Perplexity
AI-powered answer engine that cites sources
Episodes
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#6137: Two Ways a Chinese Open Model Gets CensoredSame weights, different landlord: how to tell a serving-time filter from censorship baked into the model itself. -
#5949: Inside Deep Research Agents: Claims, Citations, and the 84.7% Orchestrator ProblemWhy 84.7% of citation errors originate at the orchestrator — and how a claim ledger fixes it. -
#4391: Why Your AI Chat History Has No Real BackupYour ChatGPT conversations are your external brain—and you can lose them with a single expired credit card. -
#4315: The Research Trap: When Homework Makes You BuyResearch creates a psychological obligation to buy. Here's how to decouple investigation from transaction. -
#3241: How to Write a Product Spec That Makes AI Find You the OneStop typing three words into Google. The SPEC framework helps AI find exactly what you need. -
#2181: When RAG Becomes an AgentRAG in chatbots is simple retrieval. RAG in agents is a multi-step decision loop. Here's what actually changes. -
#1908: The Web's New Bouncer: When to Block AI BotsAI bots are crawling the web like a bank heist. Are Cloudflare's new controls protecting your content, or just helping Google? -
#1765: The Agentic Internet: A Clean Web for MachinesWe explore the tools building a parallel, machine-readable web—from SearXNG to Tavily. -
#948: Can AI Search Survive the Fog of War and SEO Spam?Explore how AI is moving from static models to real-time data and whether specialized search tools can survive the rise of the tech giants. -
#937: The Cognitive Load: Designing Software for Every BrainIs minimalism making software harder to use? Explore how cognitive diversity and adaptive interfaces are reshaping the future of UX design. -
#753: Beyond SEO: The Guide to Agentic Behavior OptimizationMove beyond search engines and learn how to make your website the primary source for the next generation of AI agents. -
#752: Will AI Kill the Click? Why Search Is Becoming InvisibleStop shouting nouns at a screen. Discover how AI is turning the "ten blue links" into a conversational assistant that understands your intent. -
#85: When Probability Beats Truth: Why AI Must LieWhy do smart AI systems make up fake facts? Corn and Herman explore the "feature" of digital hallucinations and how to spot them.