# 945: AI is a Joke, with Joel Beasley Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/super-data-science/945-ai-is-a-joke-with-joel-beasley Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/super-data-science/945-ai-is-a-joke-with-joel-beasley.md Podcast: [Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/super-data-science) Published: 2025-12-02T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/E581B9/arttrk.com/p/VI4CS/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SUPERDATASCIENCEPTYLTD3675309879.mp3?updated=1764613772 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/E581B9/arttrk.com/p/VI4CS/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SUPERDATASCIENCEPTYLTD3675309879.mp3?updated=1764613772 Processing state: failed JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/super-data-science/episodes/945-ai-is-a-joke-with-joel-beasley Duration seconds: 3371 ## Resource Is there humor in data? Joel Beasley, host of Modern CTO, tells Jon Krohn how he used AI to turn his sights to stand-up comedy. He also shares his tips on tech leadership that he learned from his popular podcast, Modern CTO, and how he is using generative AI as a collaborative partner in his creative work. This episode is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Dell⁠⁠, by ⁠⁠Intel⁠⁠, by Fabi, and by Gurobi⁠⁠⁠. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/945⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (02:14) Joel Beasley on his comedy career (19:04) Applying the ‘memory palace’ technique (22:28) About The Modern CTO Podcast (36:24) Leadership advice from The Modern CTO ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/super-data-science/episodes/945-ai-is-a-joke-with-joel-beasley/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/super-data-science/945-ai-is-a-joke-with-joel-beasley.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.