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3rd Annual AI Predictions!!! + Think About Your Assets
Season 1, Ep. 40
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Ba-ba-ba-BAAH! Today it's our 3rd Annual AI Predictions! (00:00).
Peter and Peter Bittner review their 2025 predictions and discuss how AI automation, job transformation, and vibe coding are reshaping creative work (02:09).
Then they make their new predictions for 2026:
Bittner #1 (16:28)
Peter #1 (29:17)
Bittner #2 (33:59)
Peter #2 (39:31)
Bittner #3 (42:42)
Peter #3 (45:17)
Finally, Peter argues that creatives must redefine what counts as an asset, treating every workflow, technique, and data point as valuable intellectual property worth licensing, not just the final deliverable (48:02).
Peter Bittner is the Co-Founder of The Upgrade.ai
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Here's the 20% you need to know about this episode:
- AI automation/agents emerged in 2025 but adoption lagged due to education gaps, not tech limitations.
- Job market transformation accelerated. Executives now seeking AI coaching.
- Vibe coding democratized app/website creation for non-technical users.
- Digital brains will go mainstream.
- Personal AI hardware experimentation begins ($3K entry point for local, private AI).
- Open-source models become essential as subscription costs double.
- Public protests over AI job displacement will emerge.
- Entrepreneurship explosion as small teams match enterprise capabilities.
- Personal deepfakes/AR filters transform online presence (the "sneaky Metaverse" revival).
- Sell every workflow, technique, and data point, not just final deliverables.
- Negotiate licensing deals that protect all creative outputs from AI training.
- Build human checklists of intangible skills only you can provide.
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