Unsupervised Learning
by Daniel Miessler
Unsupervised Learning is about ideas and trends in Cybersecurity, National Security, AI, Technology, and Culture—and how best to upgrade ourselves to be ready for what's coming.
2026 Daniel Miessler
Sep 17, 2026Recent reviews on Apple Podcasts (5)
UL podcast review
I have a great time listening to this podcast. It is just an overview of the newsletter, but I often don’t find the time to read it. So I like to pick up the highlights that catch my interest and check them out later. This is one of the best technology oriented podcasts made today and there is a clear mission to help humanity via technological means. It is a mix of data (news, articles, etc), insights (putting disparate puzzle pieces close to each other), and thought leadership (educated opinions) that often brings together many of the work items I am interested in. Listen in, decide for yourself.
Pedro-rocha ·
Good until he injects politics into the discussion
The podcast is a great source of information related to AI how it affects cyber security and life in general. What turned me off is he uses it to inject his political views along with it. I don’t care if the politics align with mine. If I wanted to hear about politics I’d be subscribing to a political podcast but I don’t want to hear about it. Unsubscribed
Subsonic68 ·
Extremely liberal
This guy is a hack. All he wants to do is push his stupid liberal politics. I don’t trust him as far as I can throw him.
coool kidd ·
doesn’t play using VPNs with anti tracking/malware
I would really like to listen again without disabling antimalware/antitracking VPNs. Please change your publishing settings to allow.
[REDACTED] USER ·
Incredibly smart
Incredibly smart Daniel has created something that I think everyone should listen to. Whether or not you’re in information security this podcast is a must for anyone wants to keep up with the world of tech and listen to somebody who is extraordinarily bright.
blueprintmrk ·
Episodes (548)

Evolution, Lit RPG and AI Harnesses
Sep 17, 202623m
I went on a walk and ended up connecting three things I've been thinking about: evolution, LitRPG, and personal AI harnesses. Why listening to The Primal Hunter keeps getting me excited to work on my own goals, and how a

The Missing Piece Is Ideal State
Aug 31, 202620m
📝 Theo put out a video saying you should turn off Claude Code's memory, and it triggered me enough to record a response. My argument: the real problem with all AI is the gap between what's in your head and what the AI k

The Different Games OpenAI and Anthropic Are Playing
Aug 14, 20263m
Anthropic is going after the enterprise operations layer; OpenAI wants to be everyone's personal agent. Both are multi-trillion-dollar markets, and they barely overlap. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade

Debating the Morality of Dario Amodei
Jul 9, 20261h 14m
A debate with Zack Korman on the morality of Dario Amodei specifically, and Anthropic in general. Zack's version of the video: https://youtu.be/mQ9-YoE9ykE Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystud

Rethinking AI Harnesses
Jul 9, 202612m
Why we should think of the AI harness not as a coding tool, but as an Intent Engineering system that manages your entire life — a LifeOS. https://github.com/danielmiessler/LifeOS Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.c

Why We Need Some AI Model Controls
Jul 9, 202636m
My argument for why we need some AI model controls. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI Predicts the Text of Answers
Jun 3, 20268m
A logical argument and demonstration of how AI has one type of understanding while lacking another. https://aiunderstands.ai Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf

Most Companies Aren't Anywhere Near Ready for AI
May 3, 20265m
Most Companies Aren't Anywhere Near Ready for AI. It's not that companies aren't using AI—it's that they can't. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio

We're All Building a Single Digital Assistant
Apr 15, 202632m
There's tons of confusion about what we're all building towards with Personal AI. Are we building Agents? AI Harnesses? To what end? In this video I lay why I think we're all heading towards a single place that we should

Why AI Will Replace Knowledge Workers
Mar 21, 20261h 16m
A longer form discussion on exactly how and why AI will replace knowledge workers. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why I Believe in SOTA Models Over Custom Ones
Mar 11, 20261m
I think the future is cheaper and Open Source SOTA models combined with context, not custom, narrow models. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI Quality Inversion
Mar 6, 20261m
A troubling thought about what we will think about high-quality content in the future. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Great Transition
Feb 28, 20261h 24m
There are a bunch of different transitions happening right now—all at the same time, all (I think) heading in the same direction. Here is a long-form exploration of the various pieces. Become a Member: https://dani

Starting 2026
Jan 30, 202625m
A welcome back and early entry into 2026. Sponsored by: Knocknoc! Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge AI based on Output, Not Mechanism
Nov 22, 20256m
How we can use an output-based system to judge whether or not different kinds of technology achieve understanding or intelligence. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for priva

Humans Need Entropy
Nov 16, 20254m
How humans and AI models both share the weakness of deterioration without novel inputs. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why I Think Karpathy is Wrong on the AGI Timeline
Oct 20, 20259m
Karpathy is confusing LLM limitations with AI system limitations, and that makes all the difference. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Novelty Exploration vs. Pattern Exploitation
Oct 15, 20253m
How going from exploration to exploitation can help you as both a consumer and creator of everything. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Magnifying Time
Oct 14, 20256m
Some thoughts on how novelty and attention magnify the time that we have. Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Conversation With Harry Wetherald CO-Founder & CEO At Maze
Sep 22, 202535m
➡ Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats with AI-Driven Vulnerability Management with Maze: https://mazehq.com/ In this conversation, I speak with Harry about how AI is transforming vulnerability management and application security

A Conversation With Grant Lee CO-Founder & CEO At Gamma
Sep 18, 202521m
➡ Upgrade your presentations with Gamma, the best AI presentation maker: https://gamma.app In this conversation, I speak with Grant, co-founder of Gamma, about how their platform is transforming presentations and idea-sh

UL NO. 497: STANDARD EDITION | More NPM Shenanigans, I Open Sourced Kai, Blood Work Results, Finding Vulns in a 10-line Prompt, and more...
Sep 10, 202537m
UL NO. 497: STANDARD EDITION | More NPM Shenanigans, I Open Sourced Kai, Blood Work Results, Finding Vulns in a 10-line Prompt, and more... Read this episode online: https://newsletter.danielmiessler.com/p/ul-497 Subscri

UL NO. 496: STANDARD EDITION | New Video on Building my Personal AI System, Anthropic Reveals One-person Hacking Company using Claude, Pentagon Says China Keeps Penetrating, and more...
Sep 5, 20251h 2m
UL NO. 496: STANDARD EDITION | New Video on Building my Personal AI System, Anthropic Reveals One-person Hacking Company using Claude, Pentagon Says China Keeps Penetrating, and more... Read this episode online: https://

A Conversation with Michael Brown About Designing AI Systems
Aug 22, 202550m
In this episode of Unsupervised Learning, I sit down with Michael Brown, Principal Security Engineer at Trail of Bits, to dive deep into the design and lessons learned from the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). Michael led the

UL NO. 494: STANDARD EDITION | AI Finds a P1, I Missed Chartbeat So I Made My Own, XBow Open-Sources Their AI Bot, and more...
Aug 21, 20251h 38m
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