Human Pulse

35- Old News, New LLM

May 11

Living Well with Technology, episode 35 of the Human Pulse Podcast. In this episode, Anne and Fabrice explore the fascinating (and often quite disturbing) intersection of history and artificial intelligence. They dive into the world of "Vintage LMs"—AI models trained on data with strict historical cutoffs—to see how they predict a future that has already happened. The conversation evolves into a deeper look at the cognitive biases that make humans notoriously bad at forecasting, and a cautionary discussion on the modern trend of "digital twins" and AI-driven productivity.

  • "Creating something new is extraordinarily hard. If Henry Ford had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." — Fabrice Neuman 

  • "It’s amazing how incapable we are of actually predicting how much time something is going to take."— Anne Trager

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Chapters

(00:00) The Future of Society: Predictions and Reality

(01:42) Exploring Vintage LMs

(05:00) Human Predictions

(09:57) Biases in Human Prediction

(14:26) The Imagination Gap

(18:59) Trusting AI: The Risks of Over-Reliance

(22:03) The Digital Twin: Benefits and Ethical Concerns

(23:06) The Future of Social Media: AI's Impact on Content

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Recording Date: May, 10th, 2026

Hosts: Fabrice Neuman – Tech Consultant for Small Businesses & Anne Trager – Human Potential & Executive Performance Coach

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Anne Trager

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annetrager/

https://bsky.app/profile/annetrager.com

Fabrice Neuman

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabriceneuman/

https://bsky.app/profile/fabriceneuman.fr

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