Join Michael and Chris Sharkey, two proudly average tech enthusiasts, as they stumble through the world of artificial intelligence with all the grace of a robot learning to dance. This (sometimes weekly*) podcast delivers an hour-long conversation about their thoroughly middle-of-the-road adventures with AI. No PhDs. No Silicon Valley insights. Just two guys with enough technical knowledge to be dangerous, sharing their unexceptional yet entertaining experiences with AI tools and technology. Subscribe now to hear: • Mediocre hot takes on AI developments • Stories of AI experiments gone adequately okay • The most average advice you'll ever need • Two Sharkeys trying their best to sound smart about algorithms • Childish AI prank calls that somehow fool everybody • Attempts at using AI for phishing attacks on their mother • "Chart-topping" AI songs according to the brothers Join our perfectly mediocre community where being average at AI is celebrated, questions are encouraged, and learning through mistakes is our specialty. Because let's face it - most of us are figuring this out as we go along. New episodes drop whenever we remember to record them. 🎙️ Proudly supported by Simtheory.ai
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai----"Don't Cha" Song: https://simulationtheory.ai/cbf4d5e6-82e4-4e84-91e7-3b48cb2744efSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Q8dRV45WYfxePE7zi52iL?si=ed094fce41e54c8fCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com---CHAPTERS:00:00 - We're on Spotify!01:06 - o3-mini release and initial impressions18:37 - Reasoning models as agents47:20 - OpenAI's Deep Research: impressions and what it means1:12:20 - Addressing our Shilling for Sonnet & My Week with o1 Experience1:20:18 - Gemini 2.0 Flash GA, Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental + Other Google Updates1:38:16 - LOL of week and final thoughts1:43:39 - Don't Cha Song in Full
2/7/25 • 106:27
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai---LINKS FROM SHOW:- Built to Reason (an o1 Tribute song): https://simulationtheory.ai/3f3ff70d-afef-4372-a9a5-26b22824c383- Sputnik Moment Song: https://simulationtheory.ai/4317176e-5c0d-49b9-801b-b686113624fd- Episode 91 Notes: https://simulationtheory.ai/b64f40ce-dab8-40b7-89a1-f24d17296f5aCHAPTERS:00:00 - Is Deepseek R1 a Sputnik Moment?15:32 - Industry Reaction to Deepseek R139:30 - Can Deepseek R1 Write a Good Dis Track?46:21 - Will AI Disrupt All Software: Throw Away AI Software & Custom Interfaces1:10:04 - OpenAI's Operator Thoughts & Computer Use in the Enterprise1:16:45 - Google Releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Officially Released, Rumors of o3-mini & Farewell to o11:22:07 - In loving memory of o1...---thx 4 listening, like and sub.
1/31/25 • 85:34
Join Simtheory and use Create with Code: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com-----VOTING:Code challenge winner: https://simulationtheory.ai/e2875acf-33c3-4a96-97a1-14b8d815a49aBOOM factor on Deepseek: https://simulationtheory.ai/f98a591d-7726-42d3-afaf-53b8c29fa21e-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Computer Use, Agents, Collaborators Discussion37:12 - Deepseek-R1 Thinking Model on Par with o1/Claude Sonnet43:59 - Google Gemini Flash Thinking Experimental Updated48:18 - Code Challenge: Deepseek R1 Vs Gemini Flash Thinking Vs o1 Vs Sonnet1:02:37 - OpenAI Announces Stargate Project1:10:10 - Deepseek-R1 BOOM FACTOR------Thanks for listening.... plz like, comment, sub.
1/23/25 • 78:03
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - The next step for agents...00:45 - NVIDIA's CES Keynote Recap + Agentic Vision13:33 - State of AI Agents in 202524:55 - Thoughts on o3 announcement & it's impact on AI agents32:44 - Is o3 worth $2,000 per task and 13 minutes?36:22 - More thoughts of State of AI Agents1:00:30 - Early Agentic Systems are Already Here1:07:29 - Deepseek V3: Frontier Open Source Model1:15:42 - ChatGPT Tasks/Operator Leaks & Discussion------It's good to be back, thanks again for all your support, comments, likes, subs etc.
