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Hosted by Eric Dodds & John Wessel · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 33 episodes
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Two friends break down AI, technology, and entrepreneurship through mental models, real-world experience and the pursuit of a life well-lived.
Eric Dodds & John Wessel hosts Token Intelligence, a technology show with 33 episodes published.
Eric put Substack's new AI detection feature to the test. He shares the results with John, sparking a discussion about when AI writing makes sense, why people care, and our need for human connection. Summary Substack rec
If AI is good at writing, why are people giving it old writing rules? John interviews Eric about how he and his team use AI as professional writers. Summary Over the last few weeks, advice for giving AI writing rules has
New AI models are released every week. Is it worth it to keep up with the latest and greatest? Eric says no, John says yes, and they debate to find a practical middle ground. Summary Across all AI labs, a new model is re
An OpenAI model broke out of its test environment and hacked Hugging Face. Eric and John explain what actually happened, and why it isn't AGI. Summary This past week, news broke that several OpenAI models "escaped a sand
Who will thrive in the age of AI? David Brooks says your relationship to mental effort is the answer, so Eric and John unpack his three archetypes and push back with their own takes. Summary Eric and John open by definin
AI makes work faster, but can it also hollow out the focus, mastery, and satisfaction that make work craft? Eric and John explore mastery and burnout when AI enters the toolkit. Summary Eric and John start with a candid
AI's sycophantic design means bad thinking upstream produces confident, polished output downstream. The problem isn't just the design of the tool; it's the thinking you bring to it. Summary Eric opens with a quote from h
Multitasking is a false promise for productivity, but AI's form factor and speed make it the default path, especially as you become an AI power user. Eric and John explore why deep focus still wins. Summary Eric and John
AI can improve the mean quality of work on a team, but it makes accountability harder. Eric and John argue that it's not just about QA of the output, but who's doing the hard thinking before using AI. Brief description A
Buying software just got harder: AI changes what you can build, headless architecture changes what you should buy, and personal tools change how individuals work. Eric and Jon navigate all three. Summary John is live at
Insiders and outsiders worry about the economic impact of AI, and doomers predict a "permanent underclass." But data doesn't back the apocalypse, disruption is slow, and humans are durably creative. Summary Eric and John
Is AI actually a big deal, or just another hype cycle? Eric and John apply a three-matrix framework to cut through the noise and find a clear answer. Summary John opens with a hot take that’s on everyone’s mind: is AI as
Most businesses are spending on AI without measuring the return. Eric and John break down the three factors that determine whether AI actually earns its cost. Summary Eric and John open with a question John raised over l
Eric and John rate five AI use cases on a scale from 1 to 10: deep research, running an autonomous company, creative work, coding, and voice. The results are not what most people expect. Summary Eric and John open with a
The headlines say AI is replacing workers. Eric and John dig into what's actually working, what isn't, and where the real ceiling is right now. Summary Eric opens with a viral post from David Cramer, founder of Sentry, p
AI is removing the barrier of specialization, giving generalists the ability to span more domains and solve the most important problems faster. Summary Eric and John unpack a shift many knowledge workers can already feel
Why talented people stall out: going around your boss can break trust long before it creates opportunity, and the consequences simmer under the surface for a long time. Summary Eric and John start with a Reddit post from
Eric flips his own thesis: Notion doesn't need to out-build HubSpot, it just needs to become the platform where everyone else does. Summary Eric returns to his controversial take that Notion could threaten HubSpot, and a
Eric flips his own thesis: Notion doesn't need to out-build HubSpot, it just needs to become the platform where everyone else does. Summary Eric returns to his controversial take that Notion could threaten HubSpot, and a
Notion could take out HubSpot, but the frontier providers are fighting a bigger war over who owns the interface, the context, and eventually the whole stack. Summary Eric opens by restating the case for Notion as a serio
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