A Beginner's Guide to AI

Context rot is one of the most underestimated risks in artificial intelligence today. In this episode of A Beginner’s Guide to AI, we explore how AI systems trained on static data slowly drift away from reality while continuing to sound confident, helpful, and persuasive.You’ll learn why large language models struggle with time, why feeding more information into AI can backfire, and how outdated knowledge quietly sabotages decisions in marketing and business. This episode explains the difference between timeless principles and perishable insights, and why trusting AI without checking freshness can cost credibility and money.Key topics include context rot in AI, outdated training data, long context window limitations, AI decision-making risks, and practical strategies like retrieval-augmented generation and smarter context engineering.📧💌📧Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: beginnersguide.nl📧💌📧About Dietmar Fischer:Dietmar is a podcaster and AI marketer from Berlin. If you want to know how to get your AI or your digital marketing going, just contact him at argoberlin.comQuotes from the Episode“Fluency is not accuracy, even though our brains desperately want it to be.”“More context doesn’t make AI smarter, it often makes it confused.”“AI confidence is cheap. Verification is expensive.”Chapters00:00 Context Rot and the Illusion of Smart AI05:42 Why AI Knowledge Freezes in Time12:18 When More Context Makes AI Worse19:47 Business and Marketing Risks of Context Rot27:05 How to Reduce Context Rot in Practice34:40 What Humans Must Do Better Than AIMusic credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads 🎧 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Machine learning is everywhere, yet rarely understood. In this episode of A Beginner’s Guide to AI, we strip away the hype and explain how machine learning actually works, why it’s so powerful, and where it quietly goes wrong.You’ll learn how machines are trained on data rather than rules, why predictions are not understanding, and how real-world systems can produce unfair outcomes even when they look accurate. A real healthcare case shows how a cost-based algorithm systematically underestimated medical need, revealing the hidden dangers of proxy metrics.This episode covers machine learning basics, ethical AI, algorithmic bias, fairness, and transparency in a way that is accessible to beginners and useful for professionals.📧💌📧Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don’t forget to subscribe to our Newsletter: beginnersguide.nl📧💌📧Quotes from the Episode“Machine learning gives you what you measure, not what you value.”“The algorithm didn’t invent bias. It learned it efficiently.”“A perfect prediction of the wrong thing is still failure.”Chapters00:00 Machine Learning Without the Myth04:12 How Machines Learn From Data10:45 Types of Machine Learning18:30 The Cake Example26:05 Healthcare Case Study36:40 Ethics, Bias, and Proxies45:50 Final TakeawaysAbout Dietmar Fischer: Dietmar is a podcaster and AI marketer from Berlin. If you want to know how to get your AI or your digital marketing going, just contact him.Music credit: Modern Situations by Unicorn Heads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

REPOST due to low podcast listener activity - if you listen now, you are the exception 😉Ever wondered how Netflix knows exactly what you'll binge next or how big brands like Delta Air Lines turn multimillion-dollar sponsorships into concrete sales?Welcome back to A Beginner's Guide to AI, where today we're uncovering the fascinating world of AI inference—the secret sauce behind machine-made predictions.--- --- ---A word from our Sponsor:Sensay creates AI-powered digital replicas to preserve and share individual and organizational knowledge, turning it into scalable, sustainable, and autonomous wisdom.Visit Sensay at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sensay.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠And listen to Dan, Sensay's CEO and founder, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠in this episode⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!--- --- ---Professor Gephardt, with his usual charm and wit, breaks down precisely how AI learns from past data to tackle new, unseen scenarios, turning educated guesses into powerful, profitable insights.Expect engaging analogies—from fruit-loving robots to cake-tasting mysteries—and real-life case studies, like Delta’s remarkable $30 million Olympic success story powered by AI. Plus, practical tips on how to spot AI inference in your daily digital life and even how to experiment with your own AI models!Tune in to get my thoughts, and don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!This podcast was generated with the help of ChatGPT and Mistral. We do fact-check with human eyes, but there still might be hallucinations in the output. And, by the way, it's read by an AI voice.Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

REPOST DUE TO WRONG AUDIO TRACK. Changed it, but many may have missed the right episode.Is intelligence something we’re born with, or do we learn everything from scratch? That’s not just a question for philosophers - it’s at the core of artificial intelligence today.In this episode ofA Beginner’s Guide to AI, we explore the great debate between nativism and deep learning.Nativism suggests that some knowledge is built-in, like the way babies instinctively pick up language. Deep learning, on the other hand, argues that intelligence comes purely from experience - AI models don’t start with any understanding; they learn everything from massive amounts of data.We break down how this plays out in real AI systems, from AlphaZero teaching itself to play chess to ChatGPTGPT mimicking human language without actually understanding it. And, of course, we use cake to make it all crystal clear.Tune in to get my thoughts, and don’t forget tosubscribe to our Newsletter at beginnersguide.nlThis podcast was generated with the help of ChatGPT, Mistral, and Claude 3. We do fact-check with human eyes, but there still might be hallucinations in the output. And, by the way, it’s read by an AI voice.Music credit:"Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI vs. Automation: Why Repetitive Marketing is FailingREPOST due to low podcast listener activity - if you listen now, you are the exception 😉Ever received the same email twice—word for word, from two different people? That’s not AI, that’s bad automation. And it happens way more often than it should.In this episode, we break down the key difference between automation and artificial intelligence—why one just follows rules while the other actually thinks. With a real-world case study straight from my inbox, we’ll expose how businesses are unknowingly damaging their credibility with mindless automation and what they could do differently with AI.If you’re running digital marketing, email campaigns, or even PR outreach, this is a must-listen. Stop the spam, start thinking smarter.Tune in to get my thoughts, and don’t forget to subscribe to our Newsletter!This podcast was generated with the help of ChatGPT, Mistral, and Claude 3. We do fact-check with human eyes, but there still might be hallucinations in the output. And, by the way, it's read by an AI voice.Music credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.