About this episode
Cameron and Steve discuss the advancements in AI and robotics since ChatGPT's launch, reflecting on the past and speculating about the future.
In this episode of Futuristic, Cameron and Steve reunite after a three-month break to reflect on how far artificial intelligence and robotics have come since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. They chart the wild rise from OpenAI’s first conversational model to today’s trillion-dollar valuations, integrated browsers, agentic coding tools, and the dawn of humanoid robots. Along the way they weigh the “bubble” narrative, the myth of a job apocalypse, and the cultural impact of AI on everything from creativity to capitalism. The conversation pivots from nostalgia for the early internet to speculation about the next three years—when everyone, they predict, will be working with personal AI agents and, perhaps, living alongside household robots. The banter swings between philosophy, tech history, humour, and a few pulled hamstrings. FULL TRANSCRIPT Futuristic recording – Oct 30, 2025 Cameron: [00:00:00] Welcome back to the Futuristic Podcast, episode 46. It is the 31st of October, 2025. The first time I’ve seen your face on a screen except on TikTok, Steve Sammartino. Since August 4th was the last time you and I did an episode, I did one with my old friend, Nick…
People in this episode
Host: Cameron Reilly
Guest: Steve Sammartino
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- robotics
- technology history
- cultural impact of AI
- future predictions
- job market
- humanoid robots
Keywords
- AI
- robotics
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI
- future of work
- humanoid robots
- technology
- job apocalypse
- creativity
- capitalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OpenAI, Toowoomba Ankin School
Products: ChatGPT
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