Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson

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Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson episodes

  • Anthropic's IPO Filing Reveals $80 Billion Loss. It Doesn't Matter

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    Tech moves fast. So does work. Digital Disruption NOW helps you keep up and make sense of what matters.


    Coming to you from the Masonic Temple, Digital Disruption NOW is the latest podcast in the Digital Disruption network, bringing you a weekly take on tech, work, and what it all means. We break down the biggest headlines, debate the hottest topics, and explore how technology is changing the way we live and work. From the news everyone’s talking about to the developments you might have missed, get real perspectives and insights you can actually use.


    All signal. No static. An Infotech production.


    Is AI delivering real business value, or just bigger promises?


    Geoff and Jeremy break down Anthropic’s IPO prospectus, debate AI productivity and ROI beyond Big Tech, and examine OpenAI’s claims about modernizing legacy COBOL systems.


    From Claude’s growth and AI bubble risks to the gap between faster tasks and measurable business results, explore what the headlines mean for tech and work.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Intro: AI, productivity, and the guacamole problem

    00:28 Welcome to Digital Disruption NOW

    00:59 Anthropic’s IPO prospectus: promises and risks

    03:58 Anthropic’s finances: revenue, losses, and profitability

    06:28 Can Claude justify Anthropic’s valuation?

    11:48 AI bubble risks and an interconnected tech economy

    17:12 Anthropic IPO: final takeaways

    18:08 CIO Analytics: a single platform to run IT

    19:16 Apollo’s AI payoff report: Big Tech vs. everyone else

    20:46 The AI productivity paradox

    23:23 Is AI investment being measured in the right companies?

    26:41 Will more AI actually improve productivity?

    29:08 Why individual time savings don’t guarantee business growth

    33:20 Is AI becoming essential to staying competitive?

    34:52 Can OpenAI solve the COBOL code crisis?

    36:59 Why rewriting code isn’t the same as replacing systems

    38:03 The reality of legacy mainframe migration

    40:35 The doorman fallacy: what automation overlooks

    42:09 Why institutional knowledge still matters

    43:23 Episode recap and closing credits


    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    Check out other episodes from the Digital Disruption podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIImliNP0zfxRA1X67AhPDJmlYWcFfhDT&feature=shared

    45 min
  • AI’s Promised to Transform the Economy. Where Are the Results?

    Explore API-driven IT advisory with CIO Analytics, a single platform to run your IT department that brings together your data, AI-powered analysis, and expert guidance to help you improve IT performance. Check it out here: https://www.infotech.com/cio-analytics?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cio-analytics-youtube-organic


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    AI promises to transform the economy. When will that promise translate into measurable business growth?


    Entrepreneur and Silicon Valley Girl creator Marina Mogilko explores the gap between AI hype and economic impact, sharing where she sees opportunities for businesses, workers, and entrepreneurs.


    Marina joins us to discuss AI productivity, entrepreneurship, and the future of work. She examines why AI’s economic contribution remains difficult to measure, even as it helps small teams do more and creates new revenue opportunities.


    Drawing on her own experience, Marina explains how AI could lower the barriers to starting a business for solopreneurs and women entrepreneurs. She also questions the idea of a one-person billion-dollar company.


    From organizing company data to building targeted AI agents, the conversation explores what it takes to turn AI adoption into business value. Marina shares why experience, strategic thinking, and accountability remain essential, and how leaders can prepare their teams for sustainable growth.


    Follow for more conversations about AI, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Intro

    01:04 Why AI’s economic impact is hard to measure

    04:16 The case for optimism about AI

    05:49 How AI is changing tasks and productivity

    09:24 CIO Analytics: API-Driven IT Advisory

    10:15 Turning AI productivity into new revenue

    13:16 Lowering the barriers to entrepreneurship

    14:43 Can one person build a billion-dollar company?

    17:18 The AI agents marina uses in work and life

    20:19 Which tasks are worth automating?

