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• Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI

  Welcome to episode 138 of the AI for Career Success podcast from Curt Robbins. This educational content is designed to give working professionals who leverage AI as a tool for efficiency and productivity a competitive edge.In this episode, hosts Daphne and Fred unpack a December 11 article from show producer Curt Robbins about the significant news that Disney plans to invest $1 billion in OpenAI while also becoming a major content licensing partner for OpenAI's video generation model, Sora. This investment from the "House of Mouse" is analyzed as a major vote of confidence in artificial intelligence (AI), even as it raises concerns previously voiced during the Hollywood strikes regarding AI's impact on labor. This episode points out that Disney aims to ensure its intellectual property (IP) remains central to the growing trend of image and video creation, seeking recompense for its use while leveraging the upside of AI growth. Ultimately, the discussion considers the inevitability of generative AI in production, noting that human creativity is still necessary for developing iconic IP, even as companies increasingly integrate AI tools._________________________________"It will not be AI that takes away the job of a technical writer, but rather another technical writer with deep AI skills," said Robbins.I am currently taking on new clients. I enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact me to learn about my reasonable rates and fast turnaround. — Curt_________________________________>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding AI Hallucinations in Technical Writing": https://tinyurl.com/bdeyd64t>> Read the Robbins article "Yale Study: Impact of AI on the Job Market": https://tinyurl.com/f3cuvvxn>> Read the Robbins article "Why Large Language Models are Changing the World": https://tinyurl.com/bdfv63ca>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td>> Subscribe to the Technical Writing Success podcast: https://tinyurl.com/uu9hpyzt

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• McDonald's Netherlands AI Holiday Ad Flops Miserably

  Welcome to episode 137 of the AI for Career Success podcast from Curt Robbins. This educational content is designed to give working professionals who leverage AI as a tool for efficiency and productivity a competitive edge.In this episode, hosts Daphne and Fred unpack a December 11 article from show producer Curt Robbins about the widespread negative reception and subsequent removal of an AI-generated Christmas advertisement created for McDonald's Netherlands by a film company called The Sweetspot. This episode explains that the 45-second spot was met with intense online backlash due to its "creepy" and visually unappealing nature, which critics attributed to the typical flaws of generative AI. Although The Sweetshop defended the ad by emphasizing the significant human effort and long hours spent refining the AI output, McDonald's ultimately delisted the video, calling the situation an "important learning" opportunity regarding AI use. Furthermore, this episode highlights that this incident follows a trend of major brands facing consumer discomfort with AI-generated content, citing similar negative reactions to campaigns from companies such as Coca-Cola._________________________________"It will not be AI that takes away the job of a technical writer, but rather another technical writer with deep AI skills," said Robbins.I am currently taking on new clients. I enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact me to learn about my reasonable rates and fast turnaround. — Curt_________________________________>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding AI Hallucinations in Technical Writing": https://tinyurl.com/bdeyd64t>> Read the Robbins article "Yale Study: Impact of AI on the Job Market": https://tinyurl.com/f3cuvvxn>> Read the Robbins article "Why Large Language Models are Changing the World": https://tinyurl.com/bdfv63ca>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td>> Subscribe to the Technical Writing Success podcast: https://tinyurl.com/uu9hpyzt

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• Review of Daniel Miessler's Essay "Thoughts on Doctorow's Reverse Centaurs AI Talk"

  Welcome to episode 136 of the AI for Career Success podcast from Curt Robbins. This educational content is designed to give working professionals who leverage AI as a tool for efficiency and productivity a competitive edge.In this episode, hosts Daphne and Fred unpack a December 7 article from AI guru Daniel Miessler entitled "Thoughts on Doctorow's 'Reverse Centaurs' AI Talk," with the subtitle "Another example of a great thinker sounding great while missing the point entirely." This episode reviews the critical analysis by Daniel Miessler concerning a verbose December 5 essay on artificial intelligence (AI) by Cory Doctorow entitled "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI." Miessler argues that Doctorow's perspective is fundamentally misguided with respect to the nature and trajectory of AI technology. Miessler contends that Doctorow incorrectly dismisses AI as mere "auto-complete" or a temporary "scam," thereby offering harmful advice to his followers by telling them not to prepare for its impact. While Miessler praises Doctorow's "Reverse Centaur" analogy—which describes humans being controlled by machine systems for labor—he strongly disagrees with Doctorow's conclusion that the AI bubble will burst, reversing job displacement. Instead, Miessler argues that jobs are disappearing  permanently because corporations are inherently driven to minimize resources, making AI the ideal solution for efficiency. He concludes by urging thinkers like Doctorow to shift focus from fighting technological adoption to addressing profound societal questions about a post-labor, human-centric future._________________________________"It will not be AI that takes away the job of a technical writer, but rather another technical writer with deep AI skills," said Robbins.I am currently taking on new clients. I enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact me to learn about my reasonable rates and fast turnaround. — Curt_________________________________>> Read the original Miessler article: https://tinyurl.com/n6yhzf84>> Read the original Doctorow article: https://tinyurl.com/bdfxxssk>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding AI Hallucinations in Technical Writing": https://tinyurl.com/bdeyd64t>> Read the Robbins article "Yale Study: Impact of AI on the Job Market": https://tinyurl.com/f3cuvvxn>> Read the Robbins article "Why Large Language Models are Changing the World": https://tinyurl.com/bdfv63ca>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td>> Subscribe to the Technical Writing Success podcast: https://tinyurl.com/uu9hpyzt

