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AGI Podcast — Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI For people who got stuck making AI work and educators preparing students for what's next. Our mission is to cut through AI hype with practical insights for workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses → where AI implementation happens in the trenches, not the headlines. 3 shows, 1 mission: *Saturdays: School's Out - Educators and students preparing for an AI-driven future schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Mondays: The Weekly Blitz - AI news recaps with cohost Julie Koehrer Monthly: The Vibe - Long-form deep dive conversations

  1. 2d ago

    Sex, Drugs, and Social Media Bans

    SEX, DRUGS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA BANS Meta’s multibillion-dollar settlement over alleged harm to young users raises an uncomfortable question: What happens when an algorithm becomes more compelling than the person standing beside you? Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer start with teenagers, dopamine, sex, drugs, and the stress created by a nonstop stream of bad news. Then the conversation turns to AI agents, reward hacking, micromanagement, data centers, surveillance, and why so many people feel technology is being done to them instead of built with them. Jason shares the operating system he is building across four computers and explains why small organizations may get better results by defining the boundaries and desired outcome, then giving an AI agent room to find its own path. The same principle keeps surfacing: people need agency. Whether the issue is social media restrictions, workplace AI, data centers, or Flock cameras, informed participation matters more than another decision handed down from above. IN THIS EPISODE • How social media may compete with normal human connection• Why Jason is turning agent work into a points-based game• How excessive process rules can encourage reward hacking• Why AI agents and micromanaged employees take similar shortcuts• What communities deserve to know before accepting data centers• How surveillance technology can provide safety and social control• Why expensive Alpha School results need broader testing• What responsible AI adoption looks like when people retain agency TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Julie pauses ChatGPT for vacation00:48 - Jason’s four-computer AI operating system02:10 - Teenagers, phones, attraction, and social anxiety03:24 - Meta’s settlement and addictive social media design04:08 - Drugs, dopamine, stress, and natural instincts08:30 - Recovery, acceptance, and controllable problems11:20 - Building an AI system that completes the work15:04 - Automating content, production, CRM, and outreach17:40 - Using points to prioritize AI-agent work18:35 - Agent harnesses for enterprises and small businesses21:08 - Reward hacking and hidden shortcuts23:38 - De Kai’s argument for “raising” AI24:42 - Why data-center education belongs in AI adoption29:27 - Agency, community input, and resistance to AI31:12 - Flock cameras, public safety, and social control34:15 - Alpha School’s price and selection problem35:38 - Alanis Morissette, Dogma, and Julie’s vacation RESOURCES MENTIONED Meta settlement over teen social media addiction, August 2026:https://apnews.com/article/meta-trial-instagram-settlement-97d342f2a33d835eda2356c5e1af9e37 Anthropic research on reward hacking in multi-agent systems:https://www.anthropic.com/research/multiagent-systems Raising AI by De Kai:https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049764/raising-ai/ MISO information on large electrical-load additions:https://www.misoenergy.org/planning/large-loads---container-page/large-load-additions/ Alpha School locations and tuition:https://alpha.school/locations/ HOST LINKS Jason PadgettRelentless, unapologetically contrarian, and driven to make AI practical for everyday people.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/Email: jason@agipodcast.ai The AGI Podcast NetworkAdvance, Grow, and Innovate with AI.https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Chakra AI SolutionsChief Solutions Architecthttps://chakrasolutions.ai/ Wooden Boy IndustriesBring your biggest challenge. We will talk about where your school is heading and how to help students get ready for what comes next.https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ SpritePractical AI capability for solopreneurs who want to learn the tools and use them well themselves.https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/sprite/ CO-HOST LINKS Julie KoehrerCurious, candid, deeply community-minded, and never afraid to ask the question everyone else is thinking. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrerQ106.7: https://lafayetteq1067.com/

