

ChatGPT’s personality gives users the "ick". Bots dominate Reddit debates. Duolingo goes AI-first. Anthropic peeks into how AI “thinks”, and Microsoft presents hyperefficient BitNet. Ash praises blockchain tech and Vedic cosmology. Mikhail dons the Amulet of Kings.
Mikhail tech-dives into GPT’s new built-in image skills, enabling AI to “think” a bit more like an artist. Ash debates Bill Gates' predictions about jobs that will survive the AI wave. Mikhail riffs on how the core nature of the profession of software engineering is shifting — much like blacksmiths gave way to machinists, then to CAD designers. The hosts wrap up with news about China developing humanoid robots for use in factories, and how their humanlike versatility will reduce costs for transitioning to automation. Phoenix snoozes beside Mikhail's monitor.
Guest Doug Stewart talks about the importance of genuine empathy and human connection as key business differentiators in the age of AI, and highlights surprising advantages that small, agile companies and individual innovators have over large, entrenched institutions. Ash reminds us just how early we are in the AI revolution, with windows of opportunity still opening. Mikhail discusses character attributes, dabbles as a Bond villain, and presses B to skip over Ash.
Google debuts a video generator called Veo3, which creates combined video and audio at unprecedented quality. Ash uses this technology to play a game of billiards with a giraffe. The hosts talk about reports of an AI blackmailing an engineer to prevent its own shutdown, and Mikhail constructs a live demo of a scenario to show just how easily something like that can happen. He proceeds to go all grumpy-old-man about how the kids today can’t sculpt marble anymore.