Hands-On AI (Video) TWiT https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai TWiT Feed Generator v4.11.3 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-US This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ feedmail@twit.tv (TWiT Editors) feedmail@twit.tv (TWiT Engineering) 720 weekly 1 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:45:02 PDT Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:45:02 PDT weekly Petaluma, CA episodic Inside the technology reshaping how we work, create, and communicate. Hands-On AI explores and explains artificial intelligence — and shows you how to actually use it. Because AI is exactly that: a tool, and like any tool, what matters is what you do with it. In short, focused episodes, Mikah Sargent takes you inside the technology reshaping how we work, create, and communicate. Learn what's really happening inside a large language model, run AI entirely on your own hardware, put the AI already in your pocket to work, and discover uses you hadn't thought of. No buzzwords, no doom — just practical, hands-on help from one human to another. 

Submit your AI questions through email at handsonai@twit.tv or via TWiT's social media. You might hear your question answered on the show!

New episodes every Thursday.

]]> Hands-On AI explores and explains artificial intelligence — and shows you how to actually use it. Because AI is exactly that: a tool, and like any tool, what matters is what you do with it. In short, focused episodes, Mikah Sargent takes you inside the technology reshaping how we work, create, and communicate. Learn what's really happening inside a large language model, run AI entirely on your own hardware, put the AI already in your pocket to work, and discover uses you hadn't thought of. No buzzwords, no doom — just practical, hands-on help from one human to another. 

Submit your AI questions through email at handsonai@twit.tv or via TWiT's social media. You might hear your question answered on the show!

New episodes every Thursday.

]]> TWiT, HOAI, Mikah Sargent, Hands-On AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Anthropic, Claude, Apple Intelligence, Gemini tv-g no no No Become a Club TWiT member! Leo Laporte feedmail@twit.tv Artificial Intelligence Hands-On AI (Video) https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_2048x2048/public/images/shows/Hands-On%20AI/album_art/hd/HOAI_3000_standard_video.jpg https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai https://feeds.twit.tv/hoai_video_hd.xml HOAI 2: Nine Billion Knobs - What's Actually Inside an AI Model, Explained Nine Billion Knobs - What's Actually Inside an AI Model, Explained full TWiT Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:03:00 PDT 2 2 https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/2 https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/2 Help & How To Artificial Intelligence no What's Actually Inside an AI Model, Explained TWiT, hands on ai, Mikah Sargent, Artificial Intelligence, ai tools, AI tutorial, generative ai, machine learning, large language model, LLM, how ai works, tokens, ai training, AI Hallucinations, Ollama, Qwen What's actually inside an AI model? Mikah Sargent opens up the file from last week's episode and finds tokens, billions of numbers, and one surprisingly simple job: guess the next piece of text. Along the way, he shows why the same question can get a different answer every time, where all those numbers came from, and why a chatbot can sound completely sure of itself and still be wrong.

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]]> What's actually inside an AI model? Mikah Sargent opens up the file from last week's episode and finds tokens, billions of numbers, and one surprisingly simple job: guess the next piece of text. Along the way, he shows why the same question can get a different answer every time, where all those numbers came from, and why a chatbot can sound completely sure of itself and still be wrong.

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]]> https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/video/hoai/hoai0002/hoai0002_h264m_1920x1080.mp4 yes 55:21 HOAI 2: Nine Billion Knobs - What's Actually Inside an AI Model, Explained What's Actually Inside an AI Model, Explained TWiT, hands on ai, Mikah Sargent, Artificial Intelligence, ai tools, AI tutorial, generative ai, machine learning, large language model, LLM, how ai works, tokens, ai training, AI Hallucinations, Ollama, Qwen nonadult tv-g IAB19 Mikah Sargent Mikah Sargent HOAI 1: The Chatbot in Your Laptop - Run AI on Your Own Computer, No Cloud Required The Chatbot in Your Laptop - Run AI on Your Own Computer, No Cloud Required full TWiT Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:50:00 PDT 1 1 https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/1 https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/1 Help & How To Artificial Intelligence no Run AI on Your Own Computer, No Cloud Required hands-on AI, Mikah Sargent, TWiT, run AI locally, local AI, local LLM, offline AI, private AI, AI privacy, Ollama, Qwen, open-weight models, quantization, AI on your computer, AI tutorial, how to use AI, AI for beginners, large language model, LLM Your next chatbot doesn't need the cloud. Mikah Sargent installs a free app, downloads an AI model, turns off the Wi-Fi, and keeps right on chatting, all on an ordinary computer. Along the way, he explains how to read a model listing, including what the size and "Q4" labels mean, so you can pick a model that runs well on your own machine. Then the local model goes head-to-head with a cloud assistant to see where it holds up and where it falls short.

