Super Confident AI

Alex Smith

Super Confident AI gets right to what's actually happening at the frontier of AI. Host Alex Smith runs one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world, selling prepaid AI access cards in stores across 150+ countries. That puts him in weekly conversations most people never get to hear, with researchers at frontier labs, the founders building on top of them, the operators keeping it running, and the people writing the rules. Every week he sits down with those voices to cut through the headlines and figure out where this is really going, so you can see what's coming before it gets here.

Episodes

  1. 17h ago

    AI Isn't Taking Your Job. It's Taking Something Much Worse | Ep 5

    AI tools are multiplying human output at unprecedented speed, but what happens to the humans who stop doing hard things because a chatbot can do it faster? This episode tackles the question nobody in AI content is asking: what are you losing by outsourcing your thinking, your creativity, and your resilience to a language model? Tyler Thompson, co-founder of My Instant AI, joins Alex to talk about what 13 years of roofing in 115 degree Arizona heat taught him that no AI tool ever could. Tyler explains how ChatGPT made him measurably lazier as a creator, why he believes AI dependence is literally shrinking a resilience structure in the brain , and why he went back to a W-2 construction job while co-building a global AI platform. If you use AI tools daily and wonder whether you are getting sharper or softer, this episode is for you. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (02:54) What "Connecting to Source" Actually Means (10:25) AI and the Consistency Muscle (12:06) Getting Kicked in the Teeth as a Founder (23:23) Staying Grounded While Building My Instant AI (33:09) The Skill AI Is Making People Lose (44:36) Why Visualization Still Matters (49:54) The One AI Tool Tyler Wishes He Had (54:43) Advice for Anyone Who Feels Behind (01:00:20) Why You Never Ring the Bell Tyler says ChatGPT actually made him lazier as a creator. Has AI made you sharper or softer? Drop a comment below. Sign up and get your free tokens: https://www.myinstantai.com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainmakeithappn

  2. Jul 17

    Open AI vs Closed AI: Which Actually Wins in 2026? | Ep 4

    The performance gap between open and closed AI models collapsed from 17.5 percentage points to 0.3% in a single year. A free downloadable model now outperforms the best paid frontier lab on software engineering benchmarks, and the cost difference for production workloads is 13x. But the open source AI story has a side most people skip: real security vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks, and AI-generated malware that breaks traditional defenses. Alex Smith, founder of Instant AI and host of Super Confident, covers the geopolitics of Chinese open weight releases versus American closed labs, exposes open washing by Meta and OpenAI, and delivers a three-lane framework for founders choosing between open and closed models by use case. Built for anyone building with AI tools who needs the real story behind the open vs closed debate. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (00:51) The 13x Cost Gap in Real Numbers (02:47) Where Closed Models Still Win (04:26) AI Generated Malware Breaks Old Defenses (05:42) Geopolitics and Open Washing (06:54) The Three Lane Routing Framework Should there be a responsible disclosure standard for open model releases? Leave your answer in the comments. Sign up and get your free tokens: https://www.myinstantai.com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainmakeithappn

  3. Jul 11

    Anthropic's Most Dangerous Model Reveal Raises Concerns Nobody's Talking About | Ep 3

    Anthropic's model called Claude Mythos reportedly found over 10,000 unpatched vulnerabilities across every major operating system and browser in its first month. Instead of releasing it, they locked it behind a closed consortium called Project Glass Wing with members including NATO, the EU cybersecurity agency, and Samsung. The timing raises questions most coverage is not asking. Alex Smith, founder of Instant AI and host of Super Confident AI, covers what Mythos actually is, why Anthropic chose not to sell it, and the uncomfortable timeline connecting the model's reveal to Anthropic's $65 billion funding round. This is Essential viewing for anyone tracking AI policy, artificial intelligence news, and the growing gap between who gets frontier AI and who gets the leftovers. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (00:56) What Claude Mythos Actually Is (03:05) Project Glass Wing Explained (04:38) The IPO Timeline Question (07:35) How Both Things Can Be True (08:20) The Access Gap for Regular People Anthropic says this model is too dangerous to sell. Do you believe it? Comment below Sign up and get your free tokens: https://www.myinstantai.com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainmakeithappn

