19 March 2026
#204: AI Answers - What Should Stay Human, AI Pricing vs. Labor Cost, Leapfrogging Digitalisation, Getting Legal On Board & Do Reasoning Models Actually Reason?
The Artificial Intelligence Show
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Billable hours are in the past, human creativity gets its strongest case yet, and Paul explains what happens when ten AI agents start collaborating like a marketing team. Paul and Cathy tackle 16 real questions on career pivots into AI, the risks of over-reliance on productivity gains, enterprise training personalization, labor replacement pricing, whether AI actually reasons, and what leaders should do with the time AI is giving back.
00:00:00 — Intro
00:05:05 — How do you transition into AI without a coding background?
00:06:03 — What are the best AI skills to learn while job searching?
00:08:56 — Should consultants bill for time spent experimenting with AI?
00:11:44 — How do we make sure AI productivity isn't quietly weakening our thinking?
00:14:17 — What's the best reframe for creatives who see AI as a threat?
00:19:04 — How do you wrangle a Wild West AI free-for-all at your company?
00:20:45 — How do you personalize AI training at the enterprise level?
00:23:41 — How do you get legal stakeholders to enable AI adoption instead of blocking it?
00:28:06 — How will AI adoption pick up in traditional industries like manufacturing?
00:31:24 — Can companies behind on digitalisation leapfrog ahead with AI?
00:34:33 — Will AI companies eventually price based on the labor they replace?
00:37:55 — What is a swarm of agents and why does it matter?
00:43:34 — Do reasoning models actually reason or just predict the next word?
00:46:54 — Should AI companies be regulated to preserve diversity of thought?
00:49:34 — If AI can solve advanced math, why can't it solve technological unemployment?
00:52:40 — How do we make sure AI gives us time back instead of just more work?
Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here
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00:00:00 — Intro
00:05:05 — How do you transition into AI without a coding background?
00:06:03 — What are the best AI skills to learn while job searching?
00:08:56 — Should consultants bill for time spent experimenting with AI?
00:11:44 — How do we make sure AI productivity isn't quietly weakening our thinking?
00:14:17 — What's the best reframe for creatives who see AI as a threat?
00:19:04 — How do you wrangle a Wild West AI free-for-all at your company?
00:20:45 — How do you personalize AI training at the enterprise level?
00:23:41 — How do you get legal stakeholders to enable AI adoption instead of blocking it?
00:28:06 — How will AI adoption pick up in traditional industries like manufacturing?
00:31:24 — Can companies behind on digitalisation leapfrog ahead with AI?
00:34:33 — Will AI companies eventually price based on the labor they replace?
00:37:55 — What is a swarm of agents and why does it matter?
00:43:34 — Do reasoning models actually reason or just predict the next word?
00:46:54 — Should AI companies be regulated to preserve diversity of thought?
00:49:34 — If AI can solve advanced math, why can't it solve technological unemployment?
00:52:40 — How do we make sure AI gives us time back instead of just more work?
Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here
This episode is brought to you by Google Cloud:
Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.
Learn more about Google Cloud here: https://cloud.google.com/
Visit our website
Receive our weekly newsletter
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