    23:32 Why better AI results start with organized data

    28:28 How AI can reinforce bad business decisions

    30:53 Using AI as a data analyst while keeping human judgment

    32:01 Building an authentic brand without chasing AI doom

    37:44 Making AI useful and accessible to more people

    40:23 Women, AI adoption, and the need for relatable use cases

    46:49 Why education still matters in the AI era

    49:29 Questioning AI predictions and taking responsibility

    53:10 Lessons on entrepreneurship and long-term success

    55:55 Avoiding burnout and knowing when to pivot

    59:20 Finding the confidence to change careers

    1:00:52 Why telling your team to “Use AI” isn’t enough

    1:02:50 Building entrepreneurial teams and managing AI agents

    1:04:55 Lead AI adoption from the front

    1:05:36 McLean & Company’s Human-Centric AI Program


    Connect with Marina:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/

    X: https://x.com/siliconvalleymm

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marina.mogilko



    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr 7 min
  • AI Is Breaking the Economics of Work. No One Is Ready

    If AI can free up half a company’s labor capacity, what happens to the people doing the work?


    Ravin Jesuthasan describes AI transformations that have freed up 40–50% of labor capacity. Is your organization ready for what that means for its workforce?


    The futurist and bestselling author explains how AI is reshaping the future of work and why its productivity gains don’t have to translate into layoffs.


    Ravin joins Geoff on this episode of Digital Disruption to discuss generative AI, AI agents, and the impact of automation on jobs. He explains why entry-level roles are under pressure, how traditional career paths are changing, and why judgment, empathy, and curiosity are becoming increasingly valuable.


    Drawing on examples from Standard Chartered and Unilever, he explores how organizations can prepare employees for new opportunities through upskilling and reskilling. He breaks down what it means to build a skills-powered organization where learning becomes part of everyday work.


    Ravin also shares how leaders can reinvest AI productivity gains in employee wellbeing, better customer experiences, and continued innovation.


    Follow for more conversations about AI, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Intro

    00:40 AI frees up half the work. what happens next?

    01:12 How AI is reshaping the future of work

    03:30 How AI changes the cost of work and access to talent

    06:23 Will AI replace all human work?

    09:40 Is the fear of becoming obsolete justified?

    12:12 McLean & Company’s human-centric AI program

    12:52 AI and the erosion of the entry-level career ladder

    17:32 What does “work ready” mean in the age of AI?

    19:51 Why human judgment is becoming an essential skill

    20:58 How to build a skills-powered organization

    23:20 Making learning part of everyday work

    24:38 Reskilling employees for new career opportunities

    26:23 Turning workforce transformation into action

    29:56 Setting a vision and proving ROI with focused pilots

    32:15 Who should own workforce transformation?

    33:35 Involving employees and preparing them for what comes next

    35:12 Unilever’s approach to reskilling and career transitions

    36:43 Why digital transformations fail

    39:17 Moving from one-time transformation to continuous reinvention

    41:16 Making space for learning and employee wellbeing

    42:34 How to reinvest AI’s productivity gains

    45:44 Why IT, HR, and business leaders need to work together

    48:15 Why adding AI isn’t enough to transform work

    51:12 The value of outside perspectives in AI transformation

    53:13 Final Advice: Learn, unlearn, and relearn

    54:40 About Infotech


    Connect with Ravin:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravinjesuthasan/

    X: https://x.com/RavinJesuthasan


    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    56 min
  • Is AI Already Conscious? Google’s Blaise Agüera y Arcas Explains

    Is AI consciousness already here and can we reclaim our technological optimism? Google’s Blaise Agüera y Arcas shares why he believes AGI has already arrived and what AI can teach us about consciousness, cooperation, and the human mind.


    Blaise joins us on this episode of Digital Disruption to talk about AI consciousness, large language models, and why intelligence is inherently social. He explains how AI agent swarms work together, what recursive self-improvement looks like today, and why he questions the idea that smarter machines will inevitably dominate humanity.


    He questions why we find it easier to imagine catastrophe than a better future. And this conversation examines how negative news shapes our expectations of AI, and why taking its risks seriously can coexist with optimism about its potential.


    From AI alignment and mass surveillance to jobs and economic inequality, Blaise considers whether our institutions are ready for the changes ahead. He shares how AI could accelerate progress in medicine, robotics, and climate solutions, while emphasizing the work needed to turn those possibilities into reality.


