The Confusion Matrix

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Welcome to the confusion matrix where we have lively and candid discussions about data, data science and AI in day to day life, business and beyond.

  1. 2d ago

    Openclaw Part 2 – One Assistant, Two Humans, Infinite Caveats

    Alex and Pete follow up on their OpenClaw experiment after several more weeks of use. They discuss the upsides — always-on research, async collaboration on their website rebrand, and cheap DeepSeek running costs — alongside persistent frustrations: skills that get ignored, sycophancy in group chats, and the model flip-flopping between users. Alex digs into the […]

    1h 6m

  2. Jun 15

    OpenClaw and the agentic productivity revolution

    In this episode, Alex and Pete take their first deep dive into OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework that’s taken GitHub by storm. Alex walks through how he went from building a simple Ada bot for their group chat to running a full agentic orchestration layer across his art practice, podcasting, consultancy, and life admin. […]

    1h 15m

  3. Jun 1

    Pulverising the Process with Toby Dykes

    Alex and Pete are joined by consultant Toby Dykes to challenge the production-line view of software delivery. They discuss Agile, Scrum, AI as an amplifier, constraints, risk, feedback loops, and why better outcomes come from experimentation, collaboration, and learning faster rather than simply pushing more work through broken processes. Mentioned in this episode: Jira — […]

    1h 11m

  4. May 11

    Using AI to present your intent but not to invent

    Alex and Pete discuss Alex’s experiment building a PowerPoint presentation with a single AI prompt while making bread, achieving surprisingly decent “middling” results and debating homogenization versus creative excellence in AI-generated corporate content.

    1h 7m

  5. Apr 27

    AI at the Coalface of Knowledge Work

    Alex and Pete dissect whether AI agents can actually replace knowledge workers, discussing why language models excel at testable tasks like coding, but fare less well at more general business activities that often require navigating the messy political realities of the corporate landscape.

    1h 5m

  6. Apr 13

    Slowly Shrinking SDLC

    Alex and Pete discuss how AI agents are collapsing the software development lifecycle (SDLC), eliminating manual coding steps whilst creating new requirements for testing, monitoring, and managing increasingly complex automated workflows at unprecedented scale.

    1h 4m

  7. Mar 23

    AI Anthropomorphic Abashment

    Alex and Pete discuss our problematic tendency to project human characteristic on LLMs, and use anthropomorphic language when discussing them.

    1h 5m

  8. Mar 9

    Can using Generative AI for creativity ever be ethical?

    Alex and Pete grapple with the ethics of using generative AI in creative work—balancing utility against copyright theft, environmental impact, and career pressure whilst acknowledging there’s no easy resolution.

    1h 15m
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Welcome to the confusion matrix where we have lively and candid discussions about data, data science and AI in day to day life, business and beyond.

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  • Creator
    Digressive Podcasts
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Explicit
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