{"podcast":{"title":"Practical AI","slug":"practical-ai","podcast_index_feed_id":444526,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/practical-ai-machine-learning-data-science-llm","website_url":"https://practicalai.show/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WMlp2ug34XB6LDJ3-vnzti_-_y144LUlFW0Xzzn3fss/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTZi/ZWJmNWIwNDdmYTcw/NGJjMTExZjNjZmYy/M2ZjNS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Daniel Whitenack and Chris Benson","episode_count":368,"summary":"Making artificial intelligence practical, productive & accessible to everyone. Practical AI is a show in which technology professionals, business people, students, enthusiasts, and expert guests engage in lively discussions about Artificial Intelligence and related topics (Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, GANs, MLOps, AIOps, LLMs & more). The focus is on productive implementations and real-world scenarios that are accessible to everyone. If you want to keep up with the latest advances in AI, while keeping one foot in the real world, then this is the show for you!","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T15:06:44.156849+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-ai"},"episode":{"title":"Hermes Agent: Agents that grow with you","slug":"hermes-agent-agents-that-grow-with-you","published_at":"2026-05-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-ai/hermes-agent-agents-that-grow-with-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-ai","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/451da102","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/451da102/629a058c.mp3","summary":"Open Source AI is entering a new era, one shaped by self-improving AI Agents, recursive learning systems, and rapidly evolving AI Tools that blur the line between software and autonomous collaborators. In this episode, Daniel and Chris sit down with Nous Research co-founder and CTO Jeffrey Quesnelle to explore Hermes Agent. Along the way, they discuss models vs. harnesses, the changing role of developers, and one of the biggest questions facing the AI Future: what remains uniquely human as AI capabilities continue to accelerate? Featuring: Jeffrey Quesnelle – Website , LinkedIn Chris Benson – Website , LinkedIn , Bluesky , GitHub , X Daniel Whitenack – Website , GitHub , X Links: Nous Research Hermes Agent Sponsors: Framer: The enterprise-grade website builder that lets your team ship faster. Get 30% off at framer.com/practicalai Prediction Guard: A self-hosted AI control plane for running agents in high impact environments. predictionguard.com/practicalai Upcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here ! Midwest AI Summit 2026","meta_description":"Open Source AI is entering a new era, one shaped by self-improving AI Agents, recursive learning systems, and rapidly evolving AI Tools that blur the line…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3102,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/practical-ai/episodes/hermes-agent-agents-that-grow-with-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-ai/hermes-agent-agents-that-grow-with-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}