<![CDATA[Married to the Machine: Living with AI]]>f2157cbf-6da4-5198-9c35-bc18ad219571Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:15:24 +0000Captivate.fmStephanie Powerhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/9e494a54-a469-46c9-adaa-226409788512/MTTMartworkcompressedto602.pngMarried to the Machine: Living with AIStephanie PowerStephanie PowerEverywhere 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.comhttps://www.powerproductions.org.ukfalseserialcf62b480-a2b8-11f0-8a79-ff6c805c18f1nopodcastInside The Misinformation MachineInside The Misinformation MachineIn a departure from our usual style, we have devoted this episode to an interview with Sam Stockwell, Senior Researcher at the Turing Institute.

He talks about the work of the Institute and a report they have recently written about how AI is used to spread misinformation after crisis events, like the Southport attacks.

Futher reading: https://www.turing.ac.uk/news/new-report-calls-urgent-action-tackle-ai-information-threats-following-crisis-events

Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power

Recording, editing and mixing: Stephanie Power

Music: 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.

]]>In a departure from our usual style, we have devoted this episode to an interview with Sam Stockwell, Senior Researcher at the Turing Institute.

He talks about the work of the Institute and a report they have recently written about how AI is used to spread misinformation after crisis events, like the Southport attacks.

Futher reading: https://www.turing.ac.uk/news/new-report-calls-urgent-action-tackle-ai-information-threats-following-crisis-events

Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power

Recording, editing and mixing: Stephanie Power

Music: 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.

]]>27d35f20-03da-41a5-9d9c-7f71e0d896e8Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:15:00 +000027:23falsefull111111Anthropic vs The Pentagon: A Fight Over AI GuardrailsAnthropic vs The Pentagon: A Fight Over AI GuardrailsAnthropic has signed a deal, worth millions, with the US Department of Defense. But now Anthropic wants to impose red lines on the use of its AI. The response from President Trump? They're just a bunch of leftwing nutjobs.

In episode nine, we imagine a 'liberal elite' AI trying to negotiate with an angry Government department that's just renamed itself the Department Of War.

Are we in an AI existential crisis?

Sketch written by Matt Power

#AI #AIsafety

]]>Anthropic has signed a deal, worth millions, with the US Department of Defense. But now Anthropic wants to impose red lines on the use of its AI. The response from President Trump? They're just a bunch of leftwing nutjobs.

In episode nine, we imagine a 'liberal elite' AI trying to negotiate with an angry Government department that's just renamed itself the Department Of War.

Are we in an AI existential crisis?

Sketch written by Matt Power

#AI #AIsafety

]]>cd02ba78-cb78-40df-acea-138a4c5eeefdSat, 28 Feb 2026 00:15:00 +000002:59falsetrailer111111Searching For Green AISearching For Green AIIs it possible to measure how much energy, water and emissions are used to power your AI searches? Can you trust an academic report from Google? And why is the US Department of Defense getting into a row with Dario Amodei's Anthropic

Further reading:

https://arxiv.org/html/2508.15734v1

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.

]]>Is it possible to measure how much energy, water and emissions are used to power your AI searches? Can you trust an academic report from Google? And why is the US Department of Defense getting into a row with Dario Amodei's Anthropic

Further reading:

https://arxiv.org/html/2508.15734v1

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.

]]>0d511f67-af79-48c4-a4dd-b27004765fdcFri, 27 Feb 2026 00:15:00 +000029:11falsefull110101What Is This Thing, Moltbook?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.

]]>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.

]]>6cc7566a-11e8-436c-bffd-fde947108553Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:15:00 +000038:12falsefull1991Bad VibesBad VibesVibe 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

]]>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

]]>bc40465d-186f-4d74-859f-f1a3a2360c8fThu, 22 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +000024:47falsefull1881Artificialis Intelligentsia: Prof Dave's Vision for AI In SchoolsArtificialis Intelligentsia: Prof Dave's Vision for AI In SchoolsThe 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

]]>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

]]>6b975fca-34b9-475a-a61c-67c24f847833Sat, 22 Nov 2025 04:45:00 +000033:30falsefull1771You're Not My Daughter, You're An AIYou're Not My Daughter, You're An AIAI 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

]]>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

]]>2621818e-4d95-4501-87e8-c0c98261c3f2Wed, 12 Nov 2025 03:30:00 +000034:27falsefull1661Are We There Yet, Hal?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.

]]>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.

]]>d8e959d5-d876-46ed-9a12-e9718be1c354Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:15:00 +000029:57falsefull1551Backroom boys and girlsBackroom boys and girlsMarried 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.

]]>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.

]]>42e0872d-ebc0-460c-a857-f86720df50d0Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +000028:52falsefull1441How many Rs in Strawberry?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.

]]>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.

]]>ff382058-b768-4cdb-8eb7-ff671fadbd61Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +000029:50falsefull1331How Did We Get Here?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

]]>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

]]>6ccb1537-015e-400d-b928-ec6362373391Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +000018:40falsefull1221Why are we making this?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

]]>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

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