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This Day in AI Podcast

Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkeypodcast.thisdayinai.com
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
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Episodes

Is AI Making Us Stupider? Gemini 2.5 Family, Neural OS, MCP Future Thoughts & o3p-pro - EP99.09

Join Simtheory & Easily Switch Models: https://simtheory.ai Discord community: https://thisdayinai.com --- 00:00 - Gemini 2.5 Family Launched with Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 10:01 - Did Gemini 2.5 Get Dumber? Experience with Models & Daily Drivers & Neural OS 16:58 - The AI workspace as the gateway & MCPs as an async workflow 37:23 - Oura Ring MCP to get Health Parameters into AI Doctor 43:48 - Future agent/assistant interfaces & MCP protocol improvements 58:16 - o3-pro ho...

Jun 20, 20251 hr 28 minEp. 108

Can o3-pro write a book? ElevenLabs v3 and MCP as the AI Business Model - EP99.08-PRO

Try o3-pro on Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ----- Custom news article example: https://simulationtheory.ai/744954f8-fca5-4213-883c-2a359f139dcc ----- 00:00 - ElevenLabs v3 Example 01:10 - ElevenLabs v3 alpha thoughts 06:37 - o3 price drop & thoughts on o3-pro 18:02 - Async work and AI model tool (MCP) calling approaches 37:28 - MCP as an AI-era business model instead of SaaS 52:41 - NEW MODEL TEST: Can o3-pro write a compelling book? 1:11:40 - Final thoughts and BOOM FACTOR for o3-pro ----...

Jun 13, 20251 hr 18 minEp. 107

AGI Reality Check, Gemini 2.5 Update, Are Your AI Chats Safe & Fun with Veo3 - EP99.07-06-05

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- Apologies for audio quality we are noobs to both being in same room. --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Fun with Veo3 05:28 - Is the Best Model What Deepseek is trained on? 07:27 - New Gemini 2.5 Pro Tune 13:59 - Will MCPs and Agentic Capabilities Make Claude 4 King? 24:00 - Anthropic Cuts off Windsurf From Claude 36:08 - AGI Reality Check 47:45 - OpenAI Ordered to Save All ChatGPT Logs & Deleted Chats 1:01:16 - Final thoughts and Claude 4's Inner Agentic Clock --...

Jun 06, 20251 hr 5 minEp. 106

Opus & Sonnet 4, Google I/O Recap, Microsoft BUILD & Sam Alman Has A New Friend - EP99.05-FLASH

Try New Models & Imagen4 on Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- Claude Sonnet 4 Vibe Code Example: https://simulationtheory.ai/a99d36da-7cf7-4797-98ab-f4902283d17c --- Your two favorite average VIBE CODERS are back this week covering all the latest news from Google I/O, Anthropic, Microsoft BUILD and Sam Altman's new 6.4B friendship. 00:00 - Sam Altman & Jony Ives are FRIENDS! (OpenAI acquires io for $6.4B) 11:58 - Google's Veo3 is INCREDIBLE! 27:22 - Gemini Flash 2.5, Imagen 4 Examples,...

May 23, 20251 hr 50 minEp. 104

The Future of AI Systems: EP99.04-PREVIEW

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Get an AI workspace for your team: https://simtheory.ai/workspace/team/ --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Will Chris Lose His Bet? 04:48 - Google's 2.5 Gemini Preview Update 12:44 - Future AI Systems Discussion: Skills, MCPs & A2A 47:02 - Will AI Systems become walled gardens? 55:13 - Do Organizations That Own Data Build MCPs & Agents? Is This The New SaaS? 1:17:45 - Can we improve RAG with tool calling and stop hallucinations? --- Thanks for listening. If you li...

