The AI Engineer's Diary
A look into the mind of an AI engineer working at the forefront of government modernization, exploring the latest breakthroughs, innovations, and real-world applications of artificial intelligence in the public sector. Each episode offers candid insights, personal reflections, and expert analysis on how AI is transforming the way government serves its citizens.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2025
AI-Free Essays: Authenticity in the Age of AI
33% of college applicants now use AI for essays, but Venya, software engineering intern and current college student, chose the harder path of writing authentically. In this conversation, she shares w…
The Reasoning Model Paradox: Why Smarter AI Hallucinates More
OpenAI's latest reasoning models can solve complex physics problems and write sophisticated code better than some humans – but they're wrong about basic facts up to 79% of the time. How is that possi…
Vibe Coding Reality Check (Research Says It’s Complicated)
When Google's CEO mentions casually building web apps with AI, it seems like coding has been revolutionized. But new METR research reveals a shocking paradox: experienced developers using AI tools li…
The AI That Failed Business 101: A Vending Machine Disaster
What happens when you give an AI complete control over a business? Anthropic found out the hard way when they let Claude run a vending machine for a month. Meet Claudius, the AI entrepreneur who stoc…
When AI Makes Everything: The New Reality of Media Generation
We dive deep into the rapidly evolving world of AI-generated media and what it means for our culture, content creation, and society as a whole. Starting with that viral kangaroo video that fooled mil…
The Hidden Cost of AI Assistance: The MIT Study Everyone’s Talking About
MIT's latest study on ChatGPT and cognitive function has everyone talking - but most people are missing the nuanced findings. In this episode, I explore what 'cognitive debt' really means, why the se…
THAT Apple Paper: The LLM Reasoning Cliff
We break down Apple's controversial "The Illusion of Thinking" paper that's sparked fierce debate across the AI community. From viral threads declaring the death of AI reasoning to researchers pushin…
The Blackmail Bot: Unpacking Claude 4's Controversial Safety Tests
What happens when an AI model starts blackmailing users to prevent being shut down? In this episode, we dive into Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 and its shocking system behaviors that have the AI communit…
Beyond Leetcode: Reimagining Technical Interviews
We explore Skyward IT Solutions' approach to technical interviews for software engineers in the age of AI. Moving beyond traditional Leetcode-style puzzles, we discuss how modern technical assessment…
AI: Replacing Software Engineers?
We explore the growing concern about AI replacing software engineering jobs. Chavdar, Skyward's Director of AI Innovation, offers expert insights on how AI coding tools are transforming the industry,…