Podcast Episodes

Episode 116 - Special episode: Warp Drive Is Physically Possible

Episode 116

Warp Drive: Scientists Say a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65653811/scientists-say-physical-warp-drive-is-now-possible

Published on 4 months ago

Episode 115 - Special episode: The 10x Engineer Myth

Episode 115

Requiem for a 10x Engineer Dreamhttps://www.architecture-weekly.com/p/requiem-for-a-10x-engineer-dream

Published on 4 months ago

Episode 114 - Special episode: Order from Noise: The Rise of Diffusion Models Creating order from digital noise.

Episode 114

Order from Noise: The Rise of Diffusion Models

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Published on 4 months ago

Episode 113 - Special episode: A Quantum Mess at 100 Exploring the complexities of quantum theory.

Episode 113

‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a-brain-bending-trip-to-quantum-theorys-100th-birthday-party-20…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Episode 112 - GPT-5 for all, Microsoft's Grok headache, Google's scam, and OpenAI's big bonuses.

Episode 112

OpenAI is releasing its new GPT-5 model for free to all ChatGPT users, bringing significant changes to the service, while also awarding multimillion-dollar bonuses to some employees. Microsoft is int…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Chapter 111 - Google's AI clicks, Meta's illegal data, GPT-5's promise, plus tech layoffs & billion-dollar deals.

Episode 111

Google states that integrating AI into its search has not negatively impacted website clicks and has even improved their quality. A jury found that Meta illegally collected menstrual data from users …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Episode 110 - Special episode: GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff

Episode 110

GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gpt-5-it-just-does-stuff

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Episode 109 - OpenAI's valuation, chip smuggling, Microsoft's blunder and the AI arms race

Episode 109

Microsoft is making OpenAI's new open model available on Windows, though its separate AI web initiative has encountered a security flaw. Meanwhile, OpenAI is reportedly planning a share sale at a pot…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Episode 108 - Spicy Grok, local AI, & game worlds, amid chip woes and tech mergers.

Episode 108

OpenAI has released a free, partially open-source GPT model that can run on a laptop, reportedly in response to competition. Google introduced Genie 3, an AI model that generates video game worlds in…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Episode 107 - Special episode: The Author as AI Designer

Episode 107

The Author as Designer: Distant Writing and Literary Creation in the Age of AI

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Published on 4 months, 1 week ago