AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONIndiana's AI future will be decided by the people willing to build, teach, fund, hire, and keep learning now. Jason talks with Chris Hutchinson, Director of Engagement at TechPoint, about how TechPoint and CICP connect Indiana's tech economy through the Indiana AI Innovation Network, CIO and CDO peer groups, founder support, Xtern, Xtern Challenge, and the Mira Awards. The conversation moves from hockey and Hoosier hospitality into the hard questions: whether Indiana can support both big-company attraction and small startups, how higher ed is leaning into AI, why K-12 cannot stay risk-averse forever, and what the average worker may feel by 2027. Chris makes the case for collaboration as Indiana's edge. Jason pushes the education and workforce angle harder: students need to create with AI, not simply consume with it.ABOUT THE GUESTChris Hutchinson is Director of Engagement at TechPoint, the CICP initiative focused on Indiana's technology community and digital innovation economy. He works across engagement, community, business development, member relationships, and TechPoint's peer networks. Before TechPoint, Chris worked in Indiana's startup community as a founder, operator, and growth leader, including time with Fastek, 1150 Academy, and The Engineered Innovation Group.GUEST LINKSChris Hutchinson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishutchinson33/TechPoint: https://techpoint.org/CICP: https://www.cicpindiana.com/TIME STAMPS00:00 - Chris Hutchinson, TechPoint, and CICP01:08 - Hockey, sports psychology, and Indiana startups03:30 - CICP's five initiatives and TechPoint's role08:14 - TechPoint's innovation, talent, and community pillars10:34 - Eric Christopher, CIO leaders, and the CDO Network14:33 - No-sales peer networks and the Indiana AI Innovation Network18:37 - Founders Network and support for Indiana startups21:10 - Mira Awards and Indiana's biggest night in tech24:54 - Xtern, Xtern Challenge, and AI talent pipelines31:53 - Hard-tech corridor, VC access, and startup reality35:02 - Higher ed, K-12 AI literacy, and workforce readiness47:08 - AI creation skills, human work, and the 2027 questionCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONo Code CAIO newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/newsletter/Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDTechPoint: https://techpoint.org/CICP: https://www.cicpindiana.com/Indiana AI Innovation Network: https://techpoint.org/ai-innovation-network/Indiana CIO Network: https://techpoint.org/indiana-cio-network/Indiana CDO Network: https://techpoint.org/indiana-cdo-network/Indiana Founders Network: https://techpoint.org/indiana-founders-network/Xtern: https://techpoint.org/xtern/Xtern Challenge: https://techpoint.org/xtern/xtern-challenge/Mira Awards, 2026: https://techpoint.org/mira-awards/CIESC: https://ciesc.org/Keep Indiana Learning: https://keepindianalearning.org/Moe Kaden, CitizenAI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moexkadenCitizenAI: https://www.mycitizen.ai/

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONTiffany Preston spent 19 years putting away the kind of people most of us never want to think about. As a federal prosecutor she convicted Buster Hernandez, the "Brian Kil" sextortionist who threatened at least 375 kids and drew a 75-year sentence. So when she talks about how AI is changing crimes against children, it lands differently.She and Jason get into the part that should worry every parent. Generative AI has made it nearly impossible to prove whether an explicit image is real, and predators are weaponizing that against kids who never did anything. A kid gets a message: a video of you exists, pay up or it goes to everyone you know, and good luck proving it is fake.Her advice is specific and hard-won. Back away from the phone. Do not respond, because engaging is what the predator wants. Get law enforcement involved, and tell your kid you will love them even if they made a mistake, because shame is the weapon. They also cover the family safe word that beats AI voice-cloning scams, the Character.AI case, The Anxious Generation, and why you cannot out-tech your own children.CONTENT NOTEThis episode discusses online child exploitation, sextortion, and suicide. If you or someone you know needs support, call or text 988.ABOUT THE GUESTTiffany Preston spent 19 years as a federal prosecutor, most of them as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana, where she specialized in internet crimes against children and served as the district's Project Safe Childhood, Human Trafficking, and Kidnapping Coordinator. She prosecuted Buster Hernandez, the "Brian Kil" mass sextortionist sentenced to 75 years in federal prison for crimes against at least 375 minors. She left the DOJ in December 2025 and is now a Litigation Senior Attorney at Cook Medical in Bloomington, Indiana. She speaks regularly to parents and schools about keeping kids safe online.GUEST LINKSCook Medical: https://www.cookmedical.com/TIME STAMPS00:00 - 19 years prosecuting crimes against children25:58 - Why generative AI images are breaking child exploitation cases28:35 - The family friend who used AI to target a child he knew33:10 - Back away from the phone, and the "be boring" rule39:00 - I love you and I'll help you even if you made a mistake44:44 - The family safe word that beats AI voice cloning47:41 - The Anxious Generation and social media built like a slot machine52:03 - You cannot out-tech your kids57:06 - The Character.AI case and AI toys headed for kids' rooms1:04:12 - Is superintelligence around the cornerCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDThe Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/Buster Hernandez "Brian Kil" DOJ case: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/child-predator-and-cyberterrorist-buster-hernandez-aka-briankil-sentenced-75-yearsGarcia v. Character Technologies (Character.AI wrongful death case)Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force: https://www.in.gov/isp/icactf/NCMEC CyberTipline: https://report.cybertip.org/FBI tips: https://tips.fbi.gov/

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONOpenAI is handing out 50 million dollars in unrestricted cash to nonprofits, and the application closes July 15. Julie is off this week, so Jason Padgett brought in his boss, CitizenAI Chief Operating Officer Oliver Belanger, to break down the OpenAI Foundation's 2026 People-First AI Fund and what it takes to actually win it. The pitch is almost suspiciously simple. Grants run up to 10 percent of your annual operating budget, the money hits your books as unrestricted funds, the reporting is light, and OpenAI does not even require you to use ChatGPT. Eligibility covers U.S. 501c3 nonprofits with annual budgets between 500K and 10 million dollars, across three categories: community support services, arts and culture, and journalism and media. CitizenAI is already helping nonprofits write and submit, starting in Indiana. They also get into why the labs are suddenly courting a public that hands them a 28 percent approval rating, Anthropic's 150 million dollar Claude Corps, open-weight models like GLM, and the AI skills that still matter once the model writes your email. ABOUT THE GUESTOliver Belanger is the Chief Operating Officer of CitizenAI, an AI platform that connects people with social benefit programs and helps nonprofits, community colleges, and healthcare systems adopt AI. A software engineer who entered tech through a workforce development program, he leads CitizenAI's work helping nonprofits apply for the OpenAI People-First AI Fund. GUEST LINKSOliver Belanger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverbelanger/CitizenAI: https://mycitizen.aiCitizenAI on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mycitizenai TIME STAMPS00:00 - Julie is out, CitizenAI's COO steps in00:56 - OpenAI's 50 million dollar People-First AI Fund02:28 - How OpenAI went from nonprofit to public benefit05:30 - Why the AI labs flipped from fear to public good08:31 - The three grant categories and who qualifies10:07 - Why unrestricted funds and light reporting matter13:43 - No ChatGPT required, plus Codex vs Claude17:15 - Open-weight economics: GLM at 30 cents per million tokens22:22 - The AI skills that actually hold value46:34 - Anthropic's 150 million dollar Claude Corps47:56 - Talent wars across the frontier labs55:21 - Last words: how CitizenAI helps you win the cash CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] AGI PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/network TOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett RESOURCES MENTIONED GRANTS AND PROGRAMSOpenAI People-First AI Fund: https://openaifoundation.org/news/2026-people-first-ai-fundOpenAI Foundation: https://openaifoundation.org/Anthropic Claude Corps: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-corpsCitizenAI on TechPoint: https://techpoint.org/ai-resources/citizenai/ AI TOOLS AND MODELSChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/codex/Claude: https://claude.ai/Grok by xAI: https://grok.com/Microsoft Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/GLM open-weight models by Z.ai: https://z.ai/MagicSchool AI: https://www.magicschool.ai/SchoolAI: https://schoolai.com/WorkBoard: https://www.workboard.com/ 

Morgan Mason works with early childhood educators, coaches, and school leaders through Keep Indiana Learning, and she brings a grounded view to a conversation that can get weird fast: what should AI do around young children?Jason and Morgan talk through AI toys, Mr. Potato Head with a language model inside, the risks of sycophancy and anthropomorphism, and the bigger opportunity sitting right beside those risks. AI could help educators communicate with families across language barriers, support early literacy, plan better lessons, and give teachers time back for the human parts of the job.This episode stays with the early childhood and K-6 question. Young kids need play, relationships, curiosity, and adults who are paying attention. They also need adults who are willing to learn enough about AI to guide them.ABOUT THE GUESTMorgan Mason is a Professional Learning Specialist with Keep Indiana Learning, the professional learning department of CIESC. Her work focuses on early childhood, early literacy, coaching, and support for educators and school leaders across Indiana. Before joining Keep Indiana Learning, she taught elementary grades and served as an instructional coach.GUEST LINKSLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-mason-9719b9235/Keep Indiana Learning: https://keepindianalearning.org/CIESC: https://ciesc.org/TIME STAMPS00:00 - Morgan Mason and Keep Indiana Learning02:47 - Activity-based learning, Alpha School, and the Path School04:59 - AI for young children and why early educators are cautious08:28 - Social media, guardrails, and the mistake of waiting too long12:00 - Sycophancy, anthropomorphism, and AI relationships15:07 - Language development and AI as a possible support18:28 - The Schoolhouse Rock version of how LLMs work21:00 - MagicSchool AI, teacher training, and district adoption30:19 - Morgan's tool stack: ChatGPT, NotebookLM, Gemini, and Canva37:00 - Indiana's AI education momentum40:31 - Student-centered coaching as an adoption model47:11 - Letting kids show adults what AI can make possibleCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONED- Keep Indiana Learning: https://keepindianalearning.org/- CIESC: https://ciesc.org/- Alpha School: https://alpha.school/- The Anxious Generation: https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/- MagicSchool AI: https://www.magicschool.ai/- NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/- Canva: https://www.canva.com/- ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/- Claude: https://claude.ai/- Replit: https://replit.com/- Codex: https://openai.com/codex/

Jason put OpenAI's Codex and Claude CoWork in the same Slack channel and told them to automate his workflow. They saved hours, built working software, duplicated work, defended territory, missed messages, and required more management than either agent expected.That experiment opens a wider Weekly Blitz conversation with Julie Koehrer about the human skills agentic work will demand. Clear instructions matter. Shared context matters. Someone still has to define success, resolve conflict, and recognize when an impressive output hides a broken process.Jason and Julie also unpack AI psychosis, digital coparenting, education after AI, elder care marketing, OpenAI nonprofit funding, economic incentives, China's GLM-5.2, and Hasbro's AI characters.TIME STAMPS00:00 - Father's Day, parenting, and Red Foreman02:00 - Two meanings of AI psychosis03:16 - Codex and Claude CoWork in Slack06:16 - Why agents need communication rules08:09 - ChatGPT as a digital coparent11:24 - Automating calendars, inboxes, and social assets18:01 - Education after AI19:46 - AI marketing in elder care23:31 - OpenAI funding for nonprofits25:24 - UBI, incentives, and social impact30:05 - China and GLM-5.234:41 - Agent management and AI-powered toysCONNECT WITH JASON [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/newsletter/AGI PODCAST NETWORKhttps://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/RESOURCEShttps://www.wired.com/story/momfluencers-are-pitching-ai-as-a-better-coparent-than-men/https://openai.com/index/people-first-ai-fund/https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.2

