Artificial Insights: Conversations About AI

Artificial Insights: Conversations About AI

If Everything Is a ChatGPT Wrapper, What Are You Really Building?
If everything is a ChatGPT wrapper, what really matters? Alex Millar, CTO of GovAI, talks with Daniel about why durable AI products come from real…
 • Arianne Manary
Beyond the Demo, Into the Real Work
What does it take to move AI from demo to dependable workflow? Pat Belliveau & Daniel Manary chat about practical lessons on trust, scale, and…
 • Arianne Manary
The Unglamorous Problem at the Heart of Great AI Products
What makes an AI product last? Bijan Vaez, CEO of Merchkit, chats with Daniel about why durable AI products come from solving messy data and real…
 • Arianne Manary
Using AI To Help Businesses Borrow Money
A fintech founder reframes lending as a workflow problem and raises a bigger question for builders. Daniel & Sharmeen Aqeel chat about trust…
 • Arianne Manary

February 2026

On AI Anxiety, FOBO, and the Post-Pandemic "Multiverse of Work"
Jennifer Moss, HBR columnist and author of Why Are We Here? chats with Daniel about why “back to normal” still isn’t working, and what leaders keep…
 • Arianne Manary
What's "fair" when AI trains on your writing, then sells the answers?
Everyone says "fair". Almost nobody defines it. Daniel and Julie dig into what "fair" could mean when AI uses human writing, and why the answer may come…
 • Arianne Manary
AI-First vs AI-Enabled: There’s a Difference
Before the agent hype, AI-first had substance. Daniel & Atif Khan, AI Architect at MindBridge and previously CAIO at Messagepoint, chat about the…
 • Arianne Manary
AI Is the Next Business Model Shift
AI feels new, but the pattern isn’t. Daniel and Dave chat about how AI is reshaping business models in a way that echo the early days of the web and…
 • Arianne Manary

January 2026

What We Punish Instead of Teaching About AI
And designing for dignity in an AI world. Daniel & Pat Belliveau, CEO of GambitCo, chat about building a real AI business and how the education system…
 • Arianne Manary
The 25-Year-Old Website Behind AI Answers
AI answers feel instant, but they rely on a fragile reference system that is losing traffic, funding, and long-term support. Daniel Manary chats with…
 • Arianne Manary
Welcome to Season 5 of Artificial Insights: Where We Talk About How AI is Changing Us
If you're new here, this is the post to read!
 • Arianne Manary
I Edited a Full Season of Conversations About AI and Found a Pattern.
A wrap-up of Season 4 of the Artificial Insights Podcast where Daniel sat down with six different leaders in AI to talk about how AI is changing…
 • Arianne Manary
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