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Go to my ⁠YouTube⁠ to see the video version of this podcast.My Top 10 things I want to see from AI in 2026.Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.

Go to my YouTube to see the full version of this podcast.Spotify blocks the AI generated music unless I register as a artist and sign up with a distributor.Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!This is the 12th and final episode of twelve days of CTRL-mas.Let's sing some carols.

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!This is the 11th of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.I'm not an author, but today I'm publishing a short story. This is a speculative fiction short story created by and narrated by AI, but based on real deep research about the topic of universal translation between humans, animals, computers, plants, trees, and everything you could possibly imagine. Enjoy

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year!This is the 10th of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.Today I'm exploring some often-forgotten-about technological breakthroughs that have had a phenomenal impact on our lived experience, the workforce, the economy, and everything we take for granted.Yet there are very few people who look at those as parallels to the AI revolution we're going through at the moment. So I wanted to suggest that alternative perspective and explore it through this deeply researched podcast episode.Enjoy.

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year!This is the 9th of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.Today I want to tell the story of bitcoin through a much more human lens.

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas!This is the eighth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.Today I want to tell the story of Ethereum through the lens of comparing it to Linux. They both have so much in common from their open-source roots to their community development to their rocky and fragmented approach to creating an ecosystem with a common set of principles and foundations. And I think we can learn a lot about where Ethereum is heading by looking at the story of Linux.

Tech Back Control: The AI Revolution of 2025 – A Comprehensive RecapIn this episode, I delve into the extraordinary advancements and milestones in AI throughout 2025. The year witnessed a transition from simple chat interfaces to more complex workflows and agents, marked by the introduction of significant protocols and models like Anthropic's Model Context Protocol and Google's DeepMind Genie 2. The episode covers the major themes of AI in 2025, including the emergence of reasoning models, the open-source versus closed-source debate, the geopolitical significance of AI infrastructure, the rise of agentic coding, and the unprecedented advancements in image and video generation. A detailed timeline of key events and releases from each quarter showcases the rapid pace of innovation and investment that characterized the year. Finally, the episode outlines future perspectives as we head into 2026, focusing on the evolving infrastructure, governance, and the potential challenges in the world of AI.00:00 Introduction01:04 Key things that happened in 202502:38 5 Key Themes from 202502:43 Number 103:21 Number 203:50 Number 304:16 Number 404:28 Number 505:09 Timeline of 202505:37 Q109:18 Q213:01 Q319:04 Q426:27 The Key Themes from 202526:32 1st Key Theme in 202528:50 2nd Key Theme in 202531:08 3rd Key Theme in 202532:38 4th Key Theme in 202535:43 In Conclusion

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas!This is the seventh of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.Today I'm exploring if there's a better way to fix our broken politics through radical forms of governance.

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas!This is the sixth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.Today I'm diving into the wonderful world of cultivated agriculture and lab-grown meats. The structure of this episode will be more of a debate exploring the hype vs. reality of this potentially ground-breaking technology.

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas!This is the fifth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.Today I'm diving into a controversial topic that's been front of my mind for some time. What happens when you combine crypto blockchain tech with AI agents and let it run wild.

Follow ⁠⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas!This is the fourth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas.Today we're exploring an essay by a good friend of mine, called "Planet of the Dialectic". It is a brilliant thought piece exploring the philosophy of Planet of the Apes.Full essay by by TheDebtocalypse is available here.

Follow ⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas.This is the third of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. We're diving into one of my favourite AI academic reports on ROI this year from Wharton Business School.Link to Full Report.

Follow ⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas and happy Boxing Day.This is the Boxing Day episode and the second of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. We're diving into the world of plastic today. This is part speculative fiction, part deep research into an interesting environmental topic about plastic pollution and the magical solution to it which comes at a potentially enormous risk.

Follow ⁠⁠@TechBackControl ⁠⁠for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.Merry Christmas.This is the Christmas Day episode and the first of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. We're diving into one of my favourite topics, which is how AI gives us a lens to understand our own minds even better.

For Christmas, I'm excited to try something a bit different...On the 1st day of Christmas, this podcast gave to me....A new episode every day during Christmas.With essays.And infographics... enjoyFollow @TechBackControl for more announcements during the holidays.

9th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. I discuss the importance of effective communication and storytelling, in a world where generative AI has the ability to produce an infinite amount of content and material, and the signal-to-noise ratio is the worst it's ever been.

8th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. In a Brave New World, soma is the drug which controls the masses through pure pleasure and joy. AI slop is digital soma.

7th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. When we fixed hallucinations, we also broke something else. We stopped AI being so sycophantic. And we don't like it when our AI stops being so nice to us.

6th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. We're not ready for when AI thinks for a REALLY long time.

5th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. The metaverse is due a resurgence... but not quite as you remember it. We're all going to use the metaverse, when we're old.