Horse Cart to Moon Landing to Waymo: Larry Switzer on AI, Innovation Cycles and the Future of Jobs

Larry Switzer opens this episode with a story about his grandfather, a man born in western Pennsylvania who never left except to fight World War II, and who lived to see humans walk on the moon. Larry's point is simple and powerful: the innovation cycle is only accelerating from here.At RSA 2026 in San Francisco, that acceleration was on full display. Autonomous Waymo vehicles navigating live city traffic. Larry rode in one and came away with an unexpected feeling: he trusted the computer's data driven decision making more than he would a stranger behind the wheel. Smoother. More consistent. No stop and start.And behind every one of those decisions? Data. Massive amounts of it. In real time.That is the backdrop for the second half of this conversation, where Larry addresses the question everyone in tech is wrestling with: is AI taking jobs?His take is grounded and clear. AI is automation. Just like mechanical automation before it, the result is not the elimination of work but the redirection of smart people toward harder, more valuable problems. The challenge is not a lack of work. It is a shortage of technically trained people ready to take on what is next.Featuring Larry Switzer and the team at Ziggiz.AI.🙏 Thank you Larry Switzer for this incredible conversation on Wake Up X. From horse carts to autonomous vehicles to petabyte scale cybersecurity, your perspective on where we are and where we are going is something everyone in this industry needs to hear. Proud to feature you and the work at Ziggiz.AI. 🎙️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLODZHZk6rF5j9esSSLcFbvDGJSqlhs2ZMApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wake-up-x-securing-tomorrow-empowering-today-with/id1792821643