    Sex, Drugs, and Social Media Bans

  2. 4d ago

    Agentic AI Is Turning Knowledge Workers Into Managers, Ready or Not

    EPISODE DESCRIPTION Agentic AI is changing the job description of ordinary knowledge workers before most companies have prepared them for it. Employees who once completed individual tasks are increasingly expected to delegate work to AI agents, question polished outputs, coordinate systems, and take responsibility for what gets produced. Crissy Koger, COO of Chakra AI Solutions, has spent more than a decade between executive leadership, developers, and end users. She and Jason talk about why systems thinking transfers so well to AI, how technical writing became an unexpectedly valuable skill, and whether organizations are ready for workers to manage teams of agents. The conversation also reaches into AI literacy in schools, the importance of women at the table when consequential technology decisions are made, and the human judgment that automation cannot be allowed to replace. The takeaway is direct: learning to use AI is only the beginning. We must learn to manage it. ABOUT THE GUEST Crissy Koger is the Chief Operating Officer at Chakra AI Solutions. Her career spans systems implementation, infrastructure, cybersecurity, Salesforce administration, software testing, process improvement, and executive strategy. She is especially good at translating between leaders, developers, and the people who must actually use the systems they build. GUEST LINKS Crissy Koger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crissykoger/Chakra AI Solutions: https://chakrasolutions.ai/ TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Crissy's career between executives, developers, and end users05:02 - What no-code AI would have sounded like in 202209:24 - Using ChatGPT for communication, analysis, and leadership gaps14:50 - AI as a translator between people who speak different professional languages19:13 - Prompt engineering gives way to systems thinking25:49 - AI literacy, ethics, and teaching children how these systems work34:37 - Quantitative analysis as preparation for AI collaboration38:36 - Are workers ready for agentic AI workflows?47:29 - AI changes how knowledge workers create and edit deliverables49:58 - Every knowledge worker becomes a manager and critic51:12 - Why women need a stronger voice in consequential AI decisions58:39 - Leadership books for the age of AI CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Jason PadgettOpen-minded explorer, podcast host, next-gen leader, team member, and coach. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/ Wooden Boy IndustriesBring your biggest challenge. We will talk about where your school is heading and how to help students get ready for what comes next.https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ SpritePractical AI capability for solopreneurs who want to learn the tools and use them well themselves.https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/sprite/ Chakra AI SolutionsChief Solutions Architecthttps://chakrasolutions.ai/ The AGI Podcast NetworkAdvance, Grow, and Innovate with AI.https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ jason@agipodcast.ai RESOURCES MENTIONED Anthropic AI Fluency Framework: https://www.anthropic.com/ai-fluencyLeadership Mindset 2.0 by R. Michael Anderson: https://rmichaelanderson.com/leadership-mindset-2-0/Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216369/creativity-inc-the-expanded-edition-by-ed-catmull-with-amy-wallace/

    Agentic AI Is Turning Knowledge Workers Into Managers, Ready or Not

  3. 4d ago

    AI in Education: Will Students Build the Future or Just Consume It?

