{"podcast":{"title":"This Day in AI Podcast","slug":"this-day-in-ai-podcast","podcast_index_feed_id":6024293,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/this-day-in-ai","website_url":"https://podcast.thisdayinai.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4SaX-xGItZ1-nfEMIf2ly3zemXB-9j2-x93WIMySm1E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4NjMxLzE2ODQz/OTA2ODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Michael Sharkey","episode_count":142,"summary":"Join Michael and Chris Sharkey, two proudly average tech enthusiasts, as they stumble through the world of artificial intelligence with all the grace of a robot learning to dance. This (sometimes weekly*) podcast delivers an hour-long conversation about their thoroughly middle-of-the-road adventures with AI. No PhDs. No Silicon Valley insights. Just two guys with enough technical knowledge to be dangerous, sharing their unexceptional yet entertaining experiences with AI tools and technology. Subscribe now to hear: • Mediocre hot takes on AI developments • Stories of AI experiments gone adequately okay • The most average advice you'll ever need • Two Sharkeys trying their best to sound smart about algorithms • Childish AI prank calls that somehow fool everybody • Attempts at using AI for phishing attacks on their mother • \"Chart-topping\" AI songs according to the brothers Join our perfectly mediocre community where being average at AI is celebrated, questions are encouraged, and learning through mistakes is our specialty. Because let's face it - most of us are figuring this out as we go along. New episodes drop whenever we remember to record them. 🎙️ Proudly supported by Simtheory.…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-ai-podcast"},"episode":{"title":"Nano Banana 2 is Here! Gemini-3 Shutdown & The AI Layoff Myth | EP99.36","slug":"nano-banana-2-is-here-gemini-3-shutdown-the-ai-layoff-myth-ep99-36","published_at":"2026-02-27T05:01:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-ai-podcast/nano-banana-2-is-here-gemini-3-shutdown-the-ai-layoff-myth-ep99-36","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-ai-podcast","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f5de1415","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f5de1415/a153dd7d.mp3","summary":"Join us on the STILL RELEVANT tour: https://simulationtheory.ai/16c0d1db-a8d0-4ac9-bae3-d25074589a80 Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai TDIA Discord: https://discord.gg/gTW4RkAJvn Horse Egg Lifecycle Infographic: https://staging.simtheory.ai/share/file/UZ2KJU ---- So Chris, this week... we're diving into Google's new Nano Banana 2 image model - 50% cheaper and supposedly faster (when the servers aren't melting). We put it through its paces with annotation-based editing, slide generation, and yes, the return of the legendary horse egg experiment. Plus: Google quietly kills Gemini-3 after just a few months (good riddance?), we discuss why the model was \"dead on arrival\" for agentic workflows, and break down the real story behind those massive AI layoff announcements from Block and WiseTech. Spoiler: it's probably not actually about AI. We also get into the current state of the model wars (Opus 4.6 vs Codex 5.3), why smaller models like GLM-5 might be the future for enterprise agentic tasks, and Chris's wife teaching Claude to literally speak to her using Mac's text-to-speech. The models are getting creative. --- 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Nano Banana 2: Price, Speed & First Impressions 3:19 - The Compositing Problem & Last Mile Design 5:41 - Annotation-Based Editing (This Changes Everything) 9:52 - Slide Editing & Real-World Use Cases 12:34 - The Horse Egg Experiment Returns 14:30 - Image Degradation & Cost Breakdown 17:47 - Text-to-Image Leaderboard Discussion 20:01 - Why Nano Banana Dominates for Work 22:07 - Codex 5.3 vs Opus 4.6 22:54 - Google Kills Gemini-3 (What Went Wrong?) 26:48 - Google's Agentic Problem 30:08 - The Model Loyalty Cycle 34:22 - Why Opus 4.6 is Still the Best 37:05 - Cost Optimization & Smart Model Routing 43:30 - When Models Get St…","meta_description":"Join us on the STILL RELEVANT tour: https://simulationtheory.ai/16c0d1db-a8d0-4ac9-bae3-d25074589a80 Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai TDIA Discord: ht…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3729,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-day-in-ai-podcast/episodes/nano-banana-2-is-here-gemini-3-shutdown-the-ai-layoff-myth-ep99-36/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-ai-podcast/nano-banana-2-is-here-gemini-3-shutdown-the-ai-layoff-myth-ep99-36.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}