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AI Podcasts

January 25, 2026

If You Can't See Inside, How Do You Know It's THINKING? [Dr. Jeff Beck]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Trend: The transition from opaque scaling to verifiable reasoning.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your models for brittleness by testing them on edge cases that require first principles logic rather than historical data.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next winners in AI will not have the biggest models but the most verifiable ones. If you cannot prove how a model reached a conclusion, you cannot trust it in production.
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January 23, 2026

Abstraction & Idealization: AI's Plato Problem [Mazviita Chirimuuta]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Transition from "Spectator Knowledge" (passive data absorption) to "Interactive Knowledge" (agentic engagement).
  2. Prioritize "embodied" AI architectures that integrate sensory feedback loops.
  3. AGI will not be solved by better math alone. It requires accounting for the physical and biological constraints that define intelligence.
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January 23, 2026

Captaining IMO Gold, Deep Think, On-Policy RL, Feeling the AGI in Singapore — Yi Tay 2

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from more data to better thinking via inference-time compute. Reasoning is becoming a post-training capability rather than a pre-training byproduct.
  2. Use AI for anti-gravity coding to automate bug fixes and data visualization. Treat the model as a passive aura that buffs the productivity of every senior engineer.
  3. AGI will not be a collection of narrow tools but a single model that reasons its way through any domain. The gap between closed labs and open source is widening as these reasoning tricks compound.
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January 21, 2026

"We Made a Dream Machine That Runs on Your Gaming PC"

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from static LLMs to interactive world models marks the move from AI as a tool to AI as a persistent environment.
  2. Monitor the Hugging Face release of the 2B model to build custom image-to-experience wrappers for niche training or spatial entertainment.
  3. Local world models will become the primary interface for spatial computing within the next year, making high-end local compute more valuable than cloud-based streaming.
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January 18, 2026

Why Every Brain Metaphor in History Has Been Wrong [SPECIAL EDITION]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Strategic Pivot: The transition from "Understanding-First" science to "Prediction-First" engineering. We are building artifacts that work perfectly but remain theoretically opaque.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your AI stack for "Leaky Abstractions." Don't assume a model's reasoning capabilities in one domain will hold when the underlying causal structure changes.
  3. AGI isn't just an engineering milestone; it's a philosophical wager. If the brain isn't a computer, we are building a very powerful helicopter, not a synthetic human.
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January 18, 2026

Why Every Brain Metaphor in History Has Been Wrong [SPECIAL EDITION]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The pivot from "Understanding-First" science to "Prediction-First" engineering creates massive technical liability in our models.
  2. Audit your AI implementations for "Leaky Abstractions" where the model fails to account for physical edge cases.
  3. High-performance automation is not the same as sentient reasoning. Builders who recognize this distinction will avoid the cultural illusion of inevitable AGI.
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January 17, 2026

Brex’s AI Hail Mary — With CTO James Reggio

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from deterministic software to agentic networks. Companies are moving from rigid workflows to fluid systems that plan and execute autonomously.
  2. Build an internal LLM gateway early. Centralizing model routing and cost monitoring allows you to swap providers as the model horse race changes without refactoring your product.
  3. AI is not just a feature but a fundamental restructuring of the corporate cost center. Efficiency gains allow a static headcount of 300 engineers to support a business growing 5x.
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January 14, 2026

Identity for AI Agents - Patrick Riley & Carlos Galan, Auth0

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from interactive chat to autonomous "task runners" requires a shift from session-based identity to delegated, long-term authorization.
  2. Implement the Token Vault pattern to decouple your agent logic from the mess of OAuth token refreshing.
  3. In the next year, the "Agentic Web" will live or die by trust. If you cannot prove an agent is authorized to act, it is just a fancy toy.
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January 15, 2026

AI and the Future of Warfare with US Under Secretary of War Emil Michael

No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: The Great Re-Shoring. National security now depends on domestic production of critical minerals and semiconductors.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Build for Scale. Prioritize manufacturing competence over pure software features to win government contracts.
  3. The Bottom Line: The defense industrial base is being rebuilt from the ground up. The next decade belongs to the builders who can merge Silicon Valley speed with the Pentagon's scale.
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Crypto Podcasts

February 8, 2025

"The person who controls the memes controls the world" - Luca Netz

Bankless

Crypto
Others

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Meme coins are evolving into multifaceted entities that serve as cultural, community, and ecosystem pillars, offering diverse functionalities beyond their meme origins.
  • 2. Effective marketing strategies and compelling origin stories are crucial in building strong communities and driving the real-world adoption of meme coins.
  • 3. Controlling meme narratives is a powerful tool for influencing societal trends and can determine the global impact and success of a meme coin.
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