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Preparing for AI: The AI Podcast for Everybody
Welcome to Preparing for AI. The AI podcast for everybody. We explore the human and social impacts of AI, diving deep into how AI now intersects with everything from Politics to Relgion and Economics to Health.
In series 1 we looked at the impact of AI on specific industries, sustainability and the latest developments of Large Lanaguage Models.
In series 2 we delved more into the importance of AI safety and the potentially catastrophic future we are headed to. We explored AI in China, the latest news and developments and our predictions for the future.
In series 3 we are diving deep into wider society, themese like economics, religions and healthcare. How do these interest with AI and how are they going to shape our future? We also do a monthly news update looking at the AI stories we've been interested in that might not have been picked up in mainstream media.
Preparing for AI: The AI Podcast for Everybody
Latest Episodes
THE GREAT CRITICAL THINKING CRISIS: How to survive and thrive in the age of AI
Even in the internet era we used to search, compare, and make up our own minds. Now we can ask an AI one question and get a confident answer that feels final, even when it is biased, incomplete, or simply made up. Critical thinking ...
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THE GREAT AI BACKLASH: Have we reached the tipping point and what comes next?
Something has shifted: AI no longer feels like a clever tool we can choose to adopt, it feels like a system being imposed on everyday life. Matt's think's we are already over the cliff edge, Jimmy thinks we are a few steps away.We dig in...
FABLE BAN CONSPIRACIES, DATA CENTRES IN SPACE & APPLE'S AI FIGHTBACK: Jimmy & Matt debate their favourite AI stories from June 2026
A top-tier AI model appears, gets jailbroken, and then disappears within 96 hours. That single arc tells you almost everything about where frontier AI is heading: safety is messy, the economics are frantic, and governments are no longer pretend...
THE GREAT CHINA RECKONING: Why Chinese AI models are cheaper, closer and better than you realise
Frontier AI headlines make it sound like everything comes down to one scoreboard: China versus the US, best model versus second best. We don’t buy that framing. Living in China, we see a different story taking shape, where constraints on Nvidia...
INFLECTION POINT: Claude Mythos, Cybersecurity Shocks and the State of AI
A leaked frontier model called Mythos sets off the kind of panic that usually comes with “AGI is here” headlines, but the real story is sharper and more practical: AI that can find zero-day vulnerabilities at scale, then chain exploits together...
Fan Mail
Really good podcast. I have been using Claude almost exclusively for some quite complex life science development work and have found it to be excellent. Regards your fiercest critic Jonathan xx
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