Week 48, 2025

Nov 24 - Nov 30, 2025 14 episodes

14 episodes covering Speech & Audio, AI Core, Local AI

This week, Corn and Herman dove deep into the world of speech and audio, practically drowning in the sweet nectar of fine-tuning. From building your own Whisper (#8) to questioning if LLMs are a dead end for AGI (#14), it was a week of both practical application and existential AI ponderings!

The “Whisper It To Me Sweetly” Playlist For those looking to build their own speech recognition empire, this playlist is your starting point. Get ready to fine-tune your way to transcription glory!

  • Episode #6: How To Fine Tune Whisper
  • Episode #8: Building Your Own Whisper

The “ASR: Beyond the Basics” Playlist Beyond just getting the words right, how do we really benchmark and deploy ASR tools? This playlist digs into the nitty-gritty of ASR usability and weight formats.

  • Episode #3: Safetensors or something else: STT inference formats explained
  • Episode #5: Fine-Tuning ASR For Maximal Usability
  • Episode #9: “Benchmarking Custom ASR Tools - Beyond The WER”

The “Voice of the Future” Playlist From aging voices to personalized AI, this playlist explores the challenges and possibilities of voice-based AI. Prepare for some vocal physiology and existential ponderings!

  • Episode #4: If Your Voice Ages, Does Your Fine-Tune Become Useless?
  • Episode #15: AI Gets Personal: The Power of Voice Fine-Tuning

The “AI History Lesson” Playlist AI didn’t just pop up overnight! Discover the long and winding road that led to our current AI moment.

  • Episode #12: The AI Breakthrough: Transformers & The Perfect Storm
  • Episode #13: AI: Not an Overnight Success Story

The “Local AI Adventurers” Playlist Got an AMD GPU and a thirst for local AI? This playlist is for you. Unleash the power of on-device speech-to-text!

  • Episode #2: Local STT For AMD GPU Owners

Episode #14, “AGI’s Crossroads: Are LLMs a “Dead End” to True AI?”, stands out this week. While many episodes focused on the practical applications of current AI, this episode tackles the big, philosophical question of whether the current path of LLMs is actually leading us towards true AGI, or if we’re headed down a dead end. It’s a provocative question that forces us to think critically about the future of AI.

By the Numbers:

  • Number of episodes published: 14
  • Top 3 categories/themes: Speech & Audio, AI Core, Fine-Tuning
  • Notable patterns: A serious ASR focus this week! Nearly half the episodes tackled some aspect of Speech & Audio.

Episodes This Week

#9 Benchmarking Custom ASR Tools - Beyond The WER Benchmarking custom ASR fine-tunes: We're diving deep beyond the WER to truly measure performance.
36:00 Mon, Nov 24
#10 How ASR Went From Frustration To ... Whisper Magic Speech to text: from frustrating to fantastic. Uncover the magic behind its rapid rise and connectio...
34:09 Mon, Nov 24
#4 If Your Voice Ages, Does Your Fine-Tune Become Useless? Your voice changes, but your fine-tuned model shouldn't become useless. We explore the biology of th...
38:26 Mon, Nov 24
#3 Safetensors or something else: STT inference formats explained Unpacking ASR weight formats: Safetensors and beyond. Tune in to understand the distinctions.
32:56 Mon, Nov 24
#11 How Does Fine Tuning Work Anyway? Unlock the secrets of AI fine-tuning. Discover how your small dataset can shape a giant model.
34:18 Mon, Nov 24
#8 Building Your Own Whisper Ever wondered if you could build your own speech recognition tool? We dive deep into crafting custom...
34:41 Mon, Nov 24
#6 How To Fine Tune Whisper Build your own AI transcription tool! We'll walk you through fine-tuning Whisper, from data to noteb...
31:42 Mon, Nov 24
#2 Local STT For AMD GPU Owners AMD GPU? No problem! Dive into local AI adventures like on-device speech to text.
31:30 Mon, Nov 24
#5 Fine-Tuning ASR For Maximal Usability Fine-tuned ASR is just the start. Discover the next steps for deployment and maximizing usability.
32:15 Mon, Nov 24
#7 Building Custom ASR Tools Ever wondered how to build your own ASR tools from scratch? Discover the why and how in this episode...
37:42 Mon, Nov 24
#13 AI: Not an Overnight Success Story AI's "overnight success" is a myth. Unravel the true story behind its rise, from humble beginnings t...
14:22 Fri, Nov 28
#12 The AI Breakthrough: Transformers & The Perfect Storm AI's everywhere. How did chatbots, art, and video all emerge so suddenly? The secret lies in Transfo...
12:34 Fri, Nov 28
#15 AI Gets Personal: The Power of Voice Fine-Tuning AI that understands *your* voice? Dive into the fascinating world of fine-tuning and discover how AI...
17:40 Fri, Nov 28
#14 AGI's Crossroads: Are LLMs a "Dead End" to True AI? Are LLMs a dead end for true AGI? We dive into the electrifying debate with AI's forefathers.
18:21 Fri, Nov 28