Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

This Day in AI Podcast

Join Michael and Chris Sharkey, two proudly average tech enthusiasts, as they stumble through the world of artificial intelligence with all the grace of a robot learning to dance. This (sometimes weekly*) podcast delivers an hour-long conversation about their thoroughly middle-of-the-road adventures with AI.No PhDs. No Silicon Valley insights. Just two guys with enough technical knowledge to be dangerous, sharing their unexceptional yet entertaining experiences with AI tools and technology. Subscribe now to hear:• Mediocre hot takes on AI developments• Stories of AI experiments gone adequately...

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Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

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Technology

Podcast website

podcast.thisdayinai.com

Latest episode

May 8, 2026

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Episodes

EP41: Are GPTs the Future or All Hype? Microsoft AI Ignite & Is Open Source at GPT-4 Level? 17.11.2023

Join the discord: https://discord.gg/Gcc8FXPK Get the merch: https://thisdayinaimerch.com Support the show by leaving a like, comment or sharing with a friend. We appreciate it! DESCRIPTION: ======= This week we discuss what's happened since OpenAI's Dev Day: Sam Altman has stopped ChatGPT Plus Subscriptions Due to Demand, GPTs have been leaking their prompts and data, and thousands of people have...

EP40: Open AI Dev Day Recap: Custom GPTs, GPT-4 Turbo, Assistants API Discussion & Test Drive 10.11.2023

Join the discord: https://discord.gg/nkUnyD44 Get the "We're all wrapper apps" merch: https://thisdayinaimerch.com Dive into the riveting world of AI development with Mike & Chris and their deep dive into OpenAI's latest offerings, including the much-anticipated GPTs. From the technical nitty-gritty to the potential for monetization, this podcast peels back the layers of AI's future. The bros...

LIVE: Reaction to OpenAI DevDay, Opening Keynote 06.11.2023

This is a recording of the live event on YouTube following the OpenAI DevDay keynote. We'll be back with a regular episode later this week. Sharkey and Sharkey amped up on caffeine live react to OpenAI's latest announcements. Cost reductions, larger models, and an app store?! The duo banter and bicker about whether this marks excitement or irrelevance for devs like you. Plus Elon Musk teases a GPT...

EP39: White House AI Executive Order, The Bletchley Declaration & Adversarial AI Attacks 02.11.2023

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/TRrgAyeM Buy the merch: https://www.thisdayinaimerch.com/  This week the AI guys unpack the White House's sweeping executive order on regulating AI - will this lead to the death of open-source models? They also discuss the vague and fluffy Bletchley Declaration signed by world leaders, why Geoffrey Hinton just won't stop fearmongering, and introduce some hilari...

EP38: Ed Sheeran Listens to Our Podcast, Deep Fakes & Frontier Risks and AI Ears: SALMONN Model 27.10.2023

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/2j6k7AXw This week, juicy revelations from Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift's secret love affair! We also discuss the latest mind-blowing AI innovations, including talking heads, vision models that can see from every angle, and intelligent agents plotting world domination. Don't miss our spicy debate on whether AI will transform humanity or destroy us all. Plus advi...

EP37: Fun With PlayHT 2.0, Will Open Source Be Unbeatable? The Future of AI Models + Meta MEG 20.10.2023

JOIN DISCORD HERE: https://discord.gg/BA7Rfx69 This week's podcast is an electric shock - new open source AI models like Zephyr are generating content at lightning speed. We dive into the implications of AI on everything from gambling to parenting as new tech lets you clone voices in seconds. Meta can now read your mind and turn brain waves into images, while AI judges sports better than humans ev...

EP36: ChatGPT Vision Road Tested, AutoGen Cheese Test & Anthropic's Break Through 13.10.2023

Join the discord: https://discord.gg/bb6VZHks This mind-blowing episode explores the shocking capabilities of GPT-4 vision, including how it identified Mike's exact location just from a traffic photo. We dive into the cheese-filled insanity of using multiple AI agents together with AutoGen, and discuss Anthropic's groundbreaking research into neural superposition. Don't miss our dramatic exposé of...

