Can a machine harbor the soul of an artist? This question leads our latest discussion with Harvard professor and acclaimed artist Matt Saunders.

It's not a simple question to answer. Creativity is a complex concept and we have to dig into the many ways that word could be defined. Who better to ask about creativity than someone who is both an accomplished artist himself and an instructor at one of the most distinguished art schools in the country?

Matt is a Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University. His art has been featured in exhibitions around the world, and the list of museums with his work in their collections includes the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and many other names that you would likely recognize.

Matt's art is grounded in the material - particularly painting, but in most of his work you can see how he challenges himself to push back against the idea of a static rectangle of paint-on-canvas and create something more dynamic and transient - something more like an experience than an image.

That same resistance to conventionality comes out in our conversation about AI, and it leads us to some brutally honest conclusions about how we view the techno-obsessed world around us.

Matt is a very thoughtful and inspiring person, and this interview is easily one of the more impactful conversations I've had in a long time.

Welcome back, after two months of silence, to Road Work Ahead, a podcast that explores the unmapped future of business and technology.

My name is Sam Gerdt, and today I'm sharing a recent conversation with one of my long-time colleagues, Larisa Aslanyan. A few months ago, Larisa and I were talking about big changes in paid advertising. Obviously, artificial intelligence is a major factor in these changes, but there's a lot more than that happening under the surface.

At the core of our talk is how the internet, and the way we interact with it, is radically changing. When it comes to paid advertising, your strategies will have to adapt to the new ways your audience is searching. These search habits are often wildly different from generation to generation, so while I may still use Google like a grandpa, younger generations are developing search practices that require new advertising strategies.

My skepticism and cynicism shines through quite a bit in this discussion, but I really did have a lot of fun imagining all of the ways that new technologies like AI will forever change how we interact with the world around us. The next few years are going to be interesting.

Welcome everybody, once again, to Road Work Ahead, a podcast that explores the unmapped future of business and technology. My name is Sam Gerdt, and today I'm talking to the co-founder of a company that has, without exaggeration, changed my life. I'm talking about Reclaim.ai, and my guest is Henry Shapiro.

Most people are familiar with the negative impact of meetings stacked on meetings or poor time management in the workplace. As our jobs get more complex, so does the task of managing an effective schedule.

Reclaim is an AI scheduling tool that does the work of time blocking for you. On top of this it gives you tools for managing meetings and establishing habits, guarding your time against the invading forces that so often steal your lunch hour or pull you away from deep, meaningful work.

Henry and his co-founder Patrick built Reclaim as a solution for teams to minimize disruptions and do more meaningful work, but Henry admits that no one expected such an overwhelmingly positive response to their product. Even in our interview I found it hard to contain my own enthusiasm.

Also, just a quick note: Henry says reCLAIM, I say REclaim . . . Potato, PoTAHto. Enjoy the interview!