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The Hundred Year podcast dives into topics including artificial intelligence, gaming, entertainment, technology, entrepreneurship, current events, and so much more. The podcast is hosted by veteran technology journalist Adario Strange, along with Irreverent Labs CEO and co-founder Rahul Sood, a former Microsoft executive and serial entrepreneur. For questions or inquiries, reach out at: podcast@hundredyear.com Subscribe to the Hundred Year Lens Newsletter: https://hundredyear.substack.com
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Nem Perez started out as a traditional filmmaker, but he is now one of the most prolific and connected AI filmmakers in Hollywood. Adario Strange managed to get him to take a break from his busy schedule of organizing live AI film screenings, competing in film festivals, and producing traditional commercial work to talk about why what he’s doing is…
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Hundred Year Podcast Ep. 45: The artificial intelligence space isn’t just disrupting Hollywood, it’s also innovating the way we protect our communities. In this episode, Hundred Year Podcast host Adario Strange and Irreverent Labs co-founder Rahul Sood are joined by Tim Sulzer is the chief technology officer of ZeroEyes, a startup focused on using …
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Hundred Year Podcast Ep. 44: AI giant OpenAI has just launched GPT-4o, a new multimodal AI tool that is so powerful it has already sparked controversy as well as comparisons to the 2013 science fiction movie “Her” starring Scarlett Johansson. In this special news edition of the Hundred Year Podcast host Adario Strange speaks with Irreverent Labs’ R…
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Hundred Year Podcast Ep. 43: The historic rap battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar (and Rick Ross) has inspired the first legitimate AI music hit called “BBL Drizzy” and we have the song’s creator! The song by comedian Willonius Hatcher (aka King Willonius) has gone so viral that even hit making producer Metro Boomin has sampled the hilarious or…
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Hundred Year Podcast Ep. 42 - In this episode, Adario Strange gets the inside scoop on how Hollywood is “really” adjusting to AI in film and television from award-winning producer and director Michael Mitchell (aka @artisdead_ai on Instagram). From his start in Los Angeles working under the legendary Tony Scott, to his mainstream commercial televis…
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The metaverse is getting an exciting new pathway now that AI is being thrown into the mix. Former Snapchat team member Darya Sesitskaya believes that she has the answer to one major way to use AI to power augmented reality and she’s proving it through her new Shader app, which is available on iPhones, iPads, and the Apple Vision Pro. Adario Strange…
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In this episode Adario Strange and Rahul Sood are joined by AI filmmaker Andrew Gibbs. Yet another creator trained in the traditional method of filmmaking, Gibbs has made the transition to AI filmmaking and is now teaching others how to do it at Skill Leap AI. We take a look a few of his AI short films and get him to unpack his creative process and…
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In this episode Adario Strange and Rahul Sood offer their impressions of the Apple Vision Pro after one month of daily use and provide a few useful app suggestions for early adopters. They also touch on the recent Meta rumor around its upcoming Meta Quest Pro 2 that may be designed to compete with Apple, as well as a troubling outage that shook the…
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AI art and short film creator Blaine Brown joins Adario Strange and Rahul Sood to talk about the stunning changes that just came to AI video thanks to OpenAI’s Sora. The AI video generation tool already has Hollywood studios and directors talking about the future of film and our panel unpacks exactly what that might look like in the next few years.…
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Augmented reality pioneer Keiichi Matsuda joins the podcast to explain how he came up with his early vision of spatial computing, what he thinks about the state of AR and virtual reality, and why he decided to launch one of the first gaming apps called Wisp on the Apple Vision Pro. We also recap the last decade of AR and VR through the lens of Micr…
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Director Dave Clark joins the podcast to walk us through how he creates some of his most mind-blowing AI film work. Traditionally trained and working as a commercial director in Hollywood, Clark has embraced tools like Midjourney, Runway ML, Stable Diffusion and others to and merged them with his live action film and editing talent to create some o…
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Using artificial intelligence (AI) to train students and employees is about to take off. But Roy Mor, the founder and CEO of Loora.ai, believes that instead of generalized AI tools, we will all have specialized AI tutors that are designed and trained to teach each one of us in the way the optimizes our ability to learn. In the case of Loora.ai, tha…
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In this episode we detail the Cybertruck ordering experience and then sample Tesla’s Cyberbeer! We also give our predictions about the tech, AI, Hollywood, and Cybertruck stories that will dominate 2024. Then we take a look back at the year 2023, including the biggest stories in AI, the Apple Vision Pro, who and what will emerge to lead the AI race…
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Artificial intelligence experts Pedro Domingos, author of “The Master Algorithm” and professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and Patrice Simard, Chief Scientist at AI startup Irreverent Labs, join Adario Strange to debate the future of AI. We tackle the new AI Act in Europe and what it means for the global balance of AI power. Then we d…
