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What Actually Matters for AI in 2026
Episode 629
On Thursday’s show, the DAS crew opened the new year by digging into the less discussed consequences of AI scaling, especially energy demand, infrast…
2 weeks ago
What We Got Right and Wrong About AI
Episode 628
On Wednesday’s show, the DAS crew wrapped up the year by reflecting on how AI actually showed up in day to day work during 2025, what expectations mi…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
When AI Helps and When It Hurts
Episode 627
On Tuesday’s show, the DAS crew discussed why AI adoption continues to feel uneven inside real organizations, even as models improve quickly. The con…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Why AI Still Feels Hard to Use
Episode 626
On Monday’s show, the DAS crew discussed how AI tools are landing inside real workflows, where they help, where they create friction, and why many te…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
It's Christmas in AI
Episode 624
Brian hosted this Christmas Day episode with Beth and Andy. The show was short and casual, Andy kicked off a quick set of headlines, then the convers…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Is AI Worth It Yet?
Episode 625
On Friday’s show, the DAS crew discussed what real AI productivity looks like in 2025, where agents still break down, and how the biggest platforms a…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Christmas Eve AI: From Robots to AI Toys Under the Tree
Episode 623
Jyunmi hosted this Christmas Eve episode with Beth, Andy, and Brian. The tone was lighter and more exploratory, mixing AI headlines with a holiday th…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
AI Creativity Explodes and ChatGPT Gets Misty-Eyed about 2025
Episode 622
The DAS crew opened with holiday week energy, reminders that the show would continue live through the end of the year, and light reflection on the Wa…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Reality of Human AI Collaboration
Episode 621
The show leaned less on rapid breaking news and more on synthesis, reviewing Andrej Karpathy’s 2025 LLM year in review, practical experiences with Cl…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Aesthetic Inflation Conundrum
In economics, if you print too much money, the value of the currency collapses. In sociology, there is a similar concept for beauty. Currently, physi…
3 weeks, 5 days ago