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EPISODE · May 30, 2025 · 12 MIN

4th Shift

from The Shift Register · host Lyle Sharp

New tools and technologies are coming out every week that have an impact on our businesses, careers, and personal lives. In this issue, we identify some AI sense and world model embodiment advances toward AGI as well as some new robots that are out there. We also look at free gasoline from air and a supposed Anti-gravity engine. One of these is a real product coming soon and the other is about as likely as passing a $3 bill at a bank. I know which is which and you will too if you read my take on it in this issue of The Shift Register. Additionally, some new AI driven tools like NotebookLM from Google are making marketing departments super happy by providing for some instant podcast style content generation based on their adcopy. Meanwhile, here at The Shift Register I'm using the same tool to try and expand our own audience base. You can LISTEN to the last issue here.Some of these AI tools are truly amazing in what they can accomplish without hallucinations. Keep in mind that this specific tool, while reducing content creation costs and effort levels, is absolutely killing some job opportunities. Not that I would hire any pod-casters to summarize our issues, but folk with actual marketing budgets might have hired out that kind of work previously. Why would they do so now? What's your take on this particular SHIFT? Comment on our Facebook page to let us know. Take our poll.

New tools and technologies are coming out every week that have an impact on our businesses, careers, and personal lives. In this issue, we identify some AI sense and world model embodiment advances toward AGI as well as some new robots that are out there. We also look at free gasoline from air and a supposed Anti-gravity engine. One of these is a real product coming soon and the other is about as likely as passing a $3 bill at a bank. I know which is which and you will too if you read my take on it in this issue of The Shift Register. Additionally, some new AI driven tools like NotebookLM from Google are making marketing departments super happy by providing for some instant podcast style content generation based on their adcopy. Meanwhile, here at The Shift Register I'm using the same tool to try and expand our own audience base. You can LISTEN to the last issue here.Some of these AI tools are truly amazing in what they can accomplish without hallucinations. Keep in mind that this specific tool, while reducing content creation costs and effort levels, is absolutely killing some job opportunities. Not that I would hire any pod-casters to summarize our issues, but folk with actual marketing budgets might have hired out that kind of work previously. Why would they do so now? What's your take on this particular SHIFT? Comment on our Facebook page to let us know. Take our poll.

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