AI That Thinks: Dewain Robinson on Agents, Copilot, and What’s Next – HGG677

About this episode

Dewain Robinson discusses the evolution of AI from chatbots to reasoning agents and their impact on software development.

What happens when AI stops being just a chatbot and starts to reason, plan, and actually do useful work? This week, Dewain Robinson joins me for a conversation on Copilot Studio, AI agents, reasoning models, vibe coding, and the future of software development. We go beyond the usual AI hype and into the practical side, how these tools are already changing workflows, helping with real tasks, and forcing all of us to rethink what productive work looks like. From Microsoft’s internal shift after ChatGPT to real-world examples like managing email, building demo data, handling calendars, and guiding software creation, this

People in this episode

Host: Jim Collison

Guest: Dewain Robinson

Topics covered

• AI reasoning
• software development
• workflow automation
• AI agents
• Copilot Studio
• vibe coding

Keywords

• AI
• software development
• Copilot
• workflow
• ChatGPT
• email management
• vibe coding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

Books & works: Copilot Studio, ChatGPT

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