AI for the Rest of Us: How to Survive the Future of Work

Everyone’s talking about AI - but most people still don’t get it. Is AI really coming for your job? Do you need to learn coding to stay relevant? Or is there a smarter, simpler way to adapt? In this episode of AgentBuild Expert Exchange, I sit down with Sairam Sundaresan - a true AI polymath whose journey spans Qualcomm, Intel Labs, NASA, and Valeo, where he now leads AI R&D for self-driving cars. He’s also a Top AI Creator on LinkedIn, author of AI for the Rest of Us (Bloomsbury), and writer of the Gradient Ascent newsletter featured in Forbes and Wired. We cut through the noise and talk about: 🚀 The biggest misconceptions about AI and jobs 🧠 Why coding isn’t a barrier to learning AI 👩‍🏫 How teachers, nurses, and small business owners can use AI today ⚙️ The truth about AI creativity and bias 💡 How to learn AI in just 30 minutes a week If you’ve ever felt left behind by AI - this episode will change how you see it. 🎧 Watch till the end for a rapid-fire round on AI myths, the future of work, and how to thrive in the age of intelligent systems. 👇 Timestamps: 00:00 Intro – Why “AI for the Rest of Us” 03:25 AI anxiety & job fears 08:10 Coding vs No-Coding in AI 12:45 Practical ways non-tech professionals can use AI 19:10 The truth about bias & creativity 25:40 The future of work & AI literacy 30:10 Rapid-fire round 📖 Get the book here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ai-for-the-rest-of-us-9798881867454/ Follow Sairam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-rothman/ About AgentBuild: I run AgentBuild, a global community where developers and business leaders learn to design and deploy AI agents. We run hands-on build circles and expert exchanges, so people don’t just learn theory—they leave with working prototypes and real skills. Our mission is to make agentic AI practical, accessible, and career-defining. AgentBuild Expert Exchange is a podcast where people closest to AI share what actually works. Each episode features leaders, startup founders, enterprise architects, authors, and builders who are near the action - inside startups, SMBs, and large enterprises. We break down the workflows, data choices, architecture trade-offs, evaluation, governance, and the messy realities between demo and production. “Expert Exchange” means expert-to-expert knowledge transfer: practical lessons, clear patterns, and stories you can reuse immediately. If you’re a data/AI engineer, architect, product leader, or operator who wants signal over noise, you’ll feel at home here. ▪️ AgentBuild Expert Exchange on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NDoXevGfEqBwWsqmBnndR?si=5cf8c8d3ca164d51 ▪️ AgentBuild Expert Exchange on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agentbuild-expert-exchange/id1839081259 ▪️ Join the AgentBuild Community: https://agentbuild.ai ▪️ Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.co/in/sandipanbhaumik