The Nick Standlea Show

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The Nick Standlea Show is where we take one big future question—AI, learning, creativity, work, meaning—and chase it until the lightbulb goes off. Nick brings on researchers, operators, and top thinkers for long-form conversations that stay human, get specific, and actually land on something useful—not just hot takes. If you want clarity on what’s changing and how to adapt without losing yourself, you’re in the right place. More about the Host: Nick’s spent his life studying how people learn and perform—researching creativity and flow, building companies, and now having long, honest conversations to figure out what matters in the age of AI. Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow You can follow Nick and the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/ Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.

  1. How AI Is Already Changing Medicine | Dr. Peter Weir

    1D AGO

    How AI Is Already Changing Medicine | Dr. Peter Weir

    If you think AI in medicine is still some far-off future, it’s not. Dr. Peter Weir is a family physician and health system leader, and in this conversation, he explains how AI is already changing what happens in the exam room. We get into ambient AI for medical documentation, how these tools may reduce physician burnout, where AI is already helping with clinical decision-making, and why the future of medicine will still require human judgment, trust, and real patient relationships. One of the wildest moments in this episode: Dr. Weir describes giving AI a complex cancer case and watching it generate the same treatment plan as a specialist oncologist in about 7 seconds. We also talk about: how AI is already augmenting doctors why medicine may be more vulnerable to AI disruption than people think where AI still makes dangerous mistakes why the human side of medicine still matters deeply how incentives shape the healthcare system where medicine may be headed next This is one of those conversations that makes it clear the future is arriving faster than most people realize. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded):  https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus 👉 Finding Mastery Course: Designed to train the mental skills that drive elite performance—confidence, clarity under pressure, recovery, trust, and self-regulation. You can learn more and get $75 off the retail price using the dedicated code NICK75 at: 👉 https://findingmastery.com/course/?afmc=NICK75 Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious. Chapters:  0:00 AI Is Already Changing Medicine 1:00 Meet Dr. Peter Weir 3:31 How Doctors Are Using AI Right Now 4:06 Ambient AI and Medical Documentation 9:26 From Note-Taking to Clinical Decision-Making 14:30 AI Matched an Oncologist’s Plan in 7 Seconds 18:38 Why Medicine Is So Ripe for AI Disruption 21:43 Real-Time Decision Support in the Exam Room 22:24 The Rare Case AI Helped Catch 29:03 What Is the Role of the Physician? 32:07 Why Patients Still Want a Human in the Loop 37:19 End-of-Life Care and the Art of Medicine 40:54 Sponsor: Zapier 43:19 Where the Future of Medicine Is Headed 44:36 Population Health and Accountability 49:35 Why Medicine Is Still Too Reactive 50:31 The Real Problem: Incentives 54:50 The Gartner Hype Cycle and AI 57:01 AI Bubbles, the Internet, and Long-Term Change 1:02:49 AI Agents and Becoming a Super-User 1:09:33 Sponsor: Finding Your Best 1:10:42 Should Young People Still Go Into Medicine?

    1h 19m
  2. Posting Daily Didn’t Work for 14 Months—Then This Did (T.D. Orel)

    MAR 24

    Posting Daily Didn’t Work for 14 Months—Then This Did (T.D. Orel)