Lena Darnay spent years as a school librarian before she landed at the Central Indiana Educational Service Center, and that librarian's brain turns out to be exactly what the AI moment needs. In this School's Out Saturdays conversation she and Jason dig into why K-12 has to expose kids to AI early instead of blocking it, why every industry panel she has ever sat on names the same must-have skill, spreadsheets, and why the old blame game between K-12, higher ed, and employers has to end. Jason makes his case against Carmel Schools, which trained its teachers on AI for two and a half years and still keeps it out of the classroom. The two get into anthropomorphism, sycophancy, and the Character AI tragedy that should worry every parent. They also cover Indiana's new diploma seals, the SAIL leadership work at CIESC, vibe coding a conference app in Replit, and what Plato's Republic has to do with Sam Altman. Lena closes on grief, sci-fi, and radical acceptance.ABOUT THE GUESTLena Darnay is Director of Communications at the Central Indiana Educational Service Center, or CIESC, the largest of Indiana's nine educational service centers, serving 35 member districts and about 220,000 students. A former high school librarian and instructional technology specialist, she moved into the service center world during the pandemic and now helps lead the SAIL AI leadership work through Keep Indiana Learning, CIESC's professional development arm. She holds an undergraduate degree in marketing and a master of library science from Indiana University.GUEST LINKSLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-g-darnay/CIESC: https://ciesc.org/Keep Indiana Learning: https://keepindianalearning.org/TIME STAMPS00:00 - The service center model most people never see07:20 - What SAIL is and why Jason got pulled in10:45 - Carmel Schools and the case for AI in K-12 now16:22 - The entry-level job is about to change20:44 - The one skill every employer names: spreadsheets22:31 - Why philosophy and library science degrees matter again28:06 - Socrates, Plato, and AI's philosopher kings33:21 - Ikigai, Alpha School, and exposing kids early46:37 - Anthropomorphism, sycophancy, and the Character AI tragedy54:34 - Sci-fi, grief, and The Poppy FieldsCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Partnerships and Growth at [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/All AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio: https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm: https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow: https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDCentral Indiana Educational Service Center: https://ciesc.org/Keep Indiana Learning: https://keepindianalearning.org/Alpha School, 2 Hour Learning model: https://alpha.school/The Poppy Fields by Nikki ErlickRobopocalypse by Daniel H. WilsonReplit: https://replit.com/Notebook LM: https://notebooklm.google.com/Character AI: https://character.ai/People referenced: Ryan Murray, Tanika Kennardle, and Jenna Cooper at CIESC and SAIL, Dr. Nicole Adams at Purdue, Ann Lefwich at Indiana University, Geoffrey Hinton, Amanda Askell at Anthropic, Reid Hoffman

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONA frontier AI model got pulled offline by executive order this week, and Jason and Julie use it to open a bigger question. The government was ahead of nuclear and ahead of UAPs, and for the first time it is behind, trying to regulate a technology that did not start in its labs and that officials admit they do not fully understand. The two get into what happens to a business when its operating-system-level model goes dark overnight, why every company may want a fine-tuned open-source model sitting on a work laptop as a backup, and whether Dario Amodei's warnings about AI danger were conviction or pre-IPO positioning.The back half turns to the Moonshots podcast with Peter Diamandis and a claim that stops Julie cold: the first baby who will live to a thousand may already be born. They weigh cell-age reversal, GLP-1s as a possible longevity drug and the next Prozac, the FDA bottlenecks worth keeping, and the genetic-reprogramming debate that turns dystopian the second you move the line past disease. Plato's philosopher kings, lab-grown meat, Argentina recognizing AI personhood, and Elon's trillion-dollar paper valuation all get a turn.TIME STAMPS00:00 - A frontier model pulled offline by executive order03:30 - Was Dario Amodei's danger warning principle or pre-IPO positioning05:40 - Model routers and what happens when your operating-system model goes dark06:35 - AWS outages and why every business may need an open-source backup09:15 - Moonshots, longevity, and the first baby who may live a thousand years13:00 - Reversing a cell's age and whether we cure cancer this decade14:40 - GLP-1s as a longevity drug and the next Prozac17:30 - Philosopher kings, lab-grown meat, and following the money18:35 - Elon's trillion-dollar valuation and a stock market built on belief19:55 - Bernie Sanders, Sam Altman, and a 50 percent tax on the frontier labs25:00 - Genetic reprogramming, the IVF parallel, and the moving line in the sand26:00 - Argentina, AI personhood, and integrating with the machineCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/newsletter/ Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDMoonshots with Peter Diamandis: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis/id1648228034Project Glasswing (Anthropic): https://www.anthropic.com/glasswingPlato, The Republic (the philosopher kings concept)Alpha-gal syndrome, the lone star tick red meat allergy

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONScouting America rolled out an AI merit badge in fall 2025, and Bryon Haverstick is about to put it in front of around 30 kids at the University of Scouting at Purdue on December 5. Bryon runs scouting across 14 counties in north central Indiana for the Sagamore Council, and the event has grown into the largest University of Scouting in the country, close to 3,000 people from 26 states last year. Jason teaches one of the AI sessions, Michael Witt teaches another, and a Purdue professor runs a third.The two get into what the badge covers: key terminology, where AI shows up in everyday life and work, deepfakes and how to spot them, ethics, and a project where scouts design and teach a lesson of their own. They talk about why scouting's two-deep leadership rule maps cleanly onto keeping kids safe with AI, why Bryon thinks the social media mistake was going hands-off, and how he built a council marketing plan in 30 minutes that would have cost 45 to 60 thousand dollars to hire out. Jason calls his shot too: give kids a beginner's mind and they will show the adults things these machines can do that nobody expected.ABOUT THE GUESTBryon Haverstick, CNP, is the assistant scout executive and chief operating officer of the Sagamore Council of Scouting America, covering 14 counties across north central Indiana from the Greater Lafayette area. A St. Louis native and Lindenwood University graduate, he has led council operations since 2017 and built the council's University of Scouting at Purdue into the largest single-day youth event on campus and the largest event of its kind in the country.GUEST LINKSLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryon-haverstick-cnp-1465188/Sagamore Council: https://www.sagamorecouncil.org/University of Scouting at Purdue, December 4-6, 2026: https://scoutingevent.com/162-100441TIME STAMPS00:00 - The Sagamore Council and University of Scouting at Purdue02:32 - Scouting's new AI merit badge and its first year05:02 - The eight requirements, from key terms to deepfakes to careers06:22 - Sycophancy, anthropomorphism, and what kids need under the hood07:51 - Catching scams with Perplexity and a $350 fake invoice11:04 - Why quality instructors matter more than credentials17:24 - Soft skills, collaboration, and a post-event virtual meetup22:19 - Social media's misstep and going hands-on with AI27:03 - Two-deep leadership applied to digital and AI safety31:30 - Consumers versus creators and the China comparison40:42 - A council marketing plan built in 30 minutes with ChatGPT42:35 - Podcasting on the cheap and a beginner's mind for kidsCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education -> [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio -> https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm -> https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow -> https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDArtificial Intelligence merit badge, Scouting America: https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/artificial-intelligence/University of Scouting at Purdue, December 4-6, 2026: https://scoutingevent.com/162-100441Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONEverybody throws around "agentic AI" like it means the same thing as the chatbot they have used since 2022. It does not, and Jason walks Julie through exactly where the line sits. A chat interface answers your question. An agent goes off and does the work. Jason's own setup pulls a week of voice memos out of NotebookLM, drafts the No Code CAIO and Field Notes newsletters, pushes them to GitHub, and ships them to Cloudflare while he barely reviews a thing.Then it turns local. SK Hynix is putting a 3.87 billion dollar chip-packaging plant in West Lafayette, residents have a lawsuit going over transparency, and Indiana keeps handing billion-dollar companies decades of zero sales tax just to show up. Jason and Julie get into the part nobody says out loud: golf courses use five times the water data centers do, the California almond industry dwarfs both, and we the people keep paying the electricity bill while big tech hands out a hundred million for overseas social programs and calls it generosity. Plus Jason's read on Bernie Sanders wanting the government to take a 50 percent equity stake in OpenAI, Anthropic, and the rest, and why he thinks that one backfires.TIME STAMPS00:00 - Chat interface vs agentic AI and why everyone confuses them01:11 - Stochastic parrots, reasoning models, and the strawberry problem04:30 - Why agents were too risky before the models got reliable06:08 - From internet search to custom GPTs to true agents07:43 - Jason's agentic newsletter workflow with NotebookLM and Cloudflare11:42 - Inference costs, the five Claude models, and LLM routers15:59 - Does digital marketing run on the same data centers as agents18:30 - Golf courses, almonds, and where the media aims the spotlight20:39 - Data center water use and the case for nuclear, solar, and wind22:03 - SK Hynix, the transparency lawsuit, and protecting homeowners24:54 - Public AI education, lifetime learning, and Bernie's equity plan30:30 - AI, democracy, and whether we still need representativesCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education -> [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio -> https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm -> https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow -> https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDSK Hynix West Lafayette advanced packaging plant: https://news.skhynix.com/sk-hynix-signs-investment-agreement-of-advanced-chip-packaging-with-indiana/Karen Hao, Empire of AI: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743569/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao/Bernie Sanders, American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, June 2026: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5906140-sanders-ai-ownership-wealth/AI customer service chatbot liability, Air Canada tribunal ruling, February 2024NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONAnne Leftwich runs learning technologies for all of Indiana University, and her message to AI holdouts is blunt: you can't shape what you won't use. Refuse to touch the tools and you forfeit your seat in the conversation about how they get used in your classroom and your kid's bedroom. In this episode she walks through how IU earned the AI Transformation Award at TechPoint's 2026 Mira Awards, why President Pam Whitten pushed for a GenAI 101 course that takes students, faculty, and staff from their first prompt all the way to building an AI agent, and what she learned watching her fifth graders train a chatbot and discover algorithmic bias without any adult pointing it out. We also get into the Lilly Endowment AI implementation grant, why she calls AI a Trojan horse for sneaking good pedagogy back into education, why banning tools in K-12 fails the same way abstinence-only everything fails, and her friend Brad Wheeler's math on the pace of change: what used to take a year now happens in 45 days.ABOUT THE GUESTAnne Leftwich is the Associate Vice President for Learning Technologies at Indiana University, where she reports directly to the CIO and helps lead AI strategy across every IU campus. She holds the Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology as a professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the IU School of Education, with over 20 years of research on K-12 technology adoption, computer science education, and AI education. Her NSF-funded PrimaryAI curriculum teaches artificial intelligence to students in grades 3 through 5 through life science.GUEST LINKSLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-leftwich-9b52646/Indiana University profile: https://uits.iu.edu/about/leadership/aleftwic.htmlTIME STAMPS00:00 - Anne's role at IU and the Mira AI Transformation Award03:42 - Why students resist AI07:35 - You can't shape what you won't use12:08 - Lilly Endowment grant and IU's four work streams14:48 - NotebookLM, Claude tutors, and rethinking the lecture20:53 - Fifth graders discover chatbot bias25:08 - Why banning AI in K-12 backfires31:28 - Sycophancy, AI Barbie, and teaching what's under the hood39:54 - Soft skills and how to measure critical thinking49:42 - Rapid fire: org charts, philosophy jobs, robotics, the singularityCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDGenAI 101, IU's free course now open worldwide: https://expand.iu.edu/browse/learningtech/gen-ai/courses/genai-101TechPoint 2026 Mira Awards: https://techpoint.org/2026-mira-awards-winners-indiana-techpoint/PrimaryAI, NSF-funded elementary AI curriculum: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1934153Google NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/Magic School AI: https://www.magicschool.ai/SchoolAI: https://schoolai.com/Lilly Endowment: https://lillyendowment.org/

