About this episode

The episode discusses the existential crisis in AI as of 2026, contrasting hype with developer concerns and exploring the future of SaaS and enterprise AI.

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- Join the most average AI LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/16562039/ It's 2026 and everyone's having an existential crisis. In this episode, we unpack the two camps dominating AI C/Twitter: hype boys claiming "Claude Code can do my washing" vs. software developers doom-scrolling themselves into career panic. We put the agentic hype to the test and discover that no, you can't actually run 8 agents recreating your local business ecosystem while you sleep. Plus, we reflect on why MCP is exhausting, why Gemini 3 Pro is somehow worse than Gemini 2.5 Pro, and why Geoffrey Hinton would rather write his book than answer questions in Tasmania. Also featuring: the $200,000/month enterprise AI problem, why SaaS isn't dead (but it's scared), and our prediction that AI workspaces will become the everything app. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro - Unpacking the 2026 AI Vibes 02:21 Putting Claude Code and Agentic Hype to the Test 05:57 Why Twitter AI Demos Never Show the Receipts 07:03 Honest Assessment of Where Frontier Models Are At 11:19 Building the Everything App with Email, Calendar and Files 16:47 Collaborative Mode vs Agentic Delegation in…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

Topics covered

• AI hype
• software development
• SaaS
• enterprise AI
• future of AI platforms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Simtheory, LinkedIn

Products: Claude Code, Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Haiku, MCP

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