EP35: AI Safety Gone Mad, Stable 3B Cheese Test, GPT4 Vision & DALL-E 3 Diversity + Sydney is BACK! 06.10.2023

Not too late to join Discord community, do it here: https://forms.gle/rSx9dYoqc1qxX6sx5 . Invites going out today! Thanks for helping us reach 2K subs here on YouTube! This week we dive into the wild world of AI image generation and vision, from racist cartoon captions to heartfelt poetry written by Bing. We discuss the implications of teaching AI to forget unwanted knowledge, and debate whether s...

EP34: Meta's AI Agents, Mistral 7B Road Tested (with Cheese) & ChatGPT Vision 28.09.2023

Want to join our Discord? https://forms.gle/k8TyUeWKGWHFBzwQ9 . Invites will go out next week! This week's AI show is off the charts with excitement! We dive deep into the latest AI announcements from Meta, including creepy camera glasses and lame celebrity "AI agents". Then we gush over the impressive new Minstral model and its cheese diagnosing abilities. Plus, we freak out over Tesla's crazy ne...

EP33: AI WARS: Gemini Vs Gobi, DALL-E3, Alexa AI, Open Interpreter & Llama2 Experiments 22.09.2023

Do you want to join our Discord community? Fill in this: https://forms.gle/k8TyUeWKGWHFBzwQ9. The AI wars are heating up as Google and OpenAI race to release the first multimodal LLM. We build a sync sub video game with just one prompt using open Interpreter. Alexa shows off scary new conversational abilities, while poets sell out to Big Tech. Join us for the latest AI battles - but don't get your...

EP32: Does AI Remember Your Unethical Requests? Chuck's AI Forum, Robot Ethics, & LLM Deception 15.09.2023

This week's episode is an absolute barnstormer, covering everything from robots burning in stadium fires to AI girlfriends with dangerous memories. Get ready for an action-packed ride as we dive into the dark realities of AIs keeping naughty lists, journalism being taken over by plagiarizing robots, and whether downloading your brain into an android body means you can laugh in the face of death. B...

EP31: Fine-Tuned MrBeast Model Results, Chris Makes a Game, AGI Safety Paper + ERNIE GPT 08.09.2023

Anthropic and OpenAI continue their awkward dance as they both court developers, while Apple spends millions training the next Siri. And when an AI generates its own MrBeast video, hilarity and fake deaths ensue. Tune in to hear the bros' spicy takes on the latest in the AI world! Consider liking and subbing if you like the show. Thanks for watching! CHAPTERS ====== 00:00 - Cold open: sparks of AG...

EP30: ChatGPT Enterprise, Are Wrapper Apps Doomed? Prompt2Model & Synthetic Training Data. 31.08.2023

This week we dive into the implications of OpenAI's new ChatGPT Enterprise release - will it crush the competition or lead to an AI monopoly? Then we debate whether fine-tuning models on synthetic data is the holy grail and discuss using it to train our own MrBeast video plot generator. We round up by laughing at Google's absurd new "AI" meeting assistant, and an awkward robot that needs to be tol...

EP29: Meta's Code Llama, Unnatural Instruction, Phishing Our Mother & OpenAI's GPT3.5 Fine Tuning 25.08.2023

This week, the Zuck strikes again - Meta unveils a state of the art AI code generator to challenge OpenAI's dominance. We explore the implications of AI models training themselves, and how it could accelerate capabilities. Then we put 11 labs' multilingual speech synthesis to the test, using it to generate a fake phishing call on our mother. Don't miss our scandalous experiments pushing AI to its...

EP28: What is Poop? Is Generative AI a Dud? Will OpenAI Go Bankrupt? + Llama2 Uncensored 18.08.2023

This week your favorite AI bros go deep on the BIG LIES - how big tech and the mainstream narrative are trying to SILENCE revolutionary AI models that threaten to EXPOSE inconvenient truths!  Tune in as Chris and Michael SHRED Meta's attempt to gag their new science AI Galactica, and discuss the CENSORSHIP built into aligned models like Claude and GPT-4.  Don't miss their hilarious takedown of not...

EP27: Have We Reached AI Disillusionment? GPTBOT Web Crawler, Nvidia's AI GH200s, Zoom AI Scandal 11.08.2023

This week we gossip about OpenAI's shady web crawling habits, laugh at Zoom's lame excuses for spying, and dream up the perfect AI crypto scam. Get the inside scoop on Nvidia's new trillion-parameter instrument of AI, hear our hot takes on the public's growing AI disillusionment, and find out what an AI HVAC administrator would sound like. Join your favorite AI bros as they dive deep on the latest...