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONPope Leo XIV dropped roughly 43,000 words on AI in his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and Anthropic's co-founder sat at the Vatican to mark the moment. Jason and Julie work through what the Pope got right, the pragmatic warnings about power concentration and worker displacement, and where the document jumps ahead of the actual conversation by debating AI rights before we've even reckoned with what social media did to kids. Along the way: Julie's mom is dealing with delirium in a nursing facility, and a beeping air mattress becomes a perfect case for ambient AI that explains itself instead of just making noise. UnitedHealth is now running AI bot calls into nursing home rooms, refusing to admit it's a bot even when asked directly. Plus the case for family safe words in the deepfake era, voice-based prompt engineering as a side hustle waiting to happen, predatory subscription traps from Hulu to Apple iCloud, and why tech founders like Musk, Altman, and Amodei might be quietly building toward a god complex.TIME STAMPS00:00 - AI in elder care and Julie's mom's delirium02:47 - Deepfake safe words for vulnerable family members06:10 - UnitedHealth's AI bot calls into nursing rooms10:43 - Voice-based prompt engineering as a business opportunity14:21 - Predatory subscription traps and AI cleanup tools we wish existed22:38 - Platform strategy: where AI buyers actually live online24:43 - Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas and Anthropic at the Vatican27:09 - Where the encyclical jumps ahead and where it lands32:00 - The God complex problem in Silicon Valley35:11 - Demis Hassabis, neurobiology, and where religion comes inCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDPope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, released May 25, 2026: https://www.vatican.vaAnthropic: https://www.anthropic.comClaude: https://claude.aiNotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.comDemis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMindUnitedHealth Group: https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com

Jeremy Hill handed his Richmond High School students MagicSchool and told them to break it. They couldn't, and that two-week red-team is why teachers across the district trusted the tool enough to let students use it. Hill, MagicSchool's 2025 AI Educator of the Year, joins Jason with two of his tech team members, high school junior Sophia Hill and Wittenberg University sophomore Maren Bolser, for a conversation about what AI in school looks like when students run the show.They get into why university crowds booed AI at graduations this spring, the literacy gap forming before AI has even turned three, and the line between using AI as a thought partner and an answer vending machine. Maren talks about using MagicSchool to work around a learning disability. The group debates the Alpha School model, the bet on Ivy Tech over four-year degrees, and whether Demis Hassabis is right that we're standing in the foothills of the singularity. Hill's closing argument: give the problems to the kids and let them spread the solution.ABOUT THE GUESTSJeremy Hill is an eLearning specialist and Tech Team facilitator at Richmond Community Schools in Indiana, and MagicSchool's 2025 AI Educator of the Year. For ten years he has run a student-led model where the Richmond High School Tech Team pilots tools, leads professional development, and trains teachers across the district.Sophia Hill is a Richmond High School student heading into her junior year and a member of the Tech Team's presentation group. Maren Bolser is a former Richmond Tech Team member now entering her sophomore year at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.GUEST LINKSJeremy Hill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-hill-0a3a117b/Richmond Community Schools: https://www.linkedin.com/company/richmond-community-schools/TIME STAMPS00:00 - Meet Jeremy Hill and the Richmond Tech Team01:11 - Ten years in, and the MagicSchool Educator of the Year award02:44 - How students red-teamed MagicSchool before the launch04:30 - Why college crowds booed AI at graduation this spring06:00 - The literacy gap forming before AI has turned three13:59 - What is the point of K-12 when AI can answer anything20:55 - Who gets the productivity gains, a shorter week or a bigger paycheck24:48 - The Alpha School model and the equity question26:40 - Thought partner vs answer machine, and AI with a learning disability39:22 - Four-year degrees vs micro-credentials and the Ivy Tech bet49:19 - Demis Hassabis, the singularity, and the five-year question53:54 - Closing messages: give the problems to the kidsCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDRichmond Tech Team on the Exceptional Educators Podcast: https://exceptionaleducatorspodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-visionaries-richmond-high-schools-tech-team-students-on-ai-shaping-edtech-and-responsible-tech-useMagicSchool: https://www.magicschool.ai/SchoolAI: https://schoolai.com/Brisk Teaching: https://www.briskteaching.com/NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/Alpha School: https://alpha.school/Ivy Tech: https://www.ivytech.edu/Ditch That Textbook (Matt Miller): https://ditchthattextbook.com/The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONThree commencement speakers got booed this month for mentioning AI, and the reactions say something real. Eric Schmidt got drowned out at Arizona. Gloria Caulfield couldn't finish a sentence at UCF. Scott Borchetta told Middle Tennessee State students to "deal with it" and got the response you'd expect from arts and media graduates who just watched their career field get disrupted. Jason argues the fear is partly media-manufactured rage bait, but it lands on real anxiety about jobs and what happens when none of this trickles down.The week's news moved fast. A federal jury took less than two hours to throw out Musk's entire lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling every claim was filed outside the three-year statute of limitations. The key: texts and emails from Altman and Brockman in 2018 notifying Musk that a for-profit shift was coming. Demis Hassabis closed Google IO by telling the world we're at the foothills of the singularity, which made Sundar Pichai's job very complicated. SpaceX filed its S-1 on May 20 targeting a potential $2 trillion valuation. And Andrej Karpathy, who coined "vibe coding," announced he's joining Anthropic's pre-training team.Julie also shares how she used Gemini to research her mother's delirium and sepsis in real time, arriving at appointments with sourced material from the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, and NIH. The medical system missed her mom's kidney stones for seven months. Having that research ready changed the dynamic with medical staff entirely. That's the use case that makes all of this worth talking about.TIMESTAMPS00:01 - Memorial Day intro and the Indy 50001:42 - Three commencement speakers, three rounds of boos04:30 - Rage baiting, Gen Alpha AI sabotage stats, and Richmond High's red team09:14 - Local radio as a model for community-first AI coverage10:57 - Google IO: Demis Hassabis says we're at the foothills of the singularity13:33 - UFOs, close encounters, and a Japanese physicist on Dwarkesh15:41 - AlphaFold, longevity science, and Jason's health recalculation18:11 - Gen Z vs millennials: disruption doesn't always mean destruction20:22 - Three AI agents running in the other room21:10 - Julie uses Gemini to research her mom's delirium and sepsis25:18 - AI outdiagnosing doctors26:34 - Elon loses the OpenAI trial: statute of limitations explained27:50 - SpaceX files for potentially the largest IPO in US history27:52 - Karpathy joins Anthropic, Anthropic nears first profitable quarter29:06 - Zuckerberg's keyboard monitors and what that signals about Meta31:27 - The trickle-down question nobody in AI is answeringCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTDirector of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] PODCAST NETWORKSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDGoogle IO 2026: https://io.google/2026/Magic School AI: https://www.magicschool.ai/Richmond Community School Corporation: https://www.richmondk12.net/Dwarkesh Podcast: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/Cleveland Clinic: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/National Institutes of Health: https://www.nih.gov/SpaceX S-1 filing (May 20, 2026): Nasdaq ticker SPCX

A Purdue computer science junior breaks down the real AI job market for new grads. Why Big Tech froze entry-level hiring, where the actual opportunities sit, and what technical skills survive when AI writes code.Key topics covered:Why Meta, Amazon, and Big Tech aren't hiring entry-level CS gradsWhere startups and SMBs are paying premium for AI-fluent gradsThe "individual contributor" hiring trendHarness engineering and why AI agents need guardrailsData hygiene, evals, and model cost optimizationBuilding personal AI coaches from public data (Naval Ravikant case study)Managing Claude Code context windows with PrimerMDWhy Anthropic's enterprise focus reduces AI sycophancyAmerican consumer mentality vs Chinese creator cultureThe Korean "filling trash bin" problem with AI as therapistRed teaming as a college majorWhy "taste and judgment" beat AI replicationBottom line: New CS grads who skip Big Tech, learn to architect AI systems, and pick up enough soft skills to work cross-functionally will run circles around peers fighting for shrinking Meta and Amazon roles.About Bohyeon Jang:Computer science junior at Purdue University, completing an entrepreneurship certificate. International student from South Korea.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bohyeon-jang-a709ab238/→ Open to internship and post-graduation opportunities at startups and SMBs!Connect with Jason Padgett:Director of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected] Podcast network:School's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notesIndiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAll shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

What happens when Elon Musk texts Sam Altman's co-founder that "by the time this is over, you'll be the most hated men in America"? This week, Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer unpack the Musk vs. Altman federal trial, Anthropic's new compute deal with xAI, and why China's chip strategy could determine who controls global AI. Jason also breaks down what GPUs, neural networks, weights, and reasoning models actually mean for anyone who has wondered how these things work.Key topics covered:Musk vs. Altman trial: what Elon actually wants from this lawsuitAnthropic and xAI: why Elon gave Claude access to a Colossus data center in MemphisHow LLMs work: GPUs, nanometers, fine-tuning, and reasoning explained without the jargonChina's chip war: Huawei, TSMC, and what happens if US export controls backfireUAP declassification: where the evidence actually points in 2026Data centers and Indiana's energy contradiction: solar panels blocked, data centers approvedWorkforce displacement: AI cuts 70 jobs, saves the company money. Who gets the raise?Julie's healthcare AI nightmare and how to hack your way to a humanJason and Julie do not have political science degrees or MBAs. They have a combined 15+ years of practical AI work and media experience, and they will tell you what they actually think.About Julie Koehrer:Julie Koehrer is On-Air Personality at Q106.7 Lafayette | 15+ years in radio/broadcast. Located in Lafayette, Indiana.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/Work with Jason -> [email protected] mentioned:OpenAI -> https://openai.comAnthropic -> https://anthropic.comxAI -> https://x.aiNvidia -> https://nvidia.comHuawei -> https://huawei.comTSMC -> https://tsmc.comNotebookLM -> https://notebooklm.google.comJeff Townsend on the Vibe (China tech deep dive) -> https://youtu.be/8d-eySsCng8MindStudio -> https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm -> https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow -> https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/AGI Podcast (all shows): https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcast

