
418 – The AI Rant: A Nuanced Rebellion Against Digital Sleepwalking
In a crossover episode blending The Adelaide Show with Talking About Marketing, Steve Davis delivers a deeply personal exploration of artificial intelligence’s role in modern life, featuring a philosophical whisky tasting with ChatGPT, David Olney’s insights on maintaining human expertise, and original songs that question our relationship with technology. What happens when a passionate South Australian journalist takes on the biggest technological shift of our time? Steve Davis transforms episode 418 into something unprecedented: a solo deep dive into artificial intelligence that refuses easy answers or breathless enthusiasm. This special crossover episode opens with Steve’s restaurant analogy that frames the entire discussion. Imagine a magnificent chef who has perfected handmade hamburgers over many years, only to discover AI-equivalent shortcuts that promise more time to think deeply about cooking. The blind spot? Customers receive substandard offerings churned out en masse. Some will be disappointed and leave, others will accept the compromise.