Subvolts take AI amplifies human work, changing jobs rather than eliminating them, according to GeekWire's Todd Bishop. Nov 24, 2025 - Business
- Learn how AI can amplify your team's capabilities and reshape workflows, moving beyond automation to augmentation.
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- Understand how AI is changing everyday tasks in learning and creativity, acting as a tool to enhance your own abilities.
This episode provides a practical, real-world view on AI's impact from a seasoned tech journalist, offering grounded insights.
Creating More, Not Less, With AI: GeekWire’s Todd Bishop
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Me, Myself, and AI hosts Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh interview GeekWire cofounder Todd Bishop about how AI reshapes work, learning, and creativity. Bishop argues AI amplifies human capabilities rather than replacing jobs. The discussion covers AI's impact in classrooms and newsrooms, exploring the opportunities and challenges of this evolving landscape.
AI is changing jobs, not taking them away. Think of it like a new tool that helps people do more, whether in school or at work. It's about learning to use this new coworker to be more creative and productive.
This episode offers a grounded perspective on AI's integration into daily life and work. Listeners will learn how AI acts as a tool to enhance human output, not just automate tasks. It's for anyone curious about the practical, real-world implications of AI, from educators and journalists to business professionals. The conversation aligns with current frontier lab efforts to develop more capable and integrated AI systems for broader adoption.
- HostSam Ransbotham
- HostShervin Khodabandeh
- GuestTodd Bishopcofounder, GeekWire
- Guest: Todd Bishop, cofounder of GeekWire
- Show: Me, Myself, and AI
- Length: 28 minutes
- Core Argument: AI isn’t taking jobs — it’s changing what jobs are.
AI isn’t taking jobs — it’s changing what jobs are. On today’s episode, GeekWire’s Todd Bishop joins host Sam Ransbotham to dive into how artificial intelligence is reshaping work, learning, and creativity — not by replacing humans but by amplifying what we can do.
From classrooms where students use AI on exams to newsrooms rethinking how news stories get written, they explore the opportunities (and headaches) of this new era. It’s a smart, funny, and refreshingly real look at how we’re all learning to work with our newestcoworker — artificial intelligence. Read the episode transcript here.
Guest bio:
Todd Bishop is cofounder of GeekWire, the Seattle-based business and technology news site, where he covers topics like AI, Microsoft, and Amazon, in addition to hosting a weekly podcast. A native of Orland, California, the longtime journalist previously worked at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Puget Sound Business Journal, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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Questions people ask
- Is AI taking jobs?
- The episode suggests AI isn't taking jobs but changing what jobs are by amplifying human capabilities.
- Where is AI changing work?
- The discussion covers AI's impact in classrooms, with students using AI on exams, and in newsrooms rethinking story creation.
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