We found stuff AI is pretty good at

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.3 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this bonus episode of The Vergecast, Senior Reviewer Victoria Song sits down with a bunch of Verge staffers to talk about how they use AI tools in their everyday lives. Not all of it went smoothly — we definitely get into the ways these tools fall short — but we explore how AI can be used to help bedtime go more smoothly for parents, plan big cross-country moves, supplement your internet searches (always double-check!), and even vibe code an app for your next tabletop role-playing game. If you have any examples where AI was useful to you, we’d love to hear them. (For what it’s worth, we’d also love to hear stories where it spectacularly failed.) Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of testing cursed technology.
0:09.7	I'm your friend V-Song, and I'm here with a special Sunday bonus episode.
0:15.3	Yay!
0:16.1	We're calling this AI for Normies.
0:19.3	So here's the concept.
0:24.7	AI can be so open-ended. It's really hard for the average person to know what it's good for. And if you ask me, I don't think big tech is
0:31.5	doing such a great job at explaining that either. But we here at Theverge.com are a bunch of giant nerds and we test all of
0:41.8	this stuff for a living. So I've asked a bunch of my colleagues to join me in talking about how they've
0:47.5	used AI in their everyday lives. And I'm not talking about the canned demo examples that you hear at product launches that don't actually seem all that useful in real life.
0:59.8	I wanted to know what they found to be actually helpful.
1:03.5	And I also wanted to know what doesn't work.
1:07.2	We have a mix of practical applications, some quirky ideas, and personally, I think my main use is a little unhinged.
1:18.5	So stick around for the Vergecast and we'll see you after the break.
1:23.6	Introducing the new Dell AIPC, powered by the Intel Core Ultra processor.
1:28.8	It helps do your busy work for you so you can fast forward through enhancing security,
1:34.1	simplifying IT management, automating workflows,
1:37.0	synthesizing data, improving user experience or responding to James' long emails.
1:43.0	Leaving all the time in the world for the things you actually want to do.
1:48.3	No offence, James.
1:49.5	Get a new Dell AIPC at Dell.co.uk slash AI-PC.
1:55.0	Dell. How those ahead, stay ahead.
2:02.0	Hey, you're back.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.