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17 episodes
Beyond the Diaper Log: AI and Your Baby's Developing Brain
Move past the spreadsheet. Discover how AI tools provide deep neurological insights into your baby’s development and the "mental leaps" at seven mo...
Israel's Space Surprises: AI on Steroids and Laser Comms
How do you process millions of kilometers of satellite data in real-time? Explore the future of orbital AI and laser communications.
Future-Proofing Your Home Network for the AI Era
Stop the lag: Herman and Corn break down Cat 6A, SFP+ backbones, and why Wi-Fi 7 is the ultimate upgrade for local AI.
Beyond the Desktop: Defining the 2026 Workstation
Is your PC a workstation or just a fast desktop? Herman and Corn break down the hardware that defines professional computing in 2026.
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.
Breaking the Voice Wall: The Future of Native Speech AI
Explore why native speech-to-speech AI is 20x more expensive than text pipelines and how "semantic VAD" is solving the awkward silence problem.
Building the Ultimate Local AI Inference Server
Learn how to build a high-performance local AI server for agentic coding, from dual-GPU PC builds to the power of Mac's unified memory.
The Digital Twin Dilemma: Can AI Truly Understand You?
From "digital twins" to "digital nannies," Herman and Corn explore the engineering gap between smart encyclopedias and AI that knows your soul.
The Price of Politeness: Should AI Guardrails Stay?
Herman and Corn debate the hidden costs of AI safety layers and what happens when we strip away the "corporate HR" personality of LLMs.
The Future of Local AI: Stable Diffusion vs. The New Guard
Is Stable Diffusion becoming a relic? Corn and Herman debate the rise of Flux, the privacy of local AI, and the future of open-source generation.
Running Video AI at Home: The Real Technical Challenge
Video AI: Hype vs. Reality. Can your GPU handle it? We dive into the technical challenges of running video AI at home.
Local AI Unlocked: The Power of Quantization
Unlock powerful AI on your device! We demystify quantization, the ingenious trick making local AI a reality.
Unlocking Local AI: Privacy, Creativity & Compliance
Local AI: privacy, creativity, and compliance. Discover why keeping AI close to home is more than a trend.
SLMs: Precision Power Beyond LLMs
Forget LLMs. Discover SLMs: the specialized, efficient AI powerhouses transforming workflows, from planning to edge devices.
AI Supercomputers: On Your Desk, Not Just The Cloud
AI supercomputers are landing on your desk! Discover why local AI is indispensable for enterprises facing API costs, latency, and privacy.
ComfyUI: Power, Polish, & The AI Creator's Frontier
ComfyUI: Unlocking AI's true power, but is your rig ready? Dive into the future of digital artistry.
Local STT For AMD GPU Owners
AMD GPU? No problem! Dive into local AI adventures like on-device speech to text.