1/9/25 • 82:26
Thanks for listening and all of your support in 2024!------Get an AI workspace: https://simtheory.aiJoin our community: https://thisdayinai.com------00:00 - "So Chris This Week" flash back01:35 - OpenAI's 12 days of attention seeking09:02 - Gemini 2.0 Announcements, Rap Battle & Agents Discussion39:55 - Gemini Deep Research Feature50:14 - Testing Google Real Time Voice + Screen Sharing53:56 - Best Moments with Moshi in 202457:33 - Why is This Day in AI called average?59:34 - Our Simtheory Christmas Gift1:07:36 - Best Moment of AI Music 20241:15:21 - OpenAI's 12 Days of Christmas & Thoughts on SORA1:30:31 - Our Vision for Agents/Self Driving Computers in 20251:39:45 - Best Moment of AI Gambling in 20241:45:29 - 2024 Final Thoughts and Thanks1:53:55 - Best Moments: The Evolution of AI Prank Calling 20241:57:30 - Thanks Moshi
12/13/24 • 118:15
o1 Available Soon on Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiJoin our community: https://thisdayinai.com----Proving why we are the #1 average AI podcast. Apologies for interruptions and audio quality. Back to regular average programming next week. Thanks for listening!----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Initial OpenAI o1 Thoughts & Reactions12:00 - OpenAI o1 System Card29:04 - ChatGPT Pro $200/month Subscription Thoughts34:20 - What else can we expect from OpenAI's 12 days of announcements38:40 - Amazon Nova Models42:49 - Microsoft's Copilot Voice in Edge Demo
12/5/24 • 47:41
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Model Tunes (GPT-4o Better at Creative Writing) & Google Gemini Experimental Releases03:13 - AI Rap Battle: How Creative is the New GPT-4o Vs Claude Sonnet 3.5? And is Suno v4 any good?13:38 - The "fine tune" and "test time compute" trend &Â Gemini EXP-1121 release30:32 - DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview & Test Time Compute Discussion44:24 - A ChatGPT Web Browser? Plus thoughts on Workspace Computer/Self Driving Computer Future57:56 - Mixtral's Pixtral Large Update1:08:56 - AI Rap Battle Full Tracks----Like, sub etc. thanks for listening, your support and comments!
11/22/24 • 74:19
Get a workspace computer: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Is AI Slowing Down?05:15 - ChatGPT Desktop App "Work with" beta20:01 - Workspace Computer reaction, use cases and thoughts36:19 - OpenAI working on AI Agent "Operator" and thoughts on Agents and future of computer use51:18 - Scaling AI Agents for productivity/tasks1:06:55 - Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Thoughts & Smoothness-----Thanks for all of your support!
11/15/24 • 73:29
Try a workspace computer*: https://simtheory.aiOur community: https://thisdayinai.com------CHAPTERS:00:00 - It ACTUALLY works! Workspace Computer Fun & Discussion35:54 - Flux Ultra & RAW modes42:37 - Google AI & Developer Relations, State of Models48:55 - Claude Haiku 3.5 Pricing Weirdness50:04 - Final thoughts------* Please note we expect full roll out of workspace computer to be completed by Monday night after this episode is live.Thanks for listening and all of your support!
11/8/24 • 54:56
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com===CHAPTERS:00:00 - What happens with we have Self Driving Computers?33:00 - ChatGPT Search Comparison & Thoughts48:47 - Github Copilot Goes Multi-Model with Sonnet 3.5Thanks for listening!
10/31/24 • 63:30
Reserve your AI Workspace Computer: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com-----Kaitlyn's Course: https://www.blackfeatherai.com/genai-jumpstartUSE CODE "TDIA" for $200 off.-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Introduction01:34 - Trying to Order Chris a Coffee with Computer Use13:00 - Thoughts on Anthropic's Computer Use & The Impact of AI Using Computers49:45 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet (new) thoughts & Opus speculation55:08 - Why do we like Grok Beta (Grok 2) by xAI so much?1:01:18 - Did Anthropic Kill Opus 3.5 and OpenAI Orion?Thanks for listening!
10/25/24 • 69:17
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiOur community: https://thisdayinai.com-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Geoffrey Hinton is VERY relevant: wins Nobel Prize for Physics07:05 - Testing OpenAI’s Realtime API for Phone Agent Experiences & Getting Our Affairs in Order12:34 - CALL #1: Using OpenAI Realtime API Advanced Voice Mode Phone Agent Test16:34 - CALL #2: Using “Digital Twin” Phone Calling Skill To Book Doctor Appointment19:08 - CALL #3: Best Attempt with Digital Twin/AI Agent 28:31 - CALL #4: Trying To Book A Dog Groomer for a Pig Attempt #2 (11 Months After First Attempt)39:31 - State of AI Report: Does Everybody Hate RAG? Does Chris Have No Imagination?1:01:00 - Chris’s Geoffrey Hinton Song To Celebrate The Nobel PrizeThanks for listening, your comments and all of your average support for the show!
