012 WTFuture -- The Intelligence Age: From Hyper Local Agents to Long Distance Relationships

012 WTFuture -- The Intelligence Age: From Hyper Local Agents to Long Distance Relationships

From Future Now by Allan Lundell

June 7, 2026 · 1h 3m · Episode 174

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition from the information age to the intelligence age, focusing on advancements in AI and supercomputing.

It appears we are now leaving the information age and diving headfirst into an “intelligence age” . But what powers this transition? Chips? Beliefs? Noble Gas? And hyperlocal? WTF AL!” In this jam-packed podcast episode, the hosts geek out over Nvidia’s massive announcements at Computex, highlighting how new hardware like the Vera Rubin data centers and Jetson Thor chips are bringing agentic AI and supercomputing power right to our laptops and home robots. Soon you too will likely have loads of intelligence agents doing your bidding, should you want such powers. Having these personal AI buddies run locally instead of in the cloud not only keeps your private secrets safe from getting sold or hacked on the dark web, but it also stops the our species from burning up gigawatts of electricity just to answer our nick nack reality questions or generate click bait. The answer? Check out what Bobby has to say about new local AI buddies! Thanks to a video submission by Dr. Jabir, our crew marveled at a mysterious giant potato-shaped heavenly body eclipsing the sun, as captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover.. “What body is it,?” you might ask. Think about it for a second and you’ll likely…

People in this episode

Host: Allan Lundell

Topics covered

  • intelligence age
  • AI
  • supercomputing
  • local agents
  • NASA
  • Neanderthal

Keywords

  • AI
  • Nvidia
  • Computex
  • supercomputing
  • local agents
  • NASA
  • Neanderthal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nvidia, NASA

Products: Vera Rubin data centers, Jetson Thor chips

Books & works: 59,000-year-old Neanderthal root canal

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