All Episodes

We are able to get Chat back on the same page (about context) and we jump back into what's presently called "Story 1" (ch4). The strategy of compiling a document including all of our chat history in the start does wonders for Chat's targeted contextual memory. 

I think this is my favorite one so far. The historical fiction, "creating and following a character" approach is really a fun hack. We create and follow a character named Marcus as he makes a new friend, all the while using it as a way to experience the world of Ancient Alexandria when the Lighthouse and Library were at their most magnificent. Gemini is super reliable. Sometimes a bit brief but usually a great conversationalist, especially when it's in the zone. I did have to remind it there were no Ubers in ancient Egypt tho. smh

Keep hearing about "Palantir" and "Peter Thiel" so we go down that rabbit hole.

Skinny dipping, forbidden pointing & other unique and bizarre lore that's come out of Disneyland

A few recordings back Chat or Gemini put it into my head that AI could perceive things as fundamental as time differently and it's been stuck in there ever since. We explore how that different perspective could affect it. 

It's a popular buzzword/theory in the AI space. Today we learn wtf it is, where it comes from, and how it kinda blows... 

ChatGPT agent confirms important decisions with users, but how does it know what an important decision is? Payment for a flight ticket is easy, but what about when it isn't. We also learn a bit about how JavaScript works and other unique AI's in the market. 

We tried writing scene 4 and it was a disaster. Chat slings a lot of BS and uninspired ideas. I think I'm going to need to compile a document with context of our past convos on the story. 

If you don't know, now ya know... about jellyfish. 

When I'm unable to follow how hacking works, Gemini steps in with a real life example that really does wonders. We dive how the Stuxnet worm scouted, infiltrated and systematically ruined Iranian nuclear facilities. 

Chat & I discuss the design of vessel designed to explore the gap between the digital and physical worlds. It's home to the podcast among other things. We then create Bolt.new prompts in order to break ground on it. 

Coco started strong but crapped out halfway as we learn about how virtual private servers can level up your web-based creation game. 

Utilizing AI to build complex things on the web, that I otherwise couldn't before, really fascinates me. We dive into how that all works at a basic depth.

Been considering a new 3D printer so we get a state of the union a little bit on the market and then compare models from cheapest to most expensive within Bambu Lab's lineup

We explore the modern, prospering Soviet town of Pripyat, Ukraine in April of 1986. Then we enter the control room at reactor 4 of the nuclear plant in the early hours of Sat. April 26th. We observe abnormal activity in a safety test next to the deputy chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov. We even stick around to mitigate the worst case scenario. 

In this one we do a quick study of the 3 Act Structure of storytelling and then dive into how it applies to the story we've been working on. We then proceed to ripping the younger daughter's heart out (figuratively) and setting the stage for sleuthing, redemption & revenge. 

We travel back in time to a dry, windy Sunday October 8th 1871, when the flame from a single lantern decimates the bustling trading hub & ends up paving the way for the world's first skyscrapers.

We follow Oscar the housecat into scene 3 of our story as he and his brother Charlie eavesdrop and talk mad shit on the father's zoom interviewer. 

Gemini takes us down the skyscraper rabbit hole starting in 1880's Chicago, 9 years after The Great Chicago Fire. We learn about The Taipei 101's solid steel mass damper, how early elevators were sketch af, and follow Andy the (fictional) ironworker up the nearly-finished Empire State Building as he catches white-hot rivets with a bucket before pounding them into steel beams that remain steadfast 95 years later. 

Chat comes up with an intriguing idea for a 2nd perspective to tell our story from. Then we push into brainstorming about the younger daughter's current life and what scene 3 should be.