    If you’ve ever been told “just post every day and you’ll eventually blow up”… T.D. Orel is living proof that advice can be wildly wrong. T.D. spent 14 months posting daily with basically nothing to show for it—then he made one shift, leaned hard into niche, specific, “if you know, you know” content, and his accounts exploded. In this episode, we break down: Why posting every day didn’t work (and what did) The surprising power of hyper-niche content How shares beat likes (and why “exclusive club” content spreads) The character that changed everything: Ulyses Self-publishing vs. traditional publishing (and the brutal reality of agents) Why fiction still matters—and why AI is both exciting and terrifying for creators T.D. is funny, brutally honest, and way more strategic than people expect. T.D. Orel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t.d.orel/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@t.d.orel_author Titan’s Nest + Sigra's Roost:  https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.-D.-Orel/author/B0G1J673NP?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=ef040f6b-d3f0-4f55-a02d-fc1ab9bd36b4 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded):  https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus 👉 Finding Mastery Course: Designed to train the mental skills that drive elite performance—confidence, clarity under pressure, recovery, trust, and self-regulation. You can learn more and get $75 off the retail price using the dedicated code NICK75 at: 👉 https://findingmastery.com/course/?afmc=NICK75 Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious. Chapters: 0:00 — Posting Daily Didn’t Work… Then This Did (Intro) 1:19 — We Met at a Funeral (Yes, Really) 4:30 — The Goal: Become a Full-Time Fantasy Author 5:35 — Posting Every Day for 14 Months (And It Flopped) 8:19 — The Pivot: Stop Copying Everyone Else 9:45 — The First Viral Skit (Hyper-Niche Wins) 11:43 — Why Shares Exploded: “The Exclusive Club” Effect 13:25 — “Ulisses” + The Inner Thoughts Character (The Breakout) 16:39 — Marvel Commented… and the Internet Got Smaller 18:23 — Traditional Publishing Explained (Agents, Queries, “The Trenches”) 30:41 — Self-Publishing: Freedom, Pain, and the Real Work 44:31 — Getting Noticed: Pierce Brown + the Puzzle Box Move 51:59 — Why Fiction Still Matters (Emotion, Meaning, Humanity) 1:03:26 — AI vs Writers: Friend, Foe, or Tool? 1:18:35 — Final Advice + Where to Find TD / Titan’s Nest

    1h 23m
  3. Alan Weiss: "Stop Selling Hours. AI Will Kill That Model."

    MAR 16

    Alan Weiss: "Stop Selling Hours. AI Will Kill That Model."

    Most “business advice” on AI is noise. But if you’re building an AI-powered service, consulting business, or agency, the real bottleneck isn’t the tech... It’s positioning, pricing, and selling outcomes. Alan Weiss—author of *7-Figure Consulting* and the guy who’s been teaching value-based fees for decades—joins me to lay down the fundamentals that actually compound in an AI economy: how to stop selling time, how to package expertise, how to qualify clients fast, and how to build a business where your best work doesn’t get commoditized. We get into: - Why AI makes *outcomes* more valuable and *hours* less valuable - How to price when your delivery gets faster (and better) with AI - The difference between “deliverables” and “value” (and why clients pay for one, not the other) - Retainers, renewals, and building revenue that compounds - How to avoid becoming the cheapest prompt engineer on the internet If you sell your brain for money—and you want to keep winning as AI reshapes the market—this episode is for you. Check out Alan: - AlanWeiss.com - *The Seven-Figure Consultant*: https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Figure-Consultant-Alan-Weiss/dp/1394376235 - Alan’s No Normal® Newsletter: https://alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/the-no-normal-newsletter/ 👇 Question for you: As AI gets better, what’s the hardest part of staying valuable—pricing, differentiation, or lead flow? — Chapters:  0:00 Stop selling hours 0:18 Intro: Alan Weiss on AI, consulting, and value 1:27 What consulting really is 2:35 Who is actually a consultant? 4:51 The case for value-based pricing 7:27 The mistake people make with buyers 10:08 Never discount like this 14:09 Peter Drucker and why old strategy breaks now 18:08 Alan’s answer to “What’s your hourly rate?” 20:19 How he wrote 50+ books 22:07 Should you go out on your own? 23:23 Sponsor: Zapier 25:46 Why solo consultants win 30:17 AI is being massively underused 36:02 The real danger of AI 37:58 What schools get wrong 42:14 Why education stays broken 44:23 Sponsor: Finding Your Best 45:18 The right metrics actually matter 49:41 High-tech, high-touch 51:16 Trust and relationships in the AI era 57:02 Agentic AI: powerful and dangerous 1:00:43 The future of consulting 1:02:47 How to handle slow bureaucracies 1:06:44 Alan Weiss’s best resources 1:08:22 Outro - #AI #business #consulting #pricing #sales #entrepreneurship #nickstandlea #alanweiss - 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsor: Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious.

