Way back in Episode One, we gazed into the crystal ball to predict exactly what the world of AI, business, and politics would look like in 2025. Now, the future has arrived. In this week’s episode, we pull up the tape, dust off those early forecasts, and ruthlessly grade our own homework. The verdict? As Paddy puts it, "The planets have aligned." From the explosion of autonomous driving—with Waymo now hitting 450k paid rides a week—to the harsh reality of AI displacement in contact centers, m...
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Way back in Episode One, we gazed into the crystal ball to predict exactly what the world of AI, business, and politics would look like in 2025. Now, the future has arrived. In this week’s episode, we pull up the tape, dust off those early forecasts, and ruthlessly grade our own homework. The verdict? As Paddy puts it, "The planets have aligned." From the explosion of autonomous driving—with Waymo now hitting 450k paid rides a week—to the harsh reality of AI displacement in contact centers, m...
The Model Wars Intensify: Navigating the AI Bubble and the Timeline of Human Job Displacement
The Roundtable Rethink Podcast
54 minutes
1 month ago
The Model Wars Intensify: Navigating the AI Bubble and the Timeline of Human Job Displacement
If you’ve ignored the news for the last three weeks, you’ve missed a year's worth of progress. This week, we break down the triple-threat release from Google, OpenAI, and xAI and reveal their stunning new capabilities. In this episode: The New King: We analyze how Gemini 3 Pro hits record highs on the world's most challenging benchmarks.The Bubble Math: Hyperscalers are spending $150B+ annually on infrastructure, but is the revenue there? We discuss the "Capex Air Pocket" and whether a ...
The Roundtable Rethink Podcast
Way back in Episode One, we gazed into the crystal ball to predict exactly what the world of AI, business, and politics would look like in 2025. Now, the future has arrived. In this week’s episode, we pull up the tape, dust off those early forecasts, and ruthlessly grade our own homework. The verdict? As Paddy puts it, "The planets have aligned." From the explosion of autonomous driving—with Waymo now hitting 450k paid rides a week—to the harsh reality of AI displacement in contact centers, m...
