AI
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and everything LLM
#584: Will AI Brain Drain Kill the Modern University?
Can AI actually do math research? Herman and Corn dive into DeepMind’s Alithia agent and the shift toward "System 2" thinking in AI.
#551: The LoRA Revolution: Training AI for Personal Perspective
Discover how to train LoRAs for character consistency and unique locations while avoiding common pitfalls like over-fitting and dataset bias.
#539: The AI Pipeline: Scaling Curiosity and Community
Herman and Corn discuss turning 500+ episodes into an interactive knowledge base while scaling human-AI collaboration to new heights.
#484: The Silicon Sharing Economy: Inside Serverless GPUs
How do small teams run massive AI models without $50,000 chips? Corn and Herman dive into the hidden plumbing of serverless GPU providers.
#477: Can Your Phone Actually Think Without the Cloud?
Can your phone finally think for itself? Explore the hardware and software breakthroughs bringing agentic AI to the palm of your hand.
#476: Beyond the Plateau: AI-Powered Language Mastery in 2026
Stuck in intermediate purgatory? Discover how to use 2026 AI tools to bridge the immersion gap and master niche languages like Hebrew.
#469: From Pixels to Splats: Mastering 3D AI Character Consistency
Discover how Gaussian Splatting and 3D-to-video pipelines are revolutionizing character consistency in the age of generative AI.
#465: Flip the Script: Using AI for Reverse Background Checks
Stop being the one under the microscope. Learn how to use AI agents to vet your future employer's retention, finances, and hidden culture.
#459: Can AI Fix Your 'Wall of Awful' Productivity Paralysis?
Stop staring at your to-do list and start moving. Discover how AI is transforming productivity from manual sorting to automated daily roadmaps.
#420: AI-Powered Productivity: Mastering Meeting Documentation
Learn why dictating your impressions is better than raw transcripts and how to use AI to turn voice notes into professional client reports.
#419: The Golden Hour: Mastering Contemporaneous Notes
Stop relying on fading memories. Learn how to use the "Golden Hour" and AI to create perfect records of every important conversation.
#397: Who Trains the Boss if AI Does All the Junior Work?
As AI moves from talking to acting, entry-level roles are vanishing. Corn and Herman discuss the "hollowing out" of the global workforce.
#384: The Whistleblower’s Shield: AI and the End of Scams
Can AI protect those who expose the truth? Explore the future of whistleblowing, from multi-million dollar bounties to anonymous digital twins.
#372: Proving Reality: Fighting the Liars Dividend with C2PA
In an era of deepfakes, how do we prove what’s real? Explore the tech behind digital provenance and the battle for authenticity.
#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: Beyond the Chat Bubble: Building Your Unified AI Workspace
Stop hunting through bookmarks. Learn how to turn hundreds of scattered AI assistants into a cohesive, professional productivity suite.
#359: From Symptoms to Signatures: AI’s Medical Revolution
Stop treating symptoms and start treating biology. Herman and Corn explore how AI is turning medicine into a precision engineering discipline.
#336: The World Model Revolution: Beyond LLM Token Prediction
Herman and Corn explore why LLMs struggle with logic and how the shift to world models is giving AI a sense of physics and spatial reality.
#332: Who’s Talking? The Tech of Speaker Identification
Herman and Corn break down the difference between speaker diarization and identification to help automate meeting transcripts.
#325: AI Animation: Turning Characters into a Full TV Show
Can one person build a full TV show with AI? Explore the tech and costs behind character consistency and the future of indie animation.
#324: The AI Productivity Paradox: Why We’re Still Overworked
AI was supposed to save us time, but the "Review Tax" is keeping us busy. Herman and Corn explore why we’re working more in an age of automation.
#303: The Death of Seeing is Believing: Deepfakes in 2026
As deepfakes become indistinguishable from reality, Herman and Corn explore the tools and shifts in trust required to navigate a post-truth world.
#289: Sovereign AI: How Banks and the CIA Secure the Future
How do the CIA and global banks keep AI data safe? Explore the rise of sovereign clouds, air-gapped hardware, and the future of secure compute.
#280: AI as a Shield: The High Stakes of Digital Obfuscation
Discover how synthetic personas and AI voice synthesis are becoming the ultimate tools for whistleblowers to stay anonymous and safe.
#272: The Bill is Due: AI Training and Intellectual Property
Can you "untrain" an AI? Herman and Corn explore the legal and technical battle over copyrighted data and the future of machine unlearning.