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Episodes: 127
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Location: USA
dan@modernproductminds.com
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Dan Blumberg - Independent technologist and former NPR journalist. Host of Future Around & Find Out, interviewing builders changing how we work, live, and play; focuses on AI and emerging technology implications,...
Calum Chace - Automation And Job Displacement Timelines; “apocaloptimist” Vs Worst-case Planning; Verifying AI Agents Before Harmful Actions; Implications For Career Planning
Jay Dixit - Using AI As A Partner For Ideation And Feedback Rather Than Writing On Your Behalf; Flipping Prompts Into Interviews; Preventing Lazy/default Thinking; AI Use Across The Writing Workflow
The Pope Speaks Directly to Builders, Implores Us to "Disarm AI"
May 29, 2026
The Pope's encyclical on AI has a direct message for builders: every design choice reflects a vision of humanity. He's calling on developers to "disarm" AI — to resist the race for dominance and ask whether we're actually building a future worth having.On the latest FAFO Friday, Dan and Kwaku dig into the encyclical, plus two big moves to restrict AI in schools: the American Federation of Teachers calling for drastic cuts to screens and AI chatbots, and UC Berkeley Law School banning nearly a...
What's Our Plan If AI Really Does Take All the Jobs? We Should Probably Figure That Out Now
May 19, 2026
"It would be humanity's biggest ever unforced error."Silicon Valley has changed its tune. After years of warning us their AI was going to take all the jobs, the big AI companies — and their investors — would now rather we stop talking about it. A16Z calls the jobs apocalypse talk "unhelpful marketing, bad economics, and worse history" (note the order). Even writers Dan trusts more, like Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, have lately poured cold water on the idea.Calum Chace is not so blasé.Ten ye...
Oops! AI Titans Realize Predicting a Jobs Apocalypse Is "Unhelpful Marketing" | FAFO Friday
May 16, 2026
The AI narrative shifting… Jobs apocalypse? What jobs apocalypse!? Who said that was coming? There's been a noticeable shift from the AI titans recently. Turns out (shocker!) the world isn't responding well to being told we'll all be out of a job soon. And Silicon Valley is waking up to the fact that they need more popular support — both for the data centers they hope to build quickly and also for their upcoming IPOs. Meanwhile, the AI outrage is building. This week in AI anxiety: Students bo...
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