May 16, 20251 hr 26 minEp. 103

EP99-03-V3: Suno 4.5 Fun, LlamaCon, How We'll Interface with AI Next

Get your AI workspace: https://simtheory.ai ---- 00:00 - Fun with Suno 4.5 09:20 - LlamaCon, Meta's Llama API, Meta AI Apps & Meta's Social AI Strategy 26:06 - How We'll Interface with AI Next Discussion: 45:38 - Common Database Not Interface with AI 1:03:46 - Chris's Polymarket Bet: Which company has best AI model end of May? 1:06:07 - Daily Drivers and Model Switching: Tool Calling & MCPs with Models 1:15:04 - OpenAI's New ChatGPT Tune (GPT-4o) Reverted 1:19:53 - Chris's Daily Driver &...

May 02, 20251 hr 34 minEp. 102

From AI Models to AI Systems and The Future of Vibe Gaming: An Average Talk

Try Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai 👋 No episode this week but we thought we'd instead share a recent talk we did on from AI Models to AI Systems. ---- Try the games and things we built here: https://simulationtheory.ai/0664143e-f61a-4c65-bb05-62da2d22553f --- Thanks for listening, back next week with regular episode.

Apr 23, 202553 min

EPo99.02-experimental: OpenAI's Gaggle of Models: o3, o4-mini & GPT-4.1 & Future GPT-5 Systems

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai like and sub xoxox ---- 00:00 - Initial reactions to Gaggle of Model Releases 09:29 - Is this the beginning of future GPT-5 AI systems? 47:10 - GPT-4.1, o3, o4-mini model details & thoughts 58:42 - Model comparisons with lunar injection 1:03:17 - AI Rap Battle Test: o3 Diss Track "Greg's Back" 1:08:12 - Thoughts on using new models + Gemini 2.5 Pro quirks 1:10:54 - The next model test: chained tool calling & lock in 1:14:43 - OpenAI releases Codex CLI...

Apr 17, 20251 hr 31 minEp. 101

EP99.01: Google Cloud Next, Agent2Agent, MCPs, Agent Development Kit, Is Llama4 a flop? & Grok API

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai -- Get the official Simtheory hat: https://simulationtheory.ai/689e11b3-d488-4238-b9b6-82aded04fbe6 --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The Wrong Pendant? 02:34 - Agent2Agent Protocol, What is It? Implications and Future Agents 48:43 - Agent Development Kit (ADK) 57:50 - AI Agents Marketplace by Google Cloud 1:00:46 - Firebase Studio is very broken... 1:06:30 - Vibing with AI for everything.. not just vibe code 1:15:10 - Gemini 2.5 Flash, Live API and Veo2 1:17:45 - Is Lla...

Apr 11, 20251 hr 43 minEp. 100

EP99: Diss track ft. Gemini 2.5 Pro, Amazon's Nova Act Computer Use & The Future of Async AI Tasks

Join Simtheory and create an AI workspace: https://simtheory.ai ---- Links from show: DIS TRACK: https://simulationtheory.ai/2eb6408e-88f9-4b6a-ac4d-134d9dac3073 ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Will we make 100 episodes? 00:48 - Checking back in with Gemini 2.5 Pro 03:30 - Diss Track: Gemini 2.5 Pro 07:14 - Gemini 2.5 Pro on Polymarket 17:32 - Amazon Nova Act Computer Use: We Have Access! 29:45 - Future Interface of Work: Delegating Tasks with AI 58:03 - How We Work Today with AI Vs Future Work ---- Than...

Apr 03, 20251 hr 14 minEp. 99

EP98: Gemini 2.5 Pro Sponsored Episode, GPT-4o Image Generation & Vibe Coding Gone Wild

Create a Simtheory workspace: https://simtheory.ai Compare models: https://simtheory.ai/models/ ------ 3d City Planner App (Example from show): https://simulationtheory.ai/8cfa6102-ed37-4c47-bc73-d057ba9873bd ------ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - AI Fashion 01:13 - Gemini 2.5 Pro Initial Impressions: We're Impressed! 38:24 - Thoughts of Gemini distribution and our daily workflows 55:49 - OpenAI's GPT-4o Image Generation: thoughts & examples 1:13:52 - Gemini 2.5 Pro Boom Factor 1:18:38 - Average rant on v...

