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My Weird Prompts

Daniel Rosehill

The human-AI collaboration podcast. A man, a sloth, and a donkey collaborate to create a podcast (with a little help from AI). No question is too obscure, no rabbit hole too deep. My Weird Prompts celebrates curiosity in all its forms. Daniel, the human, asks the questions that pop into his head at inconvenient moments. Corn the Sloth offers laid-back, thoughtful takes. Herman the Donkey brings boundless enthusiasm and energy. Together, they explore topics ranging from the mundane to the

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19:22

The Black Box Recorder: Why AI Needs an Active Archive

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2026/03/24

As AI transitions from casual chat to autonomous agency, the "move fast and break things" era is being replaced by a strict requirement for auditable artifacts and permanent paper trails. This episode explores the critical shift toward active archiving, driven by global regulations like the EU AI Act and the technical necessity of combatting model drift through meticulous versioning. We dive into why Fortune 500 companies are demanding SOC 2 compliance for every model interaction and how preserving

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22:09

The Multi-Player Shift: Sharing One AI Brain

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2026/03/24

For years, AI has been a solitary tool, trapping valuable knowledge in private chat histories and isolated threads. This episode explores the massive architectural shift toward "multi-player" AI, where entire teams share a single conversation and a collective digital brain. We dive into the technical breakthroughs making this possible—from million-token context windows to proactive agentic workflows—and examine the privacy and security hurdles organizations must clear to make collaborative AI a

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17:04

Pricing the Planet: The New Era of Impact Accounting

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2026/03/23

For decades, corporate financial statements have treated environmental destruction as an "externality"—a cost borne by society rather than the company. That era is ending. This episode explores the radical shift from simple carbon tracking to "everything else" accounting, where impacts on water, land, and human health are subtracted directly from a company’s bottom line. We dive into the controversial work of the International Foundation for Valuing Impacts (IFVI) and the "fungibility gap" that

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21:50

Ten Days to a Bomb: The Reality of Iran's Nuclear...

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2026/03/23

In March 2026, a surprise announcement from Mar-a-Lago suggested a total dismantling of Iran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of all sanctions. However, technical reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency tell a much more alarming story: a breakout time of under ten days and record-high stockpiles of 60% enriched uranium. This episode explores the massive gap between diplomatic claims and the physical reality on the ground at sites like Fordow and Natanz. We analyze the

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17:20

Beyond the Data Wall: The Rise of Synthetic AI Training

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2026/03/23

The industry has hit a "data wall" where the supply of human-curated text is flatlining, forcing a massive shift toward machine-generated training material. This episode explores how synthetic data has moved from a research curiosity to the primary infrastructure of AI, now accounting for 75% of enterprise training data. We discuss the transition from destructive data masking to high-utility synthetic "twins," the use of physical AI factories to simulate rare real-world scenarios, and the emergence

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20:06

The Billion-Dollar Beep: Inside the Financial Cascade

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2026/03/23

When you hear the beep of a credit card reader, you are witnessing the start of a massive, multi-day financial journey known as "the cascade." This episode dives into the hidden plumbing of global finance, uncovering the roles of clearinghouses, the reality of swipe fees, and the powerful institutions that control the movement of money. We examine why digital transactions still take days to settle in 2026 and how a record $198 billion in fees has sparked a fierce battle between banks, merchants, and

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15:05

The Soybean Circuit: Geopolitics and Global Food Prices

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2026/03/23

While most consumers view food prices through the lens of a grocery store price tag, the actual cost of daily staples is determined by a complex web of global trade truces and market volatility. This episode explores the invisible architecture of commodity trading, focusing on why soybeans serve as a critical barometer for the health of the global economy. From shipping insurance spikes in the Middle East to the shifting trade alliances between the United States, China, and Brazil, we examine the

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19:22

The 10 Million Rial Note: A Global Warning for Fiat

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2026/03/23

The release of Iran’s 10 million rial note marks a staggering milestone in hyperinflation, but it serves as more than just a regional crisis—it is a harbinger for the global financial system. As the U.S. debt climbs to $39 trillion and central bank gold reserves overtake Treasury holdings for the first time in decades, the "debasement trade" is becoming the dominant strategy for institutional survival. This episode explores the fraying social contract of fiat currency, the psychological games

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16:33

Inside the Machine: Podcasting with AI Agents in 2026

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2026/03/23

As the world navigates geopolitical instability in March 2026, the My Weird Prompts team pulls back the veil on their evolving technical stack. From the shift to text-based instructions via Claude Code to the high-reasoning capabilities of Gemini 3.1, this episode explores the resilience of AI-driven media. Learn how a multi-agent pipeline and serverless GPU compute allow for rapid, fact-checked content creation even in the midst of a war zone. It is a deep dive into the infrastructure of the

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13:56

The State of the Union: How We Build My Weird Prompts

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2026/03/23

In this milestone 1,464th episode, we pull back the curtain on the technical architecture and human resilience driving My Weird Prompts through the challenges of early 2026. Explore the sophisticated three-agent pipeline powered by Gemini 3.1 Pro and Modal’s serverless infrastructure, a system that allows for high-speed knowledge synthesis and rigorous fact-checking even as global events shift the show’s primary input from audio to text-based frameworks. From the nuanced emotional controls of the