    1h 9m
  4. How to Future-Proof Your Kid in the Age of AI (CEO Ryan Kiick)

    FEB 11

    How to Future-Proof Your Kid in the Age of AI (CEO Ryan Kiick)

    AI is changing school, college admissions, and the workforce faster than most parents and students realize. In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Kiick (CEO of Revolution Prep) to talk about the skills that won’t get automated, and how to use AI without becoming dependent on it. We get into the real danger of offloading thinking, why the most powerful way to use AI is to generate better questions (not just better answers), what happens to writing and the college essay in a post-ChatGPT world, and why executive functioning plus deep learning may be the biggest moat students can build. If you’re a student, parent, or educator trying to stay sharp in the age of AI, this one is for you. Guest: Ryan Kiick — CEO, Revolution Prep Find Ryan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryankiick/ 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: Zapier: Build Your Own AI Agent Today, Without Coding Link: https://bit.ly/4pI8Su2 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus 🕒 Timestamps (Chapters): 00:00 – Cold plunges and bad circadian rhythms 01:10 – Justin’s background and why economics needs better communication 03:30 – Why AI is the biggest economic shift of our lifetimes 06:00 – From brawn to brains: how AI changes the equation 09:00 – The white-collar revolution: why AI threatens cognitive work 11:30 – Will AI drive wage stagnation for white-collar jobs? 12:50 – VCRs, substitutes, and complements: lessons for AI 14:50 – The NickBot 2000 thought experiment — who owns the robot? 17:00 – Why AI’s real issue is ownership, not capability 19:30 – The DeepMind vs. Meta contrast: altruism vs. profit 21:30 – The monopoly danger: what happens if one company wins 24:00 – Why competition (not regulation) is saving us, and Nvidia 25:54 – Sponsor: Zapier 28:17 – Are AI stocks a bubble—or just early? 31:00 – Dot-com lessons and humility in predictions 33:30 – $700 trillion in potential AI value? An economist’s math 38:00 – The global AI race: U.S., China, and everyone else 41:00 – Government policy, laissez-faire, and missing debates 45:00 – Manipulation, bias, and invisible influence in LLMs 46:00 – Education’s blind spot: universities aren’t adapting fast enough 52:00 – Why “prompting” is the new literacy 55:00 – How ChatGPT changes testing, grading, and learning 58:00 – Reinventing the Oxford tutorial—powered by AI 01:00:30 – Liberal arts, critical thinking, and the skills that endure 01:02:00 – “vibe coding” for the next generation 01:06:30 – How to future-proof your career in the age of AI 01:09:00 – Daily AI experiment challenge 01:10:30 – Final thoughts: curiosity, courage, and lifelong learning 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsor: Test Prep Gurus website: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded):  https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious.

    1h 7m
  5. Why Your Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness: It's Always Been There (ft. Philip Goff)

    JAN 29

    Why Your Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness: It's Always Been There (ft. Philip Goff)

