Afleveringen
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As AI transforms the way engineers build software, how is it changing the software thatâs built for engineers? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich welcome Kurt Schrader, the CEO and co-founder of the engineering-management platform Shortcut. Topics discussed include what itâs like to integrate AI into engineering-team workflows, why he thinks AI will actually force the engineering skill bar higher in the future, and building Korey, Shortcutâs forthcoming AI tool.
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Some people hate AI and think itâll destroy everything. Others love it and want to press their feet on the AI gas pedal. What happens if youâre stuck in the middle? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul lays out his âAI centristâ approach to thinking about these technologiesâhow to continue to experiment with these tools, while being open to all arguments about them. Plus: Rich sings the praises of everybodyâs favorite agrochemical conglomerate, Monsanto (wellâŠnot exactly).
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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What should developers be doing right now to adapt to AI? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich get an on-the-ground perspective from longtime software engineer Sara Chipps, whoâs been going deep with AI-assisted coding tools in recent months. They discuss what AI means for the work of everyone from recent CS grads to senior engineering managers, before they shift topics to Saraâs true passion, using AI to better trade crypto, which leaves Rich uttering the phrase, âWhatâs the market cap of Fartboy?â
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Is it too late to regulate AI? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich assess what âregulating AIâ could even mean, from controlling training data sources to moderating its ability to spread informationâand disinformation. They then zero in on the question in the context of the new American administration, and Paul muses about just how long heâd like to hold his breath underwater given the current state of the news. (Five minutes? Ten?)
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How is generative AI transforming the university? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich sit down with someone on the front lines of AI in higher ed: Clay Shirky, a longtime educator and technologist whoâs currently the Vice Provost of Educational Technologies at New York University. Clay outlines how the universityâs approach to AI has shifted from semester to semester over the past few years, and then digs into the reasons why widespread student adoption of AI is worrying the facultyâand the students themselves.
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Government by Grok? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul opens with a poetry reading (stay with us) and then he and Rich discuss the poemâs relationship to Elon Muskâs DOGE effort, currently ransacking the U.S. Treasury. The DOGE strategy seems to be âdestroy without oversight, replace with AI,â which leads to two questions: Could this work? (No.) And if you are going to take a sledgehammer to bureaucracy, is there an ethical way to swing the hammer? (EhâŠ)
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How is AI transforming the social sector? Flying solo in the Reqless hosting chair, Paul sits down with Perry Hewitt, Chief Marketing and Product Officer for Data.org, to talk about how AI tools are enhancing the projects they support. Topics discussed include what data collection can entail in the world of global nonprofits, the impact of constraints on technological problem solving, and real examples of how AI is being used right now, from healthcare settings in India to the wildfires in Los Angeles.
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As Chinese LLM company DeepSeek makes headlines for wreaking havoc on the stock prices of the American tech sector, Paul and Rich sit down and answer the important questions: What is DeepSeek? Why does Paul feel like itâs Christmas? What does this mean for both AI and the broader industry? What does Rich think Microsoft should do with Three Mile Island now?
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AI tools are often positioned as agents, assistants, or butlersâbut their potential is so much greater than that. On this weekâs Reqless, Rich explains to Paul why the âagentâ model gets AI all wrong. Plus: A discussion about CTOs, and the spectrum from those who are resisting the change thatâs coming to those who are embracing it.
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Can you actually build an app with AI right now? Fresh off a holiday break where he attempted to do just that (rather than talking to his family), Paul tells Rich what worked and what didnât work in his experimentation: Where AI failed, where Paul got impatient, and how that mapped onto human programmersâ strengths and weaknesses. Building an entire app with AI might not be quite there yetâbut is it close?
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Does the world actually need more software? In the first Reqless of 2025, Paul and Rich skip the âAI predictions for the coming yearâ and instead look at the tech landscape for smaller organizations. Do they really have the tools they need to get their work done? Featuring extensive corporate roleplayâincluding Paulâs very believable turn as a big-firm consultantâand a meditation on New York Cityâs venerable commercial waste-removal industry.
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Farewell 2024âa boring year in which nothing really happened! On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich reflect on our current moment of widespread instability, from the cultural to the political to the technological, and discuss some of the ways they try to manage it (waffles!) (also building software). And because this is an AI podcast, they look back over a year of rapid change in the space, and make predictions for whatâs to come in 2025.
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Executives are all-in on AI, but many workers are not: A recent survey of white-collar employees conducted by Slack shows workplace AI adoption has slowed, even stalled, in recent months. On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich explore the various reasons Slackâs respondents gave for their reticence and what they suggest about the current moment in tech. Is the issue the tools? Or is it how theyâre being asked to use themâor if theyâre being asked to use them at all.
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This week the robots bring the pink slipâŠfor Aboardâs CEO, Rich Ziade! On the latest episode of Reqless, Paul observes that much of Richâs job at their old agencyâlistening to the client, reframing their needs, outlining a solution and a path to build itâcould now be done, at least in part, by AI. What value can Richâand other skilled software âtranslatorsââbring to a project in a world of AI-accelerated development?
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On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich receive a letter from a different Richâa UX researcher interested in helping NGOs make the most of new AI tech. What should a UX researcher learn right now so theyâre ready for whatâs next? They discuss the things AI is particularly good at right now (translating artifacts!), and give concrete suggestions for things a UX researcherâor any technologistâcan do to understand the breadth and scope of these tools.
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AI is on the verge of utterly transforming the software industry, but how quickly will that change come? While Paul has been betting on a shorter timeline, Rich had thought the pace of institutional change would slow things down significantly. But on this weekâs Reqless, Rich explains why his thinking has shiftedâand how heâs coming around to Paulâs speedier timeline.
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In the wake of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Paul and Rich look towards the future with an AI lensâespecially with the incoming Trump administration unlikely to put any regulatory guardrails on this rapidly evolving technology. What can AI do for people in our deeply fractured state? Are we doomed to poison the information environment forever, or could we use it to start building things that help people make sense of the world?
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Non-profits often have tight budgets and specialized needsâand wind up having to pay a whole lot of money for consultants and imperfect, out-of-the-box software solutions. As generative AI promises to drastically reduce the cost of development, how will that affect the non-profit and NGO landscape? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich assess this question, and offer up both immediate and longer-term advice for organizations struggling with software right now.
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The Biden administration recently put out their first-ever National Security Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence, so on this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich unpack the memo and discuss what it might mean for the U.S. governmentâs future attitudes towards AI. Plus: They talk about recent developments with Anthropicâs Claude that allow you to control all the computers in the world.
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How has public perception of AI changed over the past two years? On this weekâs Reqless, Paul and Rich welcome on writer and editor Josh Tyrangiel, whoâs been the Washington Postâs âAI touristâ columnist since early 2023. They discuss what heâs encountered in various industries experimenting with AI, and the overall sentiments heâs observed as ordinary people grapple with this technology. Plus: He discusses his recent collaboration with Oprah Winfrey on an AI special for ABC Newsâand the remarkable lettuce she served him for lunch.
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