Every episode.
Every verdict.
Each episode walks through a topic with the same structure: the promise, the risk, and the verdict. New episodes Tuesdays, with off-cycle specials when something genuinely shifts the field.
Series 1 Foundations
7 episodesThe AI Dictionary — Every Term You Need to Know
The Series 1 capstone: every AI term that matters, organized into clusters you can actually remember. Tokens, embeddings, RAG, knowledge graphs, agents — the full vocabulary, mapped.
Can AI Think? Intelligence vs. Pattern Matching
The Chinese Room thought experiment, applied to today's AI. What these systems actually do versus what they appear to do — and why the distinction matters for every business decision built on top of them.
Why You Can't Escape AI (No Matter What You Do)
A day-in-your-life walkthrough of the AI you already use without thinking about it — Siri, Maps, Spotify, spam filters, fraud detection. Promise: hours saved. Risk: data trade-offs with no real opt-out.
Deep Learning Doesn't Mean What You Think — And That's a Problem
AI vs machine learning vs deep learning — and the marketing terminology shell game that exploits the confusion. The nested-circles diagram that finally makes it clear.
How ChatGPT Actually Works (Most People Get This Wrong)
Not the vague 'it's artificial intelligence' explanation. The real one. Tokenization, attention, RLHF, hallucinations — and the 4D Framework that makes you immune to the worst mistakes.
The Pattern Behind Every Billion-Dollar AI Failure
What AI actually is — and the recurring failure mode that turns billion-dollar projects into write-offs: leaders treating it like magic instead of software.
Why Every Tech Hype Cycle Follows the Same Pattern, including AI
The Promise & Risk framework introduced. AI is repeating the same pattern that played out with the internet and cloud — and that history is the most useful lens we have.
Series 2 The AI Practitioner
4 episodesClaude Chat for Job Seekers
How to use Claude Chat as a real working partner through a job search — resume rework, interview prep, cover letter drafting, and the practical promise/risk on each.
Claude Chat for Sales Professionals
Claude Chat as a sales co-pilot — account research, message drafting, call prep, and objection handling. Promise: hours back per week. Risk: knowing where its judgment is unreliable.
Claude Cowork for Job Seekers
Stepping up from Chat to Cowork: persistent project context, files, and tools turning a job search into a structured workspace rather than a thread.
Claude Cowork for Sales Professionals
Claude Cowork in a sales workflow — accounts, opportunities, call transcripts, and persistent context. The shift from one-off prompts to a real second brain for the territory.
Off-cycle Specials
3 episodesOpen-Source Frontier AI: How DeepSeek V4 Disrupts the Market in 10 Minutes
DeepSeek V4 lands as a credible open-source frontier model — and rearranges the competitive landscape in real time. What it changes for buyers, builders, and incumbents.
GPT-5.5 "Spud" Is OpenAI's Comeback — But Should You Trust It?
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 release closes the gap on its rivals — but the launch raises as many questions as it answers. Promise vs risk on what's actually new.
Claude 4.7 Agentic Coding Is a Game Changer—But at What Cost?
Claude 4.7 makes agentic coding genuinely usable for the first time. The promise is huge — and so is the trail of risks teams need to think through before handing it the keys.