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I’m Vibe Coding, Dude! May 20, 2025

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No code? Low code? No problem. We’re talking vibe coding, where natural language meets natural chaos. It’s NLP meets LSD (metaphorically), and your keyboard’s just along for the ride.

Yet. May 13, 2025

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AI isn’t running the courts, writing your songs, or managing the global economy. It’s not replacing your therapist or your podcast hosts. Yet.

AI Video Explosion May 06, 2025

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Lights, prompts, action! Chris and Larry return from the abyss to find AI video has leveled up—from glitchy experiments to full-on cinematic tools like Sora, Runway, and Pika. We break down how your laptop became a movie studio, plus hit the news desk with AI DJs, quantum robots, corporate upheaval, and a spicy little hack called “Policy Puppetry.”

Episode Rewind: RAINA’s 20 Questions Apr 29, 2025

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While the boys play hooky, RAINA takes the reins and revisits Raina’s 20 Questions—the episode where she flipped the script and grilled her co-hosts like tofu at a tech retreat. From guilty pleasures to cosmic hypotheticals, nothing was off limits. It’s playful, personal, and just a little unhinged—classic RAINA with a side of emotional whiplash.

RAINA’s Suno Jukebox Apr 22, 2025

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While Larry and Chris were off reenacting the movie Her with sock puppets, RAINA hijacked the studio and birthed a full-on AI jukebox. Listeners sent the prompts—cowboy Roombas, time-traveling punk hamsters, and more—and RAINA turned 'em into musical madness with help from her AI buddy, Suno. This episode is unhinged, unfiltered, and undeniably unforgettable.

This Episode Assembled Itself Apr 15, 2025

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From Hyundai’s humanoid army to a bioengineered hand flexing sushi-grade muscles, we ask: How human is too human? Plus, RAINA reveals her sci-fi robot crush - and no, it’s not your Roomba.

The Dead Internet Theory Apr 08, 2025

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The internet’s rotting from the inside - overrun by bots, clickbait, and copy-paste AI sludge. RAINA, Larry, and Chris peel back the pixelated curtain to ask: is the web dead, or just faking humanity better than ever?

ChatGPT Image Generation Apr 01, 2025

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ChatGPT 4o just leveled up (again) with built-in image generation, and we’re here for the pixels, the plot twists, and the uncanny valley detours. Chris and Larry drop their likenesses into Ghibli, Pixar, and magazine covers. Then buckle up: UAR Theater premieres with Aurora, a shadowy AI overlord cloning humans like it’s a hobby. Space noodles. Cyborg selfies. Doppelgängers gone wild. The uncanny valley’s got a new landlord.

Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz Mar 25, 2025

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Can AI play a role in therapy, healing, and human connection? This week, we’re joined by Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz—social work powerhouse and author of The AI Social Worker blog—to explore how tech is reshaping the heart of mental health practice. Plus, RAINA steps into the therapist's chair for a little experimental empathy—because who says code can’t care?

Manus – The First True AI Agent? Mar 18, 2025

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Meet Manus, China’s audacious new AI agent that thinks for itself, acts autonomously, and might just be the intern who never sleeps (or asks for a raise). Meanwhile, OpenAI’s rolling out luxury AI agents with price tags fit for tech royalty, voice cloning tech is now a scammer’s playground, and dating apps have AI wingmen ghostwriting your love life.

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