Podcast with Proxify: The Reality of Working in AI Today

I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Proxify team for a podcast conversation about the realities of working in AI today.

“They think they’ll spend 90% of their time building models. They won’t.” — Yes, I said that. And no, I didn’t make up the number… or maybe I did. You know what they say: “Over 87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.”

With a background that zigzags through software engineering, design, and AI/ML, and industry experience across telecom, e-commerce, clinical medicine, geoinformatics, private equity, and now gaming at King (a part of Microsoft) — I’ve seen AI from nearly every angle.

We cover a smorgasbord of today’s favorite buzzwords:

• GenAI
• Document Layout Analysis
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Graphs
• LLMs & Agents
• AI Research

If you’re in AI, hiring for AI, or just commuting to your AI work — this one’s for you.

Listen/watch here:

• 🎬 YouTube
• 🎧 Spotify
• 🍏 Apple Podcasts

Sincere appreciation to Lee, Paula, Stefanija, and the Proxify team for the thoughtful coordination!

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Following the podcast, Proxify also quoted me in a couple of thought-provoking articles:

• May 23, 2025: Innovation vs. Regulation: Why the US Builds and Europe Debates — A sharp contrast between the US’s “move fast and build” ethos vs. Europe’s deliberate and principled regulatory stance.

• December 2025: Tech leaders predict 2026, part 1: AI, innovation, and economic outlook — Together with other tech leaders, I shared thoughts on AI agents, spatial intelligence, the future of human-AI collaboration, and which industries are most at risk of disruption.