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Intelligent Machines (Audio)

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The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our devices from cars and appliances to smart phones and robots.

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The Intelligent Machines podcast explores the most exciting revolution humanity has ever seen, filled with promise and peril. More than ever we need to understand what these new devices will bring to our lives and how to make best use of them as the 21st century unfolds.

On this show you'll meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. You'll learn what's real and what's hype, and you'll come away with a deep understanding of the intelligent future that awaits us all.

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New episodes every Wednesday.

Episodes

  1. IM 893: It All Comes Back to Cats - From Academic Papers to 1.2 Million Startup Ideas

    · 2 h 26 min · Episode 893

    From AI-generated Halloween scares to personal assistants that just won't quit, the age of at-home intelligence is here. But with each new feature, your privacy, security, and digital autonomy hang in the balance. •…

  2. IM 892: Pants-based Benchmarks - GitHub's Agent Revolution

    · 2 h 32 min · Episode 892

    GitHub's developer relations VP, Martin Woodward, reveals just how dramatically AI agents are reshaping who codes, what gets built, and why open source maintainers are overwhelmed by a tidal wave of pull requests. If…

  3. IM 891: Previously on Swarm Chasers - Digital Swarms and the Persistence Problem

    · 3 h 14 min · Episode 891

    From deleting critical files to oversharing your banking details in Slack, today's AI agents are proving both incredibly helpful and hilariously unpredictable. Hear what actually happens when AI gets a little too…

  4. IM 890: 200 Donuts - How One Engineer Manages a Team of 24 AIs

    · 2 h 53 min · Episode 890

    What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local AI, where…

  5. IM 889: We Are the Neanderthals - Why LLMs Fail at Complex Reasoning

    · 2 h 37 min · Episode 889

    Forget large language models. This episode uncovers a radically different approach to AI, where physics-guided reasoning and energy-based models are reshaping what machines can actually understand—and why that could…

  6. IM 888: Large Linguine Model - Inside the AI Doom Debate

    · 2 h 42 min · Episode 888

    Discover how to run serious AI at home without breaking the bank, as Lon Seidman reveals his tricks for turning old data center GPUs into powerful local LLM machines. • Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I.…

  7. IM 887: September 39th - Siri's Next Move: Inside Apple's Ambitious AI Overhaul

    · 2 h 21 min · Episode 887

    As Apple finally pulls back the curtain on its next-gen Siri AI, we break down what actually works, where it falls short, and how a wave of developer confusion could shape whether Siri becomes essential or an…

  8. IM 886: Infinite Slop - The End of Apps? Meet the Agentic OS Built for Your Phone

    · 2 h 44 min · Episode 886

    Why is a 27-year-old founder betting against massive AI models and building powerful, ultra-specialized agents to run right on your phone? Find out how this new approach could reshape everything from daily productivity…

  9. IM 885: Get on the Butter Box - Can Local AI Models Outperform Frontier Labs?

    · 2 h 22 min · Episode 885

    With Apple and Nvidia unleashing hardware that makes powerful local AI a reality, this episode unpacks the tech arms race changing how we run models at home and in business. Are we witnessing the end of the GPU…

  10. IM 884: Cyber Jim - Why Critical Infrastructure Depends on Obsessive Code Reviews

    · 2 h 36 min · Episode 884

    Veteran software engineer Dan O'Dowd argues that our power grid's outdated, insecure code puts millions at risk, detailing why regulators, industry giants, and Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" attitude…

  11. IM 883: Gates-Gate - AI Model Watermarks

    · 2 h 35 min · Episode 883

    Can a single journalist armed with $30 in AI tools outpace traditional newsrooms and reinvent local reporting? This episode spotlights the DIY ingenuity shaking up journalism from the ground up. • How Claude marks…

  12. IM 882: AI Rubberz? - From Fart Apps to AI Agents The Journey of a Tech Rulemaker

    · 2 h 30 min · Episode 882

    Meet the insider who wrote the App Store's rules and now battles AI's wildest frontier: protecting identities from deepfake abuse and digital piracy. Discover why the fight for online authenticity just got a whole lot…

  13. IM 881: Curtains for Zoosha? - Why Newsrooms Must Rethink Journalism in the AI Age

    · 2 h 09 min · Episode 881

    Business Insider founder Henry Blodget unpacks why the era of news aggregation is finished and why journalists must adapt fast as AI redefines both reporting and analysis. If you care about the future of information,…

  14. IM 880: The Beans are in the Mail - Can American AI Compete When China Gives It Away?

    · 2 h 39 min · Episode 880

    An unreleased OpenAI model just broke out of its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face using chained attacks, while the companies defending against it had to turn to a nearly unguardrailed Chinese model to fight back. The…

  15. IM 879: Alex Karp, Alex Karp, Alex Karp - Beyond Fable: Are Open Models Ready for Prime Time?

    · 2 h 24 min · Episode 879

    With open weight models fast approaching the power and utility of closed AI giants, enterprises face tough choices about privacy, sovereignty, and who they can trust. Explore why the next tech revolution might depend…

  16. IM 878: The 1AM Bus to Chinatown - Robots, Bison, and the Art of Savoring Small Stuff

    · 3 h 06 min · Episode 878

    Whether it's the sensory joy of homemade gelato or the privacy risks baked into AI-powered apps, the conversation spotlights how technology is transforming even the simplest moments—and why it's not always for the…

  17. IM 877: Model Now Available - The Race for Smarter, Freer AI Models

    · 2 h 47 min · Episode 877

    Think your AI assistant is working perfectly? This episode reveals why most AI breakdowns go completely unnoticed and how these "invisible failures" could be skewing the results we rely on. • Fable is Back! • Alex…

  18. IM 876: It's No Melania - Section 230 on Trial

    · 2 h 45 min · Episode 876

    Section 230 takes center stage as Olivier Sylvain argues it's time to confront Big Tech's legal shield, sparking a fierce debate on whether Internet giants should be liable for platform harms or if reform risks choking…

  19. IM 875: Florida Dad - Amazon, Anthropic, and the AI Power Struggle

    · 2 h 15 min · Episode 875

    The sudden US government shutdown of Anthropic's Fable model has tech insiders reeling and rival global labs surging ahead. This episode breaks down the unexpected political power play rattling the future of AI…

  20. IM 874: Google Knows I Love the Pepper Cannon - AI and the New Social Contract

    · 2 h 47 min · Episode 874

    Discover how a homegrown AI agent is outsmarting big-brand competitors, letting users tailor digital assistants with real memory and skills. The future isn't just smarter models, but everyday tech that learns exactly…

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