Ep. 56: 1 Year of Prompting Curiosity: My Current Thoughts About AI

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Ep. 56: 1 Year of Prompting Curiosity: My Current Thoughts About AI

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In this episode we’re celebrating one year of Prompting Curiosity and I’m sharing my unfiltered thoughts about where I stand on AI. I get into why the discourse on Threads is such a mess, why AI is an easy target given the enshittification of everything, and why capitalism (not AI capability) is the real driver behind the issues at hand. No predictions, no hype, just my two pennies on data centers, adoption, and why I'm not willing to give up something that genuinely helps my brain and my business.

Main Topics Covered

• Celebrating one year of Prompting Curiosity
• Riffing on unfiltered thoughts about AI in August 2026
• The Threads discourse on AI
• General thoughts on AI and unequal benefits
• AI as capitalism's easy scapegoat
• Funny money and bubble talk
• Fin-tech burnout and no predictions
• Forced adoption and the "no great use case" problem
• AI's impact on search and generational usage differences
• Why I'm not willing to give up AI
• Blaming the individual vs. corporate accountability
• What amazes me
• How I used AI this week: Google NotebookLM use-case for blogging

Links & Resources for This Episode

• Listen to Ep: 25 – Google NotebookLM: The Best AI Tool You've Never Heard Of
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