Enhancing What Humans Do Better than Technology - with Derek Crager
Update: 2026-01-02
Description
Today's episode features a raw discussion with Derek Crager about the value of AI in human society. Derek Crager is a tech founder, an AI thought leader, and author of the upcoming book "Human First AI." Derek and I consider what AI excels at doing for humans, how humans can co-create with AI effectively, and why a printer telling you about its broken