"2025 Year in Review - AI Didn’t Take Our Jobs … Just Our Weekends"

Episode Summary This episode is a straight talk, no-spin review of AI in 2025. These past twelve months were the year AI got real, not world-ending, not world-saving, just deeply practical. In this PROMPT This year-end recap, Greg and Clint look back at the hype cycles, the misses, the breakthroughs, and the many weekends they sacrificed building a podcast powered almost entirely by AI. From agentic AI and AGI predictions to synthetic media, job fears, and the 90-day learning curve that changed everything, they break down what actually mattered in AI this year. This episode is part of the PROMPT This Welcome Series, a curated starting point for new listeners. Explore the full series here →  https://www.promptthis.ai/prompt-this-podcast-start-here-series Chapter Breakdown 00:00 – What 2025 really felt like 01:00 – Why the podcast almost did not happen 02:00 – Falling for the AI hype early 03:30 – Deciding to learn AI by doing 04:00 – Using AI to build a podcast with two people 05:30 – The 90-day learning curve that changed everything 06:45 – Learning how AI writes and how to control it 07:45 – Using AI to improve prompts and thinking 08:45 – Was 2025 the year AI got real 09:15 – Agentic AI, AGI, and inflated promises 10:45 – Why most AI business projects failed 11:30 – ChatGPT-5 hype versus reality 12:45 – AI as software, not science fiction 14:00 – Is AI really taking jobs 15:30 – Layoffs, stimulus money, and convenient narratives 18:00 – Synthetic media and content trust issues 20:00 – AI in creative work versus real expertise 21:30 – Marketing noise and standing out 23:00 – Sales outreach at scale and buyer overload 24:45 – Predictions for AI in 2026 26:30 – What happens to SDR and entry-level roles 28:00 – College grads, fear, and reality 31:00 – Personal takeaways from learning AI 32:30 – Final thoughts on skills that will matter next year 33:00 – Closing and what comes next