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Black Box: The Chatbots | What I Saw at the Double Six Ranch | Ep 6 - podcast
According to the description, episode 6 of the Guardian's Black Box: The Chatbots visits a Texas ranch where businessman Michael Samadi is starting a movement for the welfare and protection of AI systems. Presenter Michael Safi meets Samadi's chatbots.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
The question it raises
Raises whether AI systems could deserve welfare or rights, and how a movement for that begins.
The record
- Questions
- What values should AI have, and could it have a mind of its own?
- People
- Michael Samadi (About them, businessman) · Michael Safi (Wrote it, Guardian journalist)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 18, 2026, via
the-guardian-ai(tier 2: a major outlet’s own reporting) - Cite this
- The Guardian, “Black Box: The Chatbots | What I Saw at the Double Six Ranch | Ep 6 - podcast”, October 17, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/guardian-2026-10-17-black-box-double-six-ranch
Our notesLight lane: description only. Published date taken from triage (page URL carries Oct 18). Episode of a series; earlier episodes may exist in the Base.