Married to the Machine: Living with AI

Stephanie Power
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Everywhere you look right now, people are whispering (or shouting) about AI—sometimes like it’s the future of humanity, sometimes like it’s the end of the world. Stephanie Power, a journalist with a nose for a story, and David Reid, a professor who has been working in this field for a really long time, are here to cut through the noise. Together , they’ll explore how AI is already changing our lives, answering your questions, and considering what it all means for our jobs, our planet, and—yes—our politicians. Did we mention we are married? Think thoughtful chat without the jargon, Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy meets Tomorrow's World, aimed at Gen X and Millennial listeners who want the inside track. It’s smart, it’s curious, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously. WARNING: There may be bickering. Email us at married2themachine@gmail.com

Season 1

  1. SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

    Why are we making this?

    Intro taster episode for new series answering your questions on Artificial Intelligence Presented by Stephanie Power and David Reid, Professor, Artificial Intelligence and Spatial Computing Recorded and edited by Stephanie Power Sound design by Matt Power Thanks to BBC Sound Archive and IBM for sound effects. And Gemini 2.5 for our third presenter, the AI

    6 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    How Did We Get Here?

    Presenters: Stephanie Power and Professor David Reid Recording and Mixing: Stephanie Power Music and sound design: Matt Power Thanks to the BBC Sound Effects Archive This podcast is in proof-of-concept stage and is currently non-commercial. Clip credits: Boys From The Blackstuff, BBC, 1982 BBC News Margaret Thatcher, 'No, No, No' House of Commons 1990 Sinclair ZX80 advert

    19 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    How many Rs in Strawberry?

    AI actors, politicians, hallucinations and how schoolkids could work with large language models (without cheating) Presented by Stephanie Power and Professor David Reid Concept, recording, and editing: Stephanie Power Sound design and music composition: Matt Power Married To The Machine: Living With AI is a news podcast, currently in proof-of-concept stage. It is a non-commercial entity. Credits: Particle 6, AI Comedy Sketch, BBC Sound Effects Archive, Mark Sewards MP (AI Assistant) Neural Voice, The AI Guy created by Google Gemini TTS, BBC Newsnight - Michael Howard and Jeremy Paxman (1997), Salman Khan: Brave New Words - How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That's A Good Thing) Allen Lane.

    30 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Backroom boys and girls

    Married To The Machine looks at how AI is impacting you in the real world. Designed for GenX listeners - those who need to know about AI, especially at work, this episode looks at the UK/US tech prosperity deal, the environmental impact of data centres - how much drinking water do you use posting those pics of your dog with human teeth? One listener asks if AI will take all creative jobs, and a mutiny is in the offing, with the AI presenters, even though they only started this week! Music, sound design and jokes by Matt Power Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power Thanks to Eddie Mair for the Pepsi question BBC Sound Archive This is a non-commercial news podcast.

    29 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Are We There Yet, Hal?

    Professor David Reid, Stephanie Power and the AI Guy discuss scraping authors' creative works to train machines. With a new feature, 'Professor Dave Predicts' we talk about how far we are from AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, which is when AI can do EVERYTHING we can. Concept, recording and editing: Stephanie Power Sound design and jokes: Matt Power Power Productions Ltd Married To The Machine: Living With AI is a news podcast, currently in proof-of-concept stage. It is a non-commercial entity. Credits: BBC Sound Effects Archive. AI Guy created by Google Gemini TTS.

