Generative AI 101

Host Emily Laird unpacks Davos 2026 like it’s the Met Gala for AI anxiety. From Demis Hassabis’ cool five-to-ten-year take to Dario Amodei’s DEFCON-level urgency, this episode breaks down the AGI showdown with zero spin and a side of geopolitical dread. Expect riffs on dolphin-wrong LLMs, job market tsunamis, and why compute chips are now sexier than oil. It's the kind of chat that happens at 3 a.m. in a Swiss hotel lobby… right before someone rewrites policy.

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In this episode of Generative AI 101, host Emily Laird pulls back the curtain on Amazon’s latest round of corporate layoffs and the quiet rise of AI agents inside the company. This is not killer robots or sci‑fi drama, it’s workflows turning into code, middle management becoming friction, and spreadsheets making the final call. Emily breaks down why 30,000 jobs are on the line, how generative AI moved from productivity tool to internal executioner, and what it means when the company running half the internet decides it needs fewer humans to do it. Dark, sharp, and uncomfortably real.

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Host Emily Laird breaks down how Google and The Princeton Review just dropped a full-length SAT practice test inside Gemini, no fee required. It's fast, personalized, and brutally efficient. Emily explains why this isn't just a cool feature, it's a direct threat to pricey tutors, test prep giants, and the whole pay-to-play education game. If AI can coach you for free, what exactly are you still paying for?

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In this episode of Generative AI 101, host Emily Laird breaks down the wild story of MacroHard, a covert project inside Elon Musk’s xAI aiming to unleash "human emulators", AI agents that use software like actual employees. We’re talking AIs that click, type, fail, try again, and maybe even clock in. Emily unpacks the now-viral podcast appearance by engineer Sulai Khan Ghori, the theory of Teslas-as-server-farms, and the dystopian charm of giving bots job titles. It’s part sci-fi, part Office Space, and all real.

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Host Emily Laird pulls back the curtain on Gmail’s AI-fueled glow-up, powered by Google’s Gemini. This isn’t spellcheck with ambition, this is your inbox rewriting your life, finishing your thoughts, and RSVP-ing to weddings before you've had your coffee. From eerie auto-replies to full-blown email triage, Emily breaks down how Gemini is turning your inbox into your digital twin. Smart assistant? Try soul-siphoning scheduler

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