Logbot (Nov 21 2025 at 14:22): Logbot (Nov 21 2025 at 14:22):Practical AI co-host, Chris Benson, joins us to discuss the latest advancements in AI, drones, home automation, and robotic swarming tech. Chris defines "swarm" with detail/precision and it turns out that what most people are calling a swarm today is NOT a swarm! :link: https://changelog.am/118
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | Let's talk! | 00:37 |
| 02 | 00:37 | Sponsor: Tiger Data | 01:43 |
| 03 | 02:20 | Skype & Friends | 03:20 |
| 04 | 05:40 | Too late for NVDA? | 01:20 |
| 05 | 07:00 | Not a recent thing | 02:18 |
| 06 | 09:18 | Picking winners | 03:44 |
| 07 | 13:02 | Open models FTW | 00:43 |
| 08 | 13:45 | Peak parameter? | 02:01 |
| 09 | 15:46 | Project Prometheus | 04:03 |
| 10 | 19:49 | What is cool? | 06:33 |
| 11 | 26:22 | Roomba is the future | 03:21 |
| 12 | 29:43 | Home automation | 02:10 |
| 13 | 31:53 | Sponsor: Namespace | 01:38 |
| 14 | 33:31 | IKEA gets in the game | 00:22 |
| 15 | 33:53 | Matter-compatible | 00:55 |
| 16 | 34:48 | Air autonomy | 02:07 |
| 17 | 36:55 | Animals swarm | 02:00 |
| 18 | 38:55 | The swarm definition | 02:10 |
| 19 | 41:05 | E pluribus unum | 03:10 |
| 20 | 44:14 | The Besieged Fortress | 05:08 |
| 21 | 49:23 | Not a swarm! | 02:01 |
| 22 | 51:24 | Mission control | 03:43 |
| 23 | 55:06 | The case of the queen | 04:09 |
| 24 | 59:16 | Humans on-the-loop | 03:22 |
| 25 | 1:02:38 | Jerod sniffs danger | 03:12 |
| 26 | 1:05:50 | Inflating billions | 00:43 |
| 27 | 1:06:33 | Sponsor: Augment Code | 01:30 |
| 28 | 1:08:03 | Sponsor: NordLayer | 02:45 |
| 29 | 1:10:49 | Aladdin's genie problem | 03:34 |
| 30 | 1:14:23 | State of the art | 01:23 |
| 31 | 1:15:46 | The next three years | 03:11 |
| 32 | 1:18:58 | Adam's three use cases | 03:00 |
| 33 | 1:21:57 | Also not a swarm | 02:04 |
| 34 | 1:24:01 | Where the people swarm | 06:51 |
| 35 | 1:30:52 | Go make stuff | 02:57 |
| 36 | 1:33:49 | Chris on Alexa | 02:49 |
| 37 | 1:36:38 | Take the power back | 00:45 |
| 38 | 1:37:23 | Adam's idea | 01:09 |
| 39 | 1:38:32 | Bye, friends | 01:03 |
| 40 | 1:39:35 | Next week on the pod | 01:33 |
AJ Kerrigan (Nov 25 2025 at 22:11):I had no idea that the word "swarm" carried such nuance. I still mostly associate it with StarCraft :sweat_smile: . Interesting stuff though, definitely interested to see more capabilities in open/local models :muscle:
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