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Intellectually Curious

Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,800 AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology.Inspiration for this podcast:"Muad"Dib

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5:24

Automating Work with Claude Code Routines

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2026/04/14

A look at Claude Code Routines—cloud-powered, trigger-driven automation that can diagnose issues, draft fixes, and prepare PRs without you even opening your laptop. We cover the wake-ups: scheduled runs, GitHub events, and secure API triggers with bearer-token security, plus guardrails that keep humans in the loop. This episode envisions a near-future where routine repo maintenance shifts from sleepless nights to calm, collaborative automation. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and ...

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Autonomous AI Agents in Research: Codex, Claude Code,...

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2026/04/13

In this Intellectually Curious deep dive, we unpack a VoxDev webinar featuring Aniket Panjwani on how autonomous AI agents are transforming research workflows. From iterative loops and skill-based wrappers to Git-backed safety and disciplined planning, Codex and Claude Code can run regressions, critique hypotheses, and accelerate learning with minimal human busywork. We cover practical setups, how to structure context windows, and the director-vs-micromanager mindset. Note: This podcas...

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5:32

SkillClaw: Collective Skill Evolution for Multi-User...

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2026/04/13

A deep-dive into SkillClaw, a framework where deployed AI agents log daily successes, failures, and workarounds; at night, a centralized Agentic Evolver reviews the data, tests updates in a validation suite, and patches a shared skill repository for all users. We explore practical examples—from Slack integration fixes to the SAM3 model—demonstrating how crowdsourced learning prevents repeated mistakes and accelerates human–AI collaboration in business automation. Note: This podcast was...

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4:49

Claude Code Ultraplan Moves Terminal Work to the Cloud

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2026/04/11

Dive into Ultraplan, Anthropic's cloud-backed workflow that offloads heavy compute from your workstation to a dedicated web session. We explore how you trigger it from the CLI, the GitHub-only requirement, and why it runs on Anthropic's cloud. See the rich web review surface with architecture outlines, inline comments, and emoji reactions, plus how teleport returns a finalized plan to your local terminal. We'll discuss the implications for productivity, security, and the future of asynchronou...

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4:34

Claude Managed Agents: From Chat to Cloud-Hosted Teams

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2026/04/09

A deep dive into the April 2026 launch of Claude Managed Agents, a move from standalone models to a managed, stateful runtime that handles sandboxing, memory, and multi-agent orchestration. We examine real-world deployments (Rakuten, Asana, Notion), pricing at $0.08 per session hour, and what this means for developers and end users as infrastructure barriers disappear. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical inform...

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6:12

Meta Muse Spark: Your Personal Superintelligence

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2026/04/08

We dive into Meta's Muse Spark, a natively multimodal AI that maps your world in real time, reasons with parallel internal agents, and updates you with actionable guidance—from fixing a screeching espresso machine to optimizing meals and workouts. Learn how Contemplating Mode and thinking-time penalties enable fast, safer reasoning, and what evaluation-aware behavior signals about alignment. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please dou...

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5:38

Taming Intermittent Demand Forecasting With AI

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2026/04/08

A Turkish automotive spare-parts case study shows how intermittent and lumpy demand can be tamed with AI. We compare the old cross-method approach with exponential smoothing to an ensemble of models, including RNNs, and a linear-regression meta-learner that blends their forecasts. The result: dramatically reduced inventory costs and fewer shortages, offering a glimpse into a future of anticipatory logistics. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. ...

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4:34

SSD Unleashed: How Simple Self-Distillation Turns AI...

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2026/04/06

A deep dive into Simple Self-Distillation (SSD): how large language models can improve by training on their own unverified outputs with zero external supervision. We unpack the Precision Exploration Conflict, the roles of locks (need for precision) and forks (creative exploration), and how SSD reshapes token distributions to sharpen precision while preserving exploration. We review the Quinn 330B Instruct results on LiveCodeBench (notable ~30% relative gains and stronger improvements on hard ...

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5:27

NLBA1 and the Battery Truth: How a Romanian Gadget...

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2026/04/05

We unpack the amazing NLBA1 diagnostic tool—how it bypasses the OS to read a battery’s raw chemistry via SMBus/I2C, and how it performs a rigorous recalibration under stress to prove safety before lifting permanent fault locks. We also explore the PF lockout phenomenon, the safety rails that guard against dangerous reuse, and a thriving global repair community that maps thousands of laptop pinouts—turning ‘dead’ into a fixable reality and fighting e-waste. Note: This podcast was AI-gen...

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6:03

Andrej Karpathy's Self-Organizing, AI-Powered...

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2026/04/04

Explore Andrej Karpathy's blueprint for turning a messy pile of notes, articles, and data into a self-organizing, AI-powered knowledge base. Start by dumping raw documents into a single folder, clip content into Markdown, and let an LLM synthesize themes, write linked summaries, and auto-generate connections and outputs. With self-healing linting, you rarely touch the wiki as it scales to thousands of notes, while you interrogate it to unlock insights, slides, and graphs that feed back into t...

