AI Made Easy for Business

1. SUMMARY

This episode explores the latest in AI-powered creativity from Google, including two headline-grabbing tools: Nano Banana (officially Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) and Veo 3 for AI video generati…

1. SUMMARY

In Episode 34, Jeremy and Jim tackle the growing disconnect between AI hype and business reality. As Wall Street frets over the failure rate of enterprise AI investments (95% yield no ROI!)…

SUMMARY

In Episode 33, Jim and Jeremy unpack how skeptical intelligence, learning-oriented AI, and critical thinking are becoming essential tools for business leaders navigating the AI boom. They dig …

2. THE AI JOKE

"You must have a photographic memory. Too bad it's mostly blurry."

3. TAKEAWAYS

• GPT-5 represents a shift from static chatbot to autonomous collaborator.
• Agentic behavior allows AI to plan,…

THE AI JOKE

"I started a business making yo-yos. It has its ups and downs."

TAKEAWAYS

• Microsoft’s research shows paralegals, clerks, and bookkeepers are at high risk from AI disruption, while electricia…

THE AI JOKE

Why did the AI go to confession? It had a lot of processing to do.

TAKEAWAYS

• AI chats—including deleted ones—may now be preserved and used in legal cases, such as the ongoing NYT vs. OpenAI …

THE AI JOKE

"What do you call a belt made of fake watches? A waste of time."

TAKEAWAYS

• AI is rapidly replacing roles like recruiters and assistants, especially in enterprise settings, creating new oppo…

THE AI JOKE

"What do you call a computer's favorite snack? Microchips."

TAKEAWAYS

• Use AI as a tool, not a crutch. Critical thinking must stay in the driver’s seat.
• The MIT study showed overreliance on AI…

AI'S JOKE

What do you call a parade of rabbits hopping backward?
A receding hare-line.

TOOLS & RESOURCES

• Article: "Are We All Doomed?' The CEO of Fiverr Says AI Is Definitely Taking Your Job. Here's What…

AI'S JOKE

Why didn't the skeleton enter the cooking contest?
I don't know, why?
Because he didn't have the guts.

TOOLS & RESOURCES

• Top French chefs warm to AI in the kitchen (https://www.yahoo.com/lifesty…

AI'S JOKE

What's a bootstrapper's favorite financial model?
I don't know what.
Excel and denial.

TOOLS & RESOURCES

• A fireside chat with Sam Altman OpenAI CEO at Harvard University (https://www.youtube.com…

AI'S JOKE

Why don't most startups believe in budgeting?
Don't know why.
Because runway is just a suggestion, not a destination.

TOOLS & RESOURCES

• The Narrow Pathways to Wealth: Family Businesses and Emplo…

TAKEAWAYS

It's a great time to be alive despite challenges.
AI is democratizing knowledge and access to tools.
Building a search engine to simplify tool discovery.
Community knowledge is essential for gr…

AI'S JOKE

Social media is like a refrigerator. That's what the AI says. Social media is like a refrigerator. Every few minutes you open it to see if anything interesting is there, even though you know…

AI'S JOKE

What's the difference between a spam caller and a mosquito?
One is an annoying pest that buzzes in your ear and won't leave you alone until you swat it, and the other is an insect.

TOOLS & RES…

AI'S JOKE

Our office got a new AI system to handle document filing. It scanned everything, learned our workflow, renamed all of our files, and reorganized all of our folders. Now, the only file anyone…

AI'S JOKE

Politeness is when someone sneezes in a Zoom meeting and seven people instinctively say, bless you, even though their mics are off and the person sneezing was a cat in the background.

TOOLS &…

TOOLS & RESOURCES

• The Rise of Artificial Intelligence at JPMorgan
• Shopify CEO says staffers need to prove jobs can't be done by AI before asking for more headcount 
• Equaltime.io

TAKEAWAYS

• AI is being deep…

Takeaways

• A TikTok video about Claude's Google integration sparked interest in AI productivity tools
• The hosts realized they already had access to Gemini through their Google Workspace subscription
• Gemi…