AI is changing work fast. So what can a regular person actually do to stay valuable?

Luke and David dig into whether AI is overhyped or we're just early, and why the answer for most of us is to become the CEO of our own job: the person who directs the tools, not the person replaced by them. We talk about why companies are now hiring for judgment, why it's loss we fear more than change, what school and shortcuts mean for the next generation, and how AI could open a plan B for retirement. Plus a real impact story, and how making this show brought two cousins closer than they've been in 30 years.

Chapters:

0:00 Cold open
1:48 Is AI overhyped, or are we just early?
5:50 AI slop grenades
10:32 Who does AI actually benefit?
12:20 Becoming the CEO of your job
14:13 It's not change we fear, it's loss
17:51 Where will young people learn judgment?
24:33 School, shortcuts and critical thinking
28:19 Do you have to use AI?
33:33 An impact story
38:16 The counterweight
43:03 Closer cousins
46:25 No friction between idea and doing
48:32 A new plan for retirement
53:50 Outro

New episodes every Thursday. Questions, stories and freak-outs: hello@late2thefuture.com. Newsletter and show notes: late2thefuture.com. Find us at @late2thefuture.

Better late than never.

Views are our own and not those of any employer. We're not experts, and nothing here is professional advice.

Businesses track client acquisition cost. We're tracking cost per inspiration.

In our first episode, cousins Luke Wiesner and David Cole share why two regular guys who feel late to the future started a show about it. We talk about where a regular person even starts with AI, why the best advice is to just fumble around, what it means to have a safe space to say "I don't know," and why the only expert right now is whoever is trying it the most. We also make the case that the people with the biggest concerns about AI are exactly the people who should be helping create the future. Our goal is simple: if this show inspires even one person to try, it's worth it.

Chapters:

0:00 Cold open

1:53 Why are we doing a podcast?

2:57 From finger painting to acrylic

5:16 Agentic AI ordered our shirts

6:03 The message we want to carry

9:03 Where do you even start?

13:00 Fumble around: the best advice

19:32 Define dogmatic

22:50 A safe space to say I don't know

24:07 Why not wait six months?

28:59 The people we need most

32:09 Cost per inspiration

34:41 Outro

New episodes every Thursday. Questions, stories and freak-outs: hello@late2thefuture.com. Newsletter and show notes: late2thefuture.com. Find us at @late2thefuture.

Better late than never.

Views are our own and not those of any employer. We're not experts, and nothing here is professional advice.