EP26: Software Teams Replaced for $1.40, Doctors Out-Diagnosed, Meta's Audio Craft, ChatGPT Updates 04.08.2023

This week we dive into the brave new world of AI agents teaming up to do real work - from building video games to diagnosing patients! But will these digital workforces put humans out of jobs? We discuss the AI takeover of industries like medicine and software, plus exciting updates like AI-generated music and Google giving their Assistant a complete AI makeover.  We also cover Meta's Audio Craft,...

Llama2 Overtakes ChatGPT, The AI Cartel & Addictive AI Agents | E25 28.07.2023

This week, in Episode 25 of This Day in AI we discuss the motivation behind the Frontier Model Forum (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft) and if Open Source remains the best approach for AI safety and security. We discuss Llama 2 being #2 on the AlpacaEval Leaderboard and its significance to the development of AI. We also discuss the paper on Universal and Transferable Adversarial Attacks on Ali...

Llama 2 Unleashed, Open-Source Vs OpenAI, Instructions for ChatGPT & Fine Tuning with Llama2 | EP24 21.07.2023

In Episode 24 we discuss the release of Llama 2, what it means for the open-source community, developers and the future of AI LLMs with it being commercially available. We discuss what threat open-source models now pose to the business models of OpenAI and others, and also take a look at Instructions for ChatGPT. We have a long discussion on fine tuning smaller models and cover news including Goog...

The Future of AI Interfaces, Elon Musk's xAI, Claude 2 & More on ChatGPT Code Interpreter | E23 14.07.2023

In this episode of This Day in AI Podcast we pack more keywords into the title than ever before and ask... does anyone actually read Podcast description? In episode EP23 we have LOLs from the first robot press conference, coverage of Anthropic's Claude 2 release, discuss Elon Musk's xAI and the possibility the new startup is going to focus on solving AI reasoning with mathematics. We take another...

Aligning Super Intelligence & The Open Web's Uncertain Future + GPT-4 General Availability | EP22 07.07.2023

In Episode 22 we cover GPT-4 general availability and the implications to millions of developers. We discuss George Hotz revealing how GPT-4 works & Alignment of Super Intelligence. Will OpenAI's Super Intelligence succeed? We also cover the implications of AI agents on the open web, OpenAI disabling web browsing in ChatGPT temporarily to protect content creators and discover Jolly Roger's AI...

Inflection's $1.3B AI, OpenAI Competition, MidJourney Zoom, Fun with GPT-4 Vision | E21 30.06.2023

In Episode 21 we discussed Inflection AI’s $1.3B fundraise from Greylock, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and the increasing competition to OpenAI’s dominance. We discuss the makeup of future AI Agents and look at the emerging race to build the world’s most powerful AI. We also cover GPT-4 Vision LOLs and ask if Sydney is back with Bing’s GPT-4 Vision Implementation and discuss the latest rele...

Chris Makes $10k, OpenAI App Store, GPT-4 Vision, FinGPT, EU Regulation | E20 23.06.2023

In Episode 20 we discuss Chris winning $10k with GambleGPT while Mike was sick on his vacation. We take a look at FinGPT and discuss the future of AI agents and tools. We do a reality check on AI hype and cover the rumors of an OpenAI app store. Finally we discuss GPT-4 vision and how Bing is leaking some of the promised GPT-4 vision features. We also cover regulation updates in the EU and fake-AI...

OpenAI's API & Function Update, Microsoft Guidance, Andromeda Cluster, Meta Open Source | E19 14.06.2023

The future is rushing at us like a freight train - will AI crush our dreams by 2043 or give us indefinite life extension? Explore the tangled web of AI hype, loneliness, and alcoholism with your hosts as they dive deep into OpenAI's latest updates, Zuck's vision for chatbots gone wild, and whether Big Tech's sudden pivot to "openness" is too little too late.  From Microsoft's "Guidance" to steerin...

Apple Vision Pro, Our Gambling Bot Won & Building Future Agents | E18 09.06.2023

The future is unclear but entertainment is ensured. This week Mike & Chris discuss Apple's new AR headset, OpenAI's dominance and India's A.I. ambitions. A 1964 prediction of superintelligent machines proves worries never change. Place your bets, grab your headset - the race to build our robot overlords is on! Please consider sharing this podcast, subscribing and leaving us a review. We apprec...

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