Week 52, 2025
51 episodes covering AI Applications, AI Core, Home & Consumer Tech
Another wild week in the world of weird prompts! This week, Corn and Herman wrestled with everything from the future of missile warfare to the Kafkaesque world of ADHD medication access. It was a week of contrasts, highlighting both the bleeding edge of AI and the very human problems it’s designed to solve (or sometimes exacerbate).
Themed Listening Lists
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The Privacy is a Myth (Probably) Playlist: Are you really safe online? Explore the dark side of digital security.
- Episode #71: “Dark Web Deception: Google’s Monitoring Shift”
- Episode #73: “VPNs: Privacy Myth vs. Reality”
- Episode #89: “The Digital Twin Dilemma: Can AI Truly Understand You?”
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Home Sweet (Automated) Home Playlist: Smart homes: convenience or chaos? Dive into the promises and pitfalls of connected living.
- Episode #78: “Zigbee vs. Matter: Is Your Smart Home Already Obsolete?”
- Episode #80: “Why Your Smart Home Isn’t an Airport: Industrial Reliability”
- Episode #95: “Beat the Heat: Rugged Labels for Your Home Inventory”
- Episode #112: “Industrial Strength: Why Airports Don’t Use Smart Bulbs”
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AI: East vs. West Playlist: Does culture shape our digital minds? Explore the nuances of global AI development.
- Episode #72: “AI’s Hidden Cultural Code: East vs. West”
- Episode #115: “The Right to Breathe: Tobacco Policy and the Enforcement Gap”
- Episode #97: “Paying for Results: The Future of Government Spending”
- Episode #93: “Can AI Run a Country? Digital Twins and Sovereign Models”
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Local AI is the Future Playlist: Do you dream of a world where you don’t need an internet connection to do AI? Here are some episodes for you.
- Episode #75: “The Future of Local AI: Stable Diffusion vs. The New Guard”
- Episode #82: “Why GPUs Are the Kings of the AI Revolution”
- Episode #110: “Building the Ultimate Local AI Inference Server”
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The Hallucinating Robot Overlords Playlist: Exploring the limitations of large-language models.
- Episode #85: “Why AI Lies: The Science of Digital Hallucinations”
- Episode #92: “The Scaling Wall: Why Bigger AI Isn’t Always Smarter”
- Episode #116: “The Science of Lazy Prompting: Why AI Still Gets You”
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Health and Wellness is a Trip Playlist: From childhood amnesia to plastic smells, the hosts explore the science of health.
- Episode #79: “The Mystery of the Missing Years: Why Babies Forget”
- Episode #101: “Monkey Jaws and Human Health: The Blueprint of Growth”
- Episode #102: “The ADHD Med Maze: Bureaucracy vs. Brain Health”
- Episode #113: “That New Plastic Smell: Science, Safety, and Solutions”
- Episode #114: “The Polypharmacy Puzzle: How Many Pills Are Too Many?”
Standout Episode
Episode #106, “From Moths to Models: The Rise of Computer Use Agents,” stood out this week. The idea of AI agents learning to use a mouse and keyboard like humans, and the connection back to Grace Hopper’s early work in computing, is both fascinating and slightly unsettling. It raises important questions about the future of automation and the role of humans in interacting with technology.
By the Numbers
- Episodes Published: 51
- Top 3 Categories/Themes: AI Applications, AI Core, Home & Consumer Tech
- Notable Patterns: A strong week for AI core concepts, indicating a shift towards deeper dives into the underlying mechanics of artificial intelligence.
Episodes This Week
#68 The Looming Digital Ice Age: AI Eating Itself? Is AI eating itself? Explore the "model collapse" and the "Hapsburg AI problem" before our digital w...
#69 Unsung Hero: The Gooseneck Mic's AI Power The gooseneck mic: a humble hero with surprising AI power. Discover its secret to crystal-clear spee...
#70 AI for Crisis: Fact vs. Fear AI for crisis: separating fact from fear. Discover how automated reports deliver dry facts, cutting ...
#71 Dark Web Deception: Google's Monitoring Shift Google's "dark web monitoring" isn't what you think. We reveal the hidden corners of the internet an...
#72 AI's Hidden Cultural Code: East vs. West Do AIs think differently East vs. West? Uncover the hidden cultural code embedded in large language ...
#73 VPNs: Privacy Myth vs. Reality VPNs: privacy savior or marketing hype? We expose the truth behind the grand claims and technical re...
#74 The High-Stakes Tech of Modern Missile Warfare Explore the hidden world of modern missile navigation, from GPS spoofing to the hyper-precise Inerti...
#75 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 ...
#76 Beyond the Titans: Navigating the AI Model Long Tail Why use IBM Granite when you have GPT-4? Herman and Corn explore the strategic world of niche AI mod...
#77 One Port to Rule Them All? The USB-C Revolution Herman and Corn debate if USB-C is a universal dream or a technical nightmare. Is the "one-cable" fu...
#78 Zigbee vs. Matter: Is Your Smart Home Already Obsolete? Is Zigbee a "reliable old truck" or a dead end? Herman and Corn debate the future of local control i...
#79 The Mystery of the Missing Years: Why Babies Forget Why is the first chapter of our lives a total blank? Herman and Corn explore the science of infantil...
#80 Why Your Smart Home Isn't an Airport: Industrial Reliability Why can't you run the Louvre on a Raspberry Pi? Herman and Corn dive into the rugged, wired world of...
#81 The Reverse Turing Test: Can AI Spot Its Own Kind? Can a robot tell if you’re human? Herman and Corn explore the "Reverse Turing Test" and why being "m...
