Hosted by Sean Boyce and James Perkins · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 25 episodes
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300 million jobs at risk. 40% of the workforce exposed. The AI revolution isn't coming, it's here.What About AI is a weekly podcast helping everyday people understand how artificial intelligence and robotics are reshaping work, life, and society. Hosts Sean and James cut through the hype and fear to deliver clear explanations, real stories, and practical strategies.
Sean Boyce and James Perkins hosts What About AI, a business show with 25 episodes published.
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says most white-collar tasks will be fully automated within 12 to 18 months. Dario Amodei describes a near-future "country of geniuses in a data center." Every major AI leader is landi
In one week: Anthropic's safety chief resigned warning "the world is in peril." Half of xAI's co-founders left. An OpenAI researcher quit citing concerns about manipulation. The headlines are alarming — but the full stor
The World Economic Forum just released a framework mapping four possible futures for the global job market by 2030. Two variables determine which scenario we get: AI advancement speed and workforce readiness. The combina
HR professionals are in a unique position: their department is being disrupted by AI while simultaneously being asked to lead the company's AI transformation. In this episode, we break down what's actually happening — fr
The hiring process is changing faster than most people realize. McKinsey is now testing candidates on their ability to work with AI. 87% of companies use AI to screen resumes. And Gartner predicts 50% of organizations wi
Financial services and banking companies are pushing AI further and faster than almost any other industry. In this episode, we draw on our combined decades at Vanguard and JP Morgan Chase to break down exactly what's hap
In this episode, we go hands-on with the two biggest AI model releases of 2026 so far — Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI's GPT-5.3 Codex — and break down what they mean for workers and businesses. What we cover: →
McKinsey now has 25,000 AI agents working alongside 40,000 humans. OpenAI just launched Frontier. Anthropic released Agent Teams. The shift from "AI as a tool" to "AI as your coworker" is happening right now. We break do
70% of banking operations are expected to be automated. GPT 5.2's thinking model beats human financial experts more than 70% of the time - up from 38% in the previous version. Hundreds of thousands of Wall Street jobs ar
230 million people are asking healthcare questions on ChatGPT every single week. Over 40 million daily. We're two of them - and the results changed our lives. James's doctor told him to start statins. AI suggested an alt
A million people installed Claudebot - an unofficial AI agent that could handle your schedule, admin, and daily tasks. Then the security vulnerabilities came out. Your passwords, your data, all exposed. Anthropic's respo
Middle managers are the #1 target for AI-driven layoffs. It's called "The Great Unbossing" - and it's accelerating. The numbers are brutal: • Amazon: 30,000 layoffs targeting management • $5 billion projected savings fro
Both companies AND job seekers are now using AI in hiring. The result? A completely broken system where bots talk to bots and nobody wins. The shocking reality: • 83% of companies use AI to screen resumes • 40-50% of job
You've applied to hundreds of jobs. No responses. No interviews. Just silence. Here's the brutal truth: 40% of those jobs might not even exist. In this episode, we expose the ghost job epidemic—fake job postings that com
Here's something nobody saw coming: the most tech-savvy generation in history is abandoning tech careers—and running toward construction, plumbing, and electrical work. 🔧 62% of Gen Z believe AI could replace their jobs
Amazon just announced the largest layoffs in company history—and they're doing better than ever. That's the new reality. 📦💔 In just 3 months, Amazon has cut 30,000 jobs: 16,000 announced yesterday on top of 14,000 from
This isn't a prediction—it's already happening. Customer service jobs are disappearing faster than anyone expected. 📞🤖 Salesforce just cut their customer service workforce nearly in HALF—from 9,000 to 5,000—by replacin
New college grads are facing the worst job market in years—and the data is brutal. 📉 While overall unemployment stays low, new grad unemployment is approaching 10%. And here's the kicker: Dallas Fed research shows job f
The world's most powerful leaders just gathered in Davos—and they're not sugarcoating what's coming. 🌍 AI anxiety has risen 50% in under two years, and 60% of employees feel their leaders are underestimating the psychol
This episode covers 2026 being the year AI gets its own workforce. Key points: Gartner predicts 15% of strategic decisions will be made by AI within 2 years (up from 0%)Microsoft is giving AI agents employee identities (
Dario Amodei
CEO of Anthropic · Anthropic
2 appearances on this show
Mustafa Suleyman
Microsoft’s AI chief · Inflection
1 appearance on this show
James
US Army Veteran and Historian · Wilderness Brewery
1 appearance on this show
Sean
aquaponics expert, author of "Thinking Outside The Soil" · Elevate Engineers
1 appearance on this show
Demis Hassabis
Co-founder and CEO · Google DeepMind
1 appearance on this show
Sam Altman
AI Visionary and Billionaire Innovator · Tools for Humanity
1 appearance on this show
Elon Musk
President Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
1 appearance on this show
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