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(0:00) Jason's new brand deal (1:18) Bestie updates (9:12) "Ligma/Johnson" blunder outside of Twitter HQ (15:38) Surge of tech layoffs at Twitter, Stripe, Lyft…

In the latest example of how researchers are using the latest technologies to track animals less invasively, a team of researchers has proposed harnessing high-…

Fiona Hill is a presidential advisor and foreign policy expert specializing in Russia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Mizzen+…

Abbas Amanat is a historian at Yale specializing in the modern history of Iran. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Henson Shaving…

Today's guest is VP of Strategy and Offerings at IBM, Marisa Viveros. 5G is a widely misunderstood technology that most might associate with mobile connectivity…

Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He’s the former director of AI at Tesla, a founding member of OpenAI, and an educato…

(0:00) Sacks is back! (1:01) Sacks recaps his week off (3:13) Elon finalizes Twitter deal, immediate content moderation decisions, platform potential (31:19) Me…

It was a pleasure to welcome Brian Potter on the podcast! Brian is the author of the excellent Construction Physics blog, where he discusses why the constructio…

Today's guest is Divyabh Mishra, Founder & CEO at CrowdANALYTIX. In conversation with Emerj's CEO Daniel Faggella, Divyabh talks about the business challenges i…

Ye is a legendary artist, producer, and designer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get free…

(0:00) Bestie intros: Brad Gerstner joins in place of Sacks, and brigadoons! (2:02) Ye's current situation and acquisition of Parler (14:17) Snap drops ~30%, co…

Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, philosopher, and author of The Network State: How to Start a New Country. He was formerly the CTO of Coinb…

Jonathon Reilly, co-founder of Akkio, a no-code AI platform, talks about how users with a web browser and an idea have the power to bring AI to life themselves…

It was a fantastic pleasure to welcome Bryan Caplan back for a third time on the podcast! His most recent book is Don't Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice…

Today's guest is Christian van Leeuwen, CSO and Co-Founder of FRISS. His company accrued over $88 million to fund a workforce of 200 employees focused on claims…

There are some 1.8 billion Muslims, but only 16% or so of them speak Arabic, the language of the Quran. This is in part due to the fact that many Muslims strugg…

Today's guest is Aditya Ramesh, Creator of DALL·E, Co-creator of DALL·E 2 at OpenAI. You might already be familiar with how the DALL·E platforms have taken the…

Hikaru Nakamura is a chess super grandmaster and is currently the #1 ranked blitz chess player in the world. He is also one of the top chess streamers on Twitch…

Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT Media Lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors…

(0:00) Bestie intros are back! (6:35) Reflecting on the first 100 episodes and what makes the show special (29:12) Fan questions: Building in a downturn, how to…

Our 109th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! If you are a fan, we'd appreciate your feedback on Apple Podcast, or just via email…

Today's guest is Edmund Zagorin, Founder of Arkestro. Edmund founded Arkestro in 2017, and the company now operates in several industries in addition to the aut…

Today's guest is Chris Joynt, who served as AIoT Co-Innovation Leader in the Solutions Group at PTC at the time of our recording. In today's episode, Chris walk…

John Danaher is one of the greatest coaches and minds in martial arts history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Audible: https…

Levy Rozman, also known as GothamChess, is a professional chess player, streamer, and educator. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: &#8211…

0:00 Bestie intros! 1:34 Breaking down major cheating scandals: chess, poker, fishing 16:13 Twitter deal updates 30:05 AI making rapid advancements: Tesla AI Da…

Annaka Harris is the author of Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: &#8211…

Moses Guttmann, founded ClearML, talks about the evolution of the MLOps industry over the past few years and ClearML's contribution to it.

Today's guest is Sean Gourley, CEO of Primer, a company that has raised $170 million for pioneering large-scale data analysis. In today's episode, Sean discusse…

Thanks to earbuds, people can take calls anywhere, while doing anything. The problem: those on the other end of the call can hear all the background noise, too…