8minute.ai™ Podcast

#41: What got us here - Part 2 Jun 29, 2026 569 Picking up from where we left off in part 1, we move from the origin story of the AI boom to the major advancements that have helped shape where we are today. In part 2, you'll learn: The shift to native multimodal inputs The power of reasoning models The difference between tool-use and autonomous agents

#40: What got us here - Part 1 Jun 23, 2026 456 Ever wonder how artificial intelligence went from invisible background algorithms to the fastest-growing consumer app in history seemingly overnight? In this 2 part series, we cover the last 4 years or so, stepping through the major milestones that brought AI from behind the scenes niche use cases and research previews to the present day phenomenon. In part 1, you'll learn: Why the packaging matt

#39: NotebookLM Apr 7, 2026 478 Tired of AI giving you answers from random, unreliable blogs? This episode explores Google’s NotebookLM, a "bring your own sources" tool that ensures every answer comes strictly from documents you provide. Learn how to transform your PDFs, links, and notes into custom podcasts, slide decks, and study guides with total accuracy. If you're ready to stop the AI hallucinations and take control of your

#38: Data Centers Mar 9, 2026 536 Have you ever wondered what actually happens behind the scenes when you ask ChatGPT a question or generate an AI image? Your question isn't just floating up to a "digital cloud"... it’s traveling to massive, power-hungry GPU farms that are reshaping our infrastructure. In This Episode, You'll Learn: CPU vs. GPU: Why "sequential thinking" loses "parallel processing." The Invisible Backbone: What

#37: Convolutional Neural Networks Feb 17, 2026 476 How many times have you unlocked your phone today? Each time it recognizes your face, a complex process is happening behind the glass to analyze your features and match them against known data almost instantly. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The Power of Patterns: Unlike standard neural networks that see images as long lists of individual pixels, CNNs scan for visual building blocks like edges, t

#36: World Models Feb 2, 2026 525 Are Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT actually a dead end for true artificial intelligence? In this episode, we explore why industry pioneer Yann LeCun believes we need "world models" to move beyond mere word prediction and toward genuine understanding and planning. This weeks poll: Defining AI "Smartness"

#35: AGI Jan 23, 2026 587 Everyone is talking about AGI, but if you ask ten experts what it actually means, you'll get twelve different answers. In this episode, you'll learn: The 4 Definitions of AGI: We analyze the major frameworks currently used to define intelligence: Economic (results-oriented), Adaptive (continuous learning), Embodied (physical interaction), and Spectrum (levels of capability). The "Coffee Test"

#34: To vibe, or not to vibe Jan 16, 2026 617 Is "vibe coding" the ultimate productivity hack or a security nightmare waiting to happen? In this episode, we break down the definition originating from Andrej Karpathy (OpenAI co-founder), describing it as an AI-assisted approach where you "give into the vibes" and use natural language to let LLMs write the code for you. Then we get into the arguments for and against it. 👇 YOUR ACTION STEP Start

#33: Top 5 AI Changes in 2025 Jan 9, 2026 529 Looking back at 2025, it’s clear that AI didn’t just grow, it underwent a total phase shift. Experimentation to Dependency. In this episode, we explore the five fundamental transformations that turned AI from a novelty into a daily dependency. We discuss: Reasoning Agents Context Coding World Simulation 👇 YOUR ACTION STEP Of the five shifts we discussed, which one has had the biggest impact on

#32: AI Gift Ideas Dec 17, 2025 618 Struggling to find the perfect gift for the person who already has everything? We've curated the ultimate holiday gift guide featuring AI-powered gadgets that solve common problems for every personality type on your list. Gifts Mentioned: Kindle Scribe Rabbit R1 Tonies Storybox Notion AI Endel Spinn Coffee Maker Oura Ring (Use code: WELCOME10 for 10% off) Procreate Dreams Flowti

#31: Personal Security Dec 10, 2025 543 Could an AI mimic your voice or face well enough to trick your bank or your family? In This Episode, You'll Learn: The Reality of Biometric Hacking: How bad actors are using AI voice cloning to bypass phone banking security and authorize fraudulent transactions. The "Vector Database" Defense: Why you need to think like an AI to protect yourself, reducing the "connectable dots" of your digital

#30: OhioX AI Summit 2025 Dec 3, 2025 528 What is Ohio's AI niche, and how is it fueling a multi-billion dollar tech boom right now? We're breaking down the key insights from the second annual OhioX AI Summit, revealing why major tech companies are pouring billions into data centers in the state. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Ohio is a major hub for data centers, with over $27 billion already invested The cooling requirements for data c

#29: Can AI plan Thanksgiving? Nov 26, 2025 443 AI planned our Thanksgiving! The surprising part? What it forgot. Host Becka tried to offload Thanksgiving meal planning to three top AI models. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The Power of Detailed AI Planning: The AI successfully generated a comprehensive two-day cooking timeline, a grocery list sorted by store section, and a safe, creative leftovers plan (including a surprising suggestion). The

#28: Arthur Samuel's Checkers Program Nov 19, 2025 538 How did one of the very first machine learning programs actually work? This episode dives into the mechanics of Arthur Samuel's famous 1950s checkers-playing AI. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The checkers program used a combination of a scorecard (to rate board positions) and a look-ahead function (to explore future moves) to choose the best action. The system learned through reinforcemen

#27: Cooking Up Intelligence: How AI Models Get Trained Nov 12, 2025 544 How does an AI go from a blank slate to a powerful tool? It's not magic… it's a detailed, multi-stage training process. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The five essential stages of AI training: Data Collection, Tokenization, Pretraining, Post-training, and Continuous Improvement. What Supervised Learning is and how labeled "flashcards" or "gold standard" examples help fine-tune a model's accuracy.

