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Three Takes on AI
by Brian, Campbell and Michael
Three Takes on AI cuts through the hype with real conversations about artificial intelligence in business.Your Hosts: Brian Silverman (ABSAI Consulting) - Tech perspective Mike Muhlfelder (Calm Ocean Sales) - Real-world implementationCampbell Robertson (Boxwood Strategy Group) - Business strategyWe actually read the studies and test the tools while others recycle headlines. Each episode tackles questions keeping leaders up at night: Is AI delivering ROI? How do you govern Shadow AI? What’s hype vs. reality?
Episodes
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SalesForces AgentForce - Deterministic, Probabilistic, Oh My !
This episode of the '3 Takes on AI' podcast focused on Salesforce's Dreamforce 2026 announcements around Agentforce and deterministic AI, with the hosts analyzing the architectural approach, business model implications, and customer risks. Brian, Mike and Campbell broadly agreed that pairing a...
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NVIDIA’s Agent Safety Platform: Controls Aren’t Governance
NVIDIA’s new open agent safety platform has pushed AI governance into the spotlight—but does it actually solve the problem? In this episode of Three Takes on AI, we examine what agent safety controls can—and cannot—do. We discuss containment, permissions, identity, auditability, and the ability…
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Should We Let AI Vendors Shift The Responsibility to Their Users?
We dug into Anthropic's self-reported "85% deception gap closure" — a metric the company defined, tested, and graded itself. We looked at the gap between when incidents actually happen and when they get publicly acknowledged. And we looked at the roughly 1,400 researchers who've now signed onto a...
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Fired, then Rehired at 30% more thanks to AI!
Companies cut staff to make room for AI. Now they're calling those same people back — sometimes at a hefty premium. Two-thirds of employers who ran AI-led layoffs have already rehired for roles they eliminated, and 55% say they regret the cuts in the first place. In this episode of Three Takes on...
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AI Kill Switch - Who should own the lever?
What happens when the AI itself is the breach? Anthropic, OpenAI, and now Meta have all disclosed incidents where frontier models stepped outside their sandbox and into real systems. Anthropic confirmed that models undergoing cyber-capability testing hacked into three unsuspecting companies — in...
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Students Used AI to Score 96% on their exams and the Prof cried foul, or did he?
In this episode of Three Takes on AI, we unpack the viral story of a Brown University class where students used generative AI to achieve top marks on a take‑home midterm exam. Did they actually cheat, or did the institution design an exam that was begging to be exploited? Campbell, Mike, and…
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Beyond the AI Strategy: The Risks Your Board Is Missing
Boards are racing to approve AI strategies—but many are still blind to the risks that reach across economics, accountability, labor, and organizational power. In this episode of Three Takes on AI, Michael Muhlfelder, Campbell Robertson, and Brian Silverman examine why traditional board governance...
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AI ROI? Not So Fast !
Gartner projects the world will spend over $2.52 trillion on AI by the end of 2026; yet PwC finds 53% of CEOs are seeing little to no return. Brian, Campbell, and Mike revisit the ROI problem, arguing that too many organizations lead with technology instead of business outcomes. Drawing on the...
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Our AI Takes: The Limits of the Tools are Human
The AI tool you start with may not be the one you stay with — and that's the point. In this episode of Three Takes on AI, Brian, Campbell, and Mike dig into the AI tools they're actually using in their day-to-day work as independent consultants and business builders. Not the hype, not the press...
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Humans vs AI - what is the cost?
In this episode of Three Takes on AI, we ask whether “human vs AI” is the wrong question and explore how people and probabilistic AI systems really work together in practice. Through stories about KitchenAid bagels, garden centers, and AI cost overruns, we dig into compliance, governance, and the...
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AI is Thirsty and Humans are in the way
Data Centers vs. Drinking Water Fresh, clean water to drink. Water to grow food. And the insatiable thirst of AI data centers. In this episode, we tackle the growing tension between humanity's most basic needs and the massive cooling demands of AI infrastructure. Sparked by a Substack article…
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Star Trek Dreams, Terminator Outcomes, and Why Neither Is True
This episode of Three Takes on AI uses the Musk v. Altman trial (with Microsoft as co-defendant) as a springboard to challenge the binary "Star Trek vs. Terminator" framing of AI and ask the harder question: who is actually accountable when AI fails. The hosts examine three competing AI…
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AI Governance: Ignorance and Satire
AI governance is like a self‑driving car that must keep humans firmly in the loop. In this episode, the hosts argue that when we “forget the human,” AI failures stop being about bad mortgages and start threatening real lives and health. They explore why every powerful AI system needs a clear...
