Show overview
The Old and the New launched in 2023 and has put out 49 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 3 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 2 min and 4 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.8 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Eda and Judy.
From the publisher
INCONSISTENT UPLOAD SCHEDULE UNTIL (at least) NOVEMBER, apologies for the inconvenienceA podcast on ancient civilizations and new technologies.
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S2 Ep 42Abortion in Augustan Rome
Abortion in Augustan Rome
S2 Ep 41Google and SynthID: Actual Uses
HI EVERYONE I'M SO SORRY FOR THE IMPROMPTU HIATUS AND THUS DELAYED PART 2! Next episode is out this Sunday (I promise!!!)This episode is part two of our duology on Google DeepMind and SynthID. If you haven’t yet, I suggest you listen to part 1 before listening to this episode.
S2 Ep 40Google and SynthID: What is it?
A couple weeks ago, Google’s DeepMind announced the introduction of their new watermarking method to SynthID, whose toolkit can identify AI-generated content and can embed digital watermarks on AI-generated content, such as images, audio, text, or video. These watermarks are imperceptible to humans but can be detected by the device.
S2 Ep 39Hittite Rituals: Meanings of Blood PART 2
Briefly touching on the life of Bronze Age Anatolians
S2 Ep 38Hittite Rituals: Meanings of Blood PART 1
Briefly touching on the life of Bronze Age Anatolians
S2 Ep 37OPINION: MWC
The MWC (Mobile World Congress) occurs every year in Barcelona. It is one of the biggest trade shows of the year, and as the name suggests, specializes in mobile devices.
S2 Ep 36Libation- the Liquid Sacrifice
wine for everyone
S2 Ep 35We Love Copper – Chalcolithic Age
Today we're going to talk about the Copper Age, also known as the Chalcolithic Age.
S2 Ep 34NVIDIA, In Less Than 3 Minutes
A couple days ago NVIDIA’s market cap briefly reached the 2 trillion dollar mark. While I have mentioned NVIDIA in this podcast before during our episode about Meta, IBM, and the AI Alliance, I believe it’s time to dedicate an entire episode to the self-described “World Leader in Artificial Intelligence Computing”. This is everything you need to know about NVIDIA in less than three minutes.
S2 Ep 33OpenAI’s Sora: Safety
This is the second part of a 2-part series on Sora. Both parts have been released at the same time. Today I will be talking about Sora, OpenAI’s text-to-video generator.
S2 Ep 32OpenAI’s Sora: Capabilities
This is the first part of a 2-part series on Sora. Both parts have been released at the same time. Today I will be talking about Sora, OpenAI’s text-to-video generator.
S2 Ep 31Homosexuality in Ancient Greece PART 3
Little cultural dissections
S2 Ep 30Homosexuality in Ancient Greece PART 2
a continuation of part 1
S2 Ep 29Data Poisoning and Generative AI
At the tail end of 2023, data poisoning became a major topic of discussion within the generative AI community. Today on The Old and the New, I will explore the image-generating AI and data poisoning world.
S2 Ep 28Homosexuality in Ancient Greece PART 1
What is it?
S2 Ep 27So... What is Apple Vision Pro?
While Apple never officially confirmed that it was working on a headset, there have been rumors about it for the better part of a decade. Finally, the Apple Vision Pro is here.
S2 Ep 26What was it like to be a woman in ancient Sparta
What was it like to be a woman in ancient Sparta
S2 Ep 25The New York Times v. OpenAI and Microsoft
The New York Times announced today (Wednesday) that it is suing OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement. This lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, is the first of its kind and could have some major implications that could affect the use of published work in the training of AI technologies.
S2 Ep 24Introduction to Lives of Women in Classical Antiquity
Introduction to Lives of Women in Classical Antiquity
S2 Ep 23SHORT: Google and Gemini
Today on The Old and the New, I will be talking about Google's Gemini.