  4. Jul 3

    70 Years of AI History in Under 8 Minutes | EP 2

    In 1956, ten researchers at Dartmouth College promised to build a thinking machine in two months. Seventy years later, ChatGPT hit 100 million users faster than any product in history, DeepSeek wiped half a trillion dollars off Nvidia in a single day, and autonomous AI agents started booking flights, filing taxes, and writing code. This episode is the complete story of how we got here. Alex Smith, founder of Instant AI and host of Super Confident AI, walks through the full history of artificial intelligence from Alan Turing's 1950 paper to the transformer architecture that changed everything, OpenAI's scaling bet, the DeepSeek shock, and the agent era of 2026. He explains why the "AI is a fad" argument collapses under seven decades of math and trillions in infrastructure. If you use AI tools daily but never understood the story behind them, this is your episode. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (00:54) The Dartmouth Promise: Two Months (02:11) AlexNet (03:50) ChatGPT Goes Public (05:52) 2025: AI Starts Reasoning (06:36) The Agent Era Arrives (07:04) Still Early Innings (07:34) The Super Confident Take Ten men in 1956 said two months. It took 70 years. Which moment in AI history surprised you the most? Comment below. Sign up and get your free tokens: https://www.myinstantai.com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainmakeithappn

  5. Jun 27

    The US Government Just Shut Down the Most Powerful AI | EP 1

    The US government used export controls to shut down Anthropic's Mythos and Fable 5 AI models in under 90 minutes, marking the first time federal authority targeted a live AI model instead of hardware. Alex Smith, founder of Instant AI and host of Super Confident AI, walks through exactly how Amazon reportedly found a jailbreak in its own partner's model and took it to the Commerce Department instead of Anthropic. He explains export controls in plain English, breaks down why foreign nationals inside the US were affected, and covers the chilling effect this precedent creates for AI transparency across the industry. Essential viewing for anyone tracking artificial intelligence news, AI regulation, and the future of AI access. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:15) Anthropic Launches Mythos and Fable (03:19) The Jailbreak That Triggered It (03:46) Amazon's Role as the Informant (05:24) How This Hits Regular Users (07:11) A Brand New Precedent (08:57) Innovation Versus Control (09:43) Who Actually Controls Frontier AI? The government shut off the most powerful public AI in 90 minutes. Drop a comment: national security or competitive sabotage? Sign up and get your free tokens: https://www.myinstantai.com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainmakeithappn

  6. Jun 27

    The Next Ten Years of AI Will Blindside Almost Everyone (Don't Be One of Them)

    My name is Alex Smith. I am the founder of My Instant AI, one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world, selling prepaid AI access cards in retail stores across more than 150 countries. In this show, I lay out why my weekly conversations with frontier lab researchers, infrastructure operators, and policy makers reveal a version of AI that the headlines are not giving you. I make the case that most people are still treating AI as optional while the window to understand what is coming is closing fast. If you want to stay ahead of artificial intelligence news and understand the future of AI before it arrives, this is the show. Sign up and get your free tokens: https://www.myinstantai.com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainmakeithappn

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Super Confident AI gets right to what's actually happening at the frontier of AI. Host Alex Smith runs one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world, selling prepaid AI access cards in stores across 150+ countries. That puts him in weekly conversations most people never get to hear, with researchers at frontier labs, the founders building on top of them, the operators keeping it running, and the people writing the rules. Every week he sits down with those voices to cut through the headlines and figure out where this is really going, so you can see what's coming before it gets here.

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  • Creator
    Alex Smith
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Alex Smith
  • Show Website
    Super Confident AI