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10 years after studying at Stanford, two friends have somehow become AI experts. One builds startups, the other studies at Cambridge - together they break down LLMs and machine learning with zero BS and maximum banter.

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Do data centers really drink the water table dry? Pierce breaks down the three ways they shed heat, why the scary viral stats are less lies than motivated framing, and how tax breaks lure these things into the country's most parched counties. Then: M... more

Apple announced Siri AI at Tim Cook's final WWDC keynote as CEO - then told Europe it won't ship there, because the EU's Digital Markets Act would force Apple to hand any third-party AI nearly unlimited, autonomous access to your phone. We break down... more

OpenAI just replaced ChatGPT's memory with a background process that literally dreams about your conversations. We break down Dreaming V3 and why rebranding cron jobs as "dreaming" might actually be the future of AI memory, what Jensen Huang's RTX Sp... more

Microsoft canceled their Claude Code licenses after the finance team saw the bill, and Anthropic somehow posted its first ever profitable quarter on $10.9 billion in revenue the same week. We break down why token pricing is collapsing (Gemini Flash i... more

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Recent Guests

Rob Reich
Professor of social ethics of science and technology at Stanford; former associate director of the Institute for Human-Centered AI; involved in AI safety and policy.
Stanford University
Episode: We Are Sleepwalking Into An AI Crisis
Catherine Goetz
AI influencer
Episode: AI Layoffs Just Went Mainstream
Cath Goetze
A popular creator known as CathGPT Online
CatGPT Online
Episode: AI Is Less Popular Than Congress with CatGPT
Harrison McRae
Director of Emerging Technologies at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Episode: State of AI in the US Government
Bella Cooper-Brown
Material science student with an interest in AI and literature
University of Oxford (previously)
Episode: The sci-fi to startup pipeline
Will McTighe
Former Goldman Sachs banker, MBA from Stanford, and LinkedIn influencer
Episode: Will McTighe on selling through social media

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Pierce Freeman
AI founder based in San Francisco; co-host and show introducer on Pretrained Podcast.
Rich
AI research fellow at the University of Cambridge; co-host with a focus on practical AI developments.
Richard Dill-Martinez
AI research fellow at the University of Cambridge; frequent co-host and contributor to episodes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 3 ratings
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    Technical learning is high. Very fun personalities. Love this podcast

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    United States9 months ago

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We Are Sleepwalking Into An AI Crisis
Q: Could we not think of some H1B-like program that would force companies to justify their use of AI employees instead of human beings?
The idea is discussed as a launcher for reform, weighing immigration-style governance with the labor market impacts of AI, but no definitive policy is endorsed; emphasis on exploring multiple policy lanes and balancing incentives.
Your Agents Need an Org Chart
Q: Do you buy this like three generations of AI user experiences?
I feel like it's such a good question and who knows, obviously, so just like maybe it's speculation.
The inaugural listener mailbag
Q: What are your thoughts on the OpenAI vs. Anthropic vs. Google situation?
The competition among these labs is intrinsically motivated by the pursuit of AGI, and it's beneficial for quality improvements.
The inaugural listener mailbag
Q: Yo, can you guys do a deep dive on RL from Human Feedback?
RLHF is a complex process that involves training models to better align with human-generated text.
AMD is back in the AI chipset race
Q: Why do you think Google's bug bounty program is focused on certain types of model vulnerabilities?
Google's program seems to be aimed at specific vulnerabilities that can arise from model architecture without requiring retraining, as these could present clear security risks.

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This program offers hard-edged AI discourse aimed at practitioners and builders, with a knack for translating complex ML concepts into practical takeaways. Episodes routinely cover advances in agent-driven software, language-model architectures, AI safety and ethics, and the evolving landscape of AI labs and startups, all delivered with a banter-heavy, candid style. Listeners get a mix of technical analysis, industry context, and first-hand startup experiences, making it useful for engineers, founders, researchers, and product leads who want to stay ahead of AI trends and applications. Noteworthy is the show's willingness to tackle controversial topics (security, governance, and real-world deployments) while maintaining a friendly, accessib... more

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