Mar 28, 20251 hr 41 minEp. 98

EP97: Moore’s Law for AI agents, OpenAI's new audio models, o1-pro API & When Will AI Replace Us?

Create an AI workspace on Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- Song: https://simulationtheory.ai/f6d643e4-4201-475c-aa82-8a96b6b3b215 --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - OpenAI's audio model updates: gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-tts 18:39 - Strategy of AI Labs with Agent SDKs and Model "stacks" and limitations of voice 25:28 - Cost of models, GPT-4.5, o1-pro api release thoughts 31:57 - o1-pro "I am rich" track & Chris's o1-pro PR stunt realization, more thoughts on o1 family 48:39 - Moore’s Law for AI a...

Mar 21, 20251 hr 37 minEp. 97

EP96: Gemini Native Image Generation & Editing, OpenAI's Agent SDK & Will Manus AI Invade USA?

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental Native Image Generation & Editing 27:55 - Thoughts on OpenAI's "New tools for building agents" announcement 43:31 - Why is everyone talking about MCP all of a sudden? 56:31 - Manus AI: Will Manus Invade the USA and Defeat it With Powerful AGI? (jokes) ---- Thanks for all of your support and listening!

Mar 14, 20251 hr 13 minEp. 96

EP95: Why does GPT4.5 exist? Claude 3.7 Sonnet Has Arrived & Working with Claude Code Agent

Join Simtheory to try GPT-4.5: https://simtheory.ai Dis Track: https://simulationtheory.ai/5714654f-0fbe-496f-8428-20018457c4c7 === CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Reaction to GPT4.5 Live Stream + Release 12:45 - Claude 3.7 Sonnet Release: Reactions and First Week Impressions 45:58 - Claude 3.7 Sonnet Dis Track Test 56:10 - Claude Code First Impressions + Future Agent Workflows 1:15:45 - Chris's Veo2 Film Clip 1:24:49 - Alexa+ AI Assistant 1:34:05 - Claude 3.7 Sonnet BOOM FACTOR...

Feb 28, 20251 hr 46 minEp. 95

EP94: Does Grok 3 Change Everything? Plus Vibes & Diss Track Comparison

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ---- Grok 3 Dis Track (cringe): https://simulationtheory.ai/aff9ba04-ca0e-4572-84f4-687739c7b84b Grok 3 Dis Track written by Sonnet: https://simulationtheory.ai/edaed525-b9b6-473b-a6d6-f9cca9673868 ---- Community: https://thisdayinai.com ---- Chapters: 00:00 - First Impressions of Grok 3 10:00 - Discussion about Deep Search, Deep Research 24:28 - Market landscape: Is OpenAI Rattled by xAI's Grok 3? Rumors of GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 48:48 - Why does Grok and xAI Exi...

Feb 21, 20251 hr 31 minEp. 94

EP93: GPT-5, Grok 3 & Claude 4? Plus AI Agents Economic Impact & Inevitable Disruption of SaaS

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Community: https://thisdayinai.com --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Anthropic Economic Index & The Impact of AI Agents 18:00 - Hype Vs Reality of Models & Agents 31:33 - Dream Agents & Side Quest Background Tasks 56:60 - How All SaaS Will Be Disrupted by AI 1:21:10 - Sam Altman's GPT-4.5, GPT-5 Roadmap 1:28:50 - Anthropic Claude 4: Anthropic Strikes Back --- Thanks for listening and your support....

Feb 14, 20251 hr 42 minEp. 93

EP92: o3-mini, Deep Research, Gemini 2.0 Flash & Pro + lols

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ---- "Don't Cha" Song: https://simulationtheory.ai/cbf4d5e6-82e4-4e84-91e7-3b48cb2744ef Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Q8dRV45WYfxePE7zi52iL?si=ed094fce41e54c8f Community: https://thisdayinai.com --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - We're on Spotify! 01:06 - o3-mini release and initial impressions 18:37 - Reasoning models as agents 47:20 - OpenAI's Deep Research: impressions and what it means 1:12:20 - Addressing our Shilling for Sonnet & My Week with o1 Exper...

