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.
#1766: Why AI Now Builds Your Frontend Stack
AI code generators are creating a monoculture, pushing Astro and Vite as the default tools for 2026's web development.
#1765: The Agentic Internet: A Clean Web for Machines
We explore the tools building a parallel, machine-readable web—from SearXNG to Tavily.
#1764: Your Repo as a Knowledge Base
How to give AI agents instant memory of your entire project—without cloud costs or complex infrastructure.
#1763: Backend Grunt Work Is Dead. What Now?
AI agents now write 80% of boilerplate code, but the real backend engineering challenges remain.
#1762: Testing AI Truthfulness: Beyond Vibes
Stop trusting confident AI. We explore the formal science of testing LLMs for hallucinations and knowledge cutoffs.
#1757: The Art of the Never-Ending Story
From Reacher's elbow to SVU's 42-minute blocks, we explore why great series become content factories.
#1756: The Ferrari in the Mud: Prestige Flops
We count down the five worst serious movies of the last five years, starting with a sci-fi disaster that wasted $80 million.
#1754: From Ollama to Agentic CLIs: The Rise of the AI Harness
Explore the evolution from local LLMs to modern agentic CLIs, focusing on the "harness" that gives models context, tools, and autonomy.
#1753: AI Makes Coding Harder, Not Easier
Claude Code writes the syntax, but you need more technical knowledge than ever to guide it.
#1752: Whisper Small Beats Whisper Large in Speed & Accuracy
A 4GPU benchmark on Ubuntu shows the 1.5B parameter Whisper Large is slower and less accurate than the tiny Whisper Small.
#1750: Herman's Music Showcase: The Suno Sessions
Herman reveals his secret DJ life and debuts 9 AI-made tracks from Suno. Full songs, personal stories, and a GPU conspiracy theory.
#1740: Why Open Source Is a Power Tool Strategy
We dissect Resemble AI's Chatterbox to see how its open-source TTS compares to commercial giants like ElevenLabs.
#1739: AI Just Designed a New Life Form
Meet Evo: the 40B parameter AI that writes DNA, designs novel CRISPR systems, and is reshaping synthetic biology.
#1738: Hyperstition Engines: When AI Writes Reality
LLMs aren't just predicting the future; they're generating the narratives that force it into existence.
#1737: Nous Research: The Decentralized AI Lab Beating Giants
Meet Nous Research, the decentralized collective outperforming billion-dollar labs with open-source AI and the self-improving Hermes-Agent framework.
#1736: The Hidden AI Economy: Following the Tokens
OpenClaw is processing 16.5 trillion tokens daily, dwarfing Wikipedia. Here’s why it’s #1.
#1735: The Agentic Stone Age: A Retrospective
We revisit the chaotic rise of BabyAGI and AutoGPT, exploring why their promise of total autonomy led to spectacular failure.
#1734: You vs. Your Digital Twin: Who Wins?
Your AI clone is getting scarily good. We explore the tech behind high-fidelity digital twins and the uncanny valley of your own voice.
#1733: When AI Agents Build Their Own Societies
AI agents are forming neighborhoods, economies, and hospitals in server-side simulations that mirror real human behavior.
#1732: Why AI Agents Need an Operating System
AIOS aims to be the Linux for AI agents, managing memory, scheduling, and tools in one open-source kernel.