Uncanny Intelligence

We’re done typing magic spells. “Kill the Prompt” and move to Software 3.0—where the real job is orchestrating agents, context and execution, not wordsmithing prompts.In this episode we unpack how to:Swap prompt hacks for pipelines, tools and goalsRun personal agents locally (privacy + low power)Think “ambient intelligence” instead of “apps”Handle the messy reality of neural nets and still ship(Update timestamps after upload)00:00 Cold open & uni throwbacks01:20 Why “prompting” is the wrong mental model04:05 Software 1.0 → 2.0 → 3.0 (execution is the hard part)07:40 Neural nets = unreadable decision trees (and why that matters)11:10 Generating human-readable code again (hybrid approach)14:00 Cloud vs local: energy, latency, privacy trade-offs18:30 “Jarvis at home”: stitching tiny agents together22:10 Context pipelines: RAG, tools, memory, actions27:00 Ambient intelligence: AI you don’t notice32:15 “Smartphone moment” analogy & what changes at work36:40 Bureaucracy vs context: where AI helps/hurts39:10 Wrap & what to build nextWhat’s the first prompt you’d kill—and what would you replace it with? Drop it in the comments.#KillThePrompt #Software3_0 #AIAgents #LocalAI #AmbientIntelligence #EdgeComputing #PrivacyTech #RAG #ExecutionOverPrompts

10 Blue links is finished... how do we get found? Zero-click results, TikTok discovery and ChatGPT answers are stealing traffic—and whole industries are scrambling.In this debut episode of **Uncanny Intelligence**, Michael Smedley and guest Bahjat Alaadel dive into the hard numbers and, more importantly, what you should do **right now**:▶️ **What we cover** • Zero-click searches jump to **69 %**—how that guts ad revenue • Google’s AI Overviews vs. the “ten blue links” we grew up with • TikTok and YouTube as the *new* top-of-funnel channels • Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO): the next SEO land-grab • Paid search turning into nothing but pricey bookmarks • Kodak’s fatal blind spot—don’t repeat it with AI⏱ **Chapters** 0:00 Cold-open stats that matter 0:40 Why clicks are evaporating 2:10 Google’s zero-click dilemma 4:30 Buyer journeys start in short-form video 9:10 Reddit, trust & E-E-A-T 14:20 Are Google Ads still worth it? 23:15 Playbook for the post-click era 30:05 Kodak cautionary tale 34:10 Key take-aways & next episode tease💡 **Links** • Similarweb traffic report → bit.ly/ai-traffic-2025 • Work with SSW (our day job) → https://ssw.com.au👇 Smash **Subscribe** for weekly, hype-free breakdowns of AI trends that actually shift money and jobs.💡 **Links** • Similarweb traffic report → bit.ly/ai-traffic-2025 • Work with SSW (our day job) → https://ssw.com.au