Episode 173 – Mastermind AI

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Show Notes 

• Josh and Ben discuss the new Major League Baseball Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, Planar Standard, some Bad at Parenting, smelling nice vs. smelling clean, and they take on an AI-generated round of Mastermind you won’t want to miss! 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-41:04)
  • The List of Prime Numbers 
  • The MLB ABS Challenge: Explained (in 2.5 minutes) 
  • Are MLB Players Shrinking?? 
• Bad at Magic (41:04-46:35)
  • Join us for…MagicCon: Las Vegas | 2026 
  • Magic’s newest format: PLANAR STANDARD 
• What I’m Reading (46:35-54:38)
  • Josh: A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
    • Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Shafir 
  • Ben: Repenter: Players of the Game Book 1 – James McGowan 
• Mastermind #3 (54:38-end)
  • Animals are smarter than people (Brian Regan video) 
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  • Transition music by Jarus Rich 
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich