This Day in AI Podcast
Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey
Join Michael and Chris Sharkey, two proudly average tech enthusiasts, as they stumble through the world of artificial intelligence with all the grace of a robot learning to dance. This (sometimes weekly*) podcast delivers an hour-long conversation about their thoroughly middle-of-the-road adventures with AI.
No PhDs. No Silicon Valley insights. Just two guys with enough technical knowledge to be dangerous, sharing their unexceptional yet entertaining experiences with AI tools and technology.
Subscribe now to hear:
• Mediocre hot takes on AI developments
• Stories of AI experiments gone adequately okay
• The most average advice you'll ever need
• Two Sharkeys trying their best to sound smart about algorithms
• Childish AI prank calls that somehow fool everybody
• Attempts at using AI for phishing attacks on their mother
• "Chart-topping" AI songs according to the brothers
Join our perfectly mediocre community where being average at AI is celebrated, questions are encouraged, and learning through mistakes is our specialty. Because let's face it - most of us are figuring this out as we go along.
New episodes drop whenever we remember to record them. 🎙️
Proudly supported by Simtheory.ai
No PhDs. No Silicon Valley insights. Just two guys with enough technical knowledge to be dangerous, sharing their unexceptional yet entertaining experiences with AI tools and technology.
Subscribe now to hear:
• Mediocre hot takes on AI developments
• Stories of AI experiments gone adequately okay
• The most average advice you'll ever need
• Two Sharkeys trying their best to sound smart about algorithms
• Childish AI prank calls that somehow fool everybody
• Attempts at using AI for phishing attacks on their mother
• "Chart-topping" AI songs according to the brothers
Join our perfectly mediocre community where being average at AI is celebrated, questions are encouraged, and learning through mistakes is our specialty. Because let's face it - most of us are figuring this out as we go along.
New episodes drop whenever we remember to record them. 🎙️
Proudly supported by Simtheory.ai
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Aug 16, 2024 • 1h 25min
EP73: Has Google Done It? Grok 2 Beta & Is Tuning All You Need?
Reactions to Google's live demonstration highlight both excitement and technical hiccups. The launch of Grok 2 Beta leads to a discussion on benchmarking challenges and performance comparisons with other AI models. Insights into AI's impact on education reveal innovative game designs and personalized learning experiences. Ethical debates arise over AI-generated images, touching on censorship and creativity. Lastly, the conversation explores the significance of prompting and model tuning in enhancing AI capabilities and productivity.
Aug 7, 2024 • 1h 18min
EP72: Croc Test with Gemini 1.5 Experimental, Flux Destroys Midjourney & GPT4o Model Updates
Dive into the intriguing world of AI as the hosts tackle Google's Gemini 1.5 model, discussing its crocodile video analysis capabilities and performance challenges. They compare AI models like Flux and MidJourney, revealing Flux's superiority in image generation. Exciting updates on OpenAI's GPT-4 model highlight structured outputs and cost reductions. The conversation wraps up with insights into the current AI development landscape, emphasizing the need for reliable tools in an increasingly competitive market.
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Jul 24, 2024 • 1h 4min
EP71: Llama 3.1 Special Edition + GPT-4o Mini Fine Tuning & Chris's AI Poker Apology
Exploration of Llama 3.1 models, optimization of context input, fine-tuning GPT-4o Mini, Chris's AI poker apology, and the impact of Llama 3.1 release in the AI community. The podcast delves into the capabilities of Llama 3.1 model with 405 billion parameters, comparisons with other leading models, and discussions on guiding AI models with stacked blocks of information. Additionally, it covers the challenges in AI poker, multimodal integration in AI workspaces for organizations, and reflections on technology challenges in the industry.
Jul 19, 2024 • 1h 22min
EP70: AI Poker, GPT-4o Mini, Mistral NeMo, Codestral Mamba, MathΣtral & LMSYS Wars
Explore AI advancements in models like GPT-4o Mini, Mistral NeMo, and MathΣtral. Discuss coding with Codestral Mamba and LMSYS updates. Touch on AI regulatory concerns and personal poker AI experiences.
Jul 5, 2024 • 1h 16min
EP69: Fun with kyutai's Moshi. SimTheory Beta is Here! + Future Assistants
Exploring the capabilities of Kyutai's Moshi AI technology, the release of SimTheory Beta with customizable options, the discussion on AI industry bubbles, Claude Sonnet prompt leak, Salesforce's massive 1B parameter model, and the challenges of generating large outputs in AI models.
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Jun 28, 2024 • 1h 4min
EP68: We ❤️ Sonnet 3.5, Rabbit r2 Exclusive, OpenAI Voice Delay, Gemma 2, and UDIO/SUNO lawsuit
Discussion ranges from the efficiency of AI models like Claude Sonnet 3.5 to delays in OpenAI projects. The podcast also covers a preview of Rabbit r2, a lawsuit involving major music labels, and Gemma 2's impressive features. Other topics include AI-generated personalized Olympic recaps and challenges with Google's documentation.
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Jun 21, 2024 • 1h 15min
EP67: Claude 3.5 Sonnet Beats GPT-4o + Ilya Sutskever's New Startup & Hedra lols
Ilya Sutskever discusses the launch of Sonnet 3.5 AI model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet capabilities, visual reasoning comparison with GPT-4o, AI company Hedra and its logo creation, text-to-speech technology exploration, and the startup Safe Super Intelligence Inc focusing on safe AI.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 1h 24min
EP66: Apple Intelligence & Private Cloud Compute, Dream Machine, Mistral Funding & OpenAI Revenue
Exploring Apple's integration of AI on devices & private cloud, Dream Machine's image animation tech, Mistral's fundraising success, OpenAI's revenue leaks & AI chatbot adoption in education
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Jun 7, 2024 • 58min
EP65: AI Doomerism, Qwen2, Kling Video Generation, Mistral Fine Tuning, Will Recall Be Recalled?
Exploring AI doomerism and Qwen2 release, fine-tuning AI models with Mistral, Microsoft's Recall AI concerns, and the future of AI money-making experiments like AI poker agents. Also, discussing potential AI assistants like Siri from Apple and the new SimTheory beta release.
May 24, 2024 • 1h 22min
EP64: Microsoft Build, Can We Get This Song to #1? Google AI Fail, GPT-4o, Phi-3-Vision, Mistral-7B-v0.3
The podcast covers Google's AI failures, the reality of AI usage, GPT-4o updates, Microsoft Build innovations, testing Phi-3-Vision, exploring Mistral-7B v0.3, AI startup bubble concerns, and a plea to help a song trend on Udio.