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Hundred Year Podcast - Episode 32 - The secret to getting your AI art in Midjourney Magazine AI artists love Midjourney and now the tech startup has created a print magazine that highlights the most talented creators using its tool to produce stunning visual stories. Thomas “TK” Kim is the co-founder of Asimov Collective, the company working with M…
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Hundred Year Podcast - Episode 31 - Microsoft insiders explain why OpenAI’s CEO disaster changes everything. When OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was fired by his board of directors, the surprise move caught the entire tech industry by surprise. In this emergency podcast, Adario and Rahul, along with Irreverent Labs co-founder and CTO David Ra…
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Hundred Year Podcast - Ep. 30 - AI virtual humans are rehearsing to replace Hollywood reality Emmy award-winning producer Edward Saatchi, the CEO and co-founder of Fable Studio, joins the podcast to talk about his pioneering work in immersive storytelling in virtual reality via Oculus Story Studio and how that has transitioned into building worlds …
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Hundred Year Podcast Ep. 29 - The AI takeover of humanity may already be here, this Silicon Valley CEO explains why. This week, France native turned Silicon Valley player Flo Crivello, the founder and CEO of Lindy.ai, joins the podcast to talk about how he plans to replace your human assistant with artificial intelligence. We also talk about his pa…
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Adario Strange and Rahul Sood unpack the latest AI developments, including Meta’s new AI-powered Ray-Ban smartglasses, the prospects of the Quest 3 versus the Apple Vision Pro, how the Middle East conflict impacts the large number of Israeli AI startups, wearable AI pendants that can become your personal assistant, celebrity AI Chatbots from Snoop,…
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AI video director Ben Nash joins Adario Strange on the Hundred Year Podcast to tell us how he moved from a web developer to becoming one of the most prolific AI video directors on social media. In this episode, we talk about the tools traditional video directors need to learn to quickly ramp up to becoming AI film directors, as well as how this wil…
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Adario Strange and Rahul Sood unpack the latest AI news, including the recent AI summit in D.C. including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, and others. Then they discuss Microsoft’s unique approach to fighting its legal battle over AI, which includes defending its users. Finally, the crew dives into the latest AI ap…
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The landscape of Hollywood is rapidly being disrupted by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in film and television. Curious Refuge is working to help the production people behind the scenes learn next-gen AI tools as the industry undergoes change. Curious Refuge co-founder, Caleb Ward, joins the podcast to discuss teaching creators to use AI t…
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Serial entrepreneur Dan Siroker joins Adario Strange and Rahul Sood to reveal the secrets of his new startup Rewind.ai, a tool that harnesses AI to give you an infinite memory with context on your laptop and smartphone. Some of the topics covered include when will AGI arrive, was “Her” the movie a preview of reality, how the pandemic changed busine…
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Adario Strange and Rahul Sood take a deep dive into the current state of the AI wars between Microsoft, Google, and Meta, then an update on the ongoing Hollywood strikes by SAG-AFTRA and WGA over the future of AI in movies, a look at what Apple’s rumored “Apple GPT” tool might look like, as well as some insight into Elon Musk and his Twitter rebran…
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Germany-based graphic designer Julie Wieland has cultivated a large following on Instagram around her experiments using her traditional design skills and emerging AI tools. Wieland joins us to discuss how other traditional graphic designers can embrace the latest AI software to augment their work, and then we dive into the current battle in Hollywo…
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In this episode Adario Strange and Rahul Sood break down what the launch of the Apple Vision Pro means for the virtual reality and augmented reality market, as well as how it could impact AI. Later, the guys delve into the latest battles in Hollywood over AI, specifically, Marvel’s decision to allow AI to create art for its latest Disney+ show “Sec…
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Renowned UK experimental artist Harry Yeff (aka Reeps One) has collaborated with the Leipzig Opera in Germany to create “FUSION,” one of the first live performances ever to use generative AI to produce the theatrical event running until July. In addition to his groundbreaking AI work, Yeff discusses how all artists can use AI to augment their creat…
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In this episode, computer science professor and author of “The Master Algorithm,” Pedro Domingos offers a different take on the AI apocalypse everyone seems to be so concerned about. In addition to addressing super intelligent AI, we discuss the impact of AI on human jobs, productivity, art, and much more. Subscribe to our newsletter! Hundred Year …
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In this episode we dive deep into the future of generative AI with Linus Ekenstam, the co-founder of Bedtimestory.ai, and discuss OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman and his recent public hearing with the US government, the latest developments with Stable Diffusion, as well as Elon Musk’s plan to conquer the AI space. Subscribe to our newsletter! Hundred Year …
