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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 826: Cusp of Noodles - The AI Copyright Battle Heats Up
    Jul 3 2025
    • Interview with Board Member of Cloudflare, John Graham-Cumming
    • My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
    • Two Judges, Same District, Opposite Conclusions: The Messy Reality Of AI Training Copyright Cases
    • How I Use AI To Help With Techdirt (And, No, It's Not Writing Articles)
    • Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you
    • The Internet Needs Sex
    • Senate drops plan to ban state AI laws
    • Adam Thierer reacts
    • Denmark To Tackle Deepfakes By Giving People Copyright To Their Own Features - Slashdot
    • The Velvet Sundown are a seemingly AI-generated band with 325k Spotify listeners
    • People are using AI to 'sit' with them while they trip on psychedelics
    • China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match
    • AI virtual personality YouTubers, or 'VTubers,' are earning millions
    • AI helps find formula for paint to keep buildings cooler
    • Microsoft's New AI Tool Outperforms Doctors 4-to-1 in Diagnostic Accuracy - Slashdot
    • It's Known as 'The List'—and It's a Secret File of AI Geniuses
    • The AI Company Zuckerberg Just Poured $14 Billion Into Is Reportedly a Clown Show of Ludicrous Incompetence
    • We used Veo to animate archive photography from the Harley-Davidson Museum
    • G/O Media Winds Down by Selling Kotaku, One of Its Last Sites
    • Roadside America Dot Com
    • Cluely pitches itself as undectable AI
    • Lorde's new album: Virgin
    • AI recipe creation

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: John Graham-Cumming

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    2 hrs and 36 mins
  • 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

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