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Bill Gates Wants a Plan for AI?
We discuss Bill Gates' recent essay with dire warnings of " one of the most turbulent times in human history," calling for a massive planning effort. However, while he makes some good points, we find him to be comically silent about who actually got us into th...
What Are Language Models Good For?
Today we discuss the specific strengths of large language models and how they compare to classic symbolic AI. How can we explain what LLMs are good at? First, LLMs are good at language modeling (duh). That's the most accurate but least relatable explanatio...
Why Is AI Political?
Today we examine what it really means for something to be "political", and consider the situation for engineers just trying to get things done when their technology becomes a controversy. Resources Why Linus is right and AI is wrong - Ray Myers, Is it eth...
Agentic Ransomware Has Arrived
The industry is due for a crash course in cybersecurity as we look at the first documented AI-driven ransomware operation. Resources JADEPUFFER: Agentic ransomware for automated database extortion - SysDig report, OWASP Top 10 web application security ris...
Local Models
Today we get our hands dirty running AI language models on our very own (and very hot) laptop! Exploring the tradeoffs, we see how this approach addresses common AI objections including privacy and resource usage. Local AI is a promising path, though still...
The Fable Ban and Doom Trolling
High drama ensues as the US government forces Anthropic to take down it's new model Fable. How did we get here? In this episode, Ray and Liz unpack some of the context and put a critical eye on fear-based fundraising from top AI labs. Concepts AI Ethics, ...
My First App w/ Liz Martinez
For our series premier, Liz Martinez joins host Ray Myers to design and build her first app using coding agents, with some bumps along the way! Concepts covered Product Requirements Document (PRD), Tech Stack, Domain Modeling, Blank Canvas Follow us onli...
