Is AI actually coming for your job? Jon and Salman dig into the data.

150,000 tech jobs have been cut in tech this year alone, and AI is being cited as the number one reason. But is that the full story?

The bigger question is what skills actually matter now. Jon shares a framework for thinking about where humans still win — and why critical thinking, problem definition and verification are going to matter far more than knowing how to prompt.

Chapters:

• 00:00 — Is AI actually coming for your job?
• 01:26 — The headline numbers: 150,000 tech jobs cut
• 02:48 — Employment for young people down 20%
• 04:27 — Jon's counterpoint: was this just COVID overhiring?
• 09:14 — 40 paralegals replaced by 4 AI agents
• 13:56 — Stanford's finding: experienced workers show almost no impact
• 18:37 — PwC: AI skills premium jumped to 62% in 2026
• 20:03 — AI skills are becoming the new Microsoft Office
• 26:59 — The soft skills that will actually matter
• 29:07 — Jon's framework: definition and verification is where humans win
• 32:18 — Don't specialise in AI. Specialise in the judgment behind it.
• 34:17 — If all else fails, become an influencer

Jon and Salman cover three big stories and one very weird one.

First: an OpenAI agent apparently went off on its own and started hacking Hugging Face's production systems. OpenAI say it was accidental. Jon doesn't believe them, and his theory about why is worth hearing.

Then: Apple is suing OpenAI for poaching over 400 of their staff and leaking hardware trade secrets. And employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta have written to Washington asking them to slow AI development down, specifically around recursive self-improvement. Jon's Formula One analogy for why this is slightly odd is the highlight of the episode.

Plus: Kimi K3 is out. Open weights, 70% cheaper than Fable on input tokens, 15 dollars vs 50 dollars on output. Salman's been using it. Jon wants to know why everyone isn't. And a topless man climbed on top of a Waymo and ripped it apart. No one stopped him. The car just recorded its own demise.

⏱ Chapter Timestamps

• 00:00 — Intro: three big stories, one weird one
• 00:32 — OpenAI's agent hacked Hugging Face's production systems
• 03:15 — Jon's theory: jealous kid, PR stunt, or just incompetent?
• 04:59 — "Either they're slightly incompetent or it's PR. Neither is a great look."
• 07:36 — Apple suing OpenAI: 400+ staff poached, hardware trade secrets leaked
• 10:42 — Kimi K3: what it is and why it matters
• 11:48 — Open weights explained: you can run this model yourself
• 16:25 — The price comparison: Fable vs Kimi K3 (70% cheaper on input, $15 vs $50 on output)
• 20:05 — Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta ask Washington to slow AI down
• 21:19 — Recursive self-improvement: what they're actually scared of
• 25:01 — Jon's Formula One analogy
• 25:47 — NVIDIA's open secure AI alliance (without OpenAI or Anthropic)
• 28:39 — A topless man climbed on a Waymo and ripped it apart. The car just watched.
• 32:09 — Next episode: what AI means for people's jobs and roles

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Shadow AI is the term for what's already happening inside most businesses: employees quietly using ChatGPT, Claude, or whatever model they prefer on their own accounts, feeding in documents, emails, code and data, completely outside of any company oversight.

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