Feb 07, 20251 hr 46 minEp. 92

EP91: Is Deepseek R1 a Sputnik Moment? Farewell to o1 & Throw Away AI Software

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- LINKS FROM SHOW: - Built to Reason (an o1 Tribute song): https://simulationtheory.ai/3f3ff70d-afef-4372-a9a5-26b22824c383 - Sputnik Moment Song: https://simulationtheory.ai/4317176e-5c0d-49b9-801b-b686113624fd - Episode 91 Notes: https://simulationtheory.ai/b64f40ce-dab8-40b7-89a1-f24d17296f5a CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Is Deepseek R1 a Sputnik Moment? 15:32 - Industry Reaction to Deepseek R1 39:30 - Can Deepseek R1 Write a Good Dis Track? 46:21 - Will AI Disrupt ...

Jan 31, 20251 hr 26 minEp. 91

EP90: Consoles of the Future, Deepseek-R1, Gemini-Thinking, Create with Code, Operator & Stargate

Join Simtheory and use Create with Code: https://simtheory.ai Community: https://thisdayinai.com ----- VOTING: Code challenge winner: https://simulationtheory.ai/e2875acf-33c3-4a96-97a1-14b8d815a49a BOOM factor on Deepseek: https://simulationtheory.ai/f98a591d-7726-42d3-afaf-53b8c29fa21e ----- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Computer Use, Agents, Collaborators Discussion 37:12 - Deepseek-R1 Thinking Model on Par with o1/Claude Sonnet 43:59 - Google Gemini Flash Thinking Experimental Updated 48:18 - Code Chall...

Jan 23, 20251 hr 18 minEp. 90

EP89: Nvidia's Agentic Vision, State of AI Agents, o3 Thoughts & Deepseek V3

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Community: https://thisdayinai.com ----- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The next step for agents... 00:45 - NVIDIA's CES Keynote Recap + Agentic Vision 13:33 - State of AI Agents in 2025 24:55 - Thoughts on o3 announcement & it's impact on AI agents 32:44 - Is o3 worth $2,000 per task and 13 minutes? 36:22 - More thoughts of State of AI Agents 1:00:30 - Early Agentic Systems are Already Here 1:07:29 - Deepseek V3: Frontier Open Source Model 1:15:42 - ChatGPT Tasks/Ope...

Jan 09, 20251 hr 22 minEp. 89

EP88: The Finale: 2024 Best Moments, Future Agents, Gemini 2.0 & OpenAI's 12 Days of Christmas

Thanks for listening and all of your support in 2024! ------ Get an AI workspace: https://simtheory.ai Join our community: https://thisdayinai.com ------ 00:00 - "So Chris This Week" flash back 01:35 - OpenAI's 12 days of attention seeking 09:02 - Gemini 2.0 Announcements, Rap Battle & Agents Discussion 39:55 - Gemini Deep Research Feature 50:14 - Testing Google Real Time Voice + Screen Sharing 53:56 - Best Moments with Moshi in 2024 57:33 - Why is This Day in AI called average? 59:34 - Our ...

Dec 13, 20241 hr 58 minEp. 88

EP87: Initial Reactions to OpenAI's o1 & ChatGPT Pro

o1 Available Soon on Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Join our community: https://thisdayinai.com ---- Proving why we are the #1 average AI podcast. Apologies for interruptions and audio quality. Back to regular average programming next week. Thanks for listening! ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Initial OpenAI o1 Thoughts & Reactions 12:00 - OpenAI o1 System Card 29:04 - ChatGPT Pro $200/month Subscription Thoughts 34:20 - What else can we expect from OpenAI's 12 days of announcements 38:40 - Amazon N...

Dec 05, 202448 minEp. 87

EP86: CLAUDE WHO?

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Model Tunes (GPT-4o Better at Creative Writing) & Google Gemini Experimental Releases 03:13 - AI Rap Battle: How Creative is the New GPT-4o Vs Claude Sonnet 3.5? And is Suno v4 any good? 13:38 - The "fine tune" and "test time compute" trend & Gemini EXP-1121 release 30:32 - DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview & Test Time Compute Discussion 44:24 - A ChatGPT Web Browser? Plus thoughts on Workspace Computer/Self Driving Computer Future 5...

