About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on hourly billing practices in various industries and explores the implications of AI-driven productivity gains.

AI is forcing consulting, law, and web design to abandon hourly billing. Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer unpack what changes when clients know AI compressed 20 hours of work into 3, and why workers aren't sharing in the productivity gains. Key topics covered: The death of hourly billing in consulting, law, and web design How Claude in Chrome is building an entire HubSpot CRM in Jason's browser in real time ChatGPT image generation 2.0 and the AGI Podcast rebrand at agipodcast.ai Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoing a state AI bill and what it signals The Bernie Sanders question: who shares in AI productivity gains when companies make 5x but salaries stay flat Data centers, energy regulation, and why some states will get left in the Stone Age US nuclear regulation versus China's buildout speed Anthropic's new model and the White House Department of Defense reversal Indiana's tech ecosystem: TechPoint Mira Awards, Mung Chiang at Purdue, Keep Indiana Learning's AI Symposium May 12 Bottom line: AI isn't just changing what work gets done. It's rewriting how work gets priced, who gets paid, and which states are positioned to capture the next decade of growth. About Julie Koehrer: On-Air…

People in this episode

Host: Julie Koehrer

Guest: Jason Padgett

Topics covered

• AI and productivity
• hourly billing
• consulting
• law
• web design
• AI regulation
• tech ecosystem

Keywords

• AI
• hourly billing
• consulting
• Claude
• productivity gains
• tech ecosystem
• Maine
• Indiana

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AGI Podcast, Anthropic, Department of Defense, CitizenAI, Cars for Keeps

Books & works: The Capacity Overload Podcast

Places: Maine, Indiana, Lafayette, Indiana

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