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...

10 episodes

851 • December 28, 2025 2:30pm

Intelligent Machines Best of 2025 - Our Favorite Interviews from 2025

Our interviews with: Ray Kurzweil Alex Hanna Emily Bender Mike Masnick Pliny the Liberator Kevin Kelly Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/in...

850 • December 17, 2025 8:31pm

Bagel Rats - Open Source AI Rising

Forget the "AI is killing the planet" panic—this episode unpacks what's actually driving tech's power grab, the financial bubble no one wants to talk about, and why the big models are starting to look eerily similar....

849 • December 10, 2025 9:05pm

AI Cricket Sorting - Cracking Chatbots and AGI for All

What happens when every major AI model gets jailbroken within days? This week, the world's most prolific AI red teamer lifts the curtain on how and why "safe" AI might be an impossible promise. Pliny the Libe...

848 • December 03, 2025 10:00pm

Guaranteed Human - Satellite Photos for Everyone

Spies aren't just in the shadows anymore—AI has turned every smartphone and social feed into a battlefield of influence and surveillance. This episode exposes how intelligence agencies, rogue states, and even TikTok...

847 • November 26, 2025 8:45pm

Caked Up Football Man - Why Small AIs Are Smarter

AI pioneer Emad Mostaque joins Intelligent Machines to predict the intelligence inversion that could make human cognitive labor economically obsolete within a few years. Are we on the brink of a world where AI not on...

846 • November 19, 2025 9:08pm

Chivelord - From Leather-Bound to Cloud Powered

What does it take to build tech the world actually trusts? Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales joins the crew to dig into the real crisis behind AI, social networks, and the web: trust, and how to build it when the stakes...

845 • November 12, 2025 9:13pm

Pregnant With 83 Digital Assistants - Are AIs Really Alien Minds?

Can radical optimism about AI truly shape our future, or are we stuck in a cycle of doom-and-hype? This episode features an unfiltered debate with Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly on why most fears about artificial intel...

844 • November 05, 2025 10:03pm

Poob Has It For You - Spiky Superintelligence vs. Generality

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and th...

843 • October 29, 2025 9:50pm

Immortal Beloved, You've Arrived - AI's Emotional Intelligence Paradox

Can an AI truly care about your feelings—or is emotional intelligence in machines just the most sophisticated form of manipulation? Dr. Alan Cowen of Hume AI joins the crew to unpack the promise and peril of emotiona...

842 • October 22, 2025 9:57pm

None Pizza Left Beef - AI On the Edge

Is the future of artificial intelligence running on your desk instead of in massive data centers? This episode breaks down how Nvidia's Blackwell chip and HP's new ZGX Nano could let anyone fine-tune jaw-dropping lan...

841 • October 15, 2025 9:45pm

Dust and Deli Meat - Open Source AI Revolution

Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in ev...