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• Joe Rogan Interviews Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Dec. 3)

  Welcome to episode 135 of the AI for Career Success podcast from Curt Robbins. This educational content is designed to give working professionals who leverage AI as a tool for efficiency and productivity a competitive edge.In this episode, hosts Daphne and Fred unpack a December 3 interview of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Learn the most important takeaways from this insightful interview. This 10-minute episode summarizes the 2.5 hour conversation between Rogan and Huang, primarily discussing the rapid advancement and future of Artificial Intelligence (AI). They cover the profound technological race in AI, its potential for job disruption (using the growth in radiologists as a counter-example), and the ongoing societal fear regarding AI consciousness and control. Huang also shares the incredible, high-stakes origin story of Nvidia, detailing the company's early near-failures, the critical role of the first AI model, Alexnet, and his ongoing anxiety about the company's survival despite its massive success. Furthermore, they touch on the importance of energy growth and Moore's Law in enabling the AI industry and the value of international cybersecurity cooperation._________________________________"It will not be AI that takes away the job of a technical writer, but rather another technical writer with deep AI skills," said Robbins.I am currently taking on new clients. I enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact me to learn about my reasonable rates and fast turnaround. — Curt_________________________________>> Watch the original Huang interview from December 3: https://tinyurl.com/tmzmfsxw>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding AI Hallucinations in Technical Writing": https://tinyurl.com/bdeyd64t>> Read the Robbins article "Yale Study: Impact of AI on the Job Market": https://tinyurl.com/f3cuvvxn>> Read the Robbins article "Why Large Language Models are Changing the World": https://tinyurl.com/bdfv63ca>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td>> Subscribe to the Technical Writing Success podcast: https://tinyurl.com/uu9hpyzt

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• Anthropic's Revealing Dec 4 AI at Work Report

  Welcome to episode 134 of the AI for Career Success podcast from Curt Robbins. This educational content is designed to give working professionals who leverage AI as a tool for efficiency and productivity a competitive edge.In this episode, hosts Daphne and Fred unpack a December 4 report from AI leader Anthropic that reports on the new Anthropic Interviewer, an AI-powered tool designed to conduct automated, large-scale qualitative interviews to understand human perspectives on working with AI. To test this new methodology, the company ran 1,250 interviews with professionals—including the general workforce, creatives, and scientists—to gather insights into how they integrate AI and how they feel about its future role. Findings indicated that professionals are generally optimistic about AI's productivity gains, though concerns persist regarding job displacement, social stigma, and the reliability of AI for core tasks, particularly among scientists. Anthropic notes that this new tool will help them center human voices in their AI development and inform future policy work by collecting direct feedback at an unprecedented scale._________________________________"It will not be AI that takes away the job of a technical writer, but rather another technical writer with deep AI skills," said Robbins.I am currently taking on new clients. I enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact me to learn about my reasonable rates and fast turnaround. — Curt_________________________________>> View the original Anthropic report: https://tinyurl.com/3bsypkuf>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding AI Hallucinations in Technical Writing": https://tinyurl.com/bdeyd64t>> Read the Robbins article "Yale Study: Impact of AI on the Job Market": https://tinyurl.com/f3cuvvxn>> Read the Robbins article "Why Large Language Models are Changing the World": https://tinyurl.com/bdfv63ca>> Read the Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td>> Subscribe to the Technical Writing Success podcast: https://tinyurl.com/uu9hpyzt

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