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Join us and Kate Irwin of Decrypt as we explore Web3 gaming, NFTs, and AI’s exciting potential at the intersection of both. We also tackle Microsoft’s legal fight in the UK as it moves to acquire Activision Blizzard, and we delve into the ever-changing landscape of crypto regulation. Subscribe to the Hundred Year Lens Newsletter: https://hundredyea…
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Irreverent Labs co-founder and chief technology officer David Raskino joins us to explain why artificial intelligence is about to change everything in the world of television and film, how AI regulation might work in the future, and why a pause in AI development is not the answer. Subscribe to the Hundred Year Lens Newsletter: https://hundredyear.s…
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Former SEC attorney Alexandra Damsker joins us to discuss the impending legal actions against Binance’s founder Changpeng Zhao aka CZ and Sam Bankman-Fried, the climate around crypto in the halls of U.S. government and its relationship to China, the Balaji Srinivasan Bitcoin bet, and Bitcoin’s new chief marketing officer and biggest holder Michael …
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We take a deep dive into why U.S. government is cracking down on Coinbase, why crypto YouTubers like #bitboy #grahamstephan and #meetkevin are under fire for promoting certain crypto projects, the impact of the Federal Reserve’s interest rates hikes on the economy, where NFTs are headed in the wake of major decisions by Amazon and Meta, and how a b…
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In this abbreviated episode, Adario Strange and Rahul Sood, co-founder and CEO of Irreverent Labs, unpack the Silicon Valley Bank crisis, what it means for the broader tech start-up industry, how it could have been avoided, and what residual effects it may have on the economy, the crypto space, and ongoing recession concerns. #svb #siliconvalleyban…
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Philip Rosedale is an early pioneer of virtual communities now known as the metaverse via his creation of Second Life. Celebrating its 20 year anniversary in June, the online community still has nearly 1 million members and was famously featured on the “The Office” TV series. Rosedale is also leading a spatial audio startup called High Fidelity. He…
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Virtual reality trail blazer Urho Konttori joins Adario Strange and Rahul Sood to talk about how VR and augmented reality will transform business and communication. With over $162 million in funding raised, this Europe-based tech startup is helping to make virtual teleportation a reality while also exploring ways to integrate cloud computing and AI…
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Augmented reality pioneer Rony Abovitz, the founder of Magic Leap, joins Adario Strange to talk about the future of AR and virtual reality, the metaverse, artificial intelligence, the intersection between science fiction and reality, what he would have done differently at Magic Leap, and reveals more about his new technology entertainment startup S…
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Adario Strange and Rahul Sood are joined by elite MMA strength trainer Phil Daru and UFC legend Kevin Lee. Topics covered include using tech to enhance your 2023 workout goals, the future of PEDs (performance enhancing drugs) in pro sports, why hiring a trainer can be more effective than going it alone, a few upcoming fight predictions, and whether…
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Rahul welcomes Adario Strange, the new full-time host of the Hundred Year Podcast, as they look back on the biggest news and happenings in the tech world in 2022. Topics covered include Tesla CEO Elon Musk takes over Twitter, the future of Meta’s Quest Pro, the NFT winter, Sam Bankman Fried and FTX, the luxury watch and #moonswatch trends, and Appl…
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Interested in a storyteller’s take on AI? We sat down with author, Aparna Shewakramani and journalist + lawyer, Pooja Shah, to get their takes on how AI is changing the storytelling landscape. Check MechaFightClub on the web, and on Twitter. Rahul on Twitter and on LinkedIn. Ayshe Yasa on LinkedIn, and NETTEPR on the web.…
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What do comedy, business, and sales have in common? Ross Pomerantz aka Corporate Bro joins co-hosts Rahul Sood and Ayshe Yasa for some serious laughs and insights into how he’s blended all three. Check MechaFightClub on the web, and on Twitter. Rahul on Twitter and on LinkedIn. Ayshe Yasa on LinkedIn, and NETTEPR on the web.…
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The FTX fallout continues and Niftmint Founder + CEO/CTO, Jonathan G. Blanco, joins co-hosts Rahul Sood and Ayshe Yasa to discuss what’s happening in the space. Check MechaFightClub on the web, and on Twitter. Rahul on Twitter and on LinkedIn. Ayshe Yasa on LinkedIn, and NETTEPR on the web. Sign up now ➡️ https://mechafightclub.com/ Join the commun…
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Amid the turbulence of the FTX fallout, Irreverent Labs’ DAO Master and Head of Product, Heather Russell, and Product Manager, Fumika Iwasaki, join co-hosts Rahul Sood and Ayshe Yasa to reveal updates from the MechaFightClub product pipeline and discuss how MFC is thriving building in the bear market. Check MechaFightClub on the web, and on Twitter…
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Co-founder and CEO of MechaFightClub, Rahul Sood, and Ayshe Yasa from NETTE PR, interview Wallace Santos, CEO of MainGear, an innovative high performance PC system builder that offers custom desktops, custom built laptops, pc workstations, small form factor PCs, media center PCs, SteamOS powered steambox’s, and VR ready systems.…
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