AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI

About AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI

AGI Podcast: Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI For people making AI work and educators preparing students for what's next. Practical conversations about workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses. School's Out Saturdays: Educators and students preparing for an AI-driven future. The Weekly Blitz: AI news recaps with cohost Julie Koehrer. AI & the Humans in the Loop: Biweekly conversations with people learning to build useful software and systems with AI. schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/

Publisher

AGI Podcasters

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Mar 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

152 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   China, China, China | The Weekly Blitz

   If China and the United States are racing toward different versions of an AI future, how do we decide who is winning? Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer take on China, China, China in this Weekly Blitz. They debate open-source models, robotics, regulation, economic competition, and what practical AI adoption could mean for everyday people. Julie questions why technological progress cannot be shared more broadly. Jason pushes on the costs, incentives, and risks behind that possibility. The conversation then turns to how AI systems are trained, whose values shape them, and whether humans can keep control as those systems become more capable. Listen for: What Jason and Julie mean by winning the AI race. The tension between affordable technology, investment, and jobs. Their questions about model distillation and intellectual property. The difference between rewarding an AI system and trying to teach it principles. Why both hosts end on the importance of learning from one another. An opinionated conversation, with room for disagreement and hypothetical scenarios, about the choices shaping an AI future we all have to live in. Host Links: Jason Padgett Relentless, unapologetically contrarian, and driven to make AI practical for everyday people. 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/ 💬 jason@agipodcast.ai The AGI Podcast Network Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI. 🌐 https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Chakra AI Solutions Chief Solutions Architect 🌐 https://chakrasolutions.ai/ Wooden Boy Industries Bring your biggest challenge. We will talk about where your school is heading and how to help students get ready for what comes next. 🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ Sprite Practical AI capability for solopreneurs who want to learn the tools and use them well themselves. 🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/sprite/ Co-Host Links: Julie Koehrer Curious, candid, deeply community-minded, and never afraid to ask the question everyone else is thinking. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer 🌐 Q106.7: https://lafayetteq1067.com/

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   The Gloves Come Off

   Personal AI agents are moving into calendars, inboxes, phones, and feeds. The harder question is who carries responsibility when those systems shape what people see, believe, and choose. Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer take the gloves off in this Weekly Blitz. What starts with Meta Muse, Grok Bot, privacy, and AI regulation turns into a real argument about the economy, data-center incentives, capitalism, billionaires, water, algorithms, and whether responsibility sits with companies, government, or the public. The disagreement gets heated. They stay in it, listen, push back, and end with the thing this show is supposed to make room for: two people who respect each other enough to argue honestly. RSVP for the Chakra AI Solutions' Launch Party, October 11th at Daniel's Vineyard in McCordsville: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chakra-ai-solutions-launch-event-tickets-1997164099584 WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY What personal AI agents gain when users give them access to everyday work and data Why software accountability and AI regulation remain unsettled How headlines, algorithms, and personal choices shape what reaches our feeds Where Jason and Julie split on business incentives, taxes, and public responsibility Why respectful disagreement still matters when the stakes feel personal ABOUT THE WEEKLY BLITZ Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer meet on Monday mornings to sort through the AI headlines, argue through the tradeoffs, and ask what any of it means for regular people trying to live and work through the change. RESOURCES MENTIONED Meta Muse https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/ Grok Bot https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot Claude's Constitution https://www.anthropic.com/constitution OpenAI DevDay 2026 https://openai.com/index/devday-2026/ CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Jason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI Workflows AGI - Advance Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network 🌐 https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ CoFounder, Wooden Boy Industries 🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions 🌐 https://chakrasolutions.ai/ 📧 jason@agipodcast.ai TOOLS USED Riverside ChatGPT

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   What Are We Racing To? AI Assistants, Privacy, and Buying Back Time | The Weekly Blitz

   What Are We Racing To? AI Assistants, Privacy, and Buying Back Time | The Weekly BlitzJulie asks the question that cuts through most AI productivity pitches: what are we racing to?In this Weekly Blitz, Julie Koehrer and Jason Padgett work through that question without pretending they agree on every answer. They talk about AI longevity claims, compute and regulation, local data systems, voice-first agents, consumer AI assistants, privacy, public surveillance, and what it actually means to buy back time.WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYWhy faster output only matters when you know what you want the saved time forHow better data organization can reduce the work an AI system has to doWhy convenience and trust become inseparable when an assistant can act for youHow Julie and Jason draw different personal boundaries around voice, privacy, and automationWhy AI safety still comes back to accountable engineering and containmentCHAPTERS00:00 AI longevity and what counts as a stretch02:11 Superintelligence, control, and human arrogance05:00 Data centers, compute, and regulation08:00 Sentiment, context, and efficient AI systems09:02 Building one organized source of truth18:05 What are we racing to?19:09 Buying back time with AI agents24:14 Voice-first work and the instant ick25:40 Flock cameras, public trust, and accountability30:11 Consumer AI assistants and privacy35:50 Trusted agents supervising other tools37:35 Softball, TikTok, and a vibe-coder cartoon41:37 AI containment as an engineering problemABOUT JULIE KOEHRERJulie Koehrer co-hosts The Weekly Blitz and brings a practical marketing and media perspective to the conversation. She asks the questions a lot of people have when a new AI tool promises speed, convenience, and a little more access than feels comfortable.RESOURCES MENTIONEDThe AGI Podcast Networkhttps://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkWoof Boom Radio Indianahttps://woofboom.com/indiana/CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTJason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI WorkflowsAGI - Advance Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network🌐 https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/CoFounder, Wooden Boy Industries🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions🌐 https://chakrasolutions.ai/📧 jason@agipodcast.aiTOOLS USEDRiversideSpotify for Creators

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