Hosted by Marek Kowalkiewicz · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 31 episodes
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Marek Kowalkiewicz hosts The Economy of Algorithms, a business show with 31 episodes published.
Hey, it’s Marek, I recently got quite annoyed at a number of headlines that completely misrepresented the cost challenges of AI. Axios suggested that humans might cost less than AI systems, and Fortune, similarly, announ
Hey, it’s Marek. Confession: the post on Capture Mode was itself made using Capture Mode. I recorded it while walking the dog: forty-five minutes of me talking to nobody in particular, then handed the transcript to Claud
Hey, it’s Marek, A 12-year-old drew a moustache on his face with an eyeliner pencil. The age-verification AI looked at him and decided he was 15. I’m not making this up. In the episode, I walk through the five patterns:
Hey, it’s Marek. I recorded this podcast while Claude Code was humming away in another window. Twenty minutes into a single task, still “brewing,” as it likes to say. So there I was, talking about runaway AI bills while
Hey, it’s Marek. Watch where the price tag moves. For most of human history, there wasn’t one: every transaction was negotiated. Then, in the 1860s, John Wanamaker attached a price tag to every item in his Philadelphia d
A 2011 study showed that we prefer slower websites to faster ones if the slow sites appear to be “working harder”. Think about this airfare-search website that takes a minute to show you the result. Of course, it must ha
Hey, it’s Marek. I gave Claude the same draft, the same prompt, and the same checklist. Twice. In one conversation, it said don’t publish. The other said, “Ship it”. Both were confident. Both were rigorous. And both were
Hey, it’s Marek. If you saw my LinkedIn post this week, you already know: I recorded this episode’s intro while running through Melbourne mud in the rain, shouting “greetings from the most livable city in the world” foll
Hey, it’s Marek, I mentioned on LinkedIn this week that I built an AI agent that scouts Reddit, HackerNews, and ArXiv every morning and produces a personalised 10-minute audio briefing for my commute. Cost: roughly a fla
Hey, it’s Marek. I’ve been walking around like a zombie for weeks. I just cannot stop building. I built a personal CRM that pulls together my email, social networks, and messages into one place. Something no vendor would
Hey, it’s Marek! And Ivano! Two firsts these past few days: a co-authored newsletter and a guest on the podcast. Both with Ivano Bongiovanni, General Manager of AusCERT. Ivano framed the conversation with a question I’ve
Hey, it’s Marek. Yes, you’re hearing from me again: the written post went out on Friday, this is the podcast version with extra context and one data point that genuinely surprised me. So I built my son a Chinese characte
Hey, it’s Marek. Yes, you’re hearing from me again! I sent the written post on Friday, and this is the podcast version with some extra context and commentary. Two formats, same topic, different experience. So, Moltbook.
Hey, it’s Marek. Back from Davos 2026, and unlike last year, when everyone was singing the same AI agents tune, this year felt scattered. No singular vibe. Instead, twelve different ones competed for attention across fou
Hey, it’s Marek. Recording this one from Shanghai with the skyline lighting up behind me. Unusual setup: microphone in my glasses, cold weather, no studio. But I wanted to share what I’m seeing here as the Year of the Ho
Hey, it’s Marek. Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2026, I distilled everything I wrote last year into seven traps we all keep falling into. The pattern: AI exploits a human weakness. Things go sideways. * Flatter
Hey, it’s Marek. In 1981, IBM did something that looked insane: they published the complete specs for the IBM PC and basically invited the world to copy them. Four years later, a Taiwanese clone of that machine ended up
Hey, it’s Marek. This episode starts with socks. Specifically, the drawer where I keep the lonely ones, waiting for their missing pairs that I refuse to believe are gone forever. That philosophical stubbornness turns out
Remember - you can subscribe to this podcast in your favourite podcasting app. Just search for “The Economy of Algorithms”! Hey, it’s Marek. Three years ago, Joshua Browder offered a million dollars for someone to wear A
Hey, it’s Marek. A COO told me about their GenAI pilots. Faster drafts, fewer errors, great metrics. I asked what surprising behaviours they were seeing. Surprises they could learn from. Blank look. “We’re not measuring
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