A Beginner's Guide to AI

Cutewashing AI: The Hidden Cost of Cute AI

AI agents are becoming more capable, more personal and much harder to ignore. They can use connected apps, prepare work in the background and act on your behalf. So why a

AI Isn’t Moving Too Fast. It’s Too Noisy - Nikolas Badminton

🤖 Why AI Transformation Needs Intentionality, Not More Technology AI transformation is not about putting AI everywhere. Futurist Nikolas Badminton argues that successful

AI Is Now the Business Standard. Are You Falling Behind? - DIETMARs OPINION

🤖 AI has moved beyond technical teams and innovation labs. At Berlin’s BIG BANG KI Festival, Dietmar Fischer found packed stages, long queues, and business professionals

Stop Doing the Work. Start Directing the AI - Solomon Thimothy

🤖 AI fluency is becoming a core business skill. But being AI fluent means much more than knowing how to prompt ChatGPT. In this episode of Beginner's Guide to AI, Dietma

Jevons’ AI Paradox: Why Cheaper Models Raise Energy Demand

⚡ AI is getting cheaper, faster, and more efficient. So why are data centres preparing to use far more electricity? In this episode of A Beginner’s Guide to AI, Professo

A Disturbing AI Story Big Tech Never Wants You to Hear, with Paul Hebert // REPOST

🎙️In this episode of Beginner’s Guide to AI, Dietmar Fischer sits down with Paul A. Hebert, founder of AI Recovery Collective and author of Escaping the Spiral, for a ser

Why Your AI Content Feels Soulless - Diane Strand

🤖 AI and creativity do not have to be opponents. Used well, artificial intelligence can help people work faster, develop ideas, and remove repetitive tasks. But it cannot

Why Your Brain Needs to Go to the Gym in the Age of AI - DIETMARs OPINION

Dietmar Fischer explores cognitive offloading, critical thinking, and why learning must remain mentally demanding when AI can provide instant answers. 🧠 What happens whe

Mate, Why Are You Talking to a Rubber Duck?! AI as a Thinking Partner

🦆 What if the most useful part of an AI conversation is something you say? Rubber duck debugging began with programmers explaining their code to a plastic duck. In this

AI at School: Why Students Still Need to Struggle - Jonathan Strecker

🤖 AI in education can deliver answers and feedback almost instantly, but does faster performance always produce better learning? Dr. Jonathan Strecker, Head of School at

Job Seekers: Your AI-Written Résumé Is Destroying Trust - Jeremy Schiefeling

Why AI Skills Alone Won’t Build an AI-Proof Career🤖 An AI-proof career requires more than learning the newest tools. It requires knowing when to use AI, when to rely on h

What Heavy Metal Bands Teach You About AI Content Creation // DIETMAR'S THOUGHTS

Why AI-Generated Content Is Not a Content Strategy🎸 What can synthesizers, heavy metal, and the 1980s teach us about artificial intelligence? Quite a lot, according to D

How AI Decides What to See and What to Ignore

👁️ How does artificial intelligence decide what to see? Your eyes can look directly at something without your brain ever noticing it. AI faces a similar problem. A camer

Would You Trust An AI Wearable To Reveal Your Personal Blind Spots? Lyle Maxson Interview

AI wearable technology is usually presented as a way to improve productivity. Lyle Maxson believes the more important opportunity may be self-awareness. As the founder o

We Mustn’t Talk Ourselves Into Helplessness. We Have Agency - Says Simon Bell

🤖 AI anxiety may be more dangerous than AI itself when fear convinces us that the future is inevitable. In this episode of Beginner’s Guide to AI, Dietmar Fischer speaks

Talking About AI Disasters - The Peter McAllister Interview Resurfaced

In this episode of Beginner’s Guide to AI, Dietmar Fischer talks with Peter McAllister about AI risk, AI safety, AI sentience, regulation, and the strange overlap between

AI Existential Risk: Why This Catastrophe Would Be Different // DIETMARs OPINION

A walking essay through historical catastrophes, industrialization, AI 2027, and the possibility of human extinction. 🌍 Humanity has endured epidemics, environmental des

AI Is Changing What Investors Look For in Startups - With Jim Ferry

AI is changing startup investing from the ground up. In this episode, Jim Ferry, Partner at Volition Capital, explains what AI is changing in growth equity, from startup

AI Governance That People Will Actually Follow, with Erica Shoemate // REPOST

Why AI safety is the floor, not the ceiling, and how to pivot with power In this episode of Beginner’s Guide to AI, Dietmar Fischer talks with AI policy and trust & safe

AI Drew Ketchup. It Kept Drawing Heinz.

AI image generation can produce a Victorian bakery run by a polar bear in seconds. But what is actually happening inside the machine? Does it imagine the scene, copy exis