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AI Podcasts

December 23, 2025

Continual System Prompt Learning for Code Agents – Aparna Dhinakaran, Arize

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from model-centric to loop-centric development. Performance is now a function of the feedback cycle rather than just the weights of the frontier model.
  2. Implement an LLM-as-a-judge step that outputs a "Reason for Failure" field. Feed this string directly into a meta-prompt to update your agent's system instructions automatically.
  3. Static prompts are technical debt. Teams that build automated systems to iterate on their agent's instructions will outpace those waiting for the next model training run.
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December 23, 2025

Developer Experience in the Age of AI Coding Agents – Max Kanat-Alexander, Capital One

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: The transition from writing to reviewing as the primary engineering activity. As agents generate more code, the human role moves from creator to editor.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Build CLIs for every internal tool to give agents a native text interface. This increases accuracy and speed compared to visual automation.
  3. The Bottom Line: Developer experience is the infrastructure for AI. Investing in clean code and fast feedback loops is the only way to ensure AI productivity gains do not decay over the next 12 months.
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December 23, 2025

Small Bets, Big Impact Building GenBI at a Fortune 100 – Asaf Bord, Northwestern Mutual

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: The transition from "Human-in-the-loop" to "Agent-as-the-interface" for enterprise data.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your metadata quality now because LLM accuracy is a direct function of your documentation.
  3. The Bottom Line: Success in enterprise AI is not about the biggest model but about the smallest, most frequent wins that build institutional trust.
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December 24, 2025

METR's Benchmarks vs Economics: The AI capability measurement gap – Joel Becker, METR

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Capability-Productivity Gap. We are entering a period where model intelligence outpaces our ability to integrate it into high stakes production.
  2. Audit your stack. Identify tasks where "good enough" generation is a win versus high context tasks where AI is currently a net negative.
  3. Do not mistake a climbing benchmark for a finished product. For the next year, the biggest wins are not in smarter models but in better verification loops.
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December 24, 2025

PhD Bodybuilder Predicts The Future of AI (97% Certain) [Dr. Mike Israetel]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from simple Large Language Models to Reasoning Models marks the end of the stochastic parrot era.
  2. Build agentic workflows that utilize high-context windows for recursive problem solving.
  3. We are moving toward a world where intelligence is a commodity. Your value will shift from knowing things to directing outcomes over the next 12 months.
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December 22, 2025

2026 Predictions: Will We Still Write Code, or Just Manage Agents?

Turing Post

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Pivot: Agentic Abstraction. As the cost of logic hits zero, the value of a developer moves from how to build to what to build.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Adopt Orchestrators. Replace your standard editor with agent-first platforms today to learn the art of directing sub-agents before the 2026 deadline.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next 12 months will reward those who stop writing code and start building the systems that write it for them.
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December 22, 2025

The War on Slop – swyx

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Movement: The Token Deflation. As compute becomes a commodity, the value of the "Human-in-the-Loop" moves from production to architectural oversight.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Implement Code Maps. Use AI to index and understand your entire repository to ensure every generated line aligns with existing logic.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next year belongs to the "Taste-Driven Developer." If you optimize for volume, you produce slop; if you optimize for accountability, you build a moat.
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December 22, 2025

Autonomy Is All You Need – Michele Catasta, Replit

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: Software development is moving from human-led logic to agent-led verification.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Use sub-agents to isolate testing from creation to prevent context pollution.
  3. The Bottom Line: The technical barrier is evaporating. In the next 12 months, the winning platforms will be those that require the fewest technical decisions from the user.
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December 22, 2025

Amp Code: Next Generation AI Coding – Beyang Liu

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: Context management is the new compute. As models get smarter, the winning architecture will be the one that most efficiently partitions and feeds relevant data to sub-agents.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Prioritize reviewability. When building or using agents, focus on tools that provide clear diffs and tours of changes rather than just raw code generation.
  3. The Bottom Line: The developer's role is evolving from a writer to an orchestrator. Success in the next 12 months depends on mastering the skill of agentic review rather than manual syntax.
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Crypto Podcasts

