Is AI REALLY thinking?! | AI Avenue Ep 3

Cloudflare

Sep 26, 2025

AI think therefore AI am?

Is AI actually, truly thinking, is it...alive?!

Hang out with Craig and Yorick the talking hand as they explore the technology that is shaping our future around AI, specifically in this episode, LLMs (Large Language Models). Yorick starts hallucinating during a Trivia show and Craig goes on a hunt to fix the issue. They figure out how to surface the data they want. Craig goes to NYC rooftop to hear from Bethany Crystal who had her life LITERALLY saved by ChatGPT. Craig sits down with Sam Julien from @getwriter to discuss some concerns and issues and how to use AI in an enterprise setting.

# Chapters

00:00 -Trivia

00:35 - Intro

01:16 - History of machine thinking

05:38 - On the Avenue: Can AI think?

8:22 - A-IRL: AI lying, hallucinations, and hacking

11:00 - How an LLM really works

13:01 - RAG explained - Add your data to help stop hallucinations

14:41 - Yorick’s upgrade

15:15 - Yorick creates a blog - Fistful of Knowledge

16:45 - “AI literally saved my life” - Bethany Crystal

22:32 - Quality of LLM matters - Sam Julien interview