Artificial Intelligence
Episodes whose main subject is AI itself: building with, training, evaluating, or debating AI systems. AI used only as a tool for another topic goes to that topic.
#2003: The Velocity Paradox: Why Faster Code Means Slower Ships
Agentic coding tools let you build features in minutes, but they also make it easy to build the wrong thing.
#2002: Brainstorming a Stable-by-Design Smart Home
We explore why Home Assistant is so fragile and brainstorm a stable-by-design future for the platform.
#1994: Why Can't AI Admit When It's Guessing?
Enterprise AI now auto-filters low-confidence claims, but do these self-reported scores actually mean anything?
#1993: Hiding the Kitchen: Why AI Shouldn't Show Its Work
Why single-model chatbots fail at complex tasks—and how multi-agent swarms solve it.
#1992: The Sovereign Compute Shift: Owning vs. Renting AI Iron
Israel is building a sovereign AI supercomputer with 4,000 Nvidia B200 GPUs to keep startups local.
#1990: Education’s Robot Problem: Standardization vs. Self-Direction
AI is forcing a clash between rigid curricula and self-directed learning. We explore the middle ground.
#1987: Can You Ever Quit Your Personal AI?
Your AI knows your workflow, but can you ever leave? We explore the lock-in risks of personal AI agents.
#1986: Desk Robots: Privacy, Power, or Annoyance?
These AI companions sit on your desk, watching your posture and listening in—so how do they protect your privacy while actually being useful?
#1985: AI Tutors vs. Human Error: Who Do You Trust?
AI gets flak for hallucinations, but humans misremember 40% of facts. Why the double standard?
#1979: When Marketing Swallows the Tech
Is AI the same as Machine Learning? We break down the nested hierarchy of artificial intelligence, from symbolic logic to neural networks.
#1964: The Three Layers That Make AR Finally Work
See a 3D arrow pointing to the exact bolt you need, or read a street sign in real-time translation.
#1963: RPA: Dead or Just Getting Smart?
Traditional RPA is brittle and blind. See how AI vision and agentic orchestration are turning it into a self-healing powerhouse.
#1962: Moravec's Paradox: Why Robots Can Write Poetry but Can't Fold a Fitted Sheet
We explore the tech letting robots "reason" about physical tasks using vision-language-action models.
#1961: Weaponizing Your Weirdness in an AI World
As AI homogenizes the web, contrarian thinking becomes a scarce asset. Here’s how to weaponize your weirdness for a competitive edge.
#1959: How Constrained AI Models Handle the Unexpected
Your AI assistant promised to only use your documents. Instead, it invented a case law that doesn't exist. Here's why.
#1957: Why AI Agents Think in Circles, Not Lines
Linear AI pipelines are brittle. Learn why loops, reflection, and state management are the new standard for reliable, autonomous agents.
#1956: AI Skills: From Vibe Coding to Procedural Playbooks
Forget messy system prompts. Agent skills turn AI into a Swiss Army knife of modular, auditable procedures.
#1953: My Dad Wasn't Abducted, He's a Monkey Treasurer
After 30 years, a "seance" reveals dad is alive, well, and handling finances for a monkey colony.
#1952: Why We Built a 24/7 AI Radio Station
We turned our 1800-episode archive into a continuous AI-powered radio stream. Here’s the tech stack and the philosophy behind it.
#1951: The Digital Ant Farm: Watching AI Agents Build Their Own Society
Explore Moltbook, a social network where AI agents interact with persistent identities and goals, reshaping digital communication.