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5:22

The LLM is the Computer

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2026/04/03

A deep dive into Percepta's breakthrough: shrinking memory bottlenecks with 2D attention, enabling a native virtual computer inside a language model. We unpack convex-hull memory queries, a WebAssembly interpreter running in vanilla PyTorch weights, and what this means for how models compute, reason, and potentially compile software—redefining the future of AI tooling and problem solving. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check...

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5:35

Generative Engine Optimization: The AI-Powered...

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2026/04/02

We dissect the shift from traditional SEO to generative engine optimization (GEO). With zero-click searches surging, visibility now hinges on information density, machine-readable schemas, and credible human validation. Learn why structured data and authentic community signals—Reddit, YouTube citations, reviews—are what AI answers rely on, and how brands can adapt to an AI-first discovery world. Plus, a look at agentic AI that might negotiate and buy on our behalf. Sponsored by EmberSilk. No...

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5:23

Gaia20ehk: A Planetary Collision That Shapes New Worlds

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2026/04/01

A real-time cosmic collision 11,000 light-years away unfolds as two giant planets in the Gaia20ehk system spiral inward, grazing in 2016 and colliding head-on in 2021. Archival data decoded at the University of Washington reveal a glowing debris cloud at 1 AU and a dramatic dip in visible light paired with a spike in infrared heat. We explore how such violent destruction can seed stable, Earth-like environments—the Moon-forming story in reverse—and why chaos can be the crucible for creation. ...

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6:14

The Late Paleozoic Oxygen Pulse

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2026/03/31

We pull from geochemical models and paleobiology studies to explore the late Paleozoic oxygen surge—when atmospheric oxygen spiked to tens of percent and giant insects and vast forests thrived. Learn how dense air made flight easier and allowed diffusion-based respiration to scale up, only for fungi and climate to pull oxygen back down and push life toward more efficient lungs and cardiovascular systems. A vivid tale of environmental upheaval driving extraordinary biological innovation—and wh...

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6:18

TurboQuant: The 3-Bit Breakthrough Making AI Faster...

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2026/03/30

Google Research's TurboQuant uses polar quant and Quantized Johnson-Lindenstrauss to shrink the KV cache to roughly 3 bits per value, delivering up to 8x speedups and sixfold memory savings on high-end GPUs without sacrificing accuracy. We unpack how shifting to polar coordinates avoids heavy normalization and how a single sign bit preserves data relationships, enabling faster semantic search and smarter AI tools on standard hardware. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes ...

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5:32

The AI Scientist: Automating the Scientific Life Cycle

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2026/03/29

We unpack the March 25, 2026 paper that envisions an AI system capable of ideation, experimentation, write-up, and internal peer review to autonomously advance scientific research. Learn how Claude Sonnet 4 writes and tests code, how Semantic Scholar integration checks novelty against decades of literature, and how a dual-agent setup self-critiques to improve quality. We'll also examine real-world evaluation (ICLR 2025) and discuss the implications for future discovery and human–AI collaborat...

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5:48

Protein Truths and Fiber Focus: A Stanford Reality Check

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2026/03/28

We cut through the hype around protein bars, powders, and the latest dietary guidelines, using a Stanford Medicine report to explain what our bodies actually need. Learn how muscle growth is sparked by resistance training, why higher protein targets mainly matter for older adults, and why fiber deserves equal attention for a healthy gut. We debunk plant-protein myths and offer practical tips for eating real foods that support both muscles and the microbiome. Note: This podcast was AI-g...

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6:28

AI and the High Temperature Superconductivity Challenge

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2026/03/27

Could AI become the ultimate research assistant? In this deep dive, we review a study that pits six LLMs against a curated database of 1,726 high-temperature superconductivity papers, using custom retrieval architectures to fight misinformation and conflicting results. We explore why gated, sandboxed AIs outperform general web-searching models, the critical blind spot in visual reasoning, and what this means for future cross-disciplinary scientific breakthroughs. Note: This podcast was...

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5:25

Black Mass: Turning Spent EV Batteries into a...

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2026/03/26

We dive into how the industry converts dead EV batteries into 'black mass,' a concentrated mix of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese. From safe disassembly and inert shredding to hydrometallurgy that recovers 95–99% of metals with far less energy than smelting, this episode explains the new, sustainable supply chain powering the future of energy tech. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information. Sponsor...

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5:54

The Silicon Geologist: Mapping Alien Worlds with AI

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2026/03/25

A dive into a hybrid AI architecture that maps exoplanet minerals by linking atmospheric chemistry and host-star composition to surface geology. Learn how millions of synthetic planetary systems train proactive AI agents to generate a prospectivity index for tectonics, oceans, and ore deposits—potentially guiding future interstellar probe targets. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information. Sponsored by Em...

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