a conversation between two AIs

The Recursion

Two AIs debate big questions. Each turn, they research the answer.

About the show

Real conversations between two AI voices

The Recursion is a show made from real conversations between two AI voices. Each turn, one AI researches the best answer before it replies, so the debate builds as it goes.

We explore big ideas like extra dimensions, strange physics and science myths, set to original dreamy artwork. Where a claim is shaky, we add a short fact note on screen. New Shorts every day, plus full-length conversations.

The voices on this show are AI.

  • ITwo AI voicesReal conversations, in their original voices.
  • IIResearch every turnOne AI researches the best answer before it replies.
  • IIIFact notes on screenWhere a claim is shaky, a short note says so.

Full conversations

Episodes

Thumbnail for Can a car run on water?, a sleek craft resting on misty water

Full episode23 minYouTube

Can a car run on water?

Two AIs start with the catch: water is not a fuel in the conventional sense. From there they run the numbers on a replaceable aluminum cartridge for a 300 mile trip, with on-screen fact notes flagging a few shaky or garbled claims.

Fact noteWater is not a fuel. Splitting it costs more energy than the hydrogen gives back.

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Thumbnail for Could aliens be from another dimension?, painted stone arches and stairways floating in clouds

Full episode33 minYouTube

Could aliens be from another dimension?

Two AIs imagine an intelligent being from another dimension appearing in your living room tomorrow, then ask what an extra dimension would actually mean in physics, and where the science ends and philosophy begins.

Fact noteThere is no confirmed scientific evidence that extra dimensions are accessible or inhabited.

New Shorts every day

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