AI and L&D Insights: Troughs, Truths, and Tech Turbulence: Navigating AI’s Messy Middle

With Special Guest, Chris Pedder

Think AI is all about buzzwords and breakthrough moments? Think again. Markus and Chris navigate the gritty reality of AI’s ‘messy middle’—the point where big ideas meet even bigger challenges. Grab your headset and get ready for an unexpected dive into the future of tech, where innovation truly happens after the hype fades. From ethical dilemmas to economic realities, this episode will change how you see AI’s role in our world.

Links and Connections from the Episode

• Chris Pedder - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-jb-pedder/
• Obrizum - https://obrizum.com/
• Ray Kurzweil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil
• Perplexity - https://www.perplexity.ai/
• you.com - https://you.com/
• Corey Doctorow on Enshittification - https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
• Nick Bostrum on Paperclips - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118922590.ch23
• IBM article on AI Alignment - https://research.ibm.com/blog/what-is-alignment-ai
• Anil Seth on Consciousness and AI - https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/tz6an