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Ghost in the Machine
A weekly podcast on AI

The AI conversation, without the noise.

Andrew DeGood and Liz Short, one optimist and one skeptic, talk honestly about what AI is doing to work, thought, and the humans in the loop. New episode every Thursday.

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Ep. 5 June 11, 2026 · 35:11

Episode 5: Baby LLMs and the End of Free Will

The first guest arrives, and the show goes off the deep end on purpose Antoni Tzavelas joins Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on simulation theory. How likely are we living in one? Anthony says zero. Liz says fifty. Andrew says ninety-five. Free will, baby LLMs, and whether AI is here to save us.

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Andrew DeGood

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Founder, AskBobAI

Andrew is the founder of AskBobAI and the optimist on the show. He believes the interesting work is figuring out how AI makes people better at the jobs they already do.

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Liz Short

Host, the skeptic

CEO, Short Solutions

Liz is the CEO of Short Solutions and the skeptic on the show. She is not anti-AI. She is anti-everyone-pretending-this-is-fine.

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