Episode 82 - Local Models for the win
Spiel v2 is a native Mac app that can transcribe speech by running a model locally on a MacBook's Neural Engine. It's fast, it's free, and a good reminder that I don't always need a frontier model!
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Episode 81 - How on earth do AI watermarks work?
An AI watermark works by letting a secret function, not a random number generator, determine which word is selected from the words the model was already willing to say next.
Episode 80 - Two Types of Writing
There are two ways to write with AI: it drafts and you edit, or you draft and it edits. Each path leaves different “watermarks” on the result, so pick one on purpose.
Episode 79 - AI-Generated Metadata Philosophy
Metadata matters to search as much as it does to the AI Agent, so make it count!
Episode 78 - Secret Cyborg: Special Disclosure Unit
On August 2, 2026, part of the EU AI Act became active, and now you legally can't be a Secret Cyborg (kinda).
Episode 77 - The Incredible Shark
Can a Shark (I mean AI) build a physics-based Rube Goldberg machine video game?
Episode 76 - Don’t Write Metadata
Sorry for the clickbait title, but it turns out that Metadata might not matter as much as we think, or at least for the reasons we thought!
Episode 75 - What is an MCP?
MCP is how you hand an AI real tools. It's coming to ArcGIS. It is one of the best ways to ground AI answers in real data, and you can try it with your own org today.
Episode 74 - Would You Let AI Plan Your Vacation?
Christopher goes to the UC, so Holly takes over to report on letting an AI plan her vacation.
Episode 73 - Credit Where Credit Is Due
Come play AI or Not at the Esri UC (booth 436) and win a robot-head keychain!