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Two humans explaining AI so your Grandma can understand it. Tony Bryden and Nathan Roarty take one thing a week — ChatGPT, Claude, AI agents, prompts, whatever just happened — and explain it with quirky analogies, lots of tangents and rabbit holes, and no jargon. If Grandma can understand it, they did their job. Hosts Tony Bryden and Nathan Roarty are friends and colleagues at an AI company who got tired of hearing this stuff explained badly. It's AI for beginners without the beginner's tone: expect apple pie, top-loading VCRs, and somebody's Mum's knitting. Expect no keynote voice, no vendor demos, and no unexplained jargon.
The views and opinions expressed on Background Noise are those of the hosts and guests alone and do not reflect the official policy or position of their current or former employers, or any company or organization they are affiliated with. Content is for general informational purposes only and should not be taken as professional, technical, or legal advice.
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Ep 9 Preview: Knitting a Cardigan, an SDLC Analogy for the Ages, So Grandma Can Understand It
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Nov 14, 2026 |
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Episode 9 Preview: Software Development Lifecycle Disruption
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Nov 13, 2026 |
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Episode 9 Preview: Can AI Knit Your Sweater
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Nov 12, 2026 |
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Episode 9 Preview: The Software Development Lifecycle Disruption - A Layered Approach
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Nov 11, 2026 |
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Episode 5 Preview: Prompting Updates
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Nov 11, 2026 |
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Episode 6 Preview: AI Guardrails
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Nov 11, 2026 |
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Episode 9 Preview: The Software Development Lifecycle Disruption
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Nov 10, 2026 |
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Background Noise - Episode 9: Software Dev Lifecycle Disruption So That Grandma Can Understand It
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Nov 10, 2026 |
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Episode 9 Preview: AI in the Software Development Lifecycle Disruption
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Nov 10, 2026 |
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Episode 8 Preview - AI: Double Standards in Judgment
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Nov 01, 2026 |
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Episode 8 Preview - AI: Good or Bad Actors?
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Oct 31, 2026 |
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Episode 8 Preview - AI: The Sabotage Myth
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Oct 30, 2026 |
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Episode 8 Preview - AI's Dark Side: Bryden's Warning
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Oct 29, 2026 |
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Episode 8 Preview - AI Agents: Worse Than Humans?
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Oct 29, 2026 |
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Episode 8: What Do You Say When Grandma Asks You What You Do For A Living
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Oct 29, 2026 |
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Episode 7: Prompting the Zodiac - Can AI Be Trusted - So that your Grandma can Understand it
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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Episode 6: AI Abroad, Astrology and more so Grandma can understand it
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Episode 5: Update! AI Prompting Evolves so Grandma can understand it
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Oct 04, 2026 |
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Episode 4: Different AI Models so Grandma can understand it
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Episode 3: AI Prompting so Grandma can understand it
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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Episode 2: Hygiene, Habits, and Staying in Control: AI Governance so Grandma can understand it
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Episode 1: Introduction to LLMs so grandma can understand it
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Aug 23, 2026 |