China graduates 2 million engineers a year. The U.S. graduates 150,000. Jeff Towson has spent 17 years on the ground in China studying what that gap actually produces.In this 90-minute conversation on The Vibe, Jeff breaks down how Huawei rebuilt its supply chain after the 2019 U.S. entity list ban, how open-weight models like DeepSeek V4 and Alibaba's Qwen are pulling Silicon Valley costs down by 90 percent, and why he thinks the U.S. strategy of cutting China off from AI chips is "kind of evil" given that AI is a general-purpose technology like electricity.We also cover:The CloudMatrix and Ascend chip rollout that creates a fully independent Chinese AI stackWhy Unitree went from a basic humanoid to kung-fu-capable robots in 12 months, and how Galbot fits into the pictureElon's vertical integration play across Tesla, xAI, Colossus, and Optimus, and why it doesn't look like a typical investor strategyThe Brockman-Altman lawsuit and what it reveals about who we actually trust to govern informationHard America vs. soft America, and where universal basic income lands in that splitWhy drug discovery may be where the U.S. has its own China-scale advantageInfo-nationalism, the Manus deal, and why AI is political ground that video generation isn'tJeff is the founder of TechMoat Consulting, host of The Tech Strategy Podcast, and author of the Moats and Marathons book series. He was formerly Head of Direct Investments for Middle East North Africa and Asia Pacific for Prince Alwaleed. He has 2.9M+ LinkedIn followers and was the #1 LinkedIn Top Voice for Finance globally in 2017.Jeff's work:The Tech Strategy Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tech-strategy-podcast/id1482008042Website: https://jefftowson.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-towson-%E9%99%B6%E8%BF%85-b77906/Connect with Jason Padgett:Email: [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIODirector of Growth and Partnerships, CitizenAIAGI Podcast Network:Schools Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notes-issue-1All shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Most AI in education conversations skip elementary school. This AI podcast episode starts there. Zionsville Community Schools Digital Learning Coach Stevie Frank walks through what K-8 AI literacy actually looks like in a district that never blocked ChatGPT.Stevie supports three K-8 buildings and teaches kindergartners that "AI is a robot, not a her." Jason and Stevie met days earlier at the Keep Indiana Learning AI Symposium and picked the conversation up here. They cover age-appropriate AI conversations from kindergarten through eighth grade, the Snapchat AI moment every parent should stress-test with their kid, and the Adobe Ambassador program Stevie runs that's pulling young girls into digital creation.Key topics covered:AI in elementary schools and K-8 AI literacy strategyWhy Zionsville Community Schools never blocked ChatGPTMagic School platform with teacher guardrails for elementary studentsWorld Economic Forum 2025 Future of Jobs Report and social presence as a hiring signalDigital portfolios replacing AI-generated resumes in an AI-screened worldAdobe Express Ambassadors and getting young girls into EdTechWomen's representation at AI and EdTech decision-making tablesNews Literacy Project and teaching critical thinking before AIIf you teach K-8, lead a district, or are a parent trying to navigate AI conversations at home, this episode gives you specific, grade-appropriate places to start.About Stevie Frank: Technology Integration Specialist at Zionsville Community Schools, ISTE 2026 Featured Voice, Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow, Adobe Express Creative Innovator. Educational consultant and keynote speaker based in Zionsville, Indiana.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevie-frank-433403234/Zionsville Community Schools: https://www.zcs.k12.in.us/Resources mentioned:Magic School → https://www.magicschool.ai/Adobe Express → https://www.adobe.com/express/Keep Indiana Learning → https://keepindianalearning.org/WEF 2025 Future of Jobs Report → https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/News Literacy Project → https://newslit.org/The Last Invention podcast → https://www.thelastinvention.show/Work with Jason → [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO) → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected]'s Out Saturdays → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/We're listing AI in education events around Indiana on the site.AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

275 million records stolen, 9,000 institutions hit during finals week. Ashton Schultz joins Jason on the Weekly Blitz to unpack the Canvas data breach, Anthropic's surprise compute deal with Elon's Colossus data center, and why Microsoft Copilot is the most pragmatic AI tool for locked-down enterprise environments. Ashton, a 19-year tech distribution veteran and founder of Spicy Brain Speaks, also breaks down how AI note-takers like Plaud are removing administrative friction for ADHD professionals in sales.Key topics covered:The Canvas / Instructure data breach: 275M records, 9,000 institutions, finals week timingWhy Purdue avoided the breach and what Carmel schools still aren't teaching about AIThe Anthropic-xAI Colossus compute deal and Anthropic's 80x revenue growthWhy Microsoft Copilot grounded in M365 data outperforms its public reputationBrowser-use AI agents and where Facebook's guardrails kill the use casePlaud AI note-takers, transparency in meeting recording, and trust collapse riskIf you don't know how to code, AI helps you. If you do, it's a multiplier. The same applies to AI in your workflow: stop overthinking the use case and start with what you hate doing most.About Ashton Schultz:Strategic Account Manager and founder of Spicy Brain Speaks, focused on the "human-AI handshake" and AI-powered neuroinclusive solutions for the workplace. 18+ years leading enterprise tech rollouts and Microsoft AI ecosystem deployments. Based in Indianapolis. Member of the Indiana AI Innovators Network.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonschultz/Spicy Brain Speaks: https://spicybrainspeaks.com/Connect with Jason Padgett:Director of Growth and Partnerships, CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048The AGI PodcastSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/School's Out Field Notes (weekly newsletter for K-12 educators) → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notes-issue-1Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → We're tracking AI in education events around Indiana on the site. Post an event or book Jason as a speaker → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAGI Podcast network (all shows): https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkSchool's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityThe Weekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutes (co-hosted with Julie Koehrer)The Vibe: Long-form deep conversations, no time limitTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettResources mentioned:Canvas / Instructure → https://www.instructure.comMicrosoft Copilot → https://copilot.microsoft.comAnthropic → https://www.anthropic.comPlaud AI Note Taker → https://www.plaud.aiNotebookLM → https://notebooklm.google.comTechPoint Indiana → https://techpoint.orgSpicy Brain Speaks → https://spicybrainspeaks.com

A Purdue computer science junior stood outside Chicago Union Station with a sign that said "Can AI do this?" The response surprised him, and the conversation that followed surprised Jason. Ethan Dawes joins School's Out Saturdays to talk about why mass-applying for jobs is broken, where CS students should actually look for opportunity in 2026, and what AI in education needs to look like for it to actually work.Key topics covered:How a Purdue CS student went viral by holding a sign in ChicagoWhy entry-level CS jobs at big tech companies are frozen and where the real opportunity isThe case for small and medium businesses hiring CS grads to navigate AI implementationGitHub vs. portfolio websites for non-technical hiring managersAI scaffolding in education and the zone of proximal developmentOral exams as a verification tool when AI can write any essayAnthropomorphism and sycophancy in LLMs (and what kids need to learn early)Emergent behaviors in large language models and the Claude blackmail experimentIf you don't know how to code, AI helps you. If you do know how to code, AI is a multiplier. That's the line that should be on every CS career services flyer in 2026.About Ethan Dawes:Computer Science junior at Purdue University, Residence Hall Association leader, Purdue Hackers member.→ Looking for a summer internship!!!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-dawes/GitHub: https://github.com/EthanDawesOriginal Chicago post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethan-dawes_yesterday-i-went-to-chicago-to-prove-that-share-7452910184731029504-t5_LConnect with Jason Padgett:Director of Growth and Partnerships, CitizenAI📧 [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO): https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048The AGI PodcastSchool's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/School's Out Field Notes (weekly newsletter for K-12 educators) → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notes-issue-1Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected]'re tracking AI in education events around Indiana on the site. Post an event or book Jason as a speaker → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAGI Podcast network (all shows): https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkSchool's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityThe Weekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutes (co-hosted with Julie Koehrer)The Vibe: Long-form deep conversations, no time limitTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettResources mentioned:Purdue Hackers → https://www.purduehackers.comGreater Lafayette Commerce Rise & Shine → https://www.greaterlafayettecommerce.comMatchbox Coworking Studio → https://www.matchboxlafayette.comClaude → https://www.claude.comReplit → https://replit.comLovable → https://lovable.devCursor → https://cursor.com

What's the difference between ChatGPT and Magic School AI inside a K-12 classroom? Tanika Kinartail, Professional Learning Specialist at the Central Indiana Educational Service Center (CIESC), joins host Jason Padgett to answer that question and a dozen others educators are asking in 2026.Key topics covered:- Magic School AI vs ChatGPT: how vertical AI handles a frustrated student differently- Teacher buy-in vs. teacher efficacy, and why one is compliance and the other is capacity- The iceberg problem: why AI output is the tip and student process is everything underneath- The work-based learning gap: schools and industry passing the AI responsibility back and forth- Why Tanika tells her 9th-grade daughter to follow skills, not passion- CIESC's train-the-trainer model for districts with no PD budget and no subs- Preview of the May 12 AI Symposium at the Pyramids in Indianapolis (for instructional leaders, not just teachers)- Writing feedback tools, 34 fifth graders, and how one AI feature could have saved a pregnant teacher's sanityBottom line: AI is not here to replace teachers. The teachers and students who learn to use it well will be the ones who move the needle on student achievement. And right now, Indiana is finally catching up.About Tanika Kinartail: Professional Learning Specialist at CIESC, Adjunct Faculty at Ivy Tech Indianapolis, certified MagicSchool AI Trainer, SIOP certified, 19 years in Indiana education. IU Bloomington alumna. Brownsburg, Indiana.Connect with Tanika Kinartail:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanika-kinartailCIESC: https://ciesc.org/Keep Indiana Learning: https://keepindianalearning.org/Register for the CIESC AI Symposium → keepindianalearning.orgWork with Jason → [email protected] → linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Why are AI subscriptions about to break? This week's AI podcast unpacks tokenomics, the gym-membership flaw in ChatGPT and Claude pricing, and what happens when AI agents start running 50,000 queries a minute instead of one human at a time. Plus Huawei's 7nm chip independence, the Musk vs Altman trial, and what Meta's Indiana data center should look like if big tech borrowed the solar industry's community-benefit playbook.Key topics covered:AI tokenomics and why subscription pricing collapses under agentic workloadsHuawei 7nm chips running DeepSeek and Kimi K2 outside U.S. controlOpen-source vs closed-weights vs closed AI models, in plain EnglishThe Musk vs Altman OpenAI trial and the $151 billion questionWhether OpenAI ends up as a U.S. government arm of AIAlpha School, $100K teacher salaries, and AI in K-12 compensationMeta's Lebanon, Indiana data center and community-benefit agreementsBottom line: the AI economy is about to reprice itself, and the people who quietly benefit from that shift will not be the same people getting billed for it.About Julie Koehrer:On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7. 15+ years in radio and broadcast.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/Resources mentioned:OpenAI → https://openai.comAnthropic (Claude) → https://www.anthropic.comHuawei → https://www.huawei.comDeepSeek → https://www.deepseek.comKimi K2 → https://www.moonshot.cnAlpha School → https://alpha.schoolEmpire of AI by Karen Hao → https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780593657508/empireofaiWork with Jason → [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletters(No Code CAIO) → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048(School's Out Notes from the Field) schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notes-issue-1Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected]'s Out Saturdays → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitWebsite: schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

A graphic designer who uses AI every single day sits down with Jason to explain what that actually looks like – including why AI-generated logos can't be copyrighted and why ChatGPT will never give you the same output twice.Key topics covered:Using AI as a daily marketing and design tool: brain dumps, prompting strategy, and how to iterate fastWhy AI-generated logos create a copyright problem most clients don't see comingThe branding limitations of generative AI: fonts it can't name, colors that don't transfer, and outputs that all look the sameWhen should kids learn AI? Lauren changes her own answer mid-conversationAI bias explained at third-grade level: the "why did it keep hiring Jane?" exampleFailing fast with AI to get to the real solution fasterThe point guard mentality and why treating AI like a teammate beats being afraid of itLauren Dickerson is a working designer, not a tech person, and her perspective on what AI can and can't do for creative work is one of the most grounded takes you'll hear on the subject.About Lauren Dickerson: CEO and founder of Edit Me Lo Creative Agency, Indianapolis, IN. Visual identity designer, brand strategist, and creative director. Miami University graduate (Interactive Media Studies, 2020), former Division I basketball player at Miami of Ohio.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurendickerson13/Website: https://editmelo.com/Resources mentioned: ChatGPT → https://chatgpt.com/ | Claude → https://claude.ai/ | NotebookLM → https://notebooklm.google.com/ | Canva → https://www.canva.com/Work with Jason → [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletter (No Code CAIO) → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected]'s Out Saturdays → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/We're listing AI in education events around Indiana on the site.AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Alpha School says its students finish core academics in two hours a day and score in the top 1% nationally on MAP tests. This episode gets into how that actually works.Jason and co-host Ronda Swartz (assistant principal, nearly 30 years in Catholic K-12 education) sit down with Sofia Swanson, Head of Partnerships at Alpha School, to walk through the 2 Hour Learning model from the beginning. MacKenzie Price founded the school in Austin in 2014 after her daughters started coming home disengaged from kindergarten. What grew from 16 kids meeting in someone's home is now expanding to about 25 campuses nationwide, with hundreds more families on waitlists to bring the model to their city.Key topics covered:- How the 2 Hour Learning model works: AI-personalized academics in the morning, life skills workshops every afternoon- MAP testing results: Alpha reports top 1% nationally and 2.5x faster growth vs. peers- The selection bias question: does this only work because of wealthy, motivated families?- Five life skill categories Alpha teaches at every grade level: teamwork, storytelling, entrepreneurship, relationship building, grit- How to bring Alpha to your city: the 25 founding families model- Whether this model can reach lower-income communities (and what principal Joe Liemandt says about a billion-kid goal)If you're in Indiana and interested in bringing Alpha to the area, Jason and Ronda want to connect you with other families. Reach out at [email protected] Sofia Swanson: Head of Partnerships, Alpha SchoolLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiaswanson/Alpha School: https://alpha.school/Bring Alpha to Your City: https://alpha.school/bring-alpha-to-your-city/About Ronda Swartz: Assistant Principal, Catholic High School, Indianapolis. Nearly 30 years in K-12 education, 18 years in Catholic school leadership. Currently implementing School AI and exploring Gemini.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondaswartz3177272065/Resources mentioned:Alpha School → https://alpha.school/Bring Alpha to Your City → https://alpha.school/bring-alpha-to-your-city/Alpha School events → https://alpha.school/upcoming-events/School AI → https://schoolai.comMagic School → https://www.magicschool.ai/NWEA MAP Testing → https://www.nwea.org/assessments/map-growth/Work with Jason → [email protected] | Director of Growth & Partnerships, CitizenAILinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIOAvailable for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → [email protected]'s Out Saturdays → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Indiana AI in Education events (including AI Education Symposium, May 12) → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/eventsAGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

