Brent Griffiths

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947 appearances 9 recordings 2 series first heard Oct 2024 last heard 27 Jun

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The Last Show with David Cooper · AI: Increased Productivity, Increased Burnout · 19 Feb 2026 podcast

I mean, for example,

You know, there was one day where both Anthropic and OpenAI had major releases within hours of each other that were both aimed at kind of the software engineering field.

I really think there is.

What's interesting is if you ask people in tech about that, they don't always feel like that's their problem.

In fact, Joe Rogan asked Elon Musk some version of that exact same question a few months back, and Elon's response was basically like, yeah, that's more for each individual to solve.

That's not up to me, but...

I think if we get to the point where we realize, and let's be clear, there are definitely skeptics of the current AI technology, but if we realize the full potential of AI and we're meaningfully replacing work, there will be a lot of philosophical questions for us to ask as human beings about why we do what we do and what sort of meaning we derive from it and how that affects our identity.

I don't know if that's necessarily the case.

I think some of that will come down to how they're taught and what they learn, which is a whole other issue because you're hearing from a lot of CS programs at top universities that, you know, they're struggling with how do we, you know, best appeal to our future students?

What do we do?

And it's no longer the case where if you go to a top CS school, you are, you know, the king of the hill and have your choice of whatever top jobs you want at big tech firms.

But, you know...

I think if you look at other inventions throughout history and how it's affected human behavior, I think it's only, it makes sense to think that it could easily affect people's attention.

I think it really depends on your perspective.

Certainly, as I said, there are sophomore engineers that see it as an early warning sign.

I think a lot of it also comes down to the companies and the culture they build.

Like you said, some of these workers were already burned out or maybe overutilized before, and now this is just making it worse.

And so a huge part of what is not often covered in the AI discourse is how are these companies going to better adapt their technology for their workforce?

The Last Show with David Cooper · FULL EPISODE: Dating's Not a Marketplace - February 18, 2026 · 19 Feb 2026 podcast

Thanks, David.

Thanks for having me.

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