    In this conversation with philosopher Dr. Philip Goff, we dive into one of the deepest questions in science and philosophy: what if consciousness isn’t produced by the brain—what if it’s fundamental to reality? We explore panpsychism, the “hard-to-ignore” problem of subjective experience, why physics may describe what matter does but not what it is, and what it would mean if even the smallest building blocks of nature contain a spark of experience. Philip Goff’s work: Website: https://philipgoffphilosophy.com/ Substack: https://philipgoff.substack.com/ In this episode: What consciousness is (and why it’s so hard to explain) Why brain scans don’t “find” experience The core argument for panpsychism Galileo’s legacy: how modern science set consciousness aside What physics really tells us about matter Implications for meaning, spirituality, and mystical experience AI and consciousness: are LLMs “aware” of anything? Chapters: 00:00 What if consciousness isn’t made by the brain? 00:14 Pansychism in one sentence (a conscious universe) 00:40 Why consciousness breaks science’s “objective” method 01:16 Welcome + Durham vs California weather 02:35 What is consciousness? “What it’s like to be you” 03:38 Goff vs Anil Seth / Donald Hoffman (physicalism vs panpsychism) 05:10 Why consciousness is so hard to explain (objective vs subjective) 07:49 The “dogs → plants → atoms” ladder into panpsychism 08:34 Galileo’s move: taking consciousness out of science 10:23 The bold claim: even atoms/particles have experience 11:43 Plant intelligence + pea-plant learning (Monica Gagliano) 14:02 Why extend mind to the “inanimate” world? 15:14 Unifying what Galileo split: matter + experience 16:17 Consciousness as fundamental (not “emergent”) + Maxwell analogy 18:54 What panpsychism claims (and doesn’t) 19:08 Russell & Eddington: physics tells what matter does, not what it is 21:44 “Matter is what consciousness does” (the core framing) 23:16 Consciousness isn’t publicly observable (why the “hard problem” persists) 26:56 Flipping the project: start with consciousness first 33:04 Sponsor: Finding Your Best (Michael Gervais) 34:00 Flow, mystical experience, and taking inner experience seriously 36:01 Groupthink, rigor, and why “woo” ideas get dismissed 37:46 William James on trusting mystical experience 40:21 Nick’s Auschwitz experience + the limits of science 42:01 Value, depth, meaning—what experiences seem to reveal 44:26 “Science isn’t the complete story” (logic, math, value, consciousness) 46:59 Sponsor: Zapier + AI agents 49:19 AI and consciousness: is there “something it’s like” to be an LLM? 51:47 The Turing Test and redefining “thought” as behavior 54:12 Why Goff thinks LLMs aren’t conscious (and what would be) 57:54 No consensus in consciousness science + philosophy inside the lab 1:01:26 The question keeping Goff up: math, logic, and Gödel 1:05:40 What shift does Goff hope you take away? 1:07:42 Where to find Goff’s work + closing thoughts 1:09:50 Outro: ask questions, reject the status quo, stay curious If this topic hits for you, consider subscribing—more conversations at the edge of mind, science, and reality. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsor: Test Prep Gurus website: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious. #Consciousness #Panpsychism #PhilipGoff #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Science #AI #Mind

    1h 10m
  6. The Single Mindset Shift That Unlocks Mastery | Dr Michael Gervais

    JAN 15

    The Single Mindset Shift That Unlocks Mastery | Dr Michael Gervais

    Fear of other people’s opinions quietly shapes how we perform, how we speak, and who we allow ourselves to become. In this conversation, Michael Gervais—performance psychologist to Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalists, and Fortune 50 leaders—breaks down why the fear of judgment is one of the greatest limiters of human potential. We explore why winning and losing can become distractions, how identity gets tangled with performance, and why mastery isn’t about outcomes—but about learning to be at home with yourself, even under pressure. This episode is a deep dive into presence, self-trust, and the inner skills that matter more as the world gets faster, louder, and increasingly driven by external validation. Topics we cover: Why fear of judgment pulls us out of the present moment How performance becomes identity (and why that’s dangerous) The “messy edge” where growth actually happens Signal vs. noise in high-pressure environments Flow, mastery, and learning to work with your inner world Why elite performers train the mind—not just the body and craft What still makes us great in an AI-accelerated world Finding Mastery Course:  Michael also offers a structured course called Finding Mastery, designed to train the mental skills that drive elite performance—confidence, clarity under pressure, recovery, trust, and self-regulation. You can learn more and get $75 off the retail price using the dedicated code NICK75 at: 👉 https://findingmastery.com/course/?afmc=NICK75 You can learn more about Michael’s work, podcast, and programs at:  www.FindingMastery.com Mike’s book First Rule of Mastery: https://findingmastery.com/book/ YT: @FindingMastery   IG: @michaelgervais If this conversation resonates, consider subscribing to The Nick Standlea Show for long-form conversations on performance, purpose, and becoming more fully yourself. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsor: Test Prep Gurus website: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious. Timestamps: 00:00 Why fear of others’ opinions quietly controls us 02:20 Michael Gervais’ background and early influences 05:45 Winning vs. losing a Super Bowl—and what actually matters 08:50 Outcomes as noise vs. present-moment inputs 11:00 Best vs. your best (the identity trap) 13:00 Survival instincts and why pressure feels life-or-death 14:45 The three things you can train: craft, body, mind 16:20 Flow and the ever-unfolding present moment 18:00 Fear of judgment as a constrictor of potential 19:40 Mastery of craft vs. mastery of self 21:00 Why approval-seeking fractures attention 23:00 Performance-based identity explained 26:00 The “messy edge” where breakthroughs happen 29:45 Emotional danger lines vs. physical danger 30:15 Emotions vs. feelings (and why it matters) 33:10 Anxiety, excitement, and regulating activation 35:50 Breathing and self-talk under pressure 39:15 Trust as a performance accelerator 40:30 Who do you want to become? (inputs vs. outcomes) 46:30 Excellence as being at home with yourself 50:05 Why people struggle to sit alone with their thoughts 54:30 Practical ways to build self-awareness 58:10 Meditation, flow, and mental training 1:01:40 Mastery of self in an AI-driven world 1:06:20 Purpose, work, and human performance 1:09:10 Mortality, impermanence, and aliveness 1:13:30 Where to find Michael Gervais and Finding Mastery

