Context and Memory
299 episodes · Page 11 of 13
#1085: The Tokenization Lie: How AI Actually Processes Media
Think 1,000 tokens equals 750 words? For audio and video, that rule is a lie. Discover the hidden math behind multimodal AI.
#1081: The K-V Cache: Solving AI’s Invisible Memory Tax
Why does your AI get slower as you chat? Discover the K-V cache, the invisible bottleneck of generative AI, and how we're fixing it in 2026.
#1080: From Prompt to Intent: The Claude Opus Roadmap
Explore the engineering roadmap from Claude 4.6 to 5.0 as AI evolves from a simple chatbot into a fully autonomous cognitive partner.
#1078: The Agentic Throughput Gap: Why Your AI Hits a Wall
Stop hitting 429 errors. We explore why AI agents crash into rate limits and how to build high-throughput systems that never sleep.
#1076: The Agentic Friction: Solving the MCP Restart Tax
Why do we have to restart AI sessions just to add a tool? We dive into the "restart tax" and the future of Dynamic Tool Discovery.
#992: Beyond the Digital Sandwich: The Future of Voice AI
Is speech recognition dead? Explore how multimodal models are replacing the "digital sandwich" with true intent-based reasoning.
#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.
#917: When AI Agents Hit the Context Wall
Herman and Corn dive into Cloud Code and nested AI agents. Can "agent mirror organizations" solve the context window crisis?
#846: Beyond the Vector: Building Long-Standing AI Memory
Stop relying on basic vector search. Discover how Graph RAG and RAPTOR are creating AI systems with true long-standing memory.
#810: The Agentic Interview: How AI Learns to Know You
Stop dumping data. Discover how agentic interviews are transforming AI from a passive listener into a proactive, structured partner.
#809: Beyond the Prompt: The Shift to AI Context Engineering
Is prompt engineering still magic, or just plumbing? Explore why the field is shifting toward context engineering and systematic evaluation.
#795: From Chat to Do: The Rise of Autonomous AI Agents
Explore the shift from simple chatbots to agentic swarms and how sub-agent delegation is solving the problem of context degradation.
#753: Beyond SEO: The Guide to Agentic Behavior Optimization
Move 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 Invisible
Stop shouting nouns at a screen. Discover how AI is turning the "ten blue links" into a conversational assistant that understands your intent.
#699: Can AI Get the Joke? Sarcasm, Irony, and LLM Nuance
Discover how AI learns to spot sarcasm and avoid being a "Clippy" through the power of latent space and human feedback.
#665: Inside the Stack: The Hidden Layers of Every AI Prompt
Ever wonder what happens after you hit enter? Discover the hidden "stack" of instructions and memories shaping every AI response.
#650: When AI Thinks Longer, Not Bigger
Explore how Gemini 3.0’s Deep Think mode shifts AI from "fast" reflexes to "deliberate" reasoning to solve complex quantum physics problems.
#633: Memory Wars: The Future of Local Agentic AI
Can your PC handle the next wave of AI agents? Herman and Corn dive into VRAM, quantization, and the future of running LLMs locally.
#600: When AI Becomes a Socratic Mirror
Forget basic quizzes. Discover how Socratic AI agents and embedding spaces are helping us map our deepest political and philosophical beliefs.
#598: Audio Engineering as Prompt Engineering: Better Sound, Better AI
Can better audio quality actually make an AI smarter? Discover how audio post-production functions as a new form of prompt engineering.
#539: Turning a Podcast into a Searchable Knowledge Base
Herman and Corn discuss turning 500+ episodes into an interactive knowledge base while scaling human-AI collaboration to new heights.
#477: The Hard Trade-Offs of On-Device AI Agents
Can your phone finally think for itself? Explore the hardware and software breakthroughs bringing agentic AI to the palm of your hand.
#371: Beyond the Etch A Sketch: Building Persistent AI Memory
Why treat AI chats like disposable tissues? Discover how to turn years of prompts into a self-healing, evolving digital brain.
#367: Escaping the Chat Bubble Trap
Stop hunting through bookmarks. Learn how to turn hundreds of scattered AI assistants into a cohesive, professional productivity suite.