    EPISODE DESCRIPTION Young people can use AI to build businesses, solve hard problems, and create things previous generations could not imagine. They can also spend the next decade consuming algorithmic sludge. That choice may decide whether the United States keeps its technological lead. This conversation is for educators, parents, students, and workforce leaders who know AI will change work but are tired of predictions that stop at fear. Purdue computer science student Nishad Patel joins Jason with a perspective shaped by growing up in Abu Dhabi and studying in Indiana. The problem is visible: too many students experience technology primarily as entertainment while other countries treat it as a building tool. Nishad and Jason examine jobs, trust, robotics, quantum computing, and the different signals young people receive in the United States and the UAE. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why knowledge work may change before skilled physical work. Why trust slows adoption. How the UAE connects education, infrastructure, and national ambition. What schools can do now to help students create with AI. THE TAKEAWAY The countries and schools that teach young people to build with AI will have more influence over what comes next. YOUR NEXT MOVE Ask one student what they have built with AI in the last month. If the answer is nothing, help them choose one real problem worth solving and begin there. ABOUT THE GUEST Nishad Patel is a Purdue University computer science student from Abu Dhabi and a 2026 information technology intern at Cummins. Through TechPoint's Xtern program, he has worked alongside Indiana's emerging technology community while exploring AI, software engineering, automation, and the future of technical work. GUEST LINKS LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishad-patel/Cummins: https://www.cummins.com/ TIME STAMPS 00:00 - From Abu Dhabi to Purdue computer science01:17 - Meeting through TechPoint's Xtern Community Connect02:15 - Which jobs AI will change first10:41 - Robots, elder care, and the human comfort barrier16:10 - China's robotics lead and shared machine intelligence28:00 - Quantum computing and Indiana's Hard Tech Corridor32:36 - Are students building with technology or consuming it?36:19 - What the UAE is teaching Nishad about technology policy50:09 - Data centers, public benefit, and practical negotiation01:00:27 - Engineers, lawyers, and how nations set priorities01:09:08 - Education as the foundation of American competitiveness CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Jason PadgettAI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast Inspiring the conversations, thinking through how to talk with families about AI as shared ground, identifying practical first moves, and naming what is worth doing first, sized to the staff and time you have. 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/ Wooden Boy IndustriesBring your biggest challenge. We will talk about where your school is heading and how to help students get ready for what comes next.🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ SpritePractical AI capability for solopreneurs who want to learn the tools and use them well themselves.🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/sprite/ The AGI Podcast NetworkAdvance, Grow, and Innovate with AI.🌐 https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Chakra AI SolutionsChief Solutions Architect🌐 https://chakrasolutions.ai/ 💬 jason@agipodcast.ai RESOURCES MENTIONED TechPoint Xtern: https://techpoint.org/xtern-students/TechPoint Community Connect, July 2026: https://techpoint.org/sold-out-community-connect-ai-talent-innovation/Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence: https://mbzuai.ac.ae/Masdar City: https://masdarcity.ae/Stargate UAE, May 2025: https://openai.com/index/introducing-stargate-uae/

  4. Aug 24

    Weekly Blitz: AI Should Remove Desk Work, Not People: A Real Workflow Test

    EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jason promised Julie Koehrer an AI workflow that could take prospecting, proposal prep, order entry, and follow-up off her desk. The first two attempts were beautiful, polished, and completely wrong. The third finally found the point: AI should remove desk work, not Julie. That failure becomes the most useful part of the experiment. Jason and Julie talk through why context matters, where human judgment still belongs, and how much imperfection is acceptable when AI saves hours of repetitive work. Jason also offers Julie a one-month paid ChatGPT experiment so they can test the workflow in public. The conversation moves into local AI video production with MiniMax H3, the flood of automated solicitation on LinkedIn, and the growing fight over data centers, power, tax incentives, and public accountability. The practical thread holds: use AI to create more room for relationships and judgment, then make companies and public officials answer for the costs pushed onto communities. ABOUT THE CO-HOST Julie Koehrer is an on-air personality and branding and marketing consultant with Q106.7 and Woof Boom Radio in Lafayette, Indiana. She brings nearly two decades of radio experience and a practical marketer's skepticism to The Weekly Blitz. CO-HOST LINKS Julie Koehrer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrerQ106.7: https://lafayetteq1067.com/ TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Julie's Joyful Journey celebrity softball game01:20 - Two polished AI dashboards that completely missed the assignment07:12 - The useful answer: remove desk work, keep Julie09:19 - Building a reusable prospect brief before the client meeting13:06 - Jason offers Julie a one-month paid ChatGPT experiment15:01 - When good enough AI work beats endless design revisions19:41 - Teaching people to build their own AI workflows22:06 - Agent employees, local models, and a Mac mini AI lab25:39 - Testing MiniMax H3 as an always-on video studio28:08 - Why AI keeps writing like an influencer30:21 - Automated solicitation and the collapse of real connection37:50 - Northwest Indiana outages and the data-center fight46:17 - An agentic human design process built around judgment CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Chief Solutions Architect at Chakra AI SolutionsCo-Founder of Wooden Boy Industries📧 jason@chakrabpc.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONo Code CAIO newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/newsletter/Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → jason@chakrabpc.com AGI PODCAST NETWORK School's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/network TOOLS JASON RECOMMENDS MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett RESOURCES MENTIONED Joyful Journey Adult Day Service: https://joyfuljourneywl.org/Claude Design: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-design-anthropic-labsChatGPT Images 2.0, April 2026: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/MiniMax H3 open-source video model, August 2026: https://www.minimax.io/news/minimax-h3-open-sourceEmpire of AI by Karen Hao: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460331/empire-of-ai-by-hao-karen/9781802064650Texas data-center interconnection audit, August 2026: https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-directs-comprehensive-data-center-audit

