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Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

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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. Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Politics & Government
Episodes
  • IM 825: The Evil Clown of Middletown - Death By Powerpoint
    Jun 26 2025
    • Interview with Richard Gingras
    • Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books
    • Authors Are Posting TikToks to Protest AI Use in Writing—and to Prove They Aren't Doing It
    • Meta, Amazon, and more want 10-year ban on states regulating AI
    • Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue | TechCrunch
    • OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of enabling the creation of biological weapons and says it is stepping up testing of such models
    • My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts
    • Is AI the End of Dating Apps?
    • Can You Really Have a Romantic Relationship With AI?
    • gist.ai
    • Jeff talks about the new AI Chromebook
    • Veo sinkhole videos
    • Wiki Radio 📻
    • Tennis robot
    • The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003
    • Zuck's new specs

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Richard Gingras

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    3 hrs and 6 mins
  • IM 824: Full-Body Air-Quotes - AI in Higher Education
    Jun 19 2025
    • Interview with Matthew Kirschenbaum
    • Chatterbox TTS - a Hugging Face Space by ResembleAI
    • Here's the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA Finals
    • Boston Dynamics robots dance to 'Don't Stop Me Now' for 'America's Got Talent' audition
    • Oracle CEO Says OpenAI's Stargate Venture 'Not Formed Yet'
    • OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder
    • They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
    • Smart Lamp Keeps Students On Track With Image Recognition
    • Google's Gemini panicked when playing Pokémon
    • Inside the AI Party at the End of the World
    • AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games
    • L'Oréal Taps Nvidia Tech to Supercharge Its AI Efforts
    • They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals
    • Brooklyn TK

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Matthew Kirschenbaum

    Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines.

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    2 hrs and 12 mins
  • IM 823: Intelligent with Two G's - Google Has a Fox Problem
    Jun 12 2025
    • Interview with Stephen Witt
    • Altman's Gentle Singularity
    • Sutskever video: start at 5:50-6:40
    • Paris on Apple Glass
    • OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
    • Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm for Copyright Infringement
    • Apple paper: The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity
    • Futurism on the paper
    • Could AI make a Scorsese movie? Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky discuss
    • YouTube Loosens Rules Guiding the Moderation of Videos
    • Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue 'Superintelligence'
    • Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users' web browsing identifiers
    • Amazon 'testing humanoid robots to deliver packages'
    • Google battling 'fox infestation' on roof of £1bn London office
    • 23andMe's Former CEO Pushes Purchase Price Nearly $50 Million Higher
    • Code to control vocal production with hands
    • Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two public companies by next year
    • Social media creators to overtake traditional media in ad revenue this year

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Stephen Witt

    Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines.

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    3 hrs and 12 mins

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