About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of AI on network engineering and the importance of automation.
“AI Won’t Replace You, But Someone Using AI Might” AI is everywhere; stickers, marketing, hype. Network engineers are understandably skeptical. In this episode, Andy Lapteff is joined by longtime friend of the show John Capobianco (now Head of AI & DevRel at Itencho) and Mike Bushong for a practical, optimistic “ABCs of AI” discussion designed for working network engineers. We start with a blunt reality: automation adoption is still low, and the old “automate or die” narrative hasn’t help...
People in this episode
Host: Andy Lapteff
Guests: John Capobianco, Mike Bushong
Topics covered
- AI
- network engineering
- automation
- technology adoption
- optimism in AI
Keywords
- AI
- network engineers
- automation
- technology
- Itencho
- optimism
- adoption
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Itencho
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