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Mina Kimes

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4773 total appearances

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Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

And I think that, Pablo, my feeling about AI generally and why there's so much public backlash and it's so politically polarizing, whatever,

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

is it strikes me as unsexy technology being marketed as sexy.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

Maybe sexy is the wrong word, but I see a lot of B2B use.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

I see a lot of data use.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

I see a lot of industries where it streamlines processes.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

What I think where I kind of get a little bit suspicion about

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

putting it more in the personal computing, completely transformative side is I would like to see evidence of consumer use rising to that to meet that as opposed to like people using it in their job, which I do.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

Like, Derek, I believe that.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

Like, I've heard stories about that.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

I know people in software who say that.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

I just don't think I just want to see some evidence that people are paying for it.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

Normal people.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

So first, Gallup in December 2025 published its latest estimate of AI use at work.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

And according to its latest estimate, approximately half of the American public, 45% of U.S.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

employees, report using AI at work at least a few times a year.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

The number who report daily use has also increased essentially quarter after quarter.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

So

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

Is this being forced on employees by corporations?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

That would require a separate question to know for sure.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Bubble & Tell with Mina Kimes and Derek Thompson

But we're looking basically at a technology whose adoption is rising faster than any technology that's been measured, including the computer revolution.