IM 868: Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea - Can You Really Own Your AI?
Intelligent Machines (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.2 • 895 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 158 minutes
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Summary
Are you ready for a world where true personal computing is under threat? This week's candid conversation with Framework CEO Nirav Patel tackles why owning your own AI hardware matters more than ever—and what's at risk if we don't.
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- Timmy's rescue
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Nirav Patel
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for intelligent machines. |
| 0:02.3 | Jeff Jarvis is here. |
| 0:03.3 | Paris Martino's here. |
| 0:04.9 | Well, she will be. |
| 0:05.5 | She's stuck on a train right now. |
| 0:07.8 | But our guest is here and I'm very excited |
| 0:09.8 | to be talking to Narav Patel. |
| 0:12.0 | He is the founder and CEO of Framework, |
| 0:16.2 | the upgradable computers. |
| 0:18.7 | He says computing as we know it is about to change forever. |
| 0:23.1 | Intelligent Machines is next. |
| 0:27.2 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:29.0 | From people you trust. |
| 0:31.5 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:35.5 | This is Intelligent Machines with Paris, Martinoe, and Jeff Jarvis. Episode 868, recorded Wednesday, April 29th, 2026. |
| 0:45.2 | Happy hamburgers towing Timmy to the sea. It's time for intelligent machines, the show we cover |
| 0:51.0 | AI, robotics, and all those smart do-hickies all around us. |
| 0:54.6 | We're surrounded by intelligent machines this day. |
| 0:57.9 | Paris Martin-O is stuck in a tunnel. |
| 0:59.7 | She'll be here momentarily from Consumer Reports. |
| 1:02.8 | She's on the subway. |
| 1:04.1 | That's New York Life, right? |
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