    This episode asks an important question: As AI becomes more capable, how do we make sure the benefits reach everyone?


    Follow for more conversations about AI, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Intro

    02:12 Rethinking artificial intelligence

    04:35 Can technology be considered alive?

    06:13 What does it mean for AI to be conscious?

    08:23 Multi-agent systems and the role of self-awareness

    11:48 Could AI have a subjective experience?

    17:49 What split-brain experiments reveal about consciousness

    20:49 Building your AI strategy with Infotech

    21:56 The Self: One mind or many parts?

    23:38 How LLMs differ from human minds

    28:19 Octopus intelligence, AI agent swarms, and identity

    32:52 Why Human Intelligence Is Collective

    38:19 Why Blaise believes AGI is already here

    43:59 Multi-agent AI and the next frontier of intelligence

    47:25 Recursive self-improvement and the singularity

    50:41 AI coding agents and the risks of faster automation

    54:18 AI Alignment: whose values should AI follow?

    58:20 Will smarter AI dominate humanity?

    1:01:42 Mass surveillance, power, and human disempowerment

    1:04:09 AI breakthroughs in medicine, robotics, and space

    1:08:12 Why are we so pessimistic about the future?

    1:11:29 Why AI doom gets more clicks

    1:13:16 Taking AI researchers’ fears seriously

    1:16:42 Nostalgia and the accelerating pace of change

    1:21:08 Is our economy ready for AI?

    1:24:07 AI, job loss, and the fear of losing income

    1:26:36 What should leaders and society do next?

    1:29:23 AI, climate change, and clean energy

    1:31:06 Moving AI computing into space

    1:31:42 Final thoughts

    1:32:06 About Infotech


    Connect with Blaise:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blaise-ag%C3%BCera-y-arcas-85626a42/

    X: https://x.com/blaiseaguera

    IG: https://www.instagram.com/blaiseaguera



    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr 32 min
  • The Other AI Revolution: Why Predictive AI will Overtake Generative AI in 2027

    Predictive AI often gets ignored, yet it may hold the real key to business value in the current tech landscape.


    Machine learning expert Eric Siegel, author of The AI Playbook and Predictive Analytics, joins the Digital Disruption podcast to explain why organizations should invest at least as much in predictive AI as they do in generative AI. He breaks down how predictive AI can improve real-world operations, why so many AI pilots fail to reach deployment, and where the promise of autonomous AI agents encounters reliability challenges. While generative AI captures the headlines, Eric argues that more dependable returns often come from systems that predict outcomes and improve decision-making.


    The conversation explores the differences between predictive and generative AI, why meaningful business value comes from deployment rather than impressive demos, and the limitations of fully autonomous AI agents and artificial general intelligence. Tune in to learn how predictive AI could make generative AI more reliable, why business leaders and data scientists need to work together, and whether AI will really cause a job apocalypse.


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    00:00 Why businesses may be investing in the wrong AI

    00:47 Predictive AI vs. generative AI

    03:01 How large language models fit into predictive AI

    06:59 What kind of AI is solving real-world problems?

    08:06 The two “wows” of AI: Impressive demos vs. deployment

    09:28 Build your AI strategy with Info-Tech

    10:37 Why predictive AI is still delivering business value

    12:32 Why most AI pilots fail to reach production

    16:25 AI hype and mismanaged expectations

    19:31 AI agents, AGI, and the promise of autonomy

    20:44 Can predictive AI make generative AI more reliable?

    23:57 Why full AI autonomy remains unrealistic

    26:59 Large language models vs. human intelligence

    29:21 The limits and diminishing returns of AI models

    31:35 What businesses are getting wrong about AI

    35:35 Bridging the gap between technology and business leaders

    37:18 Why leaders need a semi-technical understanding of AI

    38:59 Three questions every predictive AI project must answer

    42:22 Will AI replace developers and other technical roles?

    49:29 Who should own AI strategy and accountability?

    53:41 Is AI creating the productivity gains we were promised?

    55:49 Could future technology overcome today’s AI limitations?