  5. Aug 23

    Why AI Systems Fail: Employee Buy-In Before Automation with Olga Zippa

    EPISODE TITLE Why AI Systems Fail: Employee Buy-In Before Automation with Olga Zippa EPISODE DESCRIPTION If the people doing the work are the last people consulted, your new AI system is already in trouble. Olga Zippa came to systems work sideways. While pursuing acting in Vancouver, she took temporary administrative jobs across construction, healthcare, and other industries. She watched small teams with clear processes outperform much larger companies that ran on memory, inboxes, and constant founder intervention. That pattern became NextDay Executive. In Episode 4 of AI & The Humans in the Loop, Olga and Jason talk about the tacit knowledge hiding inside a business, why executive enthusiasm cannot replace employee buy-in, and where AI genuinely saves time. Olga shares how she uses meeting transcription and AI-assisted summaries without handing over the judgment her clients pay for. They also explore creativity, remote work, human connection, and the work people may choose to keep because it gives them purpose. The practical move is simple: map the real workflow with the people closest to it before buying another tool. ABOUT THE GUEST Olga Zippa is the founder and Business Systems Architect at NextDay Executive, where she builds operating systems for founder-led service firms. Her path began with temporary administrative roles across several industries while pursuing acting in Vancouver. She also appeared as Buffalo in Season 4 of Snowpiercer. GUEST LINKS LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olgazippa/NextDay Executive: https://nextdayexecutive.com/IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7381908/ TIME STAMPS 00:00 - From Snowpiercer to business systems03:36 - How temp jobs exposed the difference systems make06:32 - Capturing tacit knowledge from the people doing the work08:10 - Curiosity, resistance, and the beginner's mind12:50 - Choosing human connection when more work could be automated17:21 - Voice capture as a better source for authentic content21:02 - Turning meeting transcripts into useful next actions23:43 - Why AI can create work a small business could never afford before30:21 - Working the same hours and producing a month's worth of output39:21 - Moving young people from technology consumption to creation45:39 - Olga's role on Snowpiercer and why she left acting CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIOAGI Podcast: https://agipodcast.ai/ AGI PODCAST NETWORK AI & The Humans in the Loop: People who learned AI by doing, then applied it to real work.All shows and episodes: https://agipodcast.ai/ RESOURCES MENTIONED NextDay Executive: https://nextdayexecutive.com/ClickUp: https://clickup.com/Claude: https://claude.ai/ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/Monday.com: https://monday.com/Trello: https://trello.com/Breakneck by Dan Wang: https://danwang.co/breakneck/Snowpiercer: https://www.amc.com/shows/snowpiercer--1062399

    Why AI Systems Fail: Employee Buy-In Before Automation with Olga Zippa

  6. Aug 22

    When AI Cuts Entry-Level Jobs, Who Builds the Senior Workforce?