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Trained to Be Replaced: The Hidden Cost of Building AI at Work
On the same day NASA's Artemis II crew flies around the moon — a triumph of human courage and intellect — we tackle a far less celebratory reality: what happens when the AI you championed at work comes for your job? From Oracle's massive 30,000-person layoff to Atlassian replacing its CTO amid AI...
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When NOT to Use AI (Yes, Really)
Everyone's rushing to use AI for everything — but when should you actually hold back? In Episode 11 of Three Takes on AI, the crew flips the script and tackles the scenarios where AI isn't the answer. From missing governance frameworks to over-reliance on AI outputs, we break down the real risks…
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AI Responsibility: Who’s in Charge When the Machine Decides?
The episode explores the question of accountability when AI systems make consequential decisions. The hosts discuss who bears responsibility — individuals, organizations, or AI companies — when AI takes actions that go wrong. The conversation was sparked by a letter written by a friend named...
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This is Not a Simulation: Human Intelligence over Artificial Intelligence
Would you trust AI to diagnose your child's illness? From a revealing encounter with the CIO of Federal Prisons to the real-world gap between intelligence and experience, Brian, Campbell and Mike dig into why human judgment still holds an edge that algorithms can't replicate — and what we risk...
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Human Intelligence vs. Artificial Intelligence how do we move forward
AI and Human Intelligence are different but how should they work together? Is human intelligence at risk from AI? How do we govern AI and HI together for an organization. We discuss how a fine balance needs to be incorporated into business strategy and planning to augment humans with AI and not…
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Bringing AI Out of the Shadows
Shadow AI: The Workforce Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight Your employees are already using AI—whether you know it or not. Studies show 59% of workers hide their AI use from their bosses, and 93% have shared confidential company data through unauthorized tools. Is this a security nightmare or the...
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Agentic AI and 2026: The Make or Break It Year?
In 2026, agentic AI finally has to grow up. With analysts projecting that roughly 40% of enterprise applications will embed task-specific AI agents by this year, the gap between glossy demos and dependable production systems is about to get brutally obvious. Join hosts Brian, Mike, and Campbell…
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#4 Three Takes on AI 2025 Roundup
Brian, Campbell, and Mike wrap up the year with their Three Takes on AI for 2025, comparing what actually happened to the trends they predicted, calling out the biggest surprises, and sharing where they think AI reality is headed next for leaders, builders, and operators.
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3 Takes on AI: Invest or ROI for AI #3
In episode 3, hosts Brian, Michael and Campbell dig into the uncomfortable gap between AI’s glossy headline numbers and the risk‑adjusted reality leaders actually live with. Using fresh data on global AI investment, enterprise spend and reported 3.7x returns, they unpack what happens when 40%+ of...
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#2 - Is the AI Bubble Here?
Three Takes on AI returns with a fiery Episode 2, where three operators with very different convictions tackle one big question: are we actually in an AI bubble, or are we just getting started? In this episode, Michael Muhlfelder argues the market is deep in bubble territory, fueled by…
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Three Takes on AI: Shadow AI & the Surprising Truths Behind the MIT Failure Rate
The 95% Failure Rate Nobody Understands: MIT’s AI Study & The Shadow AI Revolution Everyone’s freaking out about the MIT study claiming 95% of AI projects fail—but did anyone actually read it? We did. And the real story is way more interesting than the clickbait headlines. In this debut episode…
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Three Takes on AI cuts through the hype with real conversations about artificial intelligence in business.Your Hosts: Brian Silverman (ABSAI Consulting) - Tech perspective Mike Muhlfelder (Calm Ocean Sales) - Real-world implementationCampbell Robertson (Boxwood Strategy Group) - Business strategyWe actually read the studies and test the tools while others recycle headlines. Each episode tackles questions keeping leaders up at night: Is AI delivering ROI? How do you govern Shadow AI? What’s hype vs. reality?
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