10/11/24 • 65:44
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiCall the Corey Hotline: +1 (650) 547-3393 (Not $4.95/min)Our community: https://thisdayinai.com----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Corey Hotline Cold Intro00:18 - OpenAI Dev Day Recap: Realtime API05:58 - Testing the Realtime API with Corey Hotline test09:04 - Comparing OpenAI's Realtime API Advanced Voice Mode to Retell for Calling (Corey Hotline v2)21:50 - GPT-4o Image Fine Tuning28:48 - Prompt Caching in OpenAI API43:07 - Model Distillation: Fine Tuning with Outputs from OpenAI Frontier Models50:36 - What else is coming for the Realtime API?53:28 - The New Microsoft CoPilot, Voice & Vision with CoPilot1:08:37 - Flux 1.1 PRO Update1:15:19 - OpenAI's Response to Claude Artifacts: Canvas1:26:26 - Meta Rayband Doxing1:33:55 - Mike's weekly LOLThanks for listening! We appreciate all of your support. Please share your experience with Corey!
10/4/24 • 96:37
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com-----Thanks for listening and all of your support of the show!-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Fun with ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode & Moshi04:11 - Thoughts on Advanced Voice Mode, Voice Mode API & Voice as an Interface29:31 - We Share Simtheory.ai Model Usage Data: Forget Benchmarks... Which Models Do People Actually Use?38:35 - Llama 3.2 with Vision: Thoughts on New Models and Llama Stack55:02 - Google Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 Update: Thoughts on New Model1:04:56 - OpenAI achieves AGI and Fires All Executives1:08:06 - Mike's Weekly LOL
9/27/24 • 72:48
Sign up to Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.com-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Introduction01:56 - o1-mini & o1-preview 1 week later: our thoughts and experiments including Klarna CRM, Chess, & DOOM20:45 - What is Missing to Make AI Agents Now?40:12 - Are OpenAI laser focused now of the best models/AGI?48:42 - OpenAI's o1 is getting great reviews from experts, 53:52 - Pixtral 12B: about the model and thoughts59:24 - LOLs: Is Google Gemini Live Sentient?Thanks for listening to our average show and all of your support!
9/20/24 • 63:52
Try o1 & o1-mini: https://simtheory.ai-----00:00 - OpenAI o1 & o1 Mini Discussion18:26 - Evals of OpenAI o1 & Chris Discusses Malicious Uses32:55 - Will OpenAI o1 with Agency Take Jobs or Augment Workers?48:58 - Does OpenAI o1 & o1 Mini Make Agency Products More Viable Now?52:28 - Can we Build a CRM for Klarna Using OpenAI's o1? And Model Examples1:03:37 - Is there another OpenAI model coming? Orion?1:05:45 - Reflection 70B & Matt Schumer Drama: Was Reflection 70B a Fraud? Is it just a great prompt?Thanks for listening!
9/13/24 • 80:16
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.aiOur Community: https://thisdayinai.com----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Days of AI Models Lives04:02 - Reflection 70B Open Source Model: Is It The Best Open Source AI Model or Just Great Prompt Engineering?24:48 - Is Microsoft Office a Dud? What Actually Makes you More Productive in Enterprise AI.36:15 - OpenAI Floats $2,000/month for New Models Strawberry (Q*) and Orion. Is it Expensive or Cheap for Potential Gains?55:51 - Boom Factor for Reflection 70B & Final Thoughts-----Thanks for listening and all of your support of the show.
9/6/24 • 61:19
Get a Simtheory AI Workspace: https://simtheory.aiShow Notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/69-ep75------00:00 - Lols00:29 - Discussion on OpenAI's Strawberry Q* and Orion Leaks and What it Might Mean for the Future of AI Agency & Background Tasks31:48 - Google's New Gemini 1.5 Pro & Flash Experimental Tunes: Our Thoughts44:22 - Google's Diffusion Models are Real-Time Game Engines GameNGen & Future Model Simulations58:06: Qwen2-VL Vision Models: Initial Thoughts1:08:00 - Some LOLs & Surprise End of Show Guest!----Thanks for listening and your "average" reviews. It means a lot to us. To support the show please consider leaving a review, like, comment and all the things.
