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AI Are We Doomed Or Will It Save The World Néstor believes AI can be beneficial. He sees potential in improving sustainability efforts. AI can enhance efficiency in reforestation projects. Check out Magic Néstor Merayo Villanueva's AI Website: https://lnkd.in/e5NNydjX 👉 Explore Magic Néstor's AI Song, AI Chatbot, and other golden nuggets from the interview. #AI #Sustainability #Innovation

Agency founder, author, speaker. 14 years building learning experiences. Created a voice AI clone that generates affiliate commissions while he sleeps. Anna Osherov just sat down with Steve Corney, who runs Learn Awesome, helping companies digitize knowledge and scale training. We talked about practical AI, ChatGPT for habit tracking and work inquiries, 11 Labs for voice AI agents in learning scenarios, automation for client communication. His experiment? Voice-cloned himself through 11 Labs. It's making money without him. He uses AI for everything, personal and professional, no separation. His warning? Multiple AI platforms create data silos. Choose your stack carefully or face chaos. His approach: Be a power user. Experiment everywhere. Find what works. Runs a learning design podcast. Consults across finance to biotech. Specializes in being "professionally ignorant." Give it a listen.

VP & Global Head of Digital Solution Advisory at SAP. 9 years building digital sales innovation. AI boosted his productivity 50% – but he knows when humans win. Isaac Cohen 🥭 just sat down with Sjors Melskens, who leads SAP's global digital solution advisory teams. They talked about practical AI, ChatGPT for health plans and personal inquiries, Co-pilot for meeting summaries and follow-ups, Cintesia for scripted demo videos. His productivity? Up 50% through automated summaries, action tracking, content generation. His warning? AI-generated content raises authenticity questions in B2B. AI enhances productivity. Human conversation still closes deals. Cultural differences matter, AI acceptance varies by region. Multiple SAP awards for customer-first innovation. Leads teams using AI to improve customer interactions and software demos. Worth the watch.

17 years in Israeli counter-terrorism. Now CEO of SQR Group securing UK infrastructure. Uses AI to filter CCTV alerts, refuses to let it hire people. Isaac Cohen just sat down with Shai Slagter, who led special counter-terrorism units before building security operations across Russia, Kazakhstan, and the UK. We talked about practical AI in security – monitoring thousands of cameras, filtering false alerts, flagging real threats for human decision-making. His warning? AI in recruitment creates fake competence. Polished resumes, zero real knowledge. He avoids AI hiring tools completely – direct human assessment only. His take: AI degrades human skills. In security, mistakes kill. AI supports. Humans decide. Ran security for El Al Airlines. Coordinated EURO 2012 security. Now training close protection officers and managing threat assessments. Don't miss this one.

Engineer turned founder. Built exoskeletons in 2002. Now building smart batteries for beverage companies. Uses AI to cut pitch prep by 60%. Anna Osherov just sat down with David Hauser, founder of ELIoT Energy, working with PepsiCo to decarbonize their supply chain. They talked about practical AI, writing pitch applications 60% faster, filtering investor data, automating research and presentations. His batteries use AI to optimize energy storage by reading weather forecasts and pricing signals, charging when solar is abundant and electricity is cheap. His warning? AI hallucinates. Verify everything. He's spotted a gap, industry uses AI heavily, but marketing students aren't learning it. Led engineering teams in Germany and Australia. Mentored at Founder Institute and Startup Bootcamp. Now in PepsiCo's Greenhouse Accelerator. Tune in.

Claude vs. ChatGPT: Find YOUR Authentic Voice! Melinda compares her voice using both tools. She finds Claude offers more detail about her unique style. Authenticity is key in her writing process. Check out Magic Melinda McCormack’s AI Website: https://lnkd.in/etw2TcUa 👉 Explore Magic Melinda's AI Song, AI Chatbot, and other golden nuggets from the interview. #AI #Writing #Authenticity

Neurodivergent change leader. Co-President of Motorola's Disability ERG. Using AI to teach pitching skills, but worried about what we're losing. Isaac Cohen just sat down with Kenneth McKinney, who's worked across emergency medical services, clinical research, and tech while championing marginalized communities. We talked about practical AI, using Google LM to analyze social media for training programs, teaching colleagues to build pitch statements from content, trying Gemini for diverse learning styles. His concern? AI might kill human creativity. He compares AI reliance to nicotine addiction and its cognitive effects. His concept: "White rabbit learning" – AI-powered self-directed exploration. His warning: Human minds still create. AI recombines. Don't confuse the two. Former EMT and clinical researcher now leading disability inclusion and social justice work. Don't miss this one.

22 years at SAP. APAC Bid Leader. Published AI author. Building fitness apps with AI and testing which models actually work best. Isaac Cohen 🥭 just sat down with Subhankar Pattanayak, who leads bid management across Asia-Pacific while championing AI transformation. We talked about practical AI, building a fitness tracking app with AI coding help, testing multiple models for different tasks (Claude wins for engagement), creating social media content to test audience response. His question: Do users train AI, or does AI train us? He says it's symbiotic. His warning: Don't get complacent. AI advances fast, and biases matter. Runs a newsletter with 1,200+ subscribers. Survived subprime crisis and pandemic while SAP transformed from traditional software to cloud-first to AI-first. Watch the full conversation.

VP Global Sales Development at Cognism. Scales high-performing SDR teams across Europe. Uses AI in sales but warns about the risks. Isaac Cohen 🥭 just sat down with Catherine Olivier, who's built top-performing sales organizations throughout her career. They talked about practical AI in sales development, automating research, personalizing outreach, sharing prompts across teams, and where human touch still wins. Her warning? A cautionary tale about an SDR uploading sensitive customer data into AI systems. Plus her take on supervising AI use, she uses ChatGPT to answer her son's questions, but never unsupervised. AI speeds up sales. Critical thinking matters more than ever. Ambassador at SDR Leaders of EMEA. Mentor helping jobseekers break into tech. Give it a listen.

UBS Executive Director. Now studying Machine Learning at ETH Zurich while building AI tools to automate stock analysis. Isaac Cohen just sat down with Vidak Saric, who led multimillion-dollar Middle East initiatives at Credit Suisse/UBS. They talked about practical AI in finance, Notebook LM for research, vibe coding to scrape and automate data delivery, in-house ChatGPT tools banks are building for data security. His insight? AI tech advances fast. Corporate adoption crawls. Banks can't use external AI tools with sensitive data, so they're building their own. Built his own stock data system using Cursor, Supabase, and Grok. Idea to production in weeks. Led transformation at PwC, launched PE funds in Saudi, expanded equity trading across the Middle East. Give it a listen.