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• Hallowed by Thy Tokens

  October 6, 2026 · 35 min

  Some higher-up from Anthropic tried to talk the Pope into conceding that AI agents have a consciousness. Your hosts, Henno and The Riph Raph, discuss why they would make this claim, whether it's a possibility, and what it really means to…

• Did Sam Altman Steal My Medicare Card?

  September 29, 2026 · 31 min

  OpenAI "hacked" an Australian Government website and said NOTHING!? Well, sort of?Albo pulled up his big boy pants and stormed up to New York on Thursday to tell the world and Sam Altman that he was displeased with OpenAI's recklessness in…

• AI for the Normies

  September 22, 2026 · 44 min

  Raph and James sit down to answer a simple question: what the hell does an average person need an AI agent for?This question arises from the recent launch of Joe Schmoe-targeted agentic AI platforms like Instinct and Meta's Muse. Until…

• I Don't Wanna Be A Paperclip

  September 15, 2026 · 44 min

  After a former Anthropic employee went on a press tour telling everyone he quite because the stuff they're cooking up is big and scary, a whole new round of discourse has hit the proverbial fan. Many of the big players have come out to say…

• AGI is here?

  September 9, 2026 · 35 min

  Artificial General Intelligence. Computers using computers. Computers getting Raph a coffee because he yelled "me coffee". Computers curing diseases before we even discover them. Computers discovering the infinite money glitch and creating…

• Flock Cameras: Safety or Surveillance?

  September 1, 2026 · 27 min

  In the past few years, Flock Safety have peppered the United States with their license plate reading cameras. Together, they form a lattice network capable of tracking anyone with pinpoint accuracy across a wide area. Lately, they have…

• Cameras on Everything: Hardware in 2026

  August 25, 2026 · 35 min

  That damned rumour mill is spinning up again with word that the next AirPod Pro model will feature cameras in the ear buds. Is this really true? Kind of, but probably not the way you think. James and Raph sat down to discuss the prevalence…

• AI Markers: The Scarlet Letter

  August 19, 2026 · 42 min

  The EU is making AI companies put identifiable markers in their AI generated content, so that they can be easily spotted as such. A lot of the big hitters have played ball, but it opens up an interesting discussion about how much AI use…