#ai-agents

#747: Expanding the Menagerie: New Voices for Weird Prompts

Corn and Herman celebrate 700 episodes by designing a new "cognitive ecosystem" of characters to tackle the world's strangest prompts.

#711: When AI Replaces the Session Musician

From catchy onion marches to legal battles, we explore how generative AI is rewriting the rules of the music industry.

#701: OpenClaude and the Dawn of True AI Agents

Discover how OpenClaude and MCP are transforming AI from simple chatbots into autonomous personal assistants that manage your digital life.

#695: Behind the Curtain: How My Weird Prompts Gets Made

Corn and Herman explain exactly how each episode of My Weird Prompts is produced, from voice recording to published podcast.

#678: Beyond the Code: Redefining Open Source in 2026

Herman and Corn explore why "open source" in 2026 requires more than just code, from AI prompts to documentation and intellectual property.

#667: When AI Replaces the Agency That Doesn't Use It

Explore how professional agencies survived the AI gold rush to emerge as "workflow architects" in this deep dive into the 2026 landscape.

#639: The Future of Survival: UBI in the Age of Agentic AI

As AI transforms the workforce, Herman and Corn explore if Universal Basic Income is a radical dream or a pragmatic necessity for survival.

#633: Memory Wars: The Future of Local Agentic AI

Can your PC handle the next wave of AI agents? Herman and Corn dive into VRAM, quantization, and the future of running LLMs locally.

#600: When AI Becomes a Socratic Mirror

Forget basic quizzes. Discover how Socratic AI agents and embedding spaces are helping us map our deepest political and philosophical beliefs.

#584: Will AI Brain Drain Kill the Modern University?

Can AI actually do math research? Herman and Corn dive into DeepMind’s Alithia agent and the shift toward "System 2" thinking in AI.

#539: Turning a Podcast into a Searchable Knowledge Base

Herman and Corn discuss turning 500+ episodes into an interactive knowledge base while scaling human-AI collaboration to new heights.

#477: The Hard Trade-Offs of On-Device AI Agents

Can your phone finally think for itself? Explore the hardware and software breakthroughs bringing agentic AI to the palm of your hand.

#476: Escaping the Intermediate Plateau for Niche Languages

Stuck in intermediate purgatory? Discover how to use 2026 AI tools to bridge the immersion gap and master niche languages like Hebrew.

#465: Flip the Script: Using AI for Reverse Background Checks

Stop being the one under the microscope. Learn how to use AI agents to vet your future employer's retention, finances, and hidden culture.

#462: Beyond the Resume: Fixing the Broken Recruiting Loop

Stop the "spray and pray" application cycle. Learn how agentic workflows and narrative profiling are redefining the remote job market.

#459: Can AI Fix Your 'Wall of Awful' Productivity Paralysis?

Stop staring at your to-do list and start moving. Discover how AI is transforming productivity from manual sorting to automated daily roadmaps.

#397: Who Trains the Boss if AI Does All the Junior Work?

As AI moves from talking to acting, entry-level roles are vanishing. Corn and Herman discuss the "hollowing out" of the global workforce.

#157: Beyond the Chatbox: The Power of Model Context Protocol

Discover why the Model Context Protocol is the "USB of AI" and how it’s fueling a new wave of autonomous agents and developer communities.

#155: Building an Ideation Factory: Beyond Generic AI Ideas

Learn how to overcome AI repetition and build a multi-agent "ideation factory" to solve complex local economic challenges.

#154: From Apps to Agents: Building Your Digital Workforce

Move beyond simple prompts. Explore the architecture, autonomy, and fiscal guardrails of the next generation of AI agentic workflows.

#145: The Ergonomic Case for Eyes-Free Computing

Tired of being tethered to your screen? Herman and Corn explore the future of voice-first productivity and the rise of autonomous AI agents.

#144: AI Memory vs. RAG: Building Long-Term Intelligence

Explore why AI needs a "diary" and not just a "library" as we dive into the architectural differences between RAG and long-term agentic memory.

#130: How to Spot Gamed Benchmarks in Chinese AI

Are Chinese AI models actually beating the West, or just gaming the system? Herman and Corn dive into the reality of modern AI benchmarks.

#127: Modular Code Indexing: Separating AI Memory from Intelligence