How & why AI can reshape the Oklahoma economy, a conversation with Saxum's Hart Brown

Is Oklahoma ready for the AI economy?

In this episode of the Oklahoma Memo Podcast, Ryan Welton talks with Hart Brown, president of AI and transformation at Saxum, about where artificial intelligence truly stands — and what Oklahoma needs to do next.

Topics include:

• Why AI is not a single app, but a system-wide business shift

• How Oklahoma’s energy, geography, and infrastructure create opportunity

• The role data centers and companies like Google play in local communities

• Why AI education must focus on supervision and judgment — not blind trust

• What automation could mean for how we work and live by 2030

This episode cuts through fear and hype to explain what AI means for Oklahoma — now and in the years ahead.