ABCs for Building The Future

ABCs for Building The Future

Robert Ta

Episodes 29
Avg. Duration 1h 19m
Activity Declining
Since Jan 2025
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
Consistency
31%
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About This Podcast

If we don't fully understand ourselves, then how can AI understand us? Bootstrapping epistemicme.ai to solve this in the open, and giving you the nitty gritty behind-the-scenes details of startup life. We feature founders, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists, and builders interested in building a better future together. People doing big things with big stories to tell, from the frontlines. And we share our own story in real-time with radical transparency, of building this global open source venture in public. Join.

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Recent Episodes

The Philosophy That'll Change How You See Reality

Jan 23, 2026 1h 34m

Introducing Epistemic Me: Open Source AI for Personalized Belief SystemsIn this episode, the founders of Epistemic Me discuss the inception and development of their project—a tool designed to deeply…

Your Cells Are Goal-Seeking Agents (And What That Means for AI Alignment)

Jan 09, 2026 1h 43m

Introducing Epistemic Me: Open Source AI for Personalized Belief SystemsIn this episode, the founders of Epistemic Me discuss the inception and development of their project—a tool designed to deeply…

S1E28 Why Your Product Has Too Many Features (Ex-Atlassian Engineer Explains)

Oct 27, 2025 2h 3m

What if the biggest threat to your product isn’t what you haven’t built yet, but everything you already have?I sat down with Rich—early at Atlassian, who spent years in the trenches building products…

S1E26 Building AI Products Right

Oct 13, 2025 1h 21m

What if the biggest mistake in AI development isn’t what you’re building—but how you’re measuring it?In this episode of ABCs for Building the Future, host Robert sits down with Hamel Husain — machine…

S1E25 Every Job Can Be A Climate Job With Louisa Henry

Sep 08, 2025 1h 12m

What if the most powerful lever for saving the planet isn’t a new technology — but a mindset shift at your current job?In this transformative episode of ABCs for Building the Future, host Robert sits…

S1E24 13 year old immigrant to AI Thought Leader

Jul 24, 2025 1h 17m

Opening Hook:What if the key to high-impact leadership in the AI age isn’t in your credentials — but in your ability to listen to your body, trust your joy, and design your own definition of…

S1E23 AI Context Engineering = AI Personalization Engineering

Jul 15, 2025 1h 27m

Can an AI truly understand you if it doesn’t understand your beliefs?That’s the provocative question guiding Episode 23 of ABCs for Building the Future. In a sweeping conversation that blends…

S1E22 Your Brain is a Beautiful Lie | Building AI That Understands Humanity

Jun 16, 2025 1h 4m

In this episode of the ABCs for Building the Future Podcast, we delve into the boundaries of consciousness and the Markov Blanket concept. We explore questions like where consciousness ends and the…

S1E21 Your Brain LIES To You

Jun 09, 2025 1h 31m

Where Do You End?Is there a clear boundary between you and the rest of the world?Is it your skin? Your thoughts? The limits of your awareness?In our latest episode of Epistemic Me, we unravel one of…

S1E20 What The Experts Are Saying About AI, Longevity, and Consciousness

Jun 03, 2025 1h 9m

In this episode, Robert and Jonathan recap their recent whirlwind tour through Sidebar (a product leadership conference) and Vitalist Bay (a longevity and biotech forum), where they stress-tested…

S1E19 A Technologist’s Quest for Meaning

May 26, 2025 1h 3m

Juan Carlos isn’t just an SVP of Technology at a fast-scaling healthtech company.He’s also a filmmaker turned product builder, full-time dad, part-time philosopher, and creator of a deck of mental…

S1E18 The Secret Weapon for Personalized AI Coaching?

May 20, 2025 1h 10m

Let’s get real. Every founder right now is asking the same question:“How do I build a hyper-personalized AI product… that actually works?”Not just a chatbot with nice vibes.But an AI that understands…

S1E17 AI Will Replace You... But Your Brand Will Save You

May 12, 2025 47m

What happens when AI can do almost everything better than you?If you’re not building your personal brand today, you may not even exist tomorrow.That’s the clear, hard-hitting message from Joe Shalaby…

S1E16 Will Quantum Solve AI Consciousness?

May 05, 2025 1h 9m

What if the key to unlocking AI alignment—and even building conscious machines—starts not with data, but with the deeply personal, evolving structure of human beliefs?In this mind-expanding episode…

S1E15 AI Alignment: Beliefs and Mental Health

Apr 28, 2025 39m

What if the root of mental illness — and the key to AI truly understanding us — lies hidden in the tangled web of our beliefs?In this thought-provoking episode of The ABCs for Building the Future,…

S1E14 Building In Public: How To Build An AI Health Coach

Apr 14, 2025 37m

What if your health coach didn’t just know your data—but actually understood you?Like a real coach?In this week’s episode of the ABCs for Building the Future podcast, Robert and Jonathan dive deep…

S1E13 Religion and AI?

Apr 08, 2025 1h 46m

“If we’re not aligned on AI alignment, we’re pretty non-aligned.” – Robert TaWhat if our survival depends not on smarter machines, but smarter belief systems?As we enter the era of superintelligence,…

S1E12 The “One-Man Startup” that landed Rover - How David Stepania Built a Startup Without a Team, Code, or Funding

Mar 31, 2025 1h 2m

Most founders wait until they have the perfect product. David Stepania didn’t.He used a landing page, a few cold emails, and a clear vision—and convinced Rover, a billion-dollar company, to work with…

S1E11 From NEAR DEATH to Top Exec with Rahul Chaudhari

Mar 24, 2025 56m

What happens when your life crashes—literally—and you’re forced to pause?What do you learn about yourself when you're bedridden, staring at a white ceiling, unable to hold up your own head?For Rahul…

S1E10 Agency: How AI and Humans Are Changing Together

Mar 10, 2025 1h 17m

What if humans aren’t the smartest beings forever? What if we are just a stepping stone in the growth of something bigger—like artificial intelligence?In this episode of ABCs for Building the Future,…

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