Intelligent Machines (Audio)

IM 810: A Liter of Computronium - Ray Kurzweil, Amazon's Robots, Cheating AI

IM 809: Fun Mustache - Gary Marcus, Digg Returns, AI.com

IM 808: Stephen Wolfram - AI Inspo, Nvidia Signs, Grok Sexy Mode

This episode of Intelligent Machines focuses on the implications of AI in various fields, particularly its capabilities and limitations compared to human intelligence. The show begins with an interview with Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, discussing the differences between AI and machine lea...

IM 807: My Life in Tokens - The Founders of Bee.Computer, Majorana 1, Grok 3

IM 806: I'm Piffed - Musk Vs. Altman, YouTube on TV, WikiTok

This episode of Intelligent Machines discusses the increasing influence of tech leaders in government, focusing on Elon Musk's actions and their potential constitutional implications. The hosts then transition to a discussion about YouTube's shift towards TV as the primary viewing device, exploring user habits and the...

IM 805: Doomers, Gloomers, Bloomers, and Zoomers - Zack Kass Interview, DeepSeek Hype, EU AI Act

This episode of "Intelligent Machines" (formerly "This Week in Google") discusses the rapid advancements in AI and its implications. The show features an interview with Zack Kass, former head of Go-to-Market at OpenAI, who advocates for AI accelerationism, followed by a panel discussion on AI news, including the hype ...

TWiG 804: Big Potato - Death Roulette, Influencer Voice, HillmanTok

TWiG 803: Dadscrolling - Stargate, SkyTok, Chromebook Facial Control

TWiG 802: A Sycophant in Your Pocket - Supreme Court Briefs, Leo's New AI Toys

This panel discussion centers on the legal challenges facing TikTok and Pornhub, specifically concerning First Amendment rights and national security concerns. The podcast begins with an introduction of the hosts and a special guest attorney, Cathy Gellis, who attended the Supreme Court oral arguments on the TikTok cas...

TWiG 801: Human Beans - Meta Stops Fact-Checking, Public Domain 2025

TWiG 800: The Best of 2024 - Tree Pruning 101, Cow Magnets, The Skin

TWiG 799: What's A Basketball? - 1-800-CHATGPT, TPLink, TikTok Ban

In this week's special year-end episode of This Week in Google, the hosts dive into several significant topics. They explore the upcoming Supreme Court case on the TikTok ban, raise concerns about the prevalence of Chinese-made TP-Link routers in the US, and discuss the impact of the growing number of internet-connecte...

TWiG 798: Great for Soup - Veo, Willow, The Onion & Infowars

This week's episode of the This Week in Google podcast dives into exciting developments in AI, starting with Google's integration of Gemini Advanced into its search functions and OpenAI's recent 12 Days of AI releases. The hosts also explore Apple's struggles in the AI arena, a controversial announcement from Google ab...

TWiG 797: Nil Coin: It's Good For Nothing - Hawk Tuah, Australia's Social Media, Brain Rot

TWiG 796: Holding Space for Defying Gravity - Pixel Tablet 2, Facial Recognition Tech, Social Media

TWiG 795: Alf's Hog is Skeeting - Google Chrome, Bluesky, Coca-Cola

TWiG 794: License to Prune - Zuck Jams, Claude + Palantir , Banjo Toss

TWiG 793: The Aftermath - The Effect of the 2024 US Election on Tech

TWiG 792: 5 to 10 People at your Door - Alphabet Earnings, RIP Foursquare, McFlurries

TWiG 791: There's a Pony In There Somewhere - C2PA, Character.ai Lawsuit, Polish AI Radio