Episode #45: Natural Language as the New Operating System

Stewart Squared · Jul 10, 2025 · 46m

Welcome to Stewart Squared podcast with the two Stewart Alsops, where they explore the evolution of software from 1.0’s “magical incantations” to 3.0’s natural language interfaces, discuss operating systems and their hardware roots, and unpack the significance of vertical integration exemplified by Apple’s silicon and software unification. This episode touches on large language models as cognitive prosthetics and the intimate, sometimes emotional, relationships people are forming with them, while also questioning their potential as operating systems for an “Internet-as-a-computer” paradigm…