e556— AI With Extra Guac

e556— AI With Extra Guac

Author: Michael Rowe, Michael Martine, Andy Piper June 8, 2026 Duration: 36:53
Photo by Mikey Frost on Unsplash Published 8 June 2026 e556 with Michael, Andy and Michael - Michael R’s annual edu-cation, chatbot trickery, data center data visualization, LeRobot Humanoid open source robotics, LEGO and a whole lot more! Michael, Andy and Michael get things started with Michael R’s annual edu-cation, Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference.   Then the team turns to a news story about tricking Meta’s support chatbot into granting access to Instagram accounts.  This is not a new tactic - check out e429 for a link to try this out for yourself with lakera.ai's Gandalf game. Next up is a data visualization for data centers across the United States.  And then, a solution for the energy needs of a data center: CrankGPT.  And harkening back to the earlier chatbot trickery, there’s a GitHub repo to get Chipotle’s chatbot Pepper to write python code and more.  Then, the team considers an article from The Atlantic that spells out a contrarian view that this is in fact the best time for a computer science degree. A new robotics story captured the team’s attention - the LeRobot Humanoid.  Hugging Face developed this robotic set of legs as an accessible, low cost, open humanoid (well, humanoid legs) robot.  Another intriguing maker project is a 3D book that has printed on it’s pages the machine code needed to fabricate itself.    Wrapping up the episode, the team takes a look at some of the newest LEGO sets featuring Gaudi’s architecture and SmartPlay sets featuring Nintendo’s Pokemon.   What would you like to have your LeRobot do?  Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!  These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.  All rights reserved.  That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links WWDC 2026 coming up! WWDC26 All systems glow.  June 8-12, 2026 Post by @twostraws@mastodon.social View on Mastodon Random Thoughts blog post: Getting Ready for WWDC And Building my HomeLab AI Post by @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange View on Mastodon

The weekly conversation hosted by Michael Rowe, Michael Martine, and Andy Piper, Games At Work dot Biz, explores the intersection where our digital play and professional lives collide. This isn't just a review show; it's a deep dive into the technology that powers our hobbies, the business behind the leisure, and the cultural news shaping both worlds. Each episode feels like pulling up a chair with three friends who are as passionate about the craft of game development and the evolution of hardware as they are about the pure joy of finding a great new title. You'll hear specific discussions on everything from the latest graphics card impacting performance to the narrative design of an indie darling, all filtered through the lens of professionals who live in the tech space. The Games At Work dot Biz podcast operates on the belief that the games we play and the tools we use are inextricably linked, offering listeners a consistently thoughtful and engaging analysis that goes far beyond a simple score. Tune in for a regular dose of insightful commentary where the serious business of technology meets the serious fun of games.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

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Podcast Episodes
e557 – The British are Coming! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:52
Andy talks to fellow Brit Ian "epredator" Hughes about all things AAA gaming, all with a British slant - from IP, to studios, and actors. Plus, the fully-funded Virtual Worlds museum.
e555 — One Two, One Two [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:27
Photo by Michael Martine: The Bean in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, June 2019 Published 25 May 2026 e555 with Andy, Michael and Michael - Ploopy’s The Bean and Lenovo’s TrackPoint, The Guild, The Movie, AI in commencemen…
e554 — SPI vs I [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:44
e554 - SPI vs I: Stories and discussion on #LLM #PhoneNumber lookups, #proctors returning to #Princeton, lavish #LEGO, #LOTR and a whole lot more!
e553 — Monks, Bots & Ghosts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:36
Stories and discussion on a robot monk, the Dead Internet Theory, agentic autonomy, Happy Net Box, the Artemis II minifig.me crew and a whole lot more!
e552 — Norwegian Blue Vision [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:52
e552 with Andy, Michael and Michael - stories and discussion on #AI, #LifeOnMars, life of the #VisionPro, #retro #C64s and a whole lot more!
e551 — ATProto Socials [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:38
e551 with Michael, Michael and Andy - a tour of the #Atmosphere with #ATProto, #Sifa, @eurosky.social, #Leaflet, a #LEGO #cacophonous #karaoke of “Mad About Me” and a whole lot more!
e550 — Moontella [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:42
e550 with Michael, Andy and Michael - celebrating #MoonJoy with the #ArtemisII #crew, #Nutella in space, #AI, an #isomorphic reboot of #Wolf3D and a whole lot more!
e549 — Dark Side of the Moon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:00
e549 with Andy, Michael and Michael - boldly go into a deep set of #space discussions featuring #ArtemisII, ways to keep track of the historic flight, #COTS #software & #hardware aboard the #spacecraft, #BernieSanders co…
e548 — The Uncomfortable Valley [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:34
e548 with Michael and Michael - Stories and discussion on #UncomfortableValley & #UncannyValley, Nintendo’s #TalkingFlower, #8bit #PixelAgents for #AIorchestration and a whole lot more.
e547 — Bricktastic [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:00
e547 with Michael and Michael - stories and discussion on #Bot2Bot communications, 50 years of #Apple, #LEGO #SmartPlay #SmartBricks and a whole lot more.