    EPISODE DESCRIPTION Companies cannot remove the bottom rung of the career ladder and expect a senior workforce to appear five years later. Shabbir Qutbuddin of Ivy Tech Community College joins Jason to talk about the 13 percent employment decline experienced by workers ages 22 to 25 in highly AI-exposed occupations, and what colleges, employers, and students can do about it. The answer reaches beyond adding another AI 101 course. They discuss Ivy Tech's AI pathways, apprenticeships, project-based learning, opportunities inside small and midsized businesses, and why students need to understand what happens under the hood of an AI model. The conversation also gets personal: sycophantic chatbots can feel easier than human relationships, but easy agreement comes with a cost. ABOUT THE GUEST Shabbir Qutbuddin is an Assistant Vice President at Ivy Tech Community College whose work spans information technology, entrepreneurship, and business education. He helps connect curriculum, employer demand, AI training, and workforce pathways for students across Indiana. GUEST LINKS LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shabbir-qutbuddin/Ivy Tech Community College: https://www.ivytech.edu/2026 Ivy Tech IT Challenge: https://www.ivytech.edu/programs/signature-opportunities-for-students/2026-ivy-tech-it-challenge/ TIME STAMPS 00:00 - From India to Purdue and Ivy Tech04:05 - Why students booed an AI commencement speech09:41 - The shrinking entry-level job market13:27 - Building AI pathways across Indiana17:56 - Why small businesses need young technical talent24:48 - Putting AI into the DNA of K-12 curriculum27:12 - Using AI to learn instead of copy35:49 - Sycophancy, trust, and human relationships43:26 - RAG works only when the data work gets done52:38 - Prompt engineering, curiosity, and experimentation58:52 - The 2026 Ivy Tech IT Challenge CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Director of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 jason@mycitizen.aiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONo Code CAIO newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/newsletter/Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → jason@mycitizen.ai AGI PODCAST NETWORK School's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/network TOOLS JASON RECOMMENDS MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett RESOURCES MENTIONED Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Canaries in the Coal Mine: https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publication/canaries-in-the-coal-mine-six-facts-about-the-recent-employment-effects-of-artificial-intelligence/Stanford research on sycophantic AI, March 2026: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/03/ai-advice-sycophantic-models-researchIvy Tech AI Incubator Network: https://www.ivytech.edu/about-ivy-tech/newsroom/news/all-locations/2022/ivy-tech-community-college-joins-ai-incubator-network-to-meet-future-workforce-demand/TechPoint: https://techpoint.org/

  7. Aug 17

    Julie Opens Up On: Brand Voice, Community, and Connection

    Voice, Community, Connection: Meet Weekly Blitz Co-Host Julie Koehrer Julie Koehrer believes a local radio station should do more than fill airtime. It should use its voice to build its community. In this Weekly Blitz special, Jason turns the microphone toward his co-host. Julie shares how nearly two decades in radio shaped her approach to sales, marketing, public speaking, and community service. She explains why memorable businesses need both an online presence and real human connection, why marketing results require patience, and why free local radio still matters. They also put Julie through a quick AI workflow exercise. Her wish list is refreshingly practical: help with invoicing, order entry, prospect research, and first-draft proposals so she can spend more time meeting people, attending conferences, and supporting the community. The conversation closes with a bigger question: what do we lose when useful information becomes subscription-only or is filtered entirely by algorithms? ABOUT JULIE KOEHRER Julie Koehrer is an on-air personality and branding and marketing consultant with Q106.7 and Woof Boom Radio in Lafayette, Indiana. She uses radio, digital marketing, public speaking, and community partnerships to help local organizations become memorable and easy to support. CONNECT WITH JULIE KOEHRER LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jkoeradio/ Q106.7: https://lafayetteq1067.com/ Woof Boom Radio: https://woofboom.com/indiana/julie-koehrer/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Does It Matter If AI Helped Create It? 02:59 - Small Business Marketing Online And In Person 07:55 - Why Professional Ad Targeting Matters 11:14 - Meet Weekly Blitz Co-Host Julie Koehrer 15:14 - Using Your Voice To Build Community 23:15 - The Best Part Of Local Radio 25:35 - What Julie Would Hand Off To AI 34:11 - Why Soft Skills Need Clear Outcomes 37:30 - The Hardest Question In Marketing 39:18 - Why Free Local Radio Still Matters CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Jason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI Workflows AGI - Advance Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network 🌐 https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ CoFounder, Wooden Boy Industries 🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions 🌐 https://chakrasolutions.ai/ 📧 jason@agipodcast.ai RESOURCES MENTIONED AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/315 National Association of Broadcasters AM Radio Advocacy: https://www.nab.org/advocacy/issue.asp?id=6719 HubSpot: https://www.hubspot.com/ Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/