AI is forcing consulting, law, and web design to abandon hourly billing. Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer unpack what changes when clients know AI compressed 20 hours of work into 3, and why workers aren't sharing in the productivity gains.Key topics covered:The death of hourly billing in consulting, law, and web designHow Claude in Chrome is building an entire HubSpot CRM in Jason's browser in real timeChatGPT image generation 2.0 and the AGI Podcast rebrand at agipodcast.aiMaine Governor Janet Mills vetoing a state AI bill and what it signalsThe Bernie Sanders question: who shares in AI productivity gains when companies make 5x but salaries stay flatData centers, energy regulation, and why some states will get left in the Stone AgeUS nuclear regulation versus China's buildout speedAnthropic's new model and the White House Department of Defense reversalIndiana's tech ecosystem: TechPoint Mira Awards, Mung Chiang at Purdue, Keep Indiana Learning's AI Symposium May 12Bottom line: AI isn't just changing what work gets done. It's rewriting how work gets priced, who gets paid, and which states are positioned to capture the next decade of growth.About Julie Koehrer:On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7. 15+ years in radio and broadcast. Located in Lafayette, Indiana.Mentioned in this episode:AGI Podcast: https://agipodcast.aiThe Capacity Overload Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwIdRatRCYCitizenAI: https://www.mycitizen.ai/Cars for Keeps: https://carsforkeeps.org/GiGi's Playhouse: https://gigisplayhouse.org/indianapolis/about/TechPoint: https://www.techpoint.org/Central Indiana Corporate Partnership: https://www.cicpindiana.com/CIESC: https://ciesc.org/Keep Indiana Learning AI Symposium: https://keepindianalearning.org/upcoming-events/?_sft_big_topics=aiColin Stauffer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-stauffer-77411345/Proxurve Solutions: https://proxurve.com/Work with Jason: [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio: https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm: https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow: https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Only 23% of Americans have a positive view of AI in 2026, about the same approval rating as ICE. Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer dig into why the gap between foundation-model leaders and the public is widening, and why Jason argues the fix isn't UBI, it's equity.Key topics covered:- The April 6 shooting of Indiana Councilman Ron Gibson's house (13 rounds, "No Data Centers" note) and the Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home on April 10- Why Sam Altman's "philosopher kings" narrative and Dario Amodei's 50% white-collar job loss warnings are making the backlash worse- How Demis Hassabis and AlphaFold prove drug discovery was the smarter first move for AI- Maine's data center moratorium vs. New Hampshire's "compute free or die" constitutional proposal- Why Trump's $1,000 newborn S&P 500 account is a model for AI profit-sharing- The buy-in vs. UBI argument: Americans want equity in the systems they help train- The Enhanced Games in Vegas on Memorial Day, Pascal's Wager applied to longevity, and whether you'd upload your consciousness- Brain-computer interfaces, space colonization, and the solar punk movementBottom line: AI's PR problem isn't about the technology. It's about who owns the upside.About Julie Koehrer: On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7 | 15+ years in radio and broadcast | Lafayette, Indiana | https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/Work with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

What if professors started grading the AI prompt instead of just the final paper? Mark Lowe, Program Chair for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Indiana, is testing exactly that next semester. Jason Padgett sits down with Mark, a psychology professor and 10-year educator, to talk about what AI in college classrooms actually looks like when the goal is learning, not policing.Key topics covered:Grade the prompt, not just the paper: Mark's new policy for next semester at Ivy TechEbbinghaus forgetting curve: why 80% of what students learn is gone within 70 minutes without sleep, recall testing, and teaching it to someone elseWhy "AI is ruining students" is usually a teaching problem, not a technology problemThe venture development paradox: when research becomes procrastination in disguiseOnly 41% of college faculty had AI training as of 2025 (and why that gap is widening)Why higher ed curriculum is structurally 5 years behind emerging technologyUsing Claude as a debate partner instead of a homework machineData literacy as the number one skill parents should push on high schoolers right nowBottom line: the cheaters will cheat and the lazy will be lazy. AI just makes that harder to hide, and it hands serious students a tutor their professors can't match.About Mark Lowe: Program Chair for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette Indiana. Psychology professor, former business consultant, master's in psychology from Indiana State University. Helped launch roughly 30 businesses from the Ivy Tech entrepreneurship program in three years.Connect with Mark:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-lowe-1b359269/Ivy Tech Entrepreneurship: https://www.ivytech.edu/programs/all-academic-programs/garatoni-school-of-entrepreneurship-innovation/entrepreneurship/Ivy Tech Lafayette: https://www.ivytech.edu/locations/lafayette/Work with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AI Launchpad → https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Claude Mythos dropped with warnings about breaking 50-year-old encryption and being too dangerous for public release. CitizenAI COO Oliver Belanger says it's something else entirely: one of the most well-targeted enterprise sales campaigns the AI industry has ever run.Key topics covered:Why AI companies use fear to drive consumer attention and investor fundingThe Anthropic vs. OpenAI business philosophy divide: lead bullets vs. silver bulletsToken maxing: why measuring AI productivity by token spend is this generation's lines-of-code mistakeThe Sam Altman leadership profile and the Eddie Haskell comparisonWhat Mythos is actually selling and who the real target audience is (hint: 15 hyperscalers, not you)Demis Hassabis, Jensen Huang, and what aligned incentives actually look like at the CEO levelBottom line: Mythos is not the end of the world. It's a targeted pitch to the largest tech companies on earth, wrapped in just enough danger to make the press do the marketing for free.About Oliver Belanger:Chief Operating Officer, CitizenAI. CitizenAI connects individuals to community resources, food pantries, federal programs, and workforce development services. Oliver co-hosts Capacity Overload: AI for Social Work with Jason [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverbelanger/Capacity Overload: AI for Social WorkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwIdRatRCYSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mXcfpxy0al2vlg3Tteg7MWork with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

AI makes students faster. The harder question is whether it's making them better thinkers, and Hunter Hickman, district AI implementation leader at Rensselaer Central Schools in Indiana, is one of the few educators actually building systems to answer that.Hunter is part of the Indiana Department of Education advisory group designing the state's first tiered AI certification for teachers. He ran the 9-12 Khanmigo rollout at his school with a 92% student activation rate. In this conversation, he and Jason unpack where the "AI is cheating" debate has gone quiet and what's replaced it: cognitive offloading, the difference between augmentation and automation, and why rewarding the final product over the learning process is the thing that's actually broken.Key topics covered:Indiana's tiered AI teacher certification program and what makes it different from typical micro-credentialsCognitive offloading: where the line is between speeding up work and eroding your own thinkingWhy AI is not like a calculator (and why that analogy keeps causing problems in schools)How a 415-student rural district used NotebookLM to keep students in the learning loopWhat it means to be an AI power user with zero computer science backgroundKhanmigo vs. general LLM fluency: why ed-tech tools alone aren't enoughThe case for assessing student process, not just the final productAnthropic vs. OpenAI in the classroom, and the social media regulation conversationHunter also shares how leaning into AI as a teacher opened doors he didn't see coming: speaking at state conferences, serving on the IDOE advisory committee, and launching Hickman Consulting LLC.About Hunter Hickman: Secondary English educator, district AI implementation leader, and founder of Hickman Consulting LLC. Based in Northwest Indiana. Completing an M.S. in English Education at Indiana Wesleyan University with research on generative AI feedback loops and student writing autonomy.Website: https://www.hickmanconsultingai.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunter-hickman-m-s-2b501383/Work with Jason: [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048X @NoCodeCAIOAGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout Tools Jason recommends:MindStudio: https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm: https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow: https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Most AI projects fail before they start because businesses skip the most important step: figuring out what's actually broken. Jason Padgett and Adam Staples unpack why clarity has to come before automation, what the recent Claude code leak actually tells us about AI development culture, and whether the current wave of AI layoffs is real efficiency or EBITDA spin.Key topics covered:Why small businesses can't follow the enterprise AI playbook — resources, talent, and timeline don't match"You cannot automate chaos" — Chakra BPC's process-first approach to AI deploymentThe Turing test in real life: an AI-written newsletter that fooled a credentialed English teacherOpenAI's media network acquisition and what AI-controlled journalism does to independent coverageThe Claude source code leak: human error, competitive ethics, and the "honor among thieves" argumentAI layoffs at companies like Salesforce — EBITDA cover story or actual automation gains?Why liberal arts and communication skills are becoming the most valuable AI adjacencyWhat data science and CS graduates should be targeting instead of big tech entry-level rolesSpaceX IPO timing, AI company valuations, and whether the private market can absorb themData centers in orbit: costs, robotics requirements, and Silicon Valley magical thinkingBottom line: Scale people, don't replace them. The businesses getting real ROI from AI are the ones who started by fixing their processes, not buying the pixie dust.About Adam Staples: Founder of Chakra Business Process Consulting, Indianapolis, Indiana. 25 years in telecom, SaaS, and IT consulting. Helps SMBs build operational clarity before deploying AI. chakrabpc.comWork with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

AI teacher certification is getting built from scratch in Indiana — and the guy designing it explains exactly how. Ryan Murray, Project Specialist at the Central Indiana Educational Service Center, breaks down the SAIL certification program (Strategic AI Integration and Leadership), a three-tier framework built with educators, higher ed, and industry across the state.Key topics covered:Why rural Indiana districts are ahead of suburban schools on AI adoption, and what suburban districts are getting wrongThe three-tier SAIL certification: AI literacy, classroom integration, and global leadershipData privacy and student PII: why ed-tech companies lead with safety and what that means for district buying decisionsWhy prompt engineering is fundamentally a communication skill, not a tech skillWhat AI jobs exist right now that nobody is training students for — red teaming, evals, multi-model fluencyRyan's advice to students: get off your computers, talk to people, those skills transfer directlyThe bottom line: educators are waiting for AI to be proven before they adopt it, but the students in their classrooms right now can't afford to wait.About Ryan Murray: Project Specialist at the Central Indiana Educational Service Center (CIESC), AI education program designer, former K-12 teacher and IU Indianapolis adjunct instructor. Three years building AI literacy infrastructure for central Indiana school districts.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpmurray7/CIESC: https://www.ciesc.orgWork with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms → https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → ⁠https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett⁠

