AI
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and everything LLM
#130: The Benchmark Battle: Decoding the Rise of Chinese AI
Are Chinese AI models actually beating the West, or just gaming the system? Herman and Corn dive into the reality of modern AI benchmarks.
#129: Stop Writing Prompts and Start Writing Constitutions
Is prompt engineering a dying art? Herman and Corn explore why the future of AI lies in context, domain expertise, and outcome architecture.
#128: AI’s Dial-Up Era: Looking Back from 2036
Herman and Corn explore why today's AI prompts and latency will look like "dial-up modems" to our future selves in 2036.
#126: The Spotlight Effect: Understanding AI Attention Mechanisms
Why do AI models "lose the plot" after a few thousand words? Discover the mechanics of attention and the innovations solving context window limits.
#123: The Agentic AI Dilemma: Who Holds the Kill Switch?
As AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, Herman and Corn explore how to maintain human control in a high-stakes automated world.
#122: Deep Learning Decoded: The Math Behind the Machine
Herman and Corn pull back the curtain on AI to explain the mathematical "plumbing" of neural networks and the future of machine learning.
#121: Decoding RLHF: Why Your AI is So Annoyingly Nice
Ever wonder why AI is so polite? Herman and Corn dive into the mechanics of RLHF and how "niceness" gets baked into modern language models.
#120: Silencing the Siren: Real-Time AI Noise Reduction
How do phones remove sirens and crying babies in real time? Explore the neural networks and hardware making crystal-clear audio possible.
#118: AI in 2025: Is Small the New Big?
If the cost is the same, should you always use the biggest AI model? Discover why smaller models often win on speed, steering, and accuracy.
#117: From Keywords to Vectors: How AI Decodes Meaning
Why can AI write poetry but struggle to find a file? Explore the history and math of semantic understanding with Herman and Corn.
#116: The Science of Lazy Prompting: Why AI Still Gets You
Ever wonder why AI understands your messy typos? Explore how models "denoise" chaotic input through tokenization and semantic context.
#111: Beyond Transformers: Solving the AI Memory Crisis
Why does AI forget your conversation every time you hit enter? Herman and Corn dive into the "stateless" nature of LLMs and the future of memory.
#110: Building the Ultimate Local AI Inference Server
Learn how to build a high-performance local AI server for agentic coding, from dual-GPU PC builds to the power of Mac's unified memory.
#109: Teaching AI to Hear: Solving the Custom Dictionary Dilemma
Tired of AI mishearing brand names? Learn how to build efficient custom dictionaries for Gemini 1.5 without breaking the bank.
#108: The Mystery of Model Rot: Why Your AI Code Assistant Changes
Why do AI models lose their edge over time? Herman and Corn explore the "home team advantage" and why telling your AI to "do better" actually works.
#107: The $5.5 Million Breakthrough: DeepSeek’s AI Disruption
Discover how DeepSeek-V3 is disrupting the AI market with massive cost savings and technical innovations like Multi-Head Latent Attention.
#106: Why Your AI Needs a Mouse and a Universal Power Strip
Can an AI actually use your mouse? Herman and Corn dive into the world of Computer Use Agents and the dream of seamless machine interaction.
#105: Beyond Math Puzzles: The Truth About AI Benchmarks
Are AI models getting smarter, or just better at memorizing tests? Herman and Corn dive into the controversial world of 2025 AI benchmarks.
#104: Vibe Coding & The Rise of the AI Orchestrator
Explore the shift from manual coding to AI orchestration. Discover why "vibe coding" is redefining the tech roles of the future.
#103: The Future of Coding: Is Your Brain Wired for AI?
Is programming difficulty objective, or is it all about your brain's wiring? Herman and Corn explore the "cognitive fit" of coding in 2025.