The AI Ultimatum: Preparing for a World of Intelligent Machines and Radical Transformation with Steve Brown

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Today we have a special guest and author on the Code Story podcast, Steve Brown . Steve is a former DeepMind futurist, and recently published a book called The AI Ultimatum: Preparing for a World of Intelligent Machines and Radical Transformation . In the book, he provides a step by step framework to guide leaders in identifying use cases for AI, turning it into business value, and obtaining buy in from employees. In our conversation, Steve is going to elaborate on why AI is a teammate (not a threat), the top AI rollout mistakes, leadership and management tactics that need to go, and much more. Questions: What led you to write this book? Ultimately, what were you trying to accomplish? We often hear that AI is coming for our jobs, but you argue it’s actually our newest teammate. Can you elaborate on this more? Let's double back on something you said, around the flavors of agents. What are those 3 different flavors of agents? Over time, leaders can fall into operating out of their experience - IE assumptions about a particular endeavor. With the advent of AI, what assumptions need to be retired, and what needs to replace them?