{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Media Copilot","title":"AI's reality check: Why Sharon Goldman is looking beyond the hype","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2770,"description":"\nThis episode is sponsored by: Adobe Acrobat\n\n\nThis week on The Media Copilot, Pete Pachal sits down with veteran AI journalist and former Fortune reporter Sharon Goldman to discuss the growing disconnect between AI's promise and public perception. As Sharon launches her new Substack, Ground Level AI, she shares why she's shifting her focus away from model releases and Silicon Valley headlines to examine how AI is impacting communities, businesses, governments, and everyday people.\n\"To say you're covering AI today is like boiling the ocean.\" — Sharon Goldman\nFrom AI data centers and cybersecurity risks to job displacement fears, media disruption, and public trust, Sharon offers a grounded perspective on where the AI conversation is headed next.\n\nWhat we cover • Why AI companies are struggling to win public trust\n • The growing backlash against AI and what's driving it\n • How data centers, infrastructure, and policy are becoming major AI stories\n • Whether AI's impact on jobs is being overstated\n • The future of journalism in an AI-powered information ecosystem\n • Why independent voices matter more than ever in technology reporting\n • How Sharon uses AI as a reporting partner, editor, and research assistant\n • The biggest AI stories to watch heading into 2027\n\nIf AI is reshaping society, who gets to tell that story? Sharon Goldman believes the most important AI stories are not found in the latest model release or product announcement. They are happening in communities, workplaces, governments, and everyday life, where technology is creating real-world impact.\n\nSponsor:The new Adobe productivity agent orchestrates tools and models to generate images, text and rich content like presentations, podcasts and social posts, while also powering conversational PDF editing in Acrobat.\nWith new PDF Spaces capabilities, users can combine files, links and notes into interactive, shareable spaces for research, collaboration and content creation. VICE News, Kid Cudi and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4EiFqLM4OC9vg9_Tigcvzf0FJU4e68DVprGgpAUDU4M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZGY3/ZTlmNDY3NDc0NjVm/NmNjMjNmZGM1ODNh/Y2JiYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}