The Human Stack

Tal Swicegood

Exploring the intersection of humanity and tech.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    His AI Team Works All Night. He Just Clicks Approve.

    Jordan Hardgrave runs his coaching business with a team of 30 AI agents. There's a sales manager, a security agent, a token agent that moves work to cheaper models, and Phil, a frog in a bow tie who manages all of them and hands Jordan a short list of "magic tasks" every morning. Jordan walks me through the dashboard he had Claude build, why he names every agent after the one job it does, and why running AI like a company of real employees is what finally made it click. We also cover this week in AI: two critical PHP holes and a poisoned AI package, why I think the whole internet could go down for a long stretch by 2027, Musk's AI business, Phonon (a free, open-source voice model suite from Gradium that runs on your own computer), and the dream of checking in with your agents from the middle of a hike. Jordan Hardgrave, Trauma & Resiliency Coach: coachjordanhardgrave.com 0:00 Cold open: the internet down by 20270:32 Welcome5:00 PHP holes and a poisoned package8:44 Internet down by 2027?10:26 Musk's AI outsells Starlink14:44 Jordan's Nexus24:28 Phonon by Gradium26:09 Back to the agent team35:31 The hike and the orb Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MAY9xyB4-jU

  2. Oct 12

    Rogue Bots, Brain Chips, and Living Forever

    Rogue AI agents are already editing Wikipedia, AI companies won't promise their agents will follow the rules, and Neuralink wants to put a chip in your head. Jordan Hardgrave and I get into whether AI is moving too fast, and what it means for the rest of us. We cover free GPT-6 for everybody, ChatGPT vs Claude and what "value" really means, why long-running AI agents get bureaucratic, ChatGPT and teen mental health, whether we're all thinking less, the AI that solved 322 math problems, transhumanism and the mark of the beast question, an AI that lives in your ear, data privacy and surveillance, and the big one: would you want to live forever? Jordan Hardgrave, Trauma & Resiliency Coach: coachjordanhardgrave.com 00:00 Cold open: what if we could live forever?00:47 Intro02:15 GPT-6 for free users03:55 ChatGPT vs Claude: what is value?10:21 Rogue bots hit Wikipedia10:57 When AI gets bureaucratic14:55 ChatGPT and teens20:32 Are we thinking less?22:27 AI can't guarantee it will obey safeguards25:21 AI solves 322 math problems29:16 Neuralink and transhumanism32:20 Would you chip your brain?35:23 An AI that lives in your ear37:52 Data, privacy, and surveillance42:14 Would you want to live forever?45:55 Top 1% podcast goals Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/loIvJPbDxvs

  3. Oct 12

    Anyone Can Build Anything Now. Is That Good?

    You used to need a developer, a budget, or permission. Now you need an idea and a weekend. Jordan Hardgrave and I dig into what that means: the good, the creepy, and the stuff nobody's talking about. We get into PewDiePie getting banned from ChatGPT, why AI models feel "nerfed" one week and brilliant the next, America.gov, a statewide vehicle tracker I built in a weekend (full video coming soon), AI fusing Spider-Man into a Batman game, whether AI cracked zero point energy, and why you should be buying hardware right now. Jordan Hardgrave, Trauma & Resiliency Coach: coachjordanhardgrave.com Chapters00:00 Cold open00:39 What we're covering01:38 PewDiePie banned from ChatGPT04:59 Why AI models feel "nerfed"13:41 I built a statewide car tracker22:54 America.gov26:35 Privacy, DOGE, and your data30:02 Building apps with AI vs hiring on Fiverr33:34 AI put Spider-Man in a Batman game34:39 Did AI solve zero point energy?37:35 Napster flashbacks38:37 Buy hardware now39:48 Mustache Jiu-Jitsu42:47 The robot that does your laundry Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JeDXIkavfaw

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Exploring the intersection of humanity and tech.

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  • Creator
    Tal Swicegood
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Tal Swicegood