    30 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    You're Not My Daughter, You're An AI

    AI Workslop is costing businesses thousands, according to a report by Stanford University and Better Up. We explain what workslop is. And Prof Dave gives us an idiot's guide to deepfakes. Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power recording and editing: Stephanie Power sound design and jokes: Matt Power Married To The Machine: Living With AI is a new podcast, in proof-of-concept phase. Thanks to: Nationwide Building Society for use of their ad, RTE, Better Up, BBC Sound Archive, Jordan Peele https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/1026/1540488-deep-fake-concerns/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE1KWpoX9Hk

    34 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    Artificialis Intelligentsia: Prof Dave's Vision for AI In Schools

    The Department for Education has comissioned a review into the schools curriculum. But have they done enough on AI? The Prof thinks not. And we try to work out what AI the Ministry of Justice is planning to use to stop prisoners going AWOL. Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power Recording and Editing: Stephanie Power Sound Design and Jokes: Matt Power Married To The Machine: Living With AI is a news podcast, in proof-of-concept phase. Further reading: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-and-assessment-review-final-report https://research.google/blog/introducing-nested-learning-a-new-ml-paradigm-for-continual-learning/ https://moj-analytical-services.github.io/splink/index.html https://www.gov.uk/government/news/deputy-prime-minister-announces-new-measures-to-bear-down-on-releases-in-error-and-keep-public-safe

    34 min
  8. Bad Vibes

    EPISODE 8

    Bad Vibes

    Vibe Coding was the Collins Dictionary 2025 'word' of the year. But what is it? Who coined the phrase? And what are the pitfalls of using vibe coding for digital creation? In this bonus episode, we answer all those questions, and wonder if the former Chief Constable of West Midlands Police understands what AI is. Further reading: https://blog.tenzai.com/bad-vibes-comparing-the-secure-coding-capabilities-of-popular-coding-agents/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/beginner-vibe-coding-apps-cursor-replit-hands-on/ https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/02/a-new-worst-coder-has-entered-the-chat-vibe-coding-without-code-knowledge/ Academic paper from Massey University, NZ; Wuhan University, China; Polytechnique Montreal, Canada: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05239 The 70 30 problem explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZGJVAZwr0&t=271s Andrej Kaparthy Vibe Coding Tweet: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383?lang=en The paper that suggests vibe coding slows developers down, METR: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.09089 An alternative viewpoint: https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/i-literally-just-said-vibe-coding-was-gone-then-cursor-2-0-dropped-e3a10695cbf3 Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power Recording, editing and mixing: Stephanie Power Music and additional material: Matt Power Married To The Machine: Living With AI, is a news podcast, currently in proof-of-concept stage. It is a non-commercial entity. Credits: BT advert 'Ology' 1988, The IT Crowd 'The Internet Is Coming' Retort for Channel 4, 2013

    25 min
  9. What Is This Thing, Moltbook?

    EPISODE 9

    What Is This Thing, Moltbook?

    Something kicked off in late January. Moltbook - a social space for AI agents. Somewhere humans could, apparently, only observe. Is it really sci-fi adjacent? Prof Dave explains what appears to be going on. And we talk to the Leader of Barnsley Council, as it is crowned the UK's first Tech Town. Further reading: https://hai.stanford.edu/policy/simulating-human-behavior-with-ai-agents https://theconversation.com/uk bbc.com/news/articles/c8j3dvjld94o https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/liz-kendalls-speech-at-bloomberg Credit: Unison Ants and Bear ad: https://www.unison.org.uk/news/article/2004/10/unison-kicks-off-one-in-a-million-recruitment-drive/ Some of our sketch voices and the AI Guy are created using Google AI Studio. Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power Recording, editing and mixing: Stephanie Power Music and additional material: Matt Power Married To The Machine: Living With AI, is a news podcast, currently in proof-of-concept stage. it is a non-commercial entity.

    38 min

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Everywhere you look right now, people are whispering (or shouting) about AI—sometimes like it’s the future of humanity, sometimes like it’s the end of the world. Stephanie Power, a journalist with a nose for a story, and David Reid, a professor who has been working in this field for a really long time, are here to cut through the noise. Together , they’ll explore how AI is already changing our lives, answering your questions, and considering what it all means for our jobs, our planet, and—yes—our politicians. Did we mention we are married? Think thoughtful chat without the jargon, Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy meets Tomorrow's World, aimed at Gen X and Millennial listeners who want the inside track. It’s smart, it’s curious, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously. WARNING: There may be bickering. Email us at married2themachine@gmail.com

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