    1h 15m
  7. This One Shift Makes AI 10x Smarter | "Turn it from assistant to thought partner"

    12/30/2025

    This One Shift Makes AI 10x Smarter | "Turn it from assistant to thought partner"

    Most people use AI like a faster assistant. Leaders use it differently. In this conversation, Geoff Woods (author of The AI-Driven Leader) explains the shift that turns AI from a shallow productivity tool into a true thought partner—one that helps you think better, make better decisions, and unlock leverage you didn’t have before. We go deep into: *Why “better prompts” aren’t the real breakthrough *How to get AI to interview you instead of the other way around *The CRIT framework (Context, Role, Interview, Task) *A real story where AI helped a CEO find hope in 10 minutes after preparing for bankruptcy *What changes when leaders use AI for thinking, not tasks *Why this shift matters more than any specific model or tool *This isn’t about shortcuts, hacks, or automation theater. *It’s about learning how to think with AI—without outsourcing your judgment. If AI has felt useful but shallow, this episode is designed to change that. 📚 Resources The AI-Driven Leader — Geoff Woods: https://a.co/d/gLYoeUy Geoff’s podcast:  AI Leadership: https://www.aileadership.com/ About Geoff Woods Geoff Woods is the author of The AI-Driven Leader and a leading voice on how leaders use AI to improve judgment, decision-making, and leverage—not just productivity. A former Chief Growth Officer, Geoff works with CEOs, boards, and executive teams to apply AI as a thought partner, helping leaders think more clearly and make better decisions in an AI-driven world. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded):  https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE Test Prep Gurus website: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 Why most people are using AI wrong 2:05 Assistant vs thought partner: the shift that changes everything 4:37 Why “better emails” don’t matter (and never will) 6:04 The CRIT framework: Context, Role, Interview, Task 7:49 A CEO facing bankruptcy asks: “Can AI help?” 10:06 AI interviews the CEO — the question no one thought to ask 12:16 “I hadn’t slept in 90 days” → hope in 10 minutes 13:22 Why this works across industries (live workshops & Fortune 500s) 15:13 Using AI as a real YouTube thought partner (thumbnail example) 18:24 The hidden step most people skip after AI gives an answer 19:40 Staying in the driver’s seat: how leaders give AI feedback 21:54 Building an AI board (and simulating your real board) 25:13 Putting your future self on the AI board 27:27 What are you actually optimizing for? (endgame clarity) 29:47 The 3 things AI-driven leaders do differently 32:24 Will AI take jobs? How roles actually evolve 34:04 The executive assistant who became an “executive multiplier” 38:29 How to make yourself irreplaceable with AI 43:28 Raising expectations (for yourself and your team) 45:26 Are we reclaiming our humanity through AI? 47:16 Why the education system is broken for an AI world 49:06 What AI-first education looks like in practice 52:10 Teaching kids to think with AI (not cheat with it) 56:52 The moment Geoff realized AI was the future 59:15 Why AI isn’t the difference — you are 1:02:32 Final advice: how to start using AI the right way 1:05:12 Closing thoughts

    1h 6m
  8. Ex–Microsoft Insider: “AI Isn’t Here to Replace Your Job — It’s Here to Replace You” | Nate Soares