April 14, 2025

Bringing the World’s Vehicles Onchain with DIMO | Rob Solomon

Proof of Coverage Media

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Real Utility Drives Adoption: DIMO focuses on tangible benefits (cashback for data, vehicle tracking) beyond token speculation, making the platform sticky for everyday users.
  2. Tokenomics Power the Ecosystem: The $DIMO token is integral, used by developers for data access, with a burn mechanism creating deflationary pressure tied directly to network usage and revenue growth.
  3. Decentralization is the Moat: Building onchain provides a crucial advantage over closed ecosystems, ensuring user control, preventing platform risk, and attracting developers wary of centralized gatekeepers.
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April 14, 2025

The Biggest Market Crash Since 2020, What Next?

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Volatility is the New Normal: Brace for sustained higher volatility; cash and defensive positioning (energy, industrials) are prudent.
  2. Bitcoin's Moment? BTC is increasingly viewed as a macro hedge against instability and potential Fed easing, likely outperforming most alts.
  3. Policy Matters: Deficit reduction, trade wars, and Fed reactions are driving markets; understanding the administration's long-term goals (per Bessent) is crucial.
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April 14, 2025

Building the Future of Global Payments | Paul & Zaheer

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Specialization Wins: General-purpose blockchains struggle to optimally serve the massive, specific needs of stablecoin transfers; dedicated infrastructure like Plasma is required to unlock the next phase of growth.
  2. USDT is the Global Standard: Tether's dominance, especially outside the US, mirrors the Eurodollar system. It's the Schelling point for international digital dollars, unlikely to be displaced by domestic-focused or bank-issued alternatives.
  3. Focus on Fundamentals: Plasma bets on core utility (cheap/free, fast, secure transfers) and deep integrations over complex tokenomics, aiming to capture trillions in real-world commerce settlement.
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April 14, 2025

The Biggest Market Crash Since 2020, What Next? | Felix Jauvin & Quinn Thompson

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Valuations & Policy Collide: Overly optimistic markets hit a wall of peak valuations, expiring liquidity, and initially growth-negative policies.
  2. Bitcoin vs. The World: Bitcoin's near-term strength is tied to potential forced central bank liquidity, while major upside requires a breakdown in traditional fiscal/monetary stability. Prioritize BTC over most alts.
  3. Cash & Caution: Elevated volatility persists. Holding cash and focusing on resilient sectors (e.g., critical resources, energy) is prudent while navigating potential deleveraging events and geopolitical risks.
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April 11, 2025

Crypto Meets Chemistry :: Bittensor SN68 NOVA, Decentralized AI Drug Discovery

Opentensor Foundation

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Adversarial Advantage: Bittensor's miners are exceptionally efficient at finding flaws in AI models, turning a potential vulnerability into a powerful, real-time stress-testing mechanism crucial for robust drug discovery AI.
  2. Incentivizing Innovation: Token emissions provide funding and incentives for tackling high-risk, high-reward drug discovery challenges that traditional models struggle to support, fostering novelty over incrementalism.
  3. Digital-to-Physical Bridge: Nova plans to translate computational discoveries into real-world value through synthesis, lab validation, and strategic partnerships, aiming to become a pioneering crypto-native biotech entity.
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April 11, 2025

Trump Tariff Madness! w/ Ben Hunt & Jonah Van Bourg

Steady Lads Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Dollar Under Pressure: Aggressive US trade policies risk eroding the dollar's reserve status, making diversification into assets like gold and Bitcoin increasingly rational.
  2. Bitcoin's Moment: Bitcoin showed relative strength during market panic, bolstering its narrative as a non-sovereign hedge against policy error; it could be the "fastest horse" in a dollar diversification race.
  3. Navigating Volatility: For traders, volatility is opportunity (buy dips, anticipate intervention); for investors, it requires a long-term view, potentially adjusting allocations (e.g., less equities/bonds, more gold/BTC) and using dips strategically.
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