    59:21 How organizations can unlock more value from AI

    1:01:43 Eric Siegel’s six-step AI deployment framework

    1:04:42 Why AI is a business improvement project, not a tech install

    1:06:02 What’s new in The AI Playbook

    1:09:30 Eric’s advice for business and technology leaders

    1:10:46 About Info-Tech


    Connect with Eric:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/predictiveanalytics/

    X: https://x.com/predictanalytic?lang=en

    IG: https://www.instagram.com/eric_siegel/


    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr 12 min
  • AI Humanoid Robots Have Already Entered the Workforce. Should You Care?

    The robot workforce is already here. AI-powered humanoid robots are entering factories and warehouses to address a growing labor gap, but are they filling jobs or replacing the people who do them?


    Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, joins us to talk about how Digit is moving from robotics demonstrations into real workplaces. She explains why humanoid robots could become essential to manufacturing and logistics, how AI is accelerating their capabilities, and why safety remains the biggest barrier to widespread adoption.


    From physical AI and labor shortages to robot fleet managers and the future of work, this episode looks beyond the fear of robot overlords to ask: how will humans and robots work together in the years ahead?


    Subscribe for more conversations on AI, technology, innovation, the future of work, and digital transformation.


    00:00 Why humanoid robots may be essential

    00:47 Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics

    01:41 Are humanoid robots creating a dystopian future?

    03:43 How workers respond to robots in the workplace

    05:42 Why build robots in the human form?

    07:27 Will humanoid robots replace human jobs?

    11:45 Why reshoring manufacturing will require robotics

    14:12 Info-Tech AI strategy

    14:42 What humanoid robots could do by 2032

    17:35 The biggest barrier to adoption: Robot safety

    19:17 Why robots in the home are still years away

    22:13 How big and powerful is agility robotics’ Digit?

    24:44 Can humanoid robot accidents be prevented?

    28:29 Competing with Elon Musk and Tesla Optimus

    30:56 What separates deployment from a robotics demo

    33:37 How companies deploy humanoid robots

    37:01 Which industries are adopting robotics?

    39:24 Scaling production to meet demand

    41:08 How AI is accelerating humanoid robotics

    45:36 How digit makes decisions on the factory floor

    48:52 Hardware and software upgrades for robots

    50:57 What comes after agility robotics’ Digit?

    53:22 Will robots eventually do everything humans can?

    55:58 The future of physical AI and automation

    58:13 Peggy Johnson’s advice for business and tech leaders

    59:32 About Info-Tech


    Connect with Peggy:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peggyljohnson/

    X: https://x.com/agilityrobotics

    IG: https://www.instagram.com/agility_robotics/


    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr 1 min
  • AI Researchers Are Panicking | What Comes Next is Worse Than Nuclear Bombs

    What is PDoom, and why are the people building artificial intelligence willing to risk human extinction?

    Kevin Roose, a New York Times technology columnist, Hard Fork co-host, and author of The AGI Chronicles, shares what he learned from interviewing more than 150 people inside the world’s leading AI companies.

    Kevin joins us on Digital Disruption to talk about what artificial general intelligence really means and how fear, ego, rivalry, and mistrust are accelerating the race between OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. He also explains why AI leaders compare this moment to the Manhattan Project: if they don’t build AGI first, someone more dangerous might.

    Kevin also shares why he estimates a 10% chance of AI-caused extinction and discusses the private fears of AI researchers, government regulation, autonomous AI agents, and whether the AI boom is a bubble or the beginning of a profound transformation.

    This episode moves beyond the hype to ask an important question: If advanced AI is inevitable, how much control do we still have over what happens next?

    Subscribe and follow for more conversations about AI, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Why AI builders fear human extinction

    00:43 Inside the race to build AGI

    01:24 What does AGI actually mean?

    05:16 AI safety warnings or marketing hype?

    07:27 The rivalries driving the AI race

    08:44 Building a boardroom-ready AI strategy

    09:51 The personal feuds behind AGI

    10:58 AI’s Manhattan Project mindset

    12:27 Is AI the new atomic bomb?

    14:58 Can advanced AI be contained?

    16:28 AI regulation and the global arms race

    17:35 What is P(doom)?

    19:54 What will force governments to act?

    21:29 What AI researchers say in private

    23:08 Why the public backlash is growing

    26:15 Why Kevin Roose changed his mind about AI

    29:42 Is advanced AI inevitable?

