Fallthrough

The tech industry is terrible at marketing things. From AI to Blockchain to Git, we constantly miss the actual innovation by looking too closely at the surface level. In this episode, Kris is joined by the full panel of Ian, Matthew, and Dylan to discuss the marketing problem AI seems to have and its wider implications.

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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue (00:00:00)
  • Chapter 1: The AI Marketing Problem (00:06:14)
  • Chapter 2: What Does It Mean To Adopt AI? [Extended] (00:09:53)
  • Chapter 3: SciFi Computer or Reference System? (00:10:16)
  • Chapter 4: Embrace Being Human [Extended] (00:36:17)
  • Chapter 3: SciFi Computer or Reference System? (00:00:-17)
  • Chapter 5: Context Is Important (00:36:54)
  • Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions and Panic & Recover (00:49:41)

Socials:
  • (00:00) - Prologue
  • (06:14) - Chapter 1: The AI Marketing Problem
  • (09:53) - Chapter 2: What Does It Mean To Adopt AI? [Extended]
  • (10:16) - Chapter 3: SciFi Computer or Reference System?
  • (36:17) - Chapter 4: Embrace Being Human [Extended]
  • (36:54) - Chapter 5: Context Is Important
  • (49:41) - Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions and Panic & Recover

Creators and Guests

Host
Dylan Bourque
Host
Ian Wester-Lopshire
Host
Kris Brandow
Host
Matthew Sanabria
Matthew is an engineering leader focused on building reliable, scalable, and observable systems. Matthew is known for using his breadth and depth of experience to add value in minimal context situations and help great people become great engineers through mentoring. Matthew serves the Go community as a member of GoBridge. In his spare time, Matthew spends time with his family, helps grow his wife's chocolate business, works on home improvement projects, and reads technical resources to learn and tinker.

What is Fallthrough?

A deep and nuanced conversational podcast focused on technology, software, and computing.