#26: Retrieval Augmented Generation Nov 5, 2025 491 🗓️ Is your Large Language Model stuck in the past? Every AI has a knowledge cutoff date, but Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is the key to feeding it the current facts, proprietary documents, and domain expertise it needs right now. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The Problem RAG Solves How RAG Works Semantic Search vs. Keyword Search Be sure to vote in this weeks poll: R.A.G. Knowledg

#25: Claude Projects Oct 29, 2025 504 How does Anthropic's Claude Projects feature stack up against OpenAI's version? If you're struggling to organize your chats and maintain context, "Projects" are the answer, but the two platforms have major differences you need to know about. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Which interface is cleaner, more intuitive? A key differences between Claude’s Projects and ChatGPT’s version. How Claude solv

#24: Projects in ChatGPT Oct 22, 2025 559 Struggling to keep your ChatGPT conversations organized and find yourself repeating instructions over and over? The ChatGPT Projects feature is here to help. In This Episode, You'll Learn: What Projects Are (And Why They're Not Just Folders) The Power of Project-Level Instructions How Projects Enable Context Engineering Practical Use Cases 👇 YOUR ACTION STEP Have you tried the new ChatGPT Projec

#23: Context Engineering Oct 15, 2025 508 Are your AI prompts failing to deliver consistent, reliable results? It's time to move beyond simple prompt engineering and embrace the power of Context Engineering. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The Big Mindset Shift: Understand the difference between prompt engineering (giving a chef a recipe) and context engineering (designing the entire kitchen). It's about building a reusable system, not j

#22: The ABCs of Prompting Oct 8, 2025 537 Are your AI prompts too long and rambling, or too short and vague? In this episode, we break down two powerful acronyms to help you write focused, effective prompts to get the results you want. In this episode, you'll learn: The W.I.S.E.R. Framework to set the models role, define the task, and refine the output. The C.R.I.S.P. Framework for more technical or high-risk topics by emphasizing bounda

#21: Cleveland Best of Tech Day Hot Takes Oct 1, 2025 442 Ever wonder what the tech community is really saying about AI when the mics are on? We asked tech leaders at the Cleveland Best of Tech 2025 for their AI hot takes, and they didn't hold back. A Taste of the Takes: The "Humanistic" Imperative: Is AI crippling us? Experts argue you must lead the technology with curiosity and critical thinking, or risk getting repetitive, soulless results. The Hi

#20: GPT-5 Sep 24, 2025 493 Is OpenAI's new GPT-5 a revolutionary leap or just a minor upgrade? We're breaking down everything you need to know. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The Unified System: Say goodbye to confusing model names. GPT-5 simplifies the user experience by automatically routing your prompt to the best model ("Instant" for speed, "Thinking" for depth) or letting you choose. Key Spec Bumps: The context win

#19: AI Rising Conference Sep 17, 2025 548 Are you wondering how AI will truly change your job and reshape your industry? This episode brings the key insights from the AI Rising Conference directly to you. In This Episode, You'll Learn: AI Participation is Not Optional: Keynote speaker Ryan Frederick argues that to stay relevant, professionals and businesses must "skate where the puck is going," actively engaging with AI to avoid being l

#18: Agents Sep 10, 2025 451 Have you heard terms like "AI Agents" or "Agentic Systems" but aren't sure what they mean, or how they're different from the AI chatbots you use every day? In this episode, you'll learn: LLMs vs. Agents How Agents Work The Risks and Safeguards Resources Mentioned: Make n8n LangChain CrewAI AutoGen OpenAI Assistant API Google Vertex AI Anthropic Computer-Use Episode 8: Model Distinctions (The L

#17: Ai4 2025 Conference, part 3 Sep 3, 2025 606 Part 3 of the podcast team’s key takeaways and insights from the Ai4 Conference in Las Vegas. Guest Interviews: Erin Marzwick Dr. Renaisa Anthony Viji Rajaramanan from Fuchsia Ginger Swanson Mentions: Irys Matt Cashatt of Polyrific Paula Starr the Cherokee Nation’s CIO Regal Vultr Be sure to vote in our poll, here or on Spotify!

#16: Ai4 2025 Conference, part 2 Aug 27, 2025 531 Part 2 of the 8minute.ai podcast teams key takeaways and insights from the Ai4 Conference in Las Vegas. Guest Interviews: Laura Ottenberg Mel Futrell Be sure to vote in our poll, here or on Spotify!

