Intelligent Machines (Audio)

IM 830: I Pay A Gentleman on Etsy - Personal Superintelligence?

IM 829: The Yonkers Questions - What's New With NotebookLM

IM 828: Stochastic Carrots - Navigating the Future of AI

IM 827: Marco Rubio on Line 1 - The Promise of Personalized Software

IM 826: Cusp of Noodles - The AI Copyright Battle Heats Up

IM 825: The Evil Clown of Middletown - Death By Powerpoint

IM 824: Full-Body Air-Quotes - AI in Higher Education

In this episode of Intelligent Machines, Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Jeff Jarvis discuss the impact of AI on writing and academia with guest Matthew Kirschenbaum, a professor of English and AI. They explore how AI tools are being used in classrooms, the ethical considerations of AI-generated content, and the chal...

IM 823: Intelligent with Two Gs - Google Has a Fox Problem

IM 822: The One Man Unicorn - AI In Psychiatry

In this episode of Intelligent Machines, Leo Laporte, along with Paris Martineau and Jacob Ward, discuss the use of AI in psychotherapy with guest Daniel Oberhaus, author of "The Silicon Shrink," exploring the ethical questions, potential risks, and benefits of AI therapists. The conversation covers the shortage of men...

IM 821: Just Count the Server Racks - Veo 3 in Action

IM 820: Watch Your Wallet Jony - The Environmental Impact of LLMs

In this episode of Intelligent Machines, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau discuss a range of topics including Kate O'Neill's book on human-friendly tech decisions, the ethical implications of AI, facial recognition technology, Google's AI strategy, and the environmental impact of AI data centers. They also...

IM 819: Put The Fries in the Bag - Chaos at the Copyright Office

IM 818: Between Two Orbs - Meet Surf, Flipboard's Solution for a Fractured Social Web

IM 817: Wheel 101 - AI's Impact on Human Behavior

IM 816: Flappy Jeff - Harper Reed, Cluely, Bluesky Bluecheck

IM 815: Fire In the Hole! - Nikita Roy, Toxic Receipts, DolphinGemma

IM 814: Chesterton's Fence - Cory Doctorow, Fake Meta Benchmakrs, AI Therapy

IM 813: The Optimist - Keach Hagey, Twitter Leak, Skylight

IM 812: A Choir of Sentient Cabbages - Gary Rivlin, AGI Test, Section 230

This episode explores the history, current state, and future implications of artificial intelligence, particularly focusing on the role of prominent figures and companies in its development. Against the backdrop of AI's evolution from rule-based systems to neural networks, the discussion highlights the surprising backg...

IM 811: Flippin' the Bird - Anthony Aguirre, AI Safety, Hollywood vs. AI