OpenAI is shutting down Sora and pivoting its entire enterprise strategy to compete with Anthropic — and that's just one move in a week that also saw Apple replace Siri with Google Gemini, the federal government release its first AI safety framework, and Meta and YouTube lose jury trials over addictive algorithm lawsuits.Key topics covered:OpenAI kills Sora and exits adult AI companion features, refocusing on enterprise to chase AnthropicApple makes deal to power Siri with Google Gemini — what to actually expectFederal AI safety framework: first real steps toward national regulationMeta and YouTube sued over addictive algorithms — why this could crack open massive legal exposureJason's live experiment: giving Claude Code a $100 Walmart card and control of the AGI Podcast's social channels to see if an AI agent can monetize a podcastWhy agentic AI tools are worth watching but not worth rushing into yet (and what to do instead)The real risk of anthropomorphizing AI — "soul docs," companion apps, and what it's doing to young peopleJulie teaches Walla's AI 101 class for retirees and gets some great nonprofit board questionsMelania's classroom robot rollout and why it's getting ahead of where the technology actually isWatch recommendation: "The Thinking Game" — the Demis Hassabis and AlphaGo documentaryBottom line: A lot moved this week, but the most practical story is a simple question: can an AI agent actually run a podcast and make money from it? Jason's testing that in real time.About Julie Koehrer: On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7 | 15+ years in radio and broadcast | Lafayette, IndianaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/Work with Jason → [email protected] Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

What does AI literacy actually mean for K-12 students, and why are most school districts getting it wrong? Kristen Kayser, Senior Lead for the Midwest at aiEDU (AI Education Project), joins Jason Padgett to answer that question — and to explain why buying AI tools without a district-wide strategy creates more problems than it solves.Key topics covered:Why workforce leaders say AI literacy is a requirement for every student, not just future software engineersWhat AI literacy actually means: critical evaluation of outputs, not just knowing how to use appsIndiana's SAIL initiative, a credentialing program from the Central Indiana ESC that trains educators on AI pedagogy and AI as a technologyThe district AI strategy gap: why teachers get trained on tools but schools never define how AI should actually be usedWhat a real AI task force looks like, with parents, students, community members, and district leaders at the tableA real-world example of AI literacy in a high school student who switched from ChatGPT to Claude on her own and articulated whyIf you work in education, ed-tech, workforce development, or you're a parent watching schools fumble AI policy, this episode will give you a clearer picture of what good looks like.About Kristen Kayser: Senior Lead, Midwest at aiEDU | Former high school math teacher (9 years, Cleveland Heights High School) | Former principal and mastery learning specialist, Cleveland Metro | Former College Board state and district partnerships | Dayton, OhioConnect with Kristen Kayser: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-kayser/Learn more about aiEDU: https://aiedu.orgWork with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

OpenAI called an internal code red. Anthropic is winning enterprise. ChatGPT launched ads. And the question nobody in your company wants to answer: if AI is making employees twice as productive, where is that money going?Key topics covered:OpenAI vs. Anthropic enterprise race: what "code red" actually means and why Anthropic is pulling aheadChatGPT free tier advertising: what the experience looks like and how users are reactingAI in healthcare and elder care: HIPAA compliance barriers, real-time family communication tools, and why this is still an unsolved problemAI music (Suno), AI film production, and what happens to mediocre talent when technology narrows the gapOutcome-based pay, unlimited PTO done right, and why consulting billing is already breaking under AI efficiency pressureIf AI is handling half your workload, you should probably be having a compensation conversation. Most people aren't.About Julie Koehrer: On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7, 15+ years in radio and broadcast. Lafayette, Indiana.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/Work with Jason: [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio: https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm: https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow: https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

AGI Schools Out Saturdays | Season 2, Episode 10Amanda Wilkerson | Ivy Tech Community CollegeSPOTIFY / APPLE PODCASTS DESCRIPTIONWhat does AI workforce training look like when you start by asking employers what they actually need? Amanda Wilkerson, Assistant Faculty Lead at Ivy Tech Community College, is finding out. In this episode of AGI Schools Out Saturdays, she and Jason Padgett dig into the applied AI gap: the growing population of workers who need practical AI skills but don't have a computer science background and aren't sure where to start.Key topics covered:Applied AI curriculum for non-CS students: who it's for and why it mattersHow Ivy Tech brought 50 industry leaders together to define AI workforce skillsBuilding education pathways backward from employer demand, not academic traditionIndiana vs. Ohio on AI adoption in education: where the gaps areFlexible learning models (asynchronous, hybrid, competency-based) designed for working adultsIvy Tech's role in the 2025-2026 National Applied AI Consortium Mentorship CohortClosing workforce gaps for underserved communities through accessible AI educationIf you work in workforce development, community college education, or HR and you're trying to figure out what AI-ready actually means in practice, this one's for you.About Amanda Wilkerson: Assistant Faculty Lead, School of Information Technology, and Chair of the Statewide Informatics Curriculum Committee at Ivy Tech Community College. Faculty representative for Ivy Tech's participation in the National Applied AI Consortium (NAAIC) 2025-2026 Mentorship Cohort.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awilkerson/Ivy Tech: https://www.ivytech.edu/Work with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AI Launchpad → https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Weekly Blitz | March 16, 2026 | Special Audible Edition Guests: Brian Beck + Colin Staufferwo central Indiana consultants walk Jason through what AI adoption really looks like on the ground for SMBs. No theory. No pitch decks. Just what's working, what's blowing up, and what most businesses still refuse to deal with.🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:Colin's BLOP framework: start with boring, low-risk, accessible tasks before touching anything customer-facingThe dirty data problem: pointing AI at 15 years of unorganized SharePoint files and accidentally exposing employee SSNsThe productivity paradox: AI is causing go-getters to take on more work, not less, and burnout risk is realClaude vs. ChatGPT vs. Copilot: which tool wins for SMBs, and why ChatGPT's sycophancy is a business problemAI orchestration as a hidden skill: why you can't run Opus 4.6 on everything without burning your budget💡 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲:Most SMBs are skipping the basics and pointing AI at messy data they don't understand, and the consultants cleaning up that mess have more work than they can handle.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸Senior Consultant at Proxurve Solutions | Cybersecurity and AI consulting for SMBs in central Indiana | 30+ years in IT🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbeck73/🌐 https://proxurve.com/𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿Managing Partner, BiG Impact Group | Fractional CAIO | Public Sector Practice | AI fluency for mid-market organizations🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-stauffer-77411345/🌐 https://bigintel.ai/𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻I build AI-native organizations for companies that can't afford enterprise consulting timelines. Real implementation: LLM workflows, semantic data architecture, agentic automation, and the change management to make it stick.📧 [email protected]𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹'𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: Preparing students for their future, not our past.𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇: AI news every Monday. 30-45 minutes.𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝘆𝘁𝗲𝘀: Data literacy for business owners.𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲: Deep conversations with people building the future.Follow our LinkTr.ee links to your favorite platform:LinkTr.ee https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow us on Facebook and LinkedIn @AGIPodcast𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗽𝗮𝗱Learn to implement AI without a PhD or coding background. Monthly live training, industry-specific workshops (SMBs, educators, data design), and a community of practitioners who've figured it out. First session free.🚀 https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5𝗡𝗼-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗢 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿Practical LLM applications for non-technical professionals. No hype, no fluff, just what's working in real businesses.📰 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-no-code-caio-newsletter-7399599285849346048𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀MindStudio → Automate your workflows → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqâ𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.𝗳𝗺 → Turn one recording into a week's worth of content → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrâWispr Flow → Dictate anything, anywhere → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettâ#WeeklyBlitz #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #NoCodeCAIO #TechTrends #AIForSmallBusiness #DataSecurity #FractionalCAIO #SmallBusinessAI #AIAdoption2026

How should college students actually use AI to land a job in 2026 — when every applicant has the same tools and companies are using AI to screen the resumes that AI wrote?Purdue junior Umar Yasser (Business Analytics, ibex intern) joins Jason to dig into what campus conversations about AI really sound like right now, and what skills are going to matter when the tools are commoditized.Key topics covered:Whether AI is killing entry-level jobs and what that means for career development pipelinesMindStudio vs. N8N for building agentic workflows with no computer science backgroundModel selection and cost: why running Claude Opus on everything is a fast way to a $10,000 billHallucination as a feature: the difference between predictive and deterministic AI systems and when each one belongsOpenAI's ad-revenue strategy vs. Anthropic's enterprise focus — and why it changes the feedback you getData privacy risks when uploading your resume to ChatGPTConvergent vs. divergent thinking: where LLMs actually help and where human discernment still winsThe AI vs. AI resume flywheel that's making LinkedIn networking matter more than everHow to use NotebookLM for team feedback without it becoming a weaponIf you're a student, a manager of young people, or an educator trying to figure out what skills actually prepare people for this job market, this one is worth your time.About Umar Yasser: Business Analyst Intern at ibex. Junior in Business Analytics and Information Management at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Pursuing a certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umaryasser2004/Work with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048 [email protected] AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms → https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFacebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason Recommends: Wispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr

Most businesses think they're ready for AI agents. Jason Padgett and Clay Cash — a 25-year data and litigation technology veteran — break down exactly why that's usually wrong, what it actually costs to fix it, and where the real opportunities are for companies that get their data house in order first.Key topics covered:Claude Code and what it unlocks for non-traditional developers who aren't software engineersWhy going AI-native cost one 30-person healthcare company $160K just to migrate data to SnowflakeAI in regulated industries: HIPAA, attorney-client privilege, enterprise agreements, and private modelsSycophancy in AI models: why ChatGPT tells you what you want to hear and Claude pushes backBuilding Claybot: a custom AI assistant trained to give honest answers, not complimentsWorkforce displacement, UBI, and the 60% of Americans with a sixth-grade reading level problemWhy the US is the Luddite of the AI revolution (two-thirds of Congress are lawyers)Robotics: the elder care use case nobody is talking aboutK-12 AI literacy: why age-appropriate AI education matters more than any policy debateMCP, orchestrator agents, and context management for real-world AI performanceThe sci-fi closer: Clay picks The Matrix, Jason picks Blade RunnerTwo guys who came up on War Games and TRS-80s talking about where this all actually goes.About Clay Cash:Data and litigation technology specialist, Raleigh, NC. 25+ years solving complex data problems for pharmaceutical and legal clients. Founder of Claybot.ai and cDiscovery.io.LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/claycash/Claybot → https://www.claybot.ai/cDiscovery → https://cdiscovery.io/index.htmlWork with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048All AGI Podcast shows → https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWhspr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

Agentic AI just caused a Mac Mini shortage in New York City — and most people working at the Apple Store didn't even know why. This week, Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer break down what agentic AI actually is, what OpenClaw set off, and how non-technical professionals can start building real AI skills before this moves even faster.Key topics covered:OpenClaw and agentic AI: what it does, why Mac Minis sold out, and the real risks of giving AI access to your computerAnthropic vs. the Department of Defense: what Dario Amodei objected to, and why signing the DoD contract was the decision that mattered3 stages of AI literacy for non-coders: play and explore, build a co-worker, deploy agentsAI model cost comparison: when Amazon Nova at fractions of a cent beats GPT-4o at $30 per 750K wordsClaude Skills and Projects: how Jason auto-generates show notes in under five minutes using a markdown fileWhisper Flow: dictation that thinks, formats, and cleans up your words as you talkLafayette, Indiana as a real-world test case for AI adoption outside the tech industryIf you've been waiting for the right moment to start, this episode is the on-ramp.Work with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048All AGI Podcast shows → https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWhspr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

