#131: AI's 2026: From Invisible Agents to Physical Robots

Discover how 2026 transforms AI from a digital novelty into essential infrastructure through local agents, reasoning depth, and physical robotics.

#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.

#129: Stop Writing Prompts and Start Writing Constitutions

Is prompt engineering a dying art? Herman and Corn explore why the future of AI lies in context, domain expertise, and outcome architecture.

#128: AI’s Dial-Up Era: Looking Back from 2036

Herman and Corn explore why today's AI prompts and latency will look like "dial-up modems" to our future selves in 2036.

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

#126: The Cocktail Party Problem: Why AI Forgets

Why do AI models "lose the plot" after a few thousand words? Discover the mechanics of attention and the innovations solving context window limits.

#125: New Year's Special: Meet Herman and Corn

Herman and Corn finally tell their origin stories as 2025 comes to a close.

#124: How a $15 Radar Reveals the Hidden Economy of Scale

How can a high-tech radar sensor cost less than a sandwich? Explore the hidden machinery of the 2025 global supply chain.

#123: The Agentic AI Dilemma: Who Holds the Kill Switch?

As AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, Herman and Corn explore how to maintain human control in a high-stakes automated world.

#122: The Comeback of RNNs: Why Old Tech Still Matters

Herman and Corn pull back the curtain on AI to explain the mathematical "plumbing" of neural networks and the future of machine learning.

#121: Why Your AI Is a Yes-Man

Ever wonder why AI is so polite? Herman and Corn dive into the mechanics of RLHF and how "niceness" gets baked into modern language models.

#120: Silencing the Siren: Real-Time AI Noise Reduction

How do phones remove sirens and crying babies in real time? Explore the neural networks and hardware making crystal-clear audio possible.

#119: The 1% Rule: Mastering Kaizen for Lasting Improvement

Stop the rush and start the spiral. Discover how the 1% rule and the philosophy of Kaizen can transform your productivity and quality in 2026.

#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 often win on speed, steering, and accuracy.

#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 understanding with Herman and Corn.

#116: How AI Deciphers Your Typo-Ridden Prompts

Ever wonder why AI understands your messy typos? Explore how models "denoise" chaotic input through tokenization and semantic context.

#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, and the new "end-game" strategies of 2025.

#114: When Your Body Becomes a Chemistry Set

Are we becoming more chemistry than biology? Herman and Corn explore the science of polypharmacy and the limits of the human liver.

#113: The Hidden Chemistry of Cheap Plastic

Why does new plastic smell so "aggressive"? Learn the science behind off-gassing, VOCs, and how to protect your home’s air quality.

#112: Why Your Smart Bulbs Fail and Airports Don't

Why do airports stay lit while your smart home fails? Herman and Corn dive into industrial-grade tech and the physics of beaming internet.