Genius Makers: The Origin of Generative AI and the Value of Ideas

This week we got the chance to listen to the first chapter of, Genius Maker, by Cade Metz. In this first chapter, Metz transports listeners back to 2012, when Geoffrey Hinton, a professor at the University of Toronto, and two of his graduate students founded a small...

Axiom Math: Can AI Pioneer the Next Age of Mathematics? Should it?

In a story that bridges mathematics and artificial intelligence, The Wall Street Journal profiled Axiom Math, a startup founded by 24-year-old Carina Hong. After leaving her PhD program at Stanford, Hong set out to create an “AI mathematician” capable of solving...

The Birth of Digital Systems: The Jacquard Loom

  When we think about the Industrial Revolution, we usually picture steam engines, smoky factories, and mechanical progress. But one of the most important inventions of that time wasn’t just about industry—it changed how people began to understand information...