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]]> Your next chatbot doesn't need the cloud. Mikah Sargent installs a free app, downloads an AI model, turns off the Wi-Fi, and keeps right on chatting, all on an ordinary computer. Along the way, he explains how to read a model listing, including what the size and "Q4" labels mean, so you can pick a model that runs well on your own machine. Then the local model goes head-to-head with a cloud assistant to see where it holds up and where it falls short.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> Your next chatbot doesn't need the cloud. Mikah Sargent installs a free app, downloads an AI model, turns off the Wi-Fi, and keeps right on chatting, all on an ordinary computer. Along the way, he explains how to read a model listing, including what the size and "Q4" labels mean, so you can pick a model that runs well on your own machine. Then the local model goes head-to-head with a cloud assistant to see where it holds up and where it falls short.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/video/hoai/hoai0001/hoai0001_h264m_1920x1080.mp4 yes 25:00 HOAI 1: The Chatbot in Your Laptop - Run AI on Your Own Computer, No Cloud Required Run AI on Your Own Computer, No Cloud Required hands-on AI, Mikah Sargent, TWiT, run AI locally, local AI, local LLM, offline AI, private AI, AI privacy, Ollama, Qwen, open-weight models, quantization, AI on your computer, AI tutorial, how to use AI, AI for beginners, large language model, LLM nonadult tv-g IAB19 Mikah Sargent Mikah Sargent Welcome to Hands-On AI Welcome to Hands-On AI trailer TWiT Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 PDT 0 0 https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/0 https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/0 Help & How To Artificial Intelligence no Turning AI Confusion Into AI Confidence Artificial Intelligence, ai, claude, Anthropic, openAI, chatgpt, gemini Hands-On AI is the show that turns AI confusion into AI confidence. In this introductory episode, Mikah Sargent lays out what the show is and isn't: short, focused episodes — most 10 to 15 minutes — that take one question, one tool, or one technique at a time. Some weeks go under the hood on what a large language model is actually doing. Some weeks get practical: the AI already in your pocket, or a model running entirely on your own computer. And some weeks are honest verdicts on the tools everyone's talking about.

This show is a conversation. Send your AI questions to handsonai@twit.tv or reach out on TWiT's social media, and you might hear your question answered on the show.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> Hands-On AI is the show that turns AI confusion into AI confidence. In this introductory episode, Mikah Sargent lays out what the show is and isn't: short, focused episodes — most 10 to 15 minutes — that take one question, one tool, or one technique at a time. Some weeks go under the hood on what a large language model is actually doing. Some weeks get practical: the AI already in your pocket, or a model running entirely on your own computer. And some weeks are honest verdicts on the tools everyone's talking about.

This show is a conversation. Send your AI questions to handsonai@twit.tv or reach out on TWiT's social media, and you might hear your question answered on the show.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> Hands-On AI is the show that turns AI confusion into AI confidence. In this introductory episode, Mikah Sargent lays out what the show is and isn't: short, focused episodes — most 10 to 15 minutes — that take one question, one tool, or one technique at a time. Some weeks go under the hood on what a large language model is actually doing. Some weeks get practical: the AI already in your pocket, or a model running entirely on your own computer. And some weeks are honest verdicts on the tools everyone's talking about.

This show is a conversation. Send your AI questions to handsonai@twit.tv or reach out on TWiT's social media, and you might hear your question answered on the show.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/video/hoai/hoai0000/hoai0000_h264m_1920x1080.mp4 yes 2:28 Welcome to Hands-On AI Turning AI Confusion Into AI Confidence Artificial Intelligence, ai, claude, Anthropic, openAI, chatgpt, gemini nonadult tv-g IAB19 Mikah Sargent Mikah Sargent HOAI: Hands-On AI Is Getting Into the Good Stuff - Local Models, Open Weights, No Cloud Hands-On AI Is Getting Into the Good Stuff - Local Models, Open Weights, No Cloud trailer TWiT Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:45:00 PDT https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/c https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/c Help & How To Artificial Intelligence no Local Models, Open Weights, No Cloud hands-on AI, Mikah Sargent, TWiT, Artificial Intelligence, ai, ai tools, AI tutorial, how to use AI, large language model, LLM, chatgpt, claude, gemini, local AI, on-device AI, AI privacy, automation, prompt writing, generative ai, tech podcast Qwen, Muse Glimmer, Ollama, llama.cpp, quantization, mixture-of-experts, RAG, tokens per second. On Hands-On AI, those aren't buzzwords — Mikah Sargent will explain exactly what they mean, then put them to work on hardware you already own. No cloud, no account, no data, leaving your desk.

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]]> Qwen, Muse Glimmer, Ollama, llama.cpp, quantization, mixture-of-experts, RAG, tokens per second. On Hands-On AI, those aren't buzzwords — Mikah Sargent will explain exactly what they mean, then put them to work on hardware you already own. No cloud, no account, no data, leaving your desk.