    32:28 AGI and the point of no return

    34:38 The race to automate AI research

    36:23 AI and gradual human disempowerment

    40:10 What happens when AI masters your skills?

    42:18 Will AI liberate us or replace us?

    44:18 The AI claims Kevin does not believe

    46:21 Is the AI boom a financial bubble?

    50:20 AI labs and economic concentration

    55:08 Inside the AGI chronicles

    57:07 How should people prepare for AI?

    58:29 About Info-Tech


    #ai #futureofwork #technologypodcast #aibubble #bigtech #artificialintelligence #technology #datacenter #agi #anthropic #futureofai


    Connect with Kevin:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-roose/

    X: https://x.com/kevinroose

    IG: https://www.instagram.com/kevinroose/


    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr
  • There Is No AI Race. Inside the Trillion-Dollar Lie

    Why have the United States and China pulled so far ahead in the global technology race? Mehran Gul, author of The New Geography of Innovation, argues that the answer goes far beyond individual companies or breakthrough technologies.


    In this episode, we sit down with Mehran to discuss how successful innovation ecosystems are actually built, why Silicon Valley remains so difficult to replicate, and how China rapidly emerged as a global technology superpower. We also talk about why Europe and India have struggled to produce technology giants at the same scale, and how talent, capital, universities, government, and entrepreneurship shape long-term competitiveness.


    Mehran also breaks down the extraordinary concentration of money flowing into AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia, whether today’s AI valuations are sustainable, and why a major market correction could still happen without ending America’s technological dominance.


    From AI investment and venture capital to Silicon Valley, China, Europe, India, and the future of global innovation, this episode looks beyond the AI hype to ask a much bigger question: who will actually shape the next era of technology?


    Subscribe and follow for more conversations with the world’s leading thinkers on AI, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.


    In this episode:

    00:00 The AI bubble and America’s technology lead

    01:47 The new geography of innovation

    05:30 How China became a technology superpower

    09:13 Can other countries replicate China’s success?

    13:17 What does “innovation” actually mean?

    16:21 Are tech valuations measuring real innovation?

    21:03 Does geography determine who wins in technology?

    25:01 Will the U.S. and China dominate the next decade?

    29:31 Why Europe’s push for tech sovereignty is struggling

    33:05 Can government policy actually create innovation?

    37:24 PayPal vs. Skype: How innovation creates more innovation

    39:47 Is America’s technology dominance a zero-sum game?

    43:52 Who is the world’s third-largest technology power?

    45:07 Why “indispensability” may matter more than tech sovereignty

    47:00 What This global tech race means for business leaders

    48:32 Why AI investment is becoming more concentrated

    51:29 Are we betting too much on a few tech leaders?

    53:35 What Japan’s collapse can teach us about U.S. tech

    56:13 Could the AI bubble actually burst?

    59:22 Could China overtake the U.S. in Technology?

    1:03:29 When government helps and hurts innovation

    1:05:51 Predictions for the next era of global technology

    1:07:50 Do We need to redefine innovation?

    1:10:02 Where business leaders should look for innovation

    1:14:02 Why venture capital isn’t actually global

    1:18:00 Final thoughts

    1:19:41 About Info-Tech Research Group


    Connect with Mehran:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehrangul?originalSubdomain=ch

    X: https://x.com/mehrangul_


    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr 21 min
  • The AI Bubble Isn't the Dot-Com Bubble. It's Worse

    Are we in an AI bubble? Veteran Silicon Valley investor Bill Reichert says yes, but that doesn’t mean the AI revolution is slowing down.


    In this episode we sit down with Bill Reichert, General Partner at Pegasus Ventures, to discuss the unprecedented investment pouring into AI, why many AI startups will fail, and where the next wave of innovation could emerge. This conversation highlights everything from data centers and quantum computing to China’s growing technology ecosystem and what businesses need to do to innovate and compete.


    Bill also shares his “Yellow Jacket Paradox,” raising a bigger question about the future of AI: If biological intelligence can accomplish so much with so little energy, could a fundamentally new AI architecture eventually disrupt today’s LLMs, data centers, and AI leaders?