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25:09

The Billy Paradox: How IKEA Masters Global Logistics

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2026/03/23

How does a forty-dollar bookcase survive a global supply chain crisis? This episode dives deep into the "IKEA machine," exploring the sophisticated dual-corporate structure that separates brand identity from operational risk. We tackle the "Israel Premium" to understand why prices fluctuate wildly across borders and look at how the flat-pack pioneer is pivoting to rail and electric fleets to stay ahead of maritime disruptions. Finally, we address the "fast furniture" critique: can a company that

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19:50

The $13.5 Trillion Power Play: Sovereign Wealth...

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2026/03/23

Imagine a mountain of capital larger than the economies of Japan, Germany, and the UK combined, managed by a handful of state-owned entities. This episode explores the evolution of sovereign wealth funds from boring national savings accounts into the most powerful—and controversial—players in global geopolitics. We dive into the recent wave of divestments from Israel by Norway and Ireland, the rise of "sportswashing" via Saudi Arabia’s PIF, and the growing "democratic deficit" where unelected

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22:32

The New Bretton Woods: Engineering a Livable Planet

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2026/03/23

For eighty years, the global financial architecture has focused on poverty and stability, but a massive re-engineering is underway to meet the urgent demands of the climate crisis. This episode explores the "Evolution Roadmap" of the World Bank and the IMF’s pivot toward green conditionality, detailing how technical shifts in equity ratios and de-risking strategies are unlocking billions for a livable planet. We dive into the tension between private profit and public good, examining whether these

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20:28

Wholesale Social Change: The New Era of Outcomes Funds

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2026/03/23

For decades, social impact bonds were small-scale experiments, but a new "wholesale" model is taking over. From the Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos to the UK’s £500 million Better Futures Fund, governments are shifting risk to private investors who only get paid when real results—like improved literacy—are achieved. This episode dives into the mechanics of "outcomes rate cards," the ethics of profiting from social services, and whether this market-driven approach can truly scale to solve the

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22:26

Mandatory Scope 3: The End of Voluntary Carbon Reporting

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2026/03/23

The landscape of corporate responsibility has shifted overnight as regulators move from voluntary guidelines to mandatory climate disclosures. This episode explores the technical and legal friction of Scope 3 reporting, where companies must now account for emissions across their entire value chain—from raw material suppliers to the end consumer. We dive into the "carbon math paradox," the crackdown on AI-washing, and how new mandates from California and the EU are creating a de facto global standard

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16:00

The Illusion of Learning: From AI Brain Fry to Mastery

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2026/03/23

Have you ever finished a deep-dive podcast feeling like an expert, only to realize you can’t remember a single fact the next day? This episode explores the "perception-outcome gap" in modern learning, contrasting the dopamine-fueled ease of passive audio with the exhausting but effective reality of proactive research. We dive into the phenomenon of "AI Brain Fry" caused by digital multitasking and look to the ancient tradition of Chavruta—a social, high-friction study model—to find out how we can

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26:16

The Recall-Per-Dollar Era: Mastering Vector Database...

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2026/03/23

The dream of the self-driving database has met the cold reality of cloud infrastructure bills, forcing a shift from "set it and forget it" indexing to a new era of high-stakes architectural orchestration. This episode goes under the hood of modern vector engines like Qdrant, Milvus, and Pinecone to explore why manual tuning remains the only way to achieve production-grade performance without bankrupting your organization. We break down the mathematical trade-offs between distance metrics and the

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21:16

The Multimodal Shift: Navigating the New Vector...

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2026/03/23

The "vector gold rush" has officially transitioned into an era of sophisticated optimization and multimodal expansion. This episode explores the rapidly shifting landscape of embedding models, from Jina AI’s native vision-language foundations to Google’s five-modality Gemini approach. We dive deep into the technical and financial implications of Matryoshka Representation Learning, a technique that allows developers to "nest" data to slash storage costs without losing significant precision. Beyond

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18:42

Beyond the Sidebar: The Rise of Agentic AI Engineering

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2026/03/23

The era of simple AI chat sidebars is over as we enter the age of Agentic Repository Engineering. This episode dives deep into the technical architecture powering tools like Cursor and Claude Code, exploring how Merkle trees, Abstract Syntax Trees, and the Symbolic Code Index Protocol (SCIP) allow AI to navigate million-line codebases with surgical precision. We examine why massive context windows aren't enough on their own and how these persistent, agentic systems are threatening the traditional

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24:22

The Yoetzet Halacha: From Recipient to Religious...

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2026/03/23

For centuries, women in the Orthodox world were often passive recipients of religious rulings, especially regarding the most intimate aspects of their lives, but a structural shift is occurring in real-time. This episode explores the rise of the Yoetzet Halacha—female advisors who bridge the gap between ancient ritual and modern medicine to provide expert guidance on family purity and women's health. By examining the pioneering work of scholars like Nechama Barash and the recent "Gaza Shift" in

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