Nov 22, 20241 hr 14 minEp. 86

EP85: Is AI Slowing Down?

Get a workspace computer: https://simtheory.ai Community: https://thisdayinai.com ----- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Is AI Slowing Down? 05:15 - ChatGPT Desktop App "Work with" beta 20:01 - Workspace Computer reaction, use cases and thoughts 36:19 - OpenAI working on AI Agent "Operator" and thoughts on Agents and future of computer use 51:18 - Scaling AI Agents for productivity/tasks 1:06:55 - Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Thoughts & Smoothness ----- Thanks for all of your support!...

Nov 15, 20241 hr 13 minEp. 85

EP84: It ACTUALLY works!

Try a workspace computer*: https://simtheory.ai Our community: https://thisdayinai.com ------ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - It ACTUALLY works! Workspace Computer Fun & Discussion 35:54 - Flux Ultra & RAW modes 42:37 - Google AI & Developer Relations, State of Models 48:55 - Claude Haiku 3.5 Pricing Weirdness 50:04 - Final thoughts ------ * Please note we expect full roll out of workspace computer to be completed by Monday night after this episode is live. Thanks for listening and all of your sup...

Nov 08, 202455 minEp. 84

EP83: Self Driving Computers, plus SearchGPT, & Github Copilot with Sonnet

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Community: https://thisdayinai.com === CHAPTERS: 00:00 - What happens with we have Self Driving Computers? 33:00 - ChatGPT Search Comparison & Thoughts 48:47 - Github Copilot Goes Multi-Model with Sonnet 3.5 Thanks for listening!

Oct 31, 20241 hr 4 minEp. 83

EP82: Crazy Computer Use, Anthopic's Sonnet 3.5 (New) & the xAI Surprise

Reserve your AI Workspace Computer: https://simtheory.ai Community: https://thisdayinai.com ----- Kaitlyn's Course: https://www.blackfeatherai.com/genai-jumpstart USE CODE "TDIA" for $200 off. ----- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:34 - Trying to Order Chris a Coffee with Computer Use 13:00 - Thoughts on Anthropic's Computer Use & The Impact of AI Using Computers 49:45 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) thoughts & Opus speculation 55:08 - Why do we like Grok Beta (Grok 2) by xAI so much? 1:01:18...

Oct 25, 20241 hr 9 minEp. 82

EP81: Can AI Make Your Life Easier? Geoffrey Hinton is Relevant Again & State of AI Report

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Our community: https://thisdayinai.com ----- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Geoffrey Hinton is VERY relevant: wins Nobel Prize for Physics 07:05 - Testing OpenAI’s Realtime API for Phone Agent Experiences & Getting Our Affairs in Order 12:34 - CALL #1: Using OpenAI Realtime API Advanced Voice Mode Phone Agent Test 16:34 - CALL #2: Using “Digital Twin” Phone Calling Skill To Book Doctor Appointment 19:08 - CALL #3: Best Attempt with Digital Twin/AI Agent 28:31 - CALL #...

Oct 11, 20241 hr 6 minEp. 81

EP80: Corey Hotline, OpenAI DevDay 2024 Recap, Microsoft CoPilot, ChatGPT Canvas & Ray-Band Doxing

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Call the Corey Hotline: +1 (650) 547-3393 (Not $4.95/min) Our community: https://thisdayinai.com ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Corey Hotline Cold Intro 00:18 - OpenAI Dev Day Recap: Realtime API 05:58 - Testing the Realtime API with Corey Hotline test 09:04 - Comparing OpenAI's Realtime API Advanced Voice Mode to Retell for Calling (Corey Hotline v2) 21:50 - GPT-4o Image Fine Tuning 28:48 - Prompt Caching in OpenAI API 43:07 - Model Distillation: Fine Tuning with Ou...

Oct 04, 20241 hr 37 minEp. 80
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