8/30/24 • 73:22
Sign up to Simtheory for an AI workspace: https://simtheory.aiTry ideogram 2.0 on Simtheory---CHAPTERS:00:00 - Ideogram 2.0: Your new AI graphics designer?23:46 - Microsoft Phi 3.5 Initial Impressions & Thoughts + Boom Factor38:51 - AI workspace productivity: how much is your productivity worth?55:08 - Procreate's Anti AI Movement: Marketing or a New Category?1:07:06 - Chris's thoughts on Phi-3.5 Fine Tuning & Lack of Documentation, Accessibility of Models to Try---To see images from the show join our Discord community: https://thisdayinai.comShow notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/68-ep74Thanks for listening, your comments, reviews and support of the show. We really appreciate it and love hearing from you.PS. Tasmanian YouTuber Chris mentions: https://www.youtube.com/@UCalOFVbIxEAWIV5LHGkKcnw
8/23/24 • 73:09
Sign up to Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai-------00:00 - Reactions to #madebygoogle and Gemini Live15:30 - Grok 2 Beta Tested & Is Grok Getting Flux Credit?39:03 - Future of Personalized Software in Education & The Workplace: Are Devs Still Needed?1:02:16 - Claude's Prompt Caching Explained1:11:18 - Hermes 3 (Llama 3.1 Fine-tuned for instruction following)1:19:18 - Is Tuning All You Need? Why Claude Sonnet 3.5 is so good.Thanks for watching/listening/subscribing/liking/commenting and reviewing our average podcast each week. It means a lot to us.You can join our community here: https://thisdayinai.com or try Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai.
8/16/24 • 84:54
Sign up to SimTheory:https://simtheory.ai------Join our community: https://thisdayinai.com------Jump around:00:00 - Gemini 1.5 Experimental Experiments20:11 - SimTheory22:54 - LMSYS Leaderboard: Does it match our experience?27:31 - Flux by Black Forest Labs is Better Than MidJourney48:04 - OpenAI announces new GTP4o (50% cheaper inputs) & structured outputs1:12:35 - Groq raises 640M to meet "soaring demand" will this fix unreliability?Thanks for listening, if you like this show please consider leaving a review.
8/7/24 • 77:52
Try Llama 3.1 Models on SimTheory: https://simtheory.aiJoin our community: https://thisdayinai.comShow notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/64-ep71------CHAPTERS:------00:00 - Llama 3.1 8B, 70B and 405B News & Initial Thoughts27:44 - Discussion on Context Input Optimization, RAG and context focuses including "memory stack"38:53 -Best model right now? GPT4-Mini daily driving & is Claude Sonnet 3.5 getting dumber?42:17 - Official Llama 3.1 BOOM FACTOR scores47:08 - GPT4o-Mini Fine Tuning is Now Available53:19 - Chris's Apology for Ruining Online Poker with AI to the Poker Community ------Thanks for listening and all of your support!
7/24/24 • 63:38
Try SimTheory Beta: https://simtheory.ai/chatShow Notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/63-ep70Join our community: https://thisdayinai.comMerch: https://www.thisdayinaimerch.com/=====Thanks for listening!=====CHAPTERS:00:00 - It's good to be back...04:12 - Chris's Learnings From Playing Poker Using AI32:11 - Initial thoughts on GPT-4o Mini from OpenAI44:15 - Mistral's NeMo55:01 - Codestral Mamba1:04:48 - MathÎŁtral: Scientific Discovery or BS?1:12:59 - New Models on LMSYS: Column-r Column-u, Eureka by Google1:09:22 - BOOM FACTOR for new models1:16:39 - JD Vance Doesn't Want AI Regulatory Capture1:18:41 - Final thoughts
7/19/24 • 81:48
Try SimTheory Beta: https://simtheory.aiCommunity: https://thisdayinai.comShow notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/62-ep69----00:00 - Fun with kyutai's Moshi28:06 - SimTheory Beta is available: what is new, what we learnt49:04 - RunwayML Gen-3 Alpha52:06 - Is AI in a Bubble?59:52 - Claude Sonnet Prompt Leak for Artifacts1:07:23 - Salesforce's 1B Parameter Model1:14:14 - Moshi Interrupts Us
7/5/24 • 76:00
Community: https://thisdayai.comSimTheory: https://simtheory.aiThanks for listening, if you like the show, please consider leaving a review to help us grow our audience.====CHAPTERS:00:00 - Thoughts After Daily Driving Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 3.5Â 21:07 - OpenAI Delays ChatGPT Voice for Safety? Thoughts on OpenAI Releases Vs Anthropic31:01 - Exclusive: Rabbit r2 Preview (the app) & Should We Exploit Sponsors?36:04 - Major record Sony and Universal Music Group Suing UDIO / SUNO41:51 - NBC's AI Olympics Coverage with Al Michaels44:53 - Gemma 2 Open Weight Model Thoughts + Rant about Google's Dev Experience
6/28/24 • 63:37
Show notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/60-ep67Community: https://thisdayinai.comSimTheory: https://simtheory.ai----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Hedra Lols cold open02:24 - Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet Impressions20:02 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet Vision Image Tests25:32 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet Refusal Problems28:54 - More on Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Artifacts and Future AI UI51:41 - Hedra fun58:29 - Thoughts on Ilya Sutskever's SSI Inc (Safe Superintelligence)1:09:12 - Is AI Bad For Kids?