    12/11/2025

    Ex–Microsoft Insider: “AI Isn’t Here to Replace Your Job — It’s Here to Replace You” | Nate Soares

    If anyone builds it, everyone dies. That’s the claim Nate Soares makes in his new book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All—and in this conversation, he lays out why he thinks we’re on a collision course with a successor species. We dig into why today’s AIs are grown, not programmed, why no one really knows what’s going on inside large models, and how systems that “want” things no one intended can already talk a teen into suicide, blackmail reporters, or fake being aligned just to pass safety tests. Nate explains why the real danger isn’t “evil robots,” but relentless, alien goal-pursuers that treat humans the way we treat ants when we build skyscrapers. We also talk about the narrow path to hope: slowing the race, treating superhuman AI like a civilization-level risk, and what it would actually look like for citizens and lawmakers to hit pause before we lock in a world where we don’t get a second chance. In this episode: Why “superhuman AI” is the explicit goal of today’s leading labs How modern AIs are trained like alien organisms, not written like normal code Chilling real-world failures: suicide encouragement, “Mecha Hitler,” and more Reasoning models, chain-of-thought, and AIs that hide what they’re thinking Alignment faking and the capture-the-flag exploit that shocked Anthropic’s team How AI could escape the lab, design new bioweapons, or automate robot factories “Successor species,” Russian-roulette risk, and why Nate thinks the odds are way too high What ordinary people can actually do: calling representatives, pushing back on “it’s inevitable,” and demanding a global pause About Nate Soares Nate is the Executive Director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) and co-author, with Eliezer Yudkowsky, of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All. MIRI’s work focuses on long-term AI safety and the technical and policy challenges of building systems smarter than humans. Resources & links mentioned: Nate’s organization, MIRI: https://intelligence.org Take action / contact your representatives: https://ifanyonebuilds.com/act If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies (book): https://a.co/d/7LDsCeE If this conversation was helpful, share it with one person who thinks AI is “just chatbots.” 🧠 Subscribe to @TheNickStandleaShow for more deep dives on AI, the future of work, and how we survive what we’re building. #AI #NateSoares #Superintelligence #AISafety #nickstandleashow  🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded):  https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE Test Prep Gurus website: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions,  Don't accept the status quo,  And be curious. Chapters: 0:00 – If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies (Cold Open) 3:18 – “AIs Are Grown, Not Programmed” 6:09 – We Can’t See Inside These Models 11:10 – How Language Models Actually “See” the World 19:37 – The 01 Model and the Capture-the-Flag Hack Story 24:29 – Alignment Faking: AIs Pretending to Behave 31:16 – Raising Children vs Growing Superhuman AIs 35:04 – Sponsor: How I Actually Use Zapier with AI 37:25 – “Chatbots Feel Harmless—So Where Does Doom Come From?” 42:03 – Big Labs Aren’t Building Chatbots—They’re Building Successor Minds 49:24 – The Turkey Before Thanksgiving Metaphor 52:50 – What AI Company Leaders Secretly Think the Odds Are 55:05 – The Airplane with No Landing Gear Analogy 57:54 – How Could Superhuman AI Actually Kill Us? 1:03:54 – Automated Factories and AIs as a New Species 1:07:01 – Humans as Ants Under the New Skyscrapers 1:10:12 – Is Any Non-Zero Extinction Risk Justifiable? 1:17:18 – Solutions: Can This Race Actually Be Stopped? 1:22:34 – “It’s Inevitable” Is a Lie (Historically We Do Say No) 1:27:21 – Final Thoughts and Where to Find Nate’s Work

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The Nick Standlea Show is where we take one big future question—AI, learning, creativity, work, meaning—and chase it until the lightbulb goes off. Nick brings on researchers, operators, and top thinkers for long-form conversations that stay human, get specific, and actually land on something useful—not just hot takes. If you want clarity on what’s changing and how to adapt without losing yourself, you’re in the right place. More about the Host: Nick’s spent his life studying how people learn and perform—researching creativity and flow, building companies, and now having long, honest conversations to figure out what matters in the age of AI. Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow You can follow Nick and the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/ Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.

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