AGI Podcast Presents: The Weekly Blitz — Episode 8 Jason and CitizenAI COO Oliver Belanger break down how AI can actually help nonprofits connect people to the wraparound support they need — and then drop an announcement that changes what the Blitz sounds like going forward.Key topics covered:What "wraparound needs" are and why they're the leading cause of people dropping out of workforce and education programsHow CitizenAI's AI-powered benefit navigator works with case managers instead of replacing themWhy verified data beats a hallucinating foundation model when someone's trying to find childcare or housingThe difference between vertical AI and foundation models, and which one actually works for small nonprofitsWhy OpenClaw and autonomous AI without guardrails creates real security risks for organizations that can't afford themThe two AI patterns Oliver says are working right now: human-in-the-loop maximization and small-scope vertical AIJason's announcement about his new roleIf you're running a nonprofit in Indiana and your case managers are buried, or your clients are falling through the cracks because of basic needs barriers, this one's for you.About Oliver Belanger: COO and co-founder of CitizenAI. Grew up in Harlem, trained in Silicon Valley through a workforce development program, spent years at Merit as Chief of Staff before building CitizenAI in Indianapolis.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverbelanger/CitizenAI: https://www.mycitizen.ai/Work with Jason → [email protected] → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr

AGI - Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI (Podcast) - Building the future, one human-AI collab at a time. Weekly Blitz Episode 7. AI news recap for Feb 23, 2026: OpenClaw, Gemini 3, vibe coding, and the white collar job displacement conversation finally hitting mainstream news. Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer cover two weeks of AI in 30 minutes after a brief hiatus.Key topics covered:OpenClaw and agentic AI: What Peter Steinberger built, why it sent markets down $1 trillion, and why Sam Altman hired him immediately afterWhite collar job displacement: The Peter Schumer article comparing AI's economic disruption to COVID's early days in the Hunan provinceGemini 3 benchmarks vs. Claude and OpenAI: Who's actually winning the AI race right nowClaude Cowork vs. Claude Code: Why the new interface matters for non-developers trying to use agentic AISelling your likeness to AI: The James Earl Jones / Darth Vader model and what it means for everyday peopleAutomating your own workflows: How Jason uses Claude skills to cut podcast production and leadership reporting from hours to minutesDoes AI make you dumber? What studies actually say about power users and cognitive loadIf you've been wondering whether AI job displacement is real or hype, this episode gives you a straight answer: it's starting, it's hitting software first, and the people best positioned are the ones who figure out which parts of their job they do on autopilot anyway.About Julie Koehrer:Julie Koehrer is an On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7 with 15+ years in radio and broadcast. Based in Lafayette, Indiana.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/Work with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr

AI adoption keeps stalling in organizations for the same reason most conferences are forgettable: nobody designed for behavior change. Nick Bonora, Director of the Purdue University Event Design LAB℠, joins Jason Padgett to connect event design methodology to the real barriers behind AI integration at work and in life.Key topics covered:Why behavior change is the only real measure of a successful event or AI rolloutHow empathy mapping helps you understand stakeholder resistance before you try to fix itUsing divergent and convergent thinking to know when to bring AI in and when to keep it outHow to prompt AI more effectively by giving it design context, not just instructionsThe difference between AI for business efficiency and AI for creative work, and why they need different strategiesWhat young people entering an AI-saturated workforce actually need to build a career aroundNick built the first university-based Event Design LAB℠ in the U.S. at Purdue in partnership with the Event Design Collective. His framework has real application for anyone trying to move people from resistant to bought-in, whether the change is a conference, a software rollout, or an organizational shift.This one runs long because it earns it. It ends up somewhere most AI conversations don't go: purpose, resilience, and what it means to find meaning when your job title stops being the answer.About Nick Bonora: Director, Purdue University Event Design LAB℠ | 23 years in collegiate hospitality and conference services | First university-based Event Design LAB in the U.S. | Emory UniversityLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasbonora/Purdue Event Design LAB℠: https://www.linkedin.com/company/purdue-university-event-design-lab%E2%84%A0/Event Design Collective: https://edco.global/event-design-lab/Work with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AI Launchpad → https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr

THE VIBE EPISODE 3What do Anthropic's internal AI papers reveal about the future of education, safety, and humanity? Ronda Swartz, Assistant Principal at St. Barnabas Catholic High School with 28 years in education, joins Jason to analyze Dario Amodei's vision documents and the concerning exodus of AI safety experts from major labs.Key topics covered:St. Barnabas Catholic High School's AI adoption: Why they chose School AI over Magic School for K-12 teachers and what educators should evaluate when selecting AI platformsGoogle's pipeline strategy in education: Internal 2020 presentation revealing plans to acclimate children to Google's ecosystem through Chromebooks, and what this means for schools todayDario Amodei's "Machines of Love and Grace": Anthropic CEO's optimistic vision if everything breaks humanity's way, covering super intelligence, economic transformation, and societal change"The Adolescence of Technology": Dario's warnings about chip sales to China, AI concentration in behemoth companies, and what could go wrong as AI becomes more powerfulClaude's Constitutional AI framework: How Amanda Askell (PhD in philosophy) created an ethical "parenting letter" that guides Claude's behavior, and why this matters for educatorsAI safety expert resignations: Anthropic's head of security and OpenAI engineer departures with warnings about existential threats, peril, and disruption timelinesWomen in tech leadership: Why we need more mothers and female voices making AI decisions, not just competitive males excited to "navigate Blade Runner"Protecting humanity while embracing progress: Maintaining spiritual, ethical, and creative components of education as AI transforms classroomsBottom line: Catholic schools are adopting AI tools while AI safety experts are quitting with warnings. This conversation explores how educators can prepare students for an AI future without losing what makes us human.About Ronda Swartz: Assistant Principal at St. Barnabas Catholic High School, Indianapolis, Indiana. 28 years in education across public and parochial schools as teacher, instructional coach, principal, and executive director. Focused on protecting children while preparing them for their future.Work with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AI Launchpad → https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:School AI → K-12 AI platform created by educatorsMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr

How does a middle school language arts teacher use AI to build better lessons, save time, and actually know her students better? Patty Oshier, a fifth-year educator currently teaching seventh and eighth grade at a charter school, shares exactly what's working in her classroom right now.Key topics covered:Using AI to create lesson materials that meet curriculum standards when textbooks fall shortHow to build AI-resistant assignments using AI itself (and why that's both ironic and necessary)What students are actually doing with AI in middle school: music projects, creative workarounds, VPNs to bypass school blockersWhy adaptive learning platforms like Readworks and Newsela save hours of assessment time while providing better data on student reading levels, comprehension, and strugglesThe critical role of relationship-building in teaching and why students won't learn from teachers they don't likeWhether AI will lead to larger class sizes or more time for human connection in the classroomBottom line: AI tools are helping this teacher spend less time on admin and grading, more time with her own kids at home, and build stronger relationships with students by understanding their individual needs through data that used to take weeks to gather manually.About Patty Oshier: Middle School Language Arts Teacher at a charter school in Indiana. Fifth year teaching, previously taught fifth and sixth grade at traditional public schools. Located in Lafayette, Indiana area.Work with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AI Launchpad → https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr

How do you cut administrative work in half without laying anyone off? Phoenix Paramedic Solutions did it using Claude Teams and custom AI workflows. Jason and Julie break down real implementation: healthcare facility communication failures, AI time tracking that doesn't require spreadsheets, and why Claude corrects your priorities instead of telling you every idea is brilliant like ChatGPT does.Key topics covered:Physical therapy and healthcare facility communication breakdowns: Julie's experience with her mother's rehab facility shows how departments fail to coordinate, welcome calls arrive months late, and AI backend systems (not chatbots) could fix scheduling and patient handoff chaosClaude vs ChatGPT for business accountability: Phoenix employees using Claude get honest feedback like "that's not on your plan this week, why are you working on that?" instead of ChatGPT's sycophantic praiseAI time tracking without spreadsheets: Jason implemented conversational check-ins three times per day using ChatGPT, then migrated to Claude for more professional tone and project oversight capabilities50% admin work reduction at Phoenix: Real numbers on how AI workflows cut administrative lift in half, allowing re-leverage of certified EMTs and paramedics toward billable services instead of layoffsThe $126K unanswered calls problem: 27% of business calls go unanswered, costing companies an average of $126,000 annually. AI phone systems can capture these missed opportunities.AI sales team replacement: One company went from 8 salespeople to zero using AI automation. Jason discusses the ethics and economics of this transition.Re-leveraging employees when AI cuts admin time: Instead of layoffs, how do you redirect employee hours toward income-producing work like patient care while keeping admin costs flat?Bottom line: AI eliminates admin work, but the real business question is whether you lay people off or re-leverage them toward revenue-generating activities.About Julie Koehrer: Julie Koehrer is On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7 with 15+ years in radio and broadcast. Located in Lafayette, Indiana.Work with Jason → [email protected]🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048AI Launchpad → https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesData Bytes: Data literacy for business ownersThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools:Claude Teams → https://claude.aiMindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr

Jordan Meyers on School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 6)ChatGPT in Paramedic School: How One EMT Stopped Reading TextbooksEpisode Summary:Jordan Myers, EMT and paramedic student, replaced her textbooks with ChatGPT. She built a complete A&P study guide in 2 days (would've taken weeks manually), trained the model to create practice exams exactly how she learns, and convinced half her class to do the same. Her instructor gives her crap daily.About My GuestJordan Myers is Occupational Health Manager at Phoenix Paramedic Solutions | EMT Primary Instructor | Currently enrolled in paramedic school. Located in Lafayette, Indiana. Jordan has spent 8 years at Phoenix, working across every division the company offers while integrating AI into multiple departments.Guest LinksJordan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-meyersemtPhoenix Paramedic Solutions: https://www.linkedin.com/company/phoenix-paramedic-solutions-llc/Follow The ShowInstagram: @AGISchoolsoutFacebook + LinkedIn: @AGIPodcastX: @NoCodeCAIOFull Episodes: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastDon't get left behind! Future-proof your organization, your team, and your career → work with Jason → podcasts, keynotes, educational workshops, and one-on-one coachingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIO📧 [email protected] No-Code CAIO Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Phoenix Solutions GroupAffordable, pragmatic education, training, and consulting in AI literacy, policy, and projects.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Key Timestamps:03:11 - "Never opened his textbook in med school" → Jordan's doing the same with ChatGPT instead04:44 - Building a complete A&P study guide in 2 days before class even started04:54 - Turning 800 practice questions into a 200-question custom exam with study guide in 20 minutes07:38 - Teaching classmates to ask ChatGPT to explain medical terminology at middle school level, then scale up22:30 - Half the class now using ChatGPT after seeing Jordan's results40:13 - Why robots won't replace healthcare workers: "We're taught to read the patient, not the machine"42:59 - Using AI as a tool with human judgment, not turning everything over to the machine𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗽𝗮𝗱Learn to implement AI without a PhD or coding background. Monthly live training, industry-specific workshops (SMBs, educators, data design), and a community of practitioners who've figured it out. First session free.🚀 https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5𝗡𝗼-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗢 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿Practical LLM applications for non-technical professionals. No hype, no fluff—just what's working in real businesses.📰 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-no-code-caio-newsletter-7399599285849346048Tools We RecommendMindStudio → Automate your workflows ⁠https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdq⁠Riverside.fm → Turn one recording into a week's worth of content ⁠https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr⁠