6/21/24 • 75:28
Show notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/59-ep66Community & discord: https://thisdayinai.comJoin SimTheory: https://simtheory.ai-----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Apple Intelligence & Apple Private Cloud Compute Thoughts, Approach and Model Discussion41:19 - LumaLab's Dream Machine48:00 - Mistral's Fundraise & Valuation: Are AI Labs Proxies in the Big Tech AI War?52:40 - Stable Diffusion Medium 356:28 - OpenAI's Revenue Leaks, AI Usage in EDU and WorkplacesThanks for listening and your support!
6/14/24 • 84:19
Join SimTheory: https://simtheory.aiJoin the community: https://thisdayinai.comShow notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/57-ep65----CHAPTERS:00:00: Fun with AI yet everyone is doom and gloom13:25: Qwen2: our initial thoughts22:12: Kling Video Generation25:11: Mistral's Fine Tuning SDK: Chris Fine Tunes using Mistral31:32: Looking Backwards: Streaming Video-to-Video Translation with Feature Banks & AI Deepfakes40:06: Is Microsoft's Recall Going to Be Recalled?44:00: The Next AI Money Making Experiment: AI Poker Agents46:53: Apple WWDC: Will we get AI Agent Siri?50:16: New SimTheory beta discussionThanks for listening!
6/7/24 • 57:32
HELP US GET THIS SONG TO #1: https://www.udio.com/songs/aM5GyzoomJn4fycgyhsUyL(Remember to keep listening and heart the song!)Join our community: https://thisdayinai.comSimTheory: https://simtheory.aiThanks for listening and all of your support, we appreciate it.--------CHAPTERS:00:00 - Google's AI Overview Fails18:50 - The Reality of Using AI25:02 - Two weeks of GPT-4o34:36 - Microsoft Build: CoPilot+ PCs, Recall, AI Narks, Phi-Silica, Team CoPilot, CoPilot with GPT-4o Voice54:41 - Phi-3-Vision Testing57:26 - Mistral-7B v0.3 Uncensored with Function Calling Testing1:08:55 - AI Startup Bubble? Lots of AI Startups looking for buyers...1:15:37 - Help us get this song to #1 on Udio!
5/24/24 • 81:49
Join the fun at: https://thisdayinai.comSimTheory: https://simtheory.aiShow notes: https://thisdayinai.com/bookmarks/55-ep63/UDIO song: https://www.udio.com/songs/iu1381RxvjfzWznGHeVecVThanks for listening and all your support of the show!CHAPTERS:------00:00 - We're changing the name of the show00:52 - Thoughts on GPT-4o (GPT4 Omni), ChatGPT Free Vs Plus & impressions27:57 - ChatGPT Voice Mode: A Dramatic Shift? Voice as a Platform: Star Trek Vs Her34:54 - Project Astra & The Future Interface of AI Computing52:28 - Applying AI Technologies: are the next 3 years a golden age for developers implementing AI?55:23 - Do we have to become Cyborgs to find our keys?1:06:24 - Google I/O AI Recap: Google's Context Caching, Tools for Project Astra, Impressions of Gemini Pro 1.5, Gemma, Gemini Flash, Veo etc.1:37:43 - Our Favorite UDIO song of the week
5/17/24 • 102:57