#15: Ai4 2025 Conference, part 1 Aug 20, 2025 540 The 8minute.ai podcast teams key takeaways and insights from the Ai4 Conference in Las Vegas. Guest Interviews: Nikhila M. Julianne Dressman Eric Pinstein Be sure to vote in our poll, here or on Spotify!

#14: Video Models Aug 13, 2025 516 This week we discuss the big names in Video Models and Will Smith's spaghetti eating habits. Video Models: OpenAI Sora Kuaishou Kling Google Deepmind Veo Adobe Firefly Also be sure to check out Will Smith Eating Spaghetti and the NBA Finals Veo 3 Commercial. Make sure to vote in our poll here or on Spotify!

#13: Image Models Aug 6, 2025 527 In this episode, we discuss generative image models, giving an overview of the major players: DALL-E Imagen Stable Diffusion Midjourney DreamBooth Make sure to vote in our poll, on Spotify or here.

#12: Perplexity AI Jul 30, 2025 446 Need answers you can trust, with sources to back them up? In this episode, we dive into Perplexity AI, the "answer engine" that blends a search engine with conversational AI. And find out how they're changing the internet with their new browser, Comet! Don't forget to vote in this weeks poll!

#11: OpenAI Models Jul 23, 2025 489 This week we're covering OpenAI's current lineup of models available in ChatGPT, and comparing them to Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude models. Take our poll on Spotify or here. OpenAI Model Comparison

#10: Anthropic Claude Models Jul 16, 2025 450 Google gave straight-forward names with the 3 Gemini models. Now lets dive into Anthropic's trio of creatively named models and how they compare. Be sure to take this weeks poll as well, right here or on Spotify! Anthropic Model Comparison

#9: Google Gemini Models Jul 9, 2025 500 Depending on who you talk to, you’ll either hear that AI is great and so helpful, or is horrible and doesn’t give good answers. Some of this may be due to prompting techniques or intended use cases, but it may also be due to the wrong model being used. Each of the major model providers has multiple models to choose from. In this episode, we’ll cover Google’s Gemini Models, giving you an overview o

#8: Model Distinctions Jul 2, 2025 477 Before you dive into picking the “best” AI model for the job, you’ve got to understand what kind of model you’re dealing with. In this episode, we break down three essential distinctions: chat vs. API, hosted vs. local, and proprietary vs. open-source. Hit subscribe, share with a friend, and don’t miss poll on Spotify or here!

#7: Prompt Engineering, part 2 Jun 25, 2025 512 In this episode of the 8minute.ai Podcast, we discuss prompting techniques such as shot-based, chain-of-thought, chaining, and iterative to help you refine your requests like a pro! Don't forget to vote in this weeks poll here or on Spotify!

#6: Prompt Engineering Jun 18, 2025 427 What’s the secret to getting AI to do exactly what you want? It’s all in the prompt. In this episode, Garvin, Becka, and Michael break down the basics of prompt engineering—how to ask smarter questions, add context, and guide tone and format to get better results from tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. Whether you're planning a trip, writing code, or just craving a better dinner idea, this 8-minute cr

#5: Large Language Models Jun 11, 2025 444 In this episode of 8minuteAI, Becka, Michael, and Garvin break down the magic behind Large Language Models (LLMs), from how LLMs predict the next word to why they sometimes get weird (mayonnaise in a PB&J sandwich, anyone?), we explore how these models work, why they’re powerful, and what makes them occasionally... hallucinate. Tune in to learn how LLMs really “think”, without needing a comput

#4: Generative AI Jun 4, 2025 456 In this episode, Michael, Garvin, and Becka unravel the magic behind GenAI, the tech powering tools like ChatGPT, DALL·E, and Sora. From auto-completing texts to creating entire videos, GenAI is reshaping creativity, productivity, and even your dinner playlists. But it's not all sci-fi fun. There are real concerns around hallucinations, bias, copyright, and energy use. Tune in for a fast, friendly

#3: Deep Learning and Neural Networks May 28, 2025 527 In this episode of the 8minute.ai™ podcast, we dive into Deep Learning and Neural Networks, the powerful technology behind today's AI boom. Learn how neural networks mimic the human brain to make sense of messy, unstructured data like images and text. From recognizing cat memes to recommending the perfect ice cream flavor, we'll show how deep learning goes beyond traditional AI methods to provide

#2: Machine Learning May 21, 2025 461 In this episode of the 8minute.ai™Podcast, we define and discuss both rule-based expert systems and the pattern-recognition ability of Machine Learning. From Alan Turing to ice cream flavor choosing robots, we explore how machines shifted from following instructions to learning from data.

#1: Introducing 8minute.ai May 14, 2025 461 Introducing the 8minute.ai™ podcast! Your go-to guide for understanding artificial intelligence without the fluff. In just eight minutes, we break down complex AI concepts and buzzwords into simple, accessible insights that empower you to stay updated on AI advancements. In our first episode, get to know the hosts and their goals for this podcast!

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