Episode 347:
Cognitive Synthesis and Neural Athletes
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AI isn’t just changing systems, it’s changing leadership. Deloitte’s CIO Deborah Golden shares how AI is reshaping leadership, why empathy and vulnerability matter, and why anti-fragility defines the future of work.
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19.02.2026 14:07 —
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Episode 346:
AI incidents, audits, and the limits of benchmarks
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AI is no longer experimental, it’s operational. And when it fails, it matters. Sean McGregor joins us on AI safety, verification, auditing, weak benchmarks, and lessons from hacking AI at DEF CON.
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17.02.2026 16:47 —
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Episode 345:
Inside an AI-Run Company
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“What if I built a real startup… but my coworkers were AI?”
Journalist Evan Ratliff, host of Shell Game, joins us to discuss his experiment running a startup with #AIagents.
How do AI coworkers behave and where ethics break down?
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17.02.2026 16:39 —
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Episode 344:
How is AI shaping democracy?
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We talk with Bruce Schneier about how AI is reshaping #democracy, governance, and citizenship, from elections and legislation to courts and public AI models.
A grounded, global look at AI’s real societal impact.
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17.02.2026 16:32 —
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Episode 343:
Controlling AI Models from the Inside
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"Today, we provide an input to the model, get an output and we have no idea of what’s going on inside."
Alizishaan Khatri of Wrynx explains why AI safety must move beyond black-box defenses, and into the model itself.
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17.02.2026 16:26 —
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Episode 342:
2025 was the year of agents, what's coming in 2026?
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As we kick off 2026, we reflect on what really mattered in AI in 2025 and what’s coming next: rise of agents and reasoning models, infrastructure and energy constraints + grounded 2026 predictions.
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17.02.2026 16:11 —
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Practical AI | The AI engineer skills gap
Chris and Daniel talk with returning guest, Ramin Mohammadi, about how those seeking to get into AI Engineer/ Data Science jobs are expected to come in a mid level engineers (not entry level). They...
Practical AI Podcast - Episode 340:
The AI engineer skills gap
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The Practical AI Podcast is one of the world’s most popular and longest running podcasts on artificial intelligence. We make artificial intelligence practical, productive, and accessible to everyone.
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13.02.2026 16:16 —
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Practical AI | Chris on AI, autonomous swarming, home automation and Rust!
This episode is a special crossover between the Practical AI podcast and The Changelog podcast. Chris was recently invited by longtime friends Jerod Santo and Adam Stacoviak, cohosts of The Changel...
Practical AI Podcast - Episode 338:
Chris on AI, autonomous swarming, home automation and Rust!
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One of the world’s most popular and longest running podcasts on artificial intelligence. We make artificial intelligence practical, productive, and accessible to everyone.
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13.02.2026 16:14 —
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Practical AI | Autonomous Vehicle Research at Waymo
Waymo’s VP of Research, Drago Anguelov, joins Practical AI to explore how advances in autonomy, vision models, and large-scale testing are shaping the future of driverless technology. The conversat...
Practical AI Podcast - Episode 336:
Autonomous Vehicle Research at Waymo
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The Practical AI Podcast is one of the world’s most popular and longest running podcasts on artificial intelligence. We make artificial intelligence practical, productive, and accessible to everyone. #AI
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13.02.2026 16:07 —
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Practical AI | Are we in an AI bubble?
Dan and Chris unpack whether today’s surge in AI deployment across enterprise workflows, manufacturing, healthcare, and scientific research signals a lasting transformation or an overhyped bubble. ...
Practical AI Podcast - Episode 335:
Are we in an AI bubble?
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13.02.2026 15:44 —
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Practical AI | While loops with tool calls
Dan and Chris sit down (again) with Jared Zoneraich, co-founder and CEO of PromptLayer, to discuss how prompt engineering has evolved into context engineering (and while loops with tool calls). Jar...
Practical AI Podcast Episode 334:
While loops with tool calls
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The Practical AI Podcast is one of the world’s most popular and longest running podcasts on artificial intelligence. We make artificial intelligence practical, productive, and accessible to everyone.
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13.02.2026 15:43 —
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Practical AI | Inside America’s AI Action Plan
Dan and Chris break down Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan, issued by the White House in July 2025. Structured as three
Inside America's AI Action Plan
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13.02.2026 15:41 —
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Practical AI | Agentic AI for Drone & Robotic Swarming
In this episode of Practical AI, Chris and Daniel explore the fascinating world of agentic AI for drone and robotic swarms, which is Chris's passion and professional focus. They unpack how autonomo...
Agentic AI for Drone & Robotic Swarming
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13.02.2026 15:38 —
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Practical AI cohost @chrisbenson.bsky.social was recently interviewed on a joint @changelog.com / Practical AI episode about fully-autonomous swarming and other topics.
14.01.2026 18:26 —
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Deep-dive into DeepSeek (Practical AI #302)
There is crazy hype and a lot of confusion related to DeepSeek's latest model DeepSeek R1. The products provided by DeepSeek (their version of a ChatGPT-like app) has exploded in popularity. However, ...
There is crazy hype and confusion related to DeepSeek R1. The apps provided by DeepSeek has exploded in popularity. Chris and Daniel cut through the hype to talk about the model, privacy, running DeepSeek models securely, and what this signals for open models in 2025.
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31.01.2025 15:42 —
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As cohost of @practicalai.bsky.social, I had long since abandoned X as a source for AI news, seeking items of interest from various other social media sources. Now I find myself coming to Bluesky first, so I hope a robust AI community springs up here. I like the good vibe and sense of acceptance.
23.11.2024 21:55 —
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Bluesky's firehose is a treasure trove of public data for researchers and developers, and it's completely free. Check out our developer docs: docs.bsky.app
23.11.2024 05:54 —
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The Practical AI podcast is now on Bluesky! We will start off by announcing our upcoming episodes here, and see where the conversations lead us...
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