Category: k i n o k a s t
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ai:Pod 061 – Building AI Brains From Simple Blocks to Risky Teammates
From Word-lego Blocks towards Super-Smart AI Friends: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 2026 AI Revelations and Predictions From Nobel Prize in Physics, “AI-godfather” Professor Geoffrey Hinton and UX design and Usability-guru, Pioneer Jakob Nielsen. Ever wondered how AI goes from playing with word blocks to becoming a super-smart teammate? In this article, we explore the…
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Happy New Year 2026! Hope & New Visual Symbols of Unity
I have two things for you for celebrating the New Year: 1. kinokast ai:Pods , my new Gemini 3 “Gem” app that makes it easy for you to navigate kinokast and ai:Pods 2. A New Symbol of Unity, a visual design modification based on the graphical, epic Ampel trafic light sign from Germany
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ai:Pod 057 – A Blue Christmas Tree, A Very-Tiny Short Story?
Read a very short tiny story I wrote for Christmas. Spoiler: it is about Alex and Lia. Select your favourite language below.The story was first written in my mother tongue; if you can, read the original in french ENGLISH: Start here (EN) FRANÇAIS: Commencer ici (FR), my original version NEDERLANDS Start hier (NL) DEUTSCH: Los…
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ai:Pod 055 – The Alien Intelligence: a New Wisdom Mandate for 2026 !
5 Truths About Artificial Intelligence toward 2026 Based on recent research and reporting, these truths challenge our core assumptions about what this technology is and where it is leading us. Here are five astonishing facts that reveal the true nature of the AI revolution. Featured Header image:Apr 9, 2018 Official audio for “Fight to Survive”…
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ai:Pod 051 – The 2026 AI Paradigm Shift Towards Continual Learning (Ilyia Sutskever, 2025)
The End of an Era The great AI “Age of Scaling” is coming to a close. This period, roughly spanning 2020 to 2025, was defined by a deceptively simple recipe for progress: add more data and more compute to get a better model. This low-risk strategy fueled an unprecedented boom, but it is now hitting…
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ai:Pod 050 – Nothing artificial about AI. Language is Vulnerable: Data Leaks & Looming Dis-education
Beyond Data Theft: Linguistic “Dis-education” in the Age of World Models (“spatial AI”) November 2025 To the NotebookLM: ai:Pod 050 – Nothing artificial about AI – Linguistic Vulnerability: Data Leaks & Dis-education. Curated current research sources in the ai:Pod 050 include: Emad Mostaque (Open source AI, co-founder of AI)Geoffrey Hinton (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2024,…
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ai:Pod 046 – Normal Accidents, Performance vs Robustness: Hamant, Zucman & Perrow
2% chance against the global spreading of “Normal Accidents”.Shifting The Goals of Performance Towards Creating Robustness in System Biology and Fiscal Economics (Charles Perrow, Olivier Hamant, Gabriel Zucman) November 2025 “Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies” is a 1984 book by Yale sociologist Charles Perrow, which analyses complex systems from a sociological perspective. Perrow argues…
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ai:Pod 045 – AI’s Impact on Security, Education, and Your User Experience Design Career
Beyond the Carrot we all do need for going forward… Hardly half a day passes without headlines heralding another rapid advancement in Artificial Intelligence. We are told that AI is getting smarter, faster, and more capable at an exponential rate. But the most critical insights about AI’s true impact are not in the headlines. They…
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ai:Pod 042 – Decoding the French Fiscal Class War: Wealth, Doxa, and Joyful Critique (Bourdieu, Zucman)
5 Surprising Truths About Wealth and Power in 2025 English How French Socioliogist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) Explains Economist Gabriel Zucman’s Tax Fights in France and abroad in 2025 The public debate over wealth inequality often feels like a confusing shouting match. When economists like Gabriel Zucman, a student of world renown French economist Thomas Piketty,…
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ai:Pod 041 – The Political Economy of AI Control and Social exploitation
The Algorithm’s True Cost: 5 Disturbing AI Realities We Need to Really Face Beyond the Buzzwords Every day, we are told that Artificial Intelligence is a revolutionary force poised to reshape our world. The headlines promise unprecedented efficiency, boundless creativity, and a future free from human drudgery. This narrative of inevitable progress is powerful, persistent,…
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ai:Pod 039 – France’s Political Crisis: 4 Not-So-Shocking Truths in 2025
French academic scientists, the economist Frederic Lordon and philosopher Barbara Stiegler on failing neoliberalism embodied by French President Emmanuel Macron (2025) French text below | Lire en langue française A quite serious note about this GenAI header image taken from Jakob Nielsen’ blog, I oppose but purposely present here This ai:Pod podcast and article in…
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ai:Pod 035 – How to fight fascism in 2025 (Political Sciences)
To the aiPods list Five Radical Ideas Reshaping Our Understanding of Power, Work and Politics Reclaiming sovereignty—over our work, minds, and political systems—against those who control our lives These five ideas share a common thread: reclaiming sovereignty—over our work, minds, and political systems—against those who control our lives. Naar Nederlands This essay explores five transformative…
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ai:Pod 034 – The UX Designer’s Guide to AI That Actually Works
Explore & learn with AI – The UX Designer’s Guide to AI That Actually Works Designing the user experience for Human Agentic Interaction (Audio: English, French, Dutch) Building AI interfaces feels like trying to sketch something that’s constantly changing shape. One moment you think you understand how users will interact with your system, the next…
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ai:Pod 030 – Education is Just Human Survival; The Cognitive Debt of Learning with AI (MIT)
aiPod episode 030, “The Fragile Architecture of Trust: Humanity’s Organic Shield Against AI’s Radical Unintelligence,” examines the delicate balance between human trust and AI’s limitations. The episode emphasizes the importance of transparency and ethical considerations in AI development, highlighting the need for human oversight to ensure AI serves as a beneficial tool.
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The Dutch ASML Chip Tech giant buys Mistral AI french startup on the cheap?
Dutch chipmaker ASML is investing 1.3 billion euros in French AI startup Mistral AI in a bid to boost Europe’s tech independence. The deal puts Mistral’s valuation at nearly $12 billion. Reuters reports that ASML is leading a Series C funding round totaling 1.7 billion euros (about $2 billion), making it Mistral’s largest shareholder. ASML…
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ai:Pod 028 – AI and Your Brain Resilience – Navigating Hype Technology and True Human Connection
AI and Your Brain Resilience – Navigating Hype Technology and True Human Connection Snake oil potential: Unlock Your Brain’s Full Potential in the AI Era? Introducing a potentially controversial mimic aiPod 028! Are you navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence and wondering about its true impact on your brein…