    Subscribe and follow for more conversations with the world’s leading thinkers on AI, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.


    In this episode:

    00:00 The AI bubble is here

    01:02 Why this tech cycle is different

    03:30 Is AI growth sustainable?

    04:18 Why most AI startups will fail

    06:11 What separates AI winners from the hype

    09:08 The “unfair advantage” in AI

    10:59 Where is the next big AI opportunity?

    13:16 Investing beyond generative AI

    18:13 Why AI is becoming a commodity

    19:05 The data center and energy opportunity

    20:17 How AI is transforming every industry

    22:23 Is AI changing venture capital?

    26:13 Does more investment create better technology?

    29:01 China, the US, and the global innovation race

    34:28 The race for quantum computing

    36:51 Is China really just copying the west?

    40:06 Why big companies struggle to innovate

    45:54 Startups as corporate innovation labs

    47:29 How to spot an overhyped tech vendor

    49:13 Why companies need to test before they invest

    51:04 Why innovation pilots fail

    52:49 Escaping “pilot hell”

    54:54 Will the pace of innovation ever slow down?

    57:30 How AI changes the future of work

    59:48 Does AI mean we’ll have to work harder?

    01:03:06 The leadership mistake that causes burnout

    01:06:08 Control vs. unlimited growth

    01:07:12 The “Yellow Jacket Paradox”

    01:09:29 Why today’s AI architecture may be wrong

    01:11:13 Will today’s data centers become obsolete?

    01:13:38 The price of innovation

    01:14:08 Closing thoughts


    Connect with Bill:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billreichert/


    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr 16 min
  • AI Has Made Everything Worse | Hany Farid on the Internet's Truth Problem

    Hany Farid, one of the world’s leading experts on deepfakes and digital forensics, joins us to explain why AI-generated content is pushing us toward a world where we can no longer trust what we see, hear, or even who we’re talking to online.

    From AI-generated misinformation and social media manipulation to voice cloning, deepfake video calls, and North Korean IT workers infiltrating major companies, Hany breaks down how rapidly the threat landscape is evolving. He explains why humans are not good at detecting deepfakes, how digital forensics experts actually identify manipulated media, and why organizations need to rethink cybersecurity, remote hiring, and digital identity.

    This episode also dives into Big Tech’s role in the crisis, whether regulation and liability can make technology safer, the growing influence of large language models on how we access information, and what it will take to rebuild trust online.

    Despite the risks, Hany remains optimistic about AI’s potential. The challenge, he argues, is learning from the mistakes of the social media era and finding a way to harness AI’s power without sacrificing safety, security, and trust.

    Subscribe and like this video for more conversations with the world's leading thinkers on AI, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.


    In this video:

    00:00 North Korean IT workers are already inside companies

    00:41 Welcome to a “trust no one” digital world

    01:49 How much of the internet is already fake?

    04:59 Are we heading toward the dead internet?

    07:06 What happens when we can’t agree on facts?

    08:20 The existential threat of a post-truth world

    09:49 Could AI control the information we see?

    11:33 Who is manipulating us online?

    13:20 How AI is supercharging scams and fraud

    15:41 Why you can’t reliably detect a Deepfake

    17:28 Should Big Tech be held liable?

    19:37 Hany’s Advice: Get social media off your phone

    21:26 Can liability force Big Tech to change?

    24:25 Should kids be banned from social media?

    25:37 The real problem with social media’s business model

    28:08 Will Big Tech control the future of AI?

    31:20 “China will beat us” and the case against AI regulation

    33:31 How experts actually detect deepfakes

    36:16 How real-time face swap deepfakes work

    39:39 The Deepfake threat facing businesses

    40:25 AI fraud is already costing companies millions

    41:47 How fake workers get hired

    42:49 Why voice biometrics are no longer secure


    #ai #futureofwork #technologypodcast #cybersecurity #deepfakes #digitaltrust #bigtech #aivoice #digitaltransformation #futureofjobs #futureofai #tedtalk


    Connect with Hany:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hany-farid-40a97935/


    Our links:

    Visit our website: https://www.infotech.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

    Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfoTechRG

    1 hr 2 min

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