The Envoy Conundrum
If and when we make contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence, the first impression we make will determine the fate of our species. We will have to send an envoy—a representative to communicate wh...
13 Dec 202537min
Using ChatGPT 5.2? Better watch this first!
They opened energized and focused almost immediately on GPT 5.2, why the benchmarks matter less than behavior, and what actually feels different when you build with it. Brian shared that he spent four...
12 Dec 20251h 1min
Space Data Centers, Disney Sora Deal, and Shopify’s AI Shoppers
They opened with holiday lights, late year energy, and a quick check on December model rumors like Chestnut, Hazelnut, and Meta’s Avocado. They joked about AI naming moving from space themes to food t...
11 Dec 20251h 6min
Japan Claims AGI, Pentagon Adopts Gemini, and MIT Designs New Medicines
They opened by framing the day around AI headlines and how each story connects to work, government, infrastructure, and long term consequences of rapidly advancing systems. The first major story cente...
10 Dec 20251h 2min
Google AR Glasses, Agentic Browser Warnings, and the Fight for Local News
The news segment kicked off with Google leaks, OpenAI’s rumored point releases, and new Google AR glasses expected in 2026. From there, the conversation turned into privacy concerns, surveillance risk...
9 Dec 202556min
Poetic’s Win, OpenAI Pressure, and a Messy Week for Consumer AI
The team recapped the show’s long streak and promised live holiday episodes no matter the date. The conversation then shifted into lawsuits against Perplexity, paywalled content scraping, global copyr...
8 Dec 20251h
The Messy Middle Conundrum
For all of human history, "competence" required struggle. To become a writer, you had to write bad drafts. To become a coder, you had to spend hours debugging. To become an architect, you had to draw ...
6 Dec 202527min
Anthropic Finds AI Answers with Interviewer
The show moved quickly into news, starting with the leaked Anthropic SOUL document and Geoffrey Hinton’s comments about Google surpassing OpenAI. From there, the discussion covered December model rumo...
5 Dec 202554min
