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Artificial Intelligence

The episodes and research papers where the show explains Artificial Intelligence from the ground up.

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Episodes15
  1. EP 58

    What OpenAI Actually Did to Navier-Stokes

    From Newton’s laws to finite-time blowup: what OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes claim means for fluid mathematics, scientific credit and AI research.

    What OpenAI Actually Did to Navier-Stokes
  2. EP 53

    What Claude Actually Did to the Riemann Hypothesis

    Claude takes a real run at the Riemann Hypothesis, forcing us to ask what agentic AI can now do in mathematics, before we open the summer transfer window for America’s scientists.

    What Claude Actually Did to the Riemann Hypothesis
  3. EP 50

    AI Breaks a 90-Year Math Problem, Life’s Alphabet in Space, and Science Funding

    Asteroid samples reveal life’s molecular alphabet, Washington battles over who controls science funding, and AI produces a counterexample to a 90-year-old mathematics conjecture.

    AI Breaks a 90-Year Math Problem, Life’s Alphabet in Space, and Science Funding
  4. EP 40

    Ant Scans, Lunar Chickpeas, Hidden Galaxies & Superconductivity

    A fast-moving rundown on 3D-scanned ants, chickpeas grown in simulated moon soil, AI-discovered Hubble anomalies, and the path to room-temperature superconductivity.

    Ant Scans, Lunar Chickpeas, Hidden Galaxies & Superconductivity
  5. EP 36

    Artemis II, Claude Code Leak, iPhone Spyware & Project Hail Mary

    Artemis 2, the Claude Code leak, cats as cancer models, leaked iPhone spyware, and the science of Project Hail Mary.

    Artemis II, Claude Code Leak, iPhone Spyware & Project Hail Mary
  6. EP 35

    Can AI Help Wake Coma Patients? The Science of Consciousness

    A deep dive into how an AI model used real brain data to map coma circuits, predict new mechanisms of unconsciousness, and point to a possible target for restoring wakefulness.

    Can AI Help Wake Coma Patients? The Science of Consciousness
  7. EP 34

    AI Cancer Vaccines, Strange Fish, Ketamine, and Ancient Life

    AI-designed dog cancer vaccines, weird fish evolution, ketamine for depression, and how life rebounded after the asteroid.

    AI Cancer Vaccines, Strange Fish, Ketamine, and Ancient Life
  8. EP 33

    Can Human Neurons Really Play Doom? The Science Behind Wetware

    Did a dish of human neurons really learn to play Doom—or is the wetware story more hype than breakthrough?

    Can Human Neurons Really Play Doom? The Science Behind Wetware
  9. EP 32

    5,000-Year-Old Bacteria, Solar Storms, Dogs, and Meta’s AI War

    Ancient cave bacteria, solar storms, dog personality genes, and Yann LeCun’s billion-dollar break from Meta AI.

    5,000-Year-Old Bacteria, Solar Storms, Dogs, and Meta’s AI War
  10. EP 21

    Roman Concrete, Brain "Cognitive Legos," DeepSeek, and Econophysics

    Roman concrete, compositional brains, DeepSeek scaling, and market impact physics.

    Roman Concrete, Brain "Cognitive Legos," DeepSeek, and Econophysics
  11. EP 15

    AI-Generated Genomes, Retinal Implants, and Palomar's Mystery Lights Explained

    AI cancer genomes, bionic vision, and Palomar transient skepticism.

    AI-Generated Genomes, Retinal Implants, and Palomar's Mystery Lights Explained
  12. EP 10

    AI Supercharges CRISPR & LIGO

    A 2.5-hour special that sets the table for Nobel Prize Week.

    AI Supercharges CRISPR & LIGO
  13. EP 9

    China's AI Breakthrough, Time Crystals, Hidden Viruses, & Brightest Cosmic Signal

    Explore AI, time crystals, hidden viruses and fast radio bursts.

    China's AI Breakthrough, Time Crystals, Hidden Viruses, & Brightest Cosmic Signal
  14. EP 7

    Interstellar Visitor 3I/Atlas, Human Longevity Plateau, New No-Sort Plastic & Analog AI

    Interstellar 3I/Atlas, longevity limits, plastic recycling, and analog AI.

    Interstellar Visitor 3I/Atlas, Human Longevity Plateau, New No-Sort Plastic & Analog AI
  15. EP 1

    Earth's 1-ms Day, Baby Solar Systems, Record Black Hole, CRISPR Hack & AI Indiana Jones

    Earth spin, baby planets, black-hole waves, CRISPR, and AI history.

    Earth's 1-ms Day, Baby Solar Systems, Record Black Hole, CRISPR Hack & AI Indiana Jones
Chapters from these episodes22
  1. EP 53 · 1:49Has AI reached a mathematical singularity?
  2. EP 53 · 10:28Euler and the Basel problem
  3. EP 53 · 15:50How Euler connected the zeta function to primes
  4. EP 53 · 22:05Gauss and the distribution of prime numbers
  5. EP 53 · 25:55Riemann takes the zeta function into the complex plane
  6. EP 53 · 30:26Analytic continuation
  7. EP 53 · 33:15Why 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … = -1/12
  8. EP 53 · 38:34What is the Riemann Hypothesis?
  9. EP 53 · 41:55Why the non-trivial zeros matter
  10. EP 53 · 47:28A century of progress toward the critical line
  11. EP 53 · 55:10Montgomery, Dyson, and the physics connection
  12. EP 53 · 59:02Claude builds a 60-agent research lab
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  1. EP 53 · 1:03:44650 approaches and the E2 breakthrough
  2. EP 53 · 1:07:20Claude creates hostile referees
  3. EP 53 · 1:09:04Pushing toward two-thirds
  4. EP 53 · 1:13:49Can the proof be machine-verified?
  5. EP 53 · 1:16:16What this actually tells us about AI
  6. EP 53 · 1:25:24The Summer Transfer Window for Scientists
  7. EP 53 · 1:28:52Omar Yaghi: Berkeley → Tsinghua
  8. EP 53 · 1:33:53Shirley Meng: Chicago → Singapore
  9. EP 53 · 1:37:31John Baker: NASA → France
  10. EP 53 · 1:39:59A neuroscience package deal to Birmingham