
This Day in AI Podcast
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. 🎙️
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Latest episodes

Apr 12, 2024 • 1h 10min
EP58: We Convinced a Record Label to Sign an AI Artist + Udio AI Music, Gemini 1.5 Pro, GPT-4 TURBO, Mixtral
This podcast explores AI in music creation, including convincing a record label to sign an AI artist. It discusses major updates in language models, Google Gemini Pro 1.5 launch, Mistral's open-source model, and challenges with AI models. The speakers critique the usability of AI tools, question their practicality, and explore the potential impact of AI technology advancements.

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Apr 5, 2024 • 1h 9min
EP57: Is Gary Right? VoiceEngine, Cohere Command R+, Stable Audio 2, Grok 1.5
The podcast delves into advancements in AI voice technology, business models in AI, Cohere's Command R+ model, and improvements in Grok-1.5. It also explores AI image manipulation, limitations in generating consistent characters, and enhancing model performance through iterative prompts.

Mar 28, 2024 • 1h 27min
EP56: We Wrote a Song! Claude Opus is 👑, Gemini 1.5 Pro & Ultra API Experiments
Claude Opus, a prominent figure in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena, is highlighted in this podcast. Topics include the release of Google Gemini 1.5 Pro API, Amazon's investments in Anthropic, Hume AI's empathic abilities, and Microsoft absorbing Inflection AI. The discussion also covers the challenges of AI assisting students, stable AI code instruct models, and AI-generated music composition.

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Mar 15, 2024 • 1h 29min
EP55: Will Devin Take Our Jobs? Sora Interview, Claude Haiku, DeepSeek 7B, Figure1 & Robot Slavery
Discussing the latest AI updates including OpenAI's Sora, EU's AI Act passage, GPT-4's demo anniversary, and Claude Haiku model. Exploring Tesla's data advantage, OpenAI's investments in robotics, and ethical concerns around human-robot interactions. Delving into the future impact of robots on human labor and tasks.

Mar 8, 2024 • 1h 36min
EP54: Claude 3, Gemini 1.5 1M Context Seinfeld Experiment, OpenAI's DramaAI and Inflection 2.5
This podcast covers Anthropic's impressive Claude 3 Opus, Google's Gemini 1.5 1M Context experiments using Seinfeld episodes, OpenAI drama, Elon Musk lawsuit, and Inflection 2.5 release. Topics include future of programming LLM function abstraction, AGI implications, AI model ethical improvements, storytelling capabilities, and Elon Musk vs. OpenAI feud. Dive into AI model evaluations, technology advancement, Seinfeld trivia experiments, forensics data search tool, and discussions on advanced AI models.

Mar 1, 2024 • 1h 24min
EP53: Mistral Large, Forecasting with LLMs, The Gemini Pile On & Is CoPilot Using GPT-4.5?
This podcast delves into Mistral's Large model, AI lip reading, the Gemini backlash distracting from advancements, the great AI training data sale, forecasting with LLMs, Klarna's AI agents replacing humans, and the speculation on whether CoPilot update is using GPT-4.5.

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Feb 22, 2024 • 55min
EP52: The Groq Breakthrough, Google's Gemma 7B, Unlimited Context, Can 'Magic' Reason?
This podcast discusses Groq's LPU Chips and their impact on custom hardware, Google's Gemma 7B release, Magic's AI co-worker with reasoning capabilities, and ChatGPT going haywire. The discussions also explore the speed and efficiency of Groq technology, advancements in AI computing, and the use of AI sound effects in videos.

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Feb 16, 2024 • 1h 29min
EP51: OpenAI's Sora, Gemini Pro 1.5 10M Context, ChatGPT Memory, GraphRAG, ChatRTX, Microsoft UFO...
OpenAI's Sora, a system for generating 1 minute videos that track objects, is discussed, along with Google's Gemini 1.5. The potential of larger context windows in multi-modal inputs to replace RAG is explored. Microsoft's GraphRAG, which aims to improve RAG using knowledge graphs, is introduced. Nvidia's ChatRTX is tested on high-end graphics cards, and Microsoft UFO, an open-source project using vision AI, is mentioned. OpenAI's memory feature in ChatGPT is highlighted, as well as recent developments at OpenAI, including a researcher leaving and fundraising for chip development.

Feb 9, 2024 • 1h 1min
EP50: We Bet $1000 Using Gemini Advanced, Qwen1.5 72B, Retell AI, Apple's MGIE & GOODY-2
This episode of the podcast covers topics such as betting $1000 on horse racing using advanced AI models like Gemini Ultra 1.0 and Qwen 1.5 72B, the launch of Google Gemini Advanced, Apple's Open Source Guiding Instruction-based Image Editing, and the high refusal rate of GOODY-2, the world's most responsible AI model.

Feb 2, 2024 • 1h 16min
EP49: Our Big Announcement + GPT-4 Update, Code Llama, LLaVA-1.6, YOLO World, EAGLE-7B & Bard Images
The podcast discusses the new ThisDayinAI.com community website. They cover the latest GPT-4 updates and Code Llama's open-source release. They explore the capabilities of the LLaVA-1.6 release. They also discuss YOLO World and the impact of EAGLE-7B and RWKV Language Models. Finally, they talk about Bard's new image creation feature and censorship.