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The John Batchelor Show

Preview: Colleague Gene Marks comments on the report that owners who dismissed workers thinking of AI workarounds now regret. More later.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Preview: Colleague Gene Marks comments on the report that owners who dismissed workers thinking of AI workarounds now regret. More later.
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0:00.0

This is John Batchler, conversation with colleague Gene Marks, small business columnist for The Guardian, the Philadelphia Enquirer, many other publications.

0:10.8

Artificial Intelligence, A-D-I, how are employers using it?

0:15.1

Gene has anecdote that employers are letting people go because, and it is unwise.

0:21.8

There are many things to learn.

0:23.4

Gene and I talk about them each week.

0:25.8

One thing to learn is this grows the pie.

0:29.2

It does not reduce the overhead.

0:31.2

It grows the pie.

0:34.3

Here's Gene on the foolishness of early adopters.

0:40.1

More tonight.

0:41.5

Well, it's, I mean, you know what's really wild is there was a generational thing, John,

0:47.5

where my kids are millennials, but when they were younger and things like Facebook and, you know,

0:53.1

you know, internet communications or you're coming out, you know, you know, internet communications

0:55.1

or, you're coming out, you know, my generation was like, oh, my God, this is unbelievable.

1:00.0

But our kids were like, eh, what?

1:02.3

What, you think this is a bit?

1:03.2

You know, they were know, this is definitely,

1:11.6

you know,

1:12.0

new stuff and fun to see.

1:14.6

And yeah,

1:15.2

it's doing that.

1:16.4

But,

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