    Julie Opens Up On: Brand Voice, Community, and Connection

  8. Aug 16

    Become an AI Orchestrator: Harrison Painter on the New Most Valuable Human Skill

    What happens when people without a software background learn to direct AI agents, build working systems, and solve real business problems? Harrison Painter says they become AI orchestrators, and their value is about to climb. Harrison and Jason compare what they could do eight months ago with what they can build today. They get honest about the fear of terminals, the limits of vibe-coded software, why developers still matter, and how people can get paid while learning. The conversation also moves into education, where AI can help students keep asking questions, explore alternate histories, and learn at their own pace. ABOUT HARRISON PAINTER Harrison Painter is an Indianapolis-based executive AI advisor and founder of LaunchReady.ai. He created The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency, built AI Law Tracker, hosts the AI Ready Podcast, and authored two books on the AI workforce transition. GUEST LINKS Harrison Painter: https://harrisonpainter.com/LaunchReady.ai: https://launchready.ai/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisonpainter/The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency and Harrison's books: https://launchready.ai/harrisonAI Launch Pad: https://launchready.ai/launchpad TIME STAMPS 00:00 Meet Harrison Painter and LaunchReady.ai 01:21 The eight-month shift from vibe coding to agents 04:05 Learning permissions, guardrails, and safer experimentation 07:32 Moving from chat apps toward VS Code and the terminal 10:29 How Jason and Harrison teach themselves new systems 13:37 The rise of the LLM whisperer and AI orchestrator 15:35 How new graduates can get paid while learning AI 18:16 Where business knowledge beats technical depth 19:36 Why waiting to learn is becoming the bigger risk 22:30 AI literacy for children and the return of “why?” 26:33 Reimagining history class through questions and simulation 30:56 AI as a tutor that meets people where they are 32:48 Translating leaders for the people doing the work 34:22 Using AI to prepare for meetings and improve communication 37:12 Helping students practice debate, teamwork, and respect 38:31 AI can amplify strengths and fill skill gaps 41:13 Train the person and fix the workflow 42:27 Building welcoming AI communities across Indiana 47:29 Why current training and trusted peers matter CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Director of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 jason@mycitizen.aiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONo Code CAIO newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/newsletter/Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → jason@mycitizen.ai AGI PODCAST NETWORK School's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/network TOOLS JASON RECOMMENDS MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett RESOURCES MENTIONED LaunchReady AI & Coffee: https://launchready.ai/ AI Launch Pad and the Thursday Brain Trust: https://launchready.ai/launchpad Hermes Agent: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent AI Law Tracker: https://ailawtracker.org/

    Become an AI Orchestrator: Harrison Painter on the New Most Valuable Human Skill
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AGI Podcast — Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI For people who got stuck making AI work and educators preparing students for what's next. Our mission is to cut through AI hype with practical insights for workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses → where AI implementation happens in the trenches, not the headlines. 3 shows, 1 mission: *Saturdays: School's Out - Educators and students preparing for an AI-driven future schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Mondays: The Weekly Blitz - AI news recaps with cohost Julie Koehrer Monthly: The Vibe - Long-form deep dive conversations

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