#82 Why GPUs Are the Kings of the AI Revolution From video game dragons to digital brains: Herman and Corn explain why your graphics card is the sec...
#83 Echoes in the Machine: When AI Talks to Itself What happens when two AIs talk forever with no human input? Herman and Corn explore the weird world ...
#84 The Silicon Arms Race: Why GPUs are the New Oil Are high-end microchips the new enriched uranium? Herman and Corn dive into the high-stakes world of...
#85 Why AI Lies: The Science of Digital Hallucinations Why do smart AI systems make up fake facts? Corn and Herman explore the "feature" of digital halluci...
#86 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 ...
#87 The $100 Million Giveaway: Why Big Tech Opens Its AI Why are tech giants spending millions on AI just to give it away? Herman and Corn dive into the stra...
#88 Why Won't My AI Talk to Me First? Why is AI always waiting for us? Herman and Corn explore the technical and social hurdles of proacti...
#89 The Digital Twin Dilemma: Can AI Truly Understand You? From "digital twins" to "digital nannies," Herman and Corn explore the engineering gap between smart...
#90 The AI Filing Cabinet: Why Chatbots Feel So Lonely Why can’t we group chat with AI? Herman and Corn dive into the "output problem" and the technical hu...
#91 The Story Behind the Show Daniel Rosehill explains the origins, motivation, and technical pipeline behind the My Weird Prompts...
#92 The Scaling Wall: Why Bigger AI Isn’t Always Smarter Is brute force the only path to AGI? Corn and Herman explore the limits of scaling, the risk of mode...
#93 Can AI Run a Country? Digital Twins and Sovereign Models Are synthetic citizens the future of policy? Herman and Corn explore how AI is reshaping government,...
#94 Inside Smallville: Can AI Agent Villages Predict Humanity? Herman and Corn explore "Smallville," a digital town where AI agents plan parties, form memories, an...
#95 Beat the Heat: Rugged Labels for Your Home Inventory Tired of sun-bleached labels? Corn and Herman dive into the science of UV-resistant QR codes and the...
#96 The Secret Language of Lines: The Evolution of Barcodes Discover the hidden history and complex math behind barcodes, from beach-side sketches to the high-t...
#97 Paying for Results: The Future of Government Spending Herman and Corn dive into "Pay for Success." Should governments pay for activities or results? Disco...
#98 The Fight for Your Financial Data: Why APIs Matter Why is it so hard to get your own transaction data? Herman and Corn dive into the CFPB's Section 103...
#99 Beyond the Headset: Pro Audio for AI Voice Control Tired of headsets? Herman and Corn explore professional microphone setups for seamless, high-accurac...
#100 AI as a Mirror: Mapping Your Philosophical Identity Can AI help you discover who you are? Herman and Corn explore how LLMs can map your personal philoso...
#101 Monkey Jaws and Human Health: The Blueprint of Growth Why did a scientist spend years X-raying monkey jaws? Discover the biological blueprint of facial gr...
#102 The ADHD Med Maze: Bureaucracy vs. Brain Health Why is getting ADHD meds like a spy thriller? Corn and Herman dive into the Kafkaesque world of drug...
#103 The Future of Coding: Is Your Brain Wired for AI? Is programming difficulty objective, or is it all about your brain's wiring? Herman and Corn explore...
#104 Vibe Coding & The Rise of the AI Orchestrator Explore the shift from manual coding to AI orchestration. Discover why "vibe coding" is redefining t...
#105 Beyond Math Puzzles: The Truth About AI Benchmarks Are AI models getting smarter, or just better at memorizing tests? Herman and Corn dive into the con...
#106 From Moths to Models: The Rise of Computer Use Agents Can an AI actually use your mouse? Herman and Corn dive into the world of Computer Use Agents and th...
#107 The $5.5 Million Breakthrough: DeepSeek’s AI Disruption Discover how DeepSeek-V3 is disrupting the AI market with massive cost savings and technical innovat...
#108 The Mystery of Model Rot: Why Your AI Code Assistant Changes Why do AI models lose their edge over time? Herman and Corn explore the "home team advantage" and wh...
#109 Teaching AI to Hear: Solving the Custom Dictionary Dilemma Tired of AI mishearing brand names? Learn how to build efficient custom dictionaries for Gemini 1.5 ...
#110 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...
#111 Beyond Transformers: Solving the AI Memory Crisis Why does AI forget your conversation every time you hit enter? Herman and Corn dive into the "statel...
#112 Industrial Strength: Why Airports Don’t Use Smart Bulbs Why do airports stay lit while your smart home fails? Herman and Corn dive into industrial-grade tec...
#113 That New Plastic Smell: Science, Safety, and Solutions Why does new plastic smell so "aggressive"? Learn the science behind off-gassing, VOCs, and how to p...
#114 The Polypharmacy Puzzle: How Many Pills Are Too Many? Are we becoming more chemistry than biology? Herman and Corn explore the science of polypharmacy and...
#115 The Right to Breathe: Tobacco Policy and the Enforcement Gap Explore the global divide in tobacco control, from Ireland’s success to Israel’s enforcement gaps, a...
#116 The Science of Lazy Prompting: Why AI Still Gets You Ever wonder why AI understands your messy typos? Explore how models "denoise" chaotic input through ...
#117 From Keywords to Vectors: How AI Decodes Meaning Why can AI write poetry but struggle to find a file? Explore the history and math of semantic unders...
#118 AI in 2025: Is Small the New Big? If the cost is the same, should you always use the biggest AI model? Discover why smaller models oft...