Data Debrief: Schools Back, AI Attack & the future of paid employment
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The episode discusses the implications of AI adoption in organizations and the public's perception of AI's risks and benefits.
In Episode 23 of Season 7 of Data Debrief, Catherine Dowden-King and Kyle Winterbottom unpack Tuesday's conversation with Greg Freeman, CEO and Founder of Data & AI Literacy Academy, and the gap between organisations that have given everyone a Copilot licence and those that are actually using AI to change how the business operates. As Catherine puts it, a Sunday league player and a Premier League player are both "playing football" – but nobody's confusing the two. They also get into the week's headline that AI has a "greater than 10% chance" of wiping out humanity, why a growing anti-AI mood outside the data bubble matters for leaders trying to drive adoption, and why a landscaper turned content creator might be the best human-in-the-loop example going. They also discuss: Why September is the real new year for data leaders, with budget season and event chaos hitting at once. Why the "AI will kill us all" headlines are irresponsible without the evidence to back them up. How to tell the difference between a credible warning and a researcher looking for a headline on the way out the door. Why 70% of Facebook comments on an AI-generated event poster are people refusing to attend…
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