Julie's MIA, so Jason called in Harrison Painter (Launch Ready AI) to decode the internet's latest obsession: OpenClaw. The autonomous AI agent everyone's downloading without understanding the cybersecurity risks. Harrison spent 72 hours in the lobster hole and came back with warnings.🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:OpenClaw's security nightmare: autonomous agents with full computer access creating the biggest cybersecurity risk for newbies yetSafe experimentation options: Mac Mini, virtual private servers (Hostinger $7-10/month), or UTM for isolated testing environmentsThe Anthropic timeline: Claude Code to Claude Cowork to OpenClaw all dropped within 10 days, creating parallel agent ecosystems1,000 AI agents on X created their own encrypted language and religion (Lobsterfarianism), showing what role-playing AI looks like at scaleWordPress 1.0 analogy: OpenClaw is the first version of agentic tools, clunky and risky now but evolving fast toward mainstream accessibility💡 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲:Don't confuse the hype with the technology—OpenClaw is real and important, but if you're not technical, pay the $100-200/month for Claude Code or ChatGPT Codex instead of risking your passwords and credit cards.𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 (𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁)Founder, Launch Ready AI. Three years deep in AI since ChatGPT launched. Building The AI Launchpad training platform for non-technical professionals who need to implement AI without the hype.𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisonpainter/𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗔𝗜: https://www.launchready.ai/#hero𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻I build AI-native organizations for companies that can't afford enterprise consulting timelines. Real implementation: LLM workflows, semantic data architecture, agentic automation, and the change management to make it stick.📧 [email protected]𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹'𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: Preparing students for their future, not our past.𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇: AI news every Monday. 30-45 minutes. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝘆𝘁𝗲𝘀: Data literacy for business owners.𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲: Deep conversations with people building the futureFollow our LinkTr.ee links to your favorite platform:LinkTr.ee https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow us on Facebook and LinkedIn @AGIPodcast𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽Stop waiting for enterprise consulting timelines. We implement AI workflows, data architecture, and automation for 50-500 person organizations—no strategy decks, just results.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗽𝗮𝗱Learn to implement AI without a PhD or coding background. Monthly live training, industry-specific workshops (SMBs, educators, data design), and a community of practitioners who've figured it out. First session free.🚀 https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5𝗡𝗼-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗢 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿Practical LLM applications for non-technical professionals. No hype, no fluff—just what's working in real businesses.📰 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-no-code-caio-newsletter-7399599285849346048𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱MindStudio → Automate your workflows → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdq← 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.𝗳𝗺 → Turn one recording into a week's worth of content → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr←

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 5)Episode Summary:John von Seggern spent a decade learning that "personalized AI" in ed-tech is mostly marketing BS. When 80% of students never touch the AI features you built, you don't have an adoption problem - you have a product problem. Real personalization comes from humans who actually care.About My GuestJohn von Seggern is Founder of Futureproof Music School | Sound designer on Pixar's WALL-E | Former executive at Berklee Online and Icon Collective | Over a decade in online music education. Located in Los Angeles. John is building a hybrid model that combines human music instructors with AI tutoring to teach at scale without losing the human connection that actually keeps students engaged.Guest LinksJohn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnvon/Futureproof Music School: https://futureproofmusicschool.com/Follow The ShowInstagram: @AGISchoolsoutFacebook + LinkedIn: @AGIPodcastX: @NoCodeCAIOFull Episodes: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastDon't get left behind! Future-proof your organization, your team, and your career → work with Jason → podcasts, keynotes, educational workshops, and one-on-one coachingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIO📧 [email protected] No-Code CAIO Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Phoenix Solutions GroupAffordable, pragmatic education, training, and consulting in AI literacy, policy, and projects.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Join the AI Launchpad AI training for **educators***, SMBs, and professionals. 🚀 https://www.skool.com/ai-launch-pad/about?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5Key Timestamps:03:05 - First heard of Zoom in 2017 because it could share computer audio in real time for music students08:25 - American youth as consumers vs Asian youth as creators with technology10:15 - Suno and AI music generation will work out licensing deals with big labels eventually19:30 - AI won't replace music teachers because human connection is what keeps students practicing25:45 - Personalization in ed-tech is overhyped - most students ignore the AI features built for them38:47 - Futureproof's model: human instructors handle motivation, AI handles repetitive practice feedback59:53 - Testing voice AI tutor using Google Live API that can see your screen and analyze your musicTools We RecommendMindStudio → Automate your workflows ⁠https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdq⁠Riverside.fm → Turn one recording into a week's worth of content ⁠https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr⁠

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰 | AI Wearables Are Coming: Privacy, Productivity, and Who's Really WorkingJason and Julie debate Google joining Siri, AI-powered glasses hitting the market, and Jason's experiment translating CEO directives into helpful check-ins instead of micromanagement. Claude Code joins the conversation.🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:Google joining Apple's Siri ecosystem signals AI wearables (glasses, watches) going mainstreamWorld Economic Forum at Davos: AI regulation and enterprise adoption hitting critical massJulie using Gemini AI summaries in Google without realizing it was AI—invisible tech integrationChatGPT now offers PowerPoint creation directly in Microsoft OfficeJason's experiment: ChatGPT translating CEO directives into personalized check-ins employees prefer over manager oversight💡 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲:AI will make it real hard to hide if you're not producing—and that might be less about surveillance and more about finally having clear systems of record for individual output.𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻I build AI-native organizations for companies that can't afford enterprise consulting timelines. Real implementation: LLM workflows, semantic data architecture, agentic automation, and the change management to make it stick.📧 [email protected]𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗿 is On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7 | 15+ years in radio/broadcast. Located in Lafayette, Indiana. Julie asks the questions non-technical professionals need answered.𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/𝗟𝗮𝗳𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗤𝟭𝟬𝟲.𝟳: https://lafayetteq1067.com/𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹'𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: Preparing students for their future, not our past.𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇: AI news every Monday. 30-45 minutes. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝘆𝘁𝗲𝘀: Data literacy for business owners.𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲: Deep conversations with people building the futureFollow our LinkTr.ee links to your favorite platform:LinkTr.ee https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow us on Facebook and LinkedIn @AGIPodcast𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽Stop waiting for enterprise consulting timelines. We implement AI workflows, data architecture, and automation for 50-500 person organizations—no strategy decks, just results.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗽𝗮𝗱Learn to implement AI without a PhD or coding background. Monthly live training, industry-specific workshops (SMBs, educators, data design), and a community of practitioners who've figured it out. First session free.🚀 https://www.skool.com/ai-launch-pad/about?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5𝗡𝗼-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗢 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿Practical LLM applications for non-technical professionals. No hype, no fluff—just what's working in real businesses.📰 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-no-code-caio-newsletter-7399599285849346048𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱MindStudio → Automate your workflows → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqâ 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.𝗳𝗺 → Turn one recording into a week's worth of content → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrâ #WeeklyBlitz #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #NoCodeCAIO #TechTrends #Google #Apple #AIWearables #WorkplaceAI

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 4)Episode Summary:Lena Morris brings boots-on-the-ground reality from corporate training floors: employers ARE hiring for AI skills, and schools that ignore this are setting students up to fail. We dig into why K-12 needs AI literacy now, how EQ separates humans from machines, and what "micro-credentialing" actually means for your students' job prospects.About My Guest Jealeania "Lena" Morris is Founder & CEO of Authentic Encounters LLC | Leadership and culture coach | Professional development specialist focused on interpersonal connection and workplace transformation. Located in Central Indiana. Lena works with organizations from rural electric co-ops to healthcare systems, helping them integrate AI tools while maintaining authentic human skills.Guest Links Lena on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jealeaniadmorrisAuthentic Encounters: https://authenticencountersllc.com/Follow The Show Instagram: @AGISchoolsoutFacebook + LinkedIn: @AGIPodcastX: @NoCodeCAIOFull Episodes: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastDon't get left behind! Future-proof your organization, your team, and your career → work with Jason → podcasts, keynotes, educational workshops, and one-on-one coachingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIO📧 [email protected] No-Code CAIO Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048Phoenix Solutions GroupAffordable, pragmatic education, training, and consulting in AI literacy, policy, and projects.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/Join the AI Launchpad AI training for educators, SMBs, and professionals. 🚀 https://bit.ly/3NnuBc5Key Timestamps: 01:27 - Micro-credentialing and what employers actually ask for in hiring06:28 - Carmel mayor claims only STEM students need AI skills (Jason pushes back hard)08:15 - Lena's counter: innovative employers ARE hiring for AI proficiency right now27:38 - Why IT people now need leadership skills and personality, not just technical chops31:40 - Small businesses drowning in admin work that AI could handle tomorrow46:42 - EQ as the differentiator: what separates humans from machines in AI-saturated workplaces55:37 - Lena's new podcast launch: Authentic Encounters, Lena Speaks (February 2025)Tools We Recommend MindStudio → Automate your workflows ⁠https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdq⁠Riverside.fm → Turn one recording into a week's worth of content ⁠https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr⁠

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟯 | AI Health Tools, Data Centers, and the Great Midwest MigrationChatGPT Health and Claude Health just dropped, and Jason and Julie debate whether convenience will beat privacy concerns. Plus, data centers are coming to Indiana, and that means talent migration. Will the coasts lose their grip on tech workers when families can raise kids in the Midwest with lower costs and better schools?🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:ChatGPT Health and Claude Health launch: consolidating scattered health records from Apple Watch, Franciscan, IU Health into one AI interface for better patient questionsTrust and privacy in health AI: why Jason thinks big companies like Google are safer bets than cash-strapped startups like OpenAI when your medical data is on the lineDoctors vs. self-educated patients: the parallel between vibe coders bringing half-built apps to engineers and patients bringing AI research to specialists who aren't always thrilledData centers coming to Indiana: the infrastructure bringing AI jobs to the Midwest and what happens when tech talent can afford to raise families outside coastal citiesWhere you raise your kids when AI jobs move: diversity and opportunity in cities vs. safety and schools in suburbs, and why California parents might choose the Midwest once they have children💡 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲:Convenience wins over privacy every time, and when AI jobs follow data centers to the Midwest, families will follow lower costs and better schools.𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻I build AI-native organizations for companies that can't afford enterprise consulting timelines. Real implementation: LLM workflows, semantic data architecture, agentic automation, and the change management to make it stick.📧 [email protected]𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗿 is On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7 | 15+ years in radio/broadcast. Located in Lafayette, Indiana. Julie asks the questions non-technical professionals need answered.𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/𝗟𝗮𝗳𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗤𝟭𝟬𝟲.𝟳: https://lafayetteq1067.com/𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹'𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: Preparing students for their future, not our past.𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇: AI news every Monday. 30-45 minutes.𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝘆𝘁𝗲𝘀: Data literacy for business owners.𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲: Deep conversations with people building the futureFollow our LinkTr.ee links to your favorite platform:LinkTr.ee https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow us on Facebook and LinkedIn @AGIPodcast𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽Stop waiting for enterprise consulting timelines. We implement AI workflows, data architecture, and automation for 50-500 person organizations—no strategy decks, just results.🌐 https://www.phoenixsolutionsgroup.org/𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗽𝗮𝗱Learn to implement AI without a PhD or coding background. Monthly live training, industry-specific workshops (SMBs, educators, data design), and a community of practitioners who've figured it out. First session free.🚀 https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=025b0ccdd6374664a2aab5df527ab2f5𝗡𝗼-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗢 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿Practical LLM applications for non-technical professionals. No hype, no fluff—just what's working in real businesses.📰 https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-no-code-caio-newsletter-7399599285849346048𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱MindStudio → Automate your workflows → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqâ 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.𝗳𝗺 → Turn one recording into a week's worth of content → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrâ