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A work in progress. Final Draft.
HUMAN / FOR NOW Episode 006 • 53 min • October 21, 2026
AI is producing answers we can’t fully explain—but what happens to us when we outsource the thinking? Sebastien and Eric unpack how AI models and agents work, debate whether writing is a skill or a way of thinking, and explore the promise of an endlessly patient AI mentor—along with the question of whose goals it serves.
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00:00 Writing and the value of thinking ↗00:45 The metronome intro ↗01:12 Answers without understanding ↗04:55 How AI blew our minds ↗07:36 From assistant to team ↗13:20 Under the hood: training, weights and inference ↗22:24 When models get tools ↗25:54 The value of the journey ↗32:06 Writing as a way of thinking ↗37:38 A seven-year-old and a thinking partner ↗39:40 The endlessly patient mentor ↗41:34 Whose goals does the mentor serve? ↗45:06 The Jevons paradox ↗47:53 Less thinking, more feeling? ↗50:14 What comes after the answers? ↗53:01 Travel safe: outro ↗
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