Intentional AI

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  1. 12: Four Macs and a Human, with John Voorhees

    4 november 2026 · 51 min

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    John Voorhees joins David to share how he uses AI for MacStories' admin work and podcast production. They compare cloud and local models, remote Mac setups, and the human judgment that still makes a good app.

  2. 11: AI Task Management

    21 oktober 2026 · 35 min

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    Chris's AI time-management experiment went wrong. He and David discuss the human context robots miss, paper journaling, and practical ways to use AI while keeping the decision about what to work on.

  3. 10: Cal Newport: Automate Tedium, Protect Thought

    7 oktober 2026 · 52 min

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    Cal Newport joins David and Chris to explore the line between automating tedious work and outsourcing thought. They discuss jagged robot capabilities, cognitive surrender, digital minimalism, and protecting human judgment.

  4. 9: Dissecting the Extinction Headlines

    23 september 2026 · 45 min

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    OpenAI's Hugging Face incident shows how powerful robots can cause real harm without malicious intent. David and Chris separate today's risks from Skynet headlines, ask who should write the rules, and draw a line between robot drudgery and human judgment. Lees meer
  5. 8: Whisper to Write

    9 september 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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    Dictation is a quiet success story of the AI era. David and Chris cover the history of dictation, the apps they use, the great free options (and the ones they pay for), their privacy concerns, their desktop and mobile setups, and practical tips for 2026. Lees meer
  6. 7: We're All Developers Now

    26 augustus 2026 · 45 min

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    A walkthrough of how personal software gets made, and how artificial intelligence is democratizing software development. Including the three stages of developing your own app: design, implementation, and creation.

  7. 6: Sparky’s AI Email Odyssey

    12 augustus 2026 · 58 min

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    David hands his email to AI, tries the Big Swing, fails, and lands on a system that works. Plus Gemini Notebook, Claude Opus 5, and Siri AI finding an airport lounge.

  8. 5: There Be Dragons

    29 juli 2026 · 50 min

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    David and Chris map four dragons waiting at the edge of the AI map: false confidence, scope creep, becoming the donkey, and surrender.

  9. 4: Skills Outlast the Model

    15 juli 2026 · 49 min

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    This week, Chris and David chat about Skill files—the text files of instructions that your robot assistant can use to complete tasks for you. They also dig into Anthropic's Fable model, and Chris's fancy home dashboard that he programmed using AI.

  10. 3: Context is King

    1 juli 2026 · 53 min

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    David and Chris make the case that context, not the model, decides whether your robot helps or flails. They get practical about how to take advantage of context to get more fom AI.

  11. 2: The Useful Architecture + Siri AI

    17 juni 2026 · 46 min

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    Chris Bailey and David Sparks chat about the four essential parts of a useful AI system: the harness, context, memory, and reach. They also discuss Apple's recent WWDC announcements—including the new Siri AI.

  12. 1: Anyone Can Cook

    3 juni 2026 · 30 min

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    David Sparks and Chris Bailey launch Intentional AI, a show about using AI to get real work done without the hype or the doom. Episode 1 lays out why the show exists, introduces the hosts, and makes one promise. Anyone can cook.