AI
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and everything LLM
#671: Keys to the Kingdom: Securing AI Model Weights
How do AI labs share their models without losing the secret sauce? Explore the tech keeping Claude secure in the Pentagon’s hands.
#670: Open Source vs. Open Weights: The AI Branding Illusion
Is your AI truly open? Herman and Corn break down the critical difference between open source and open weights in the age of LLMs.
#667: The Agency Evolution: From AI-Washing to AI-First
Explore how professional agencies survived the AI gold rush to emerge as "workflow architects" in this deep dive into the 2026 landscape.
#666: Why It Costs More to Talk to AI in Your Native Tongue
Is AI truly universal, or are we trapped in an English-speaking bubble? Discover how the "tokenization tax" impacts global AI equity.
#665: Inside the Stack: The Hidden Layers of Every AI Prompt
Ever wonder what happens after you hit enter? Discover the hidden "stack" of instructions and memories shaping every AI response.
#664: AI’s Cultural Fingerprints: Training Data vs. Reinforcement
Is AI a neutral oracle or a mirror of our biases? Explore how training data and human feedback shape the cultural "soul" of modern models.
#652: The Art of Hopeful Pausing: AI Logic vs. Human Reality
Exploring the gap between AI's logic leaps and the slow pace of physical reality. How do we stay hopeful without losing ourselves in the wait?
#651: Decoding the Blueprint: An Expert Guide to AI Model Cards
Stop skipping the fine print. Herman and Corn reveal how to read AI model cards like a pro to spot true innovation and hidden flaws.
#650: Can AI Solve Physics Problems It Never Learned?
Explore how Gemini 3.0’s Deep Think mode shifts AI from "fast" reflexes to "deliberate" reasoning to solve complex quantum physics problems.
#639: The Future of Survival: UBI in the Age of Agentic AI
As AI transforms the workforce, Herman and Corn explore if Universal Basic Income is a radical dream or a pragmatic necessity for survival.
#633: Memory Wars: The Future of Local Agentic AI
Can your PC handle the next wave of AI agents? Herman and Corn dive into VRAM, quantization, and the future of running LLMs locally.
#628: GPT-5.2: 12 Hours of Reason and the Future of AGI
GPT-5.2 spent 12 hours reasoning to solve a novel quantum physics proof. Is this the dawn of AGI or just a very sophisticated calculator?
#624: The AI Kill Chain: Inside the Palantir-Anthropic War Room
Explore how Palantir and Anthropic’s Claude are redefining modern warfare, from the raid in Venezuela to the future of the digital battlefield.
#608: The RAMpocalypse: Why AI is Starving Your PC
Why is a 32GB RAM kit now $400? Herman and Corn dive into how OpenAI is gobbling up 40% of the world's memory supply for its "Stargate" project.
#600: The AI Mirror: Mapping Your Philosophy and Identity
Forget basic quizzes. Discover how Socratic AI agents and embedding spaces are helping us map our deepest political and philosophical beliefs.
#599: AI Hunted Soviet Subs Long Before It Wrote Your Emails
AI didn't start in 2022. Discover the 70-year history of the "invisible" systems that have been quietly running our world for decades.
#593: Manufacturing Consent: How AI Scales Digital Deception
Is your feed real? Herman and Corn explore how AI is turning simple botnets into indistinguishable, high-stakes digital personas.
#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.