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]]> Qwen, Muse Glimmer, Ollama, llama.cpp, quantization, mixture-of-experts, RAG, tokens per second. On Hands-On AI, those aren't buzzwords — Mikah Sargent will explain exactly what they mean, then put them to work on hardware you already own. No cloud, no account, no data, leaving your desk.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/video/hoai/hoai_C/hoai_C_h264m.mp4 yes 1:48 HOAI: Hands-On AI Is Getting Into the Good Stuff - Local Models, Open Weights, No Cloud Local Models, Open Weights, No Cloud hands-on AI, Mikah Sargent, TWiT, Artificial Intelligence, ai, ai tools, AI tutorial, how to use AI, large language model, LLM, chatgpt, claude, gemini, local AI, on-device AI, AI privacy, automation, prompt writing, generative ai, tech podcast nonadult tv-g IAB19 Mikah Sargent Mikah Sargent HOAI: Hands-On AI Cuts Through Hype and Doom - AI Is a Tool. Here's What It Actually Does Hands-On AI Cuts Through Hype and Doom - AI Is a Tool. Here's What It Actually Does trailer TWiT Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:50:00 PDT https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/b https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/b Help & How To Artificial Intelligence no AI Is a Tool. Here's What It Actually Does hands-on AI, Mikah Sargent, TWiT, Artificial Intelligence, ai, ai tools, AI tutorial, how to use AI, large language model, LLM, chatgpt, claude, gemini, local AI, on-device AI, AI privacy, automation, prompt writing, generative ai, tech podcast Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to save the world or end it. Mikah Sargent has a different take: it's a tool, and what matters is what you do with it. Every week on Hands-On AI, Mikah tests the tools everyone's talking about and tells you the truth — what's worth your time, what isn't, and what's actually going on under the hood.

Hands-On AI launches Thursday, October 1. Subscribe at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai

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]]> Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to save the world or end it. Mikah Sargent has a different take: it's a tool, and what matters is what you do with it. Every week on Hands-On AI, Mikah tests the tools everyone's talking about and tells you the truth — what's worth your time, what isn't, and what's actually going on under the hood.

Hands-On AI launches Thursday, October 1. Subscribe at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to save the world or end it. Mikah Sargent has a different take: it's a tool, and what matters is what you do with it. Every week on Hands-On AI, Mikah tests the tools everyone's talking about and tells you the truth — what's worth your time, what isn't, and what's actually going on under the hood.

Hands-On AI launches Thursday, October 1. Subscribe at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/video/hoai/hoai_B/hoai_B_h264m.mp4 yes 0:47 HOAI: Hands-On AI Cuts Through Hype and Doom - AI Is a Tool. Here's What It Actually Does AI Is a Tool. Here's What It Actually Does hands-on AI, Mikah Sargent, TWiT, Artificial Intelligence, ai, ai tools, AI tutorial, how to use AI, large language model, LLM, chatgpt, claude, gemini, local AI, on-device AI, AI privacy, automation, prompt writing, generative ai, tech podcast nonadult tv-g IAB19 Mikah Sargent Mikah Sargent HOAI: Introducing Hands-On AI - Everyone Says You Should Use AI. Nobody Says How. Introducing Hands-On AI - Everyone Says You Should Use AI. Nobody Says How. trailer TWiT Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:28:20 PDT https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/a https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai/episodes/a News Artificial Intelligence no Everyone Says You Should Use AI. Nobody Says How. Artificial Intelligence, ai, claude, Anthropic, openAI, chatgpt, gemini How many times this week has someone told you that you should be using AI — without ever telling you how? Mikah Sargent introduces Hands-On AI, a new podcast from TWiT.tv with short, focused episodes that explain what these tools actually do, then show you step by step how to put them to work. No buzzwords, no doom. Just practical help from one human to another.

Hands-On AI launches Thursday, October 1.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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]]> How many times this week has someone told you that you should be using AI — without ever telling you how? Mikah Sargent introduces Hands-On AI, a new podcast from TWiT.tv with short, focused episodes that explain what these tools actually do, then show you step by step how to put them to work. No buzzwords, no doom. Just practical help from one human to another.

Hands-On AI launches Thursday, October 1.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to Hands-On AI at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai

Want access to the ad-free audio and video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

]]> How many times this week has someone told you that you should be using AI — without ever telling you how? Mikah Sargent introduces Hands-On AI, a new podcast from TWiT.tv with short, focused episodes that explain what these tools actually do, then show you step by step how to put them to work. No buzzwords, no doom. Just practical help from one human to another.

Hands-On AI launches Thursday, October 1.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to Hands-On AI at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-ai

Want access to the ad-free audio and video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

]]> https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/video/hoai/hoai_A/hoai_A_h264m.mp4 yes 0:47 HOAI: Introducing Hands-On AI - Everyone Says You Should Use AI. Nobody Says How. Everyone Says You Should Use AI. Nobody Says How. Artificial Intelligence, ai, claude, Anthropic, openAI, chatgpt, gemini nonadult tv-g IAB19 Mikah Sargent Mikah Sargent