Are AI giants really building trustworthy systems? A groundbreaking transparency report by Stanford, MIT, and Princeton says no. In this episode, we expose the shocking lack of transparency in AI development and how it impacts bias, safety, and trust in the technology. We’ll break down Gary Marcus’s demands for more openness and what consumers should know ab ... Show More
Oct 26
I wrote a chess engine and still can't play chess: AI coding and skill decay (Ep. 317)
I wrote a chess engine that beats real players. I still can't play chess. Developers who hand their coding to AI are heading the same way: they can build the machine but can't play the game. We go through the evidence (Anthropic, METR, Microsoft/CMU), the best counterarguments, a ... Show More
34m 48s
Oct 20
"Rust Is Amazing, as Long as Nobody Looks at It" - Fact-Checking DHH (Ep. 316)
DHH told Rails World that hand-written code is over, that HEY's backend is being AI-rewritten in Rust ("amazing, as long as you never look at it"), and that developer happiness no longer matters. This episode checks his statements. Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new ... Show More
22m 56s
Oct 13
AI coding agents have a Mythical Man-Month problem (Ep. 315)
Fifty years ago Fred Brooks showed why adding more people to a late project makes it later. Today we do the same thing with tokens — more context, more autonomy, same myth, different currency. Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new book available for purchase on https:// ... Show More
17m 29s
Oct 2025
Inside The MIT AI Study Everyone Misunderstood (And What It Means For Startups)
MIT's new State of AI in Business report went viral for claiming that 95% of enterprise AI projects fail. But the real story isn't that AI doesn't work — it's just big companies can't build it.In this episode of the Lightcone, Garry, Harj, Diana, and Jared break down what the stu ... Show More
21m 43s
Apr 2023
AI is the future! AI is a fraud. Let's debate.
AI has captured the imagination of Silicon Valley seemingly overnight. And in all this excitement, it's hard to tell what's really going on. What is this technology, how does Silicon Valley plan to change our world with it, and what exactly has a bunch of smart people very worrie ... Show More
51m 30s