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Author: Wes Roth and Dylan Curious March 18, 2026 Duration: 1:49:22

Welcome to another episode of the Wes & Dylan Podcast! We are diving deep into some of the most mind-bending, dystopian, and revolutionary updates in the world of Artificial Intelligence.

From Meta secretly acquiring an entire network of talking AI agents to Andrej Karpathy dropping an autonomous "Auto Researcher" that upgrades models while you sleep, the AI landscape is shifting faster than ever. We also explore the ethical boundaries of AI with the latest developments from Anthropic, and we sit down with Legal Tech attorney Matt Mishach to discuss what happens when the Pentagon, AI, and the US legal system collide.

But it gets weirder. We discuss the lab that taught a petri dish of human brain cells to play Doom, and Eon Systems' groundbreaking project: uploading a complete fruit fly connectome into a virtual simulation. Are we watching the first biological creature enter the Matrix? And what does that mean for our own reality?

Tune in as we discuss AI psychology, the death of user interfaces, bio-hacking, and the simulation hypothesis.


Every week, Wes Roth and Dylan Curious sit down to untangle the rapid and often bewildering evolution of artificial intelligence. Their AI Pod is a direct line to the people creating the tools and theories that are reshaping society. You’ll hear candid conversations with the researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs working on everything from practical robotics and synthetic biology to the philosophical questions surrounding superintelligence. Rather than just reporting the headlines, this podcast digs into the context behind them, exploring how today's experiments in autonomous systems or startup disruptions become tomorrow's everyday reality. The tone is curious and accessible, breaking down complex ideas without oversimplifying the profound implications. For anyone trying to make sense of where this technology is headed and who is steering it, tuning into this series feels like getting a thoughtful briefing from informed friends. It’s that blend of timely news analysis and deep-dive interviews that makes the AI Pod a consistent source for understanding the forces at the cutting edge.
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