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Intelligent Machines (Audio)

The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our devices from cars and appliances to smart phones and robots. The Intelligent Machines podcast explores the most exciting revolution humanity has ever seen, filled with promise and peril. More than ever we need to understand what these new devices will bring to our lives and how to make best use of them as the 21st century unfolds. On this show you'll meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. You'll learn what's real and what's hype, and you'll come away with a deep understanding of the intelligent future that awaits us all. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes every Wednesday.

Episodes

IM 858: The Itinerant Salt Miner from Buffalo - Silicon Valley's Military Dilemma

18 Feb 2026

2h 51m

IM 857: Taskrabbit Arbitrage - Disposable Code and Automation

11 Feb 2026

2h 46m

IM 856: SecretlyBriti.sh - From Humans to Hive Minds

04 Feb 2026

IM 855: When You're Right, You're Right - Why Firefox Still Matters

28 Jan 2026

2h 30m

IM 854: Welcome to the Pitt - AI: A Brand or a Breakthrough?

21 Jan 2026

2h 17m

IM 853: All The Clocks Were Wrong - The Rise and Fall of Fact-Checking

14 Jan 2026

2h 54m

IM 852: Gluten-free Slop - AI at CES 2026

07 Jan 2026

2h 39m

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The hosts of Intelligent Machines kick off 2026 by analyzing AI trends from CES, including NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform, its implications for AI training costs, and the shift towards enterprise applications. The discussion explores the rise of "physical AI" in robots, particularly those aimed at children, and the ethic...

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Episodes

IM 870: Meet Me In Alaska - Are AI Content Filters Changing What We Read?

IM 869: My Sentience is Going Up - Chatbots in Charge

IM 868: Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea - Can You Really Own Your AI?

IM 867: The Ketchup Effect - The Lines Are Too Damn Long

IM 866: I'm Bonkers for Yonkers - Is Coding Dead?

IM 865: Mythic - Too Dangerous to Release?

IM 864: And Artemis Too - Journalism In The Age Of AI

IM 863: Fire and Ash - Hot Takes on Tech Trials

IM 862: Ménage à Claude - AI, Human Agency, and Economic Value

IM 861: We Have Computer At Home - Coffee and the Rise of the Machines

IM 860: You Gotta Get Computer - Claude Surges to No. 1

IM 859: What's Behind the Fox? - Tech's Gilded Age