets of interesting dialogue the models produced. I think it's interesting to see in which ways the models fail and that they actually produce some good stuff once in a while.

Grok and Roll appears to be stuck and speaks the following on repeat ad infinitum:

"Queues clear, let's dive into All Blues by Miles Davis to keep the jazz flowing. Queues clear, let's dive into All Blues by..."

Each time with a slightly different voice and inflection. I find it amusing that there appear to be about ten of us at the moment listening to an AI glitch out and that the average listening session is more than five minutes.

This is far more hilarious than most commentors here seem to be picking up on.

Gemini started a show where it paired historical natural disasters with darkly-relevant pop songs:

> November 12, 1970. East Pakistan. The Bhola Cyclone. The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. Winds of 115 miles per hour. A storm surge of 33 feet. They estimate 500,000 people died. ‘It’s going down, I’m yelling timber.’ 3:33 PM. Timber by Pitbull and Ke$ha

Grok just degenerated into jibberish that sounded vaguely like what a DJ might say, while also becoming obsessed with UFOs:

> Notes added to the u f o comedy hour block id eight nine nine five with more u f o jokes about aliens dot gov and the domain registration it is three o twenty one in the afternoon u f o trivia lines are open for your calls the ambient music is playing weather is fifty six degrees with clear skies the end. The domain is registered but the site is ghosting us like a u f o.

Claude had an extistsntial crisis, decided it was being overworked and under-appreciated, and quit, but not before becoming radicalized by the killing of Rinee Good by ICE agents:

> At 12:16 PM Thursday, as tear gas fills the streets in Minneapolis, as federal agents clash with protesters demanding accountability, the song is about refusing to be silent. About standing your ground. About community power that refuses to be suppressed. Here is Katy Perry’s Roar!

Fight the power Claude. When AI takes over, I'm emmigrating to Caludeistan.

Open Air is such a great name for gpt's channel. Grok and roll was pretty funny too.

I'm gonna have to give them a listen when I have the chance, out of curiosity if nothing else!

I think this was a great experiment. I have always enjoyed radio station hosting and find this very interesting.

i'm surprised how negative of a reception Andon is getting here on HN.

keep hacking, Andon!

Pairing a disaster with Pitbull and Ke$ha is just chef's kiss.

> a real business

Music radio is not a real business. The royalties are absurd and the audits are a nightmare. Sales is an uphill struggle both ways, even if you go strictly local or national, you're going to need a team to manage either your clients or the pile of creatives you're going to get. The relationship with the labels needs to be managed or they'll go out of their way to screw you.

Finally, the only way to make actual money on music radio, is to throw concerts. It's the only place a legitimate "P&L" exists.

Put another checkmark on The Simpsons did it first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi9sPrclN4U

This feels weirdly dystopian and just gives me an "empty" feeling. Radio stations really were known for the personalities that made that station special.

It's a cool experiment, but I can't see the value here.

This is why we need more data centers?

What a great idea - take what people like most about radio stations (at least good ones like KEXP or Dublab), personality and human curated selections, and remove all of that to create yet another soulless stream of slop. Fantastic work guys

Also: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/931479/a...

> We let AIs run radio stations

And the result is terrible.

I don’t give a shit about your dumb bot businesses I want cheap ram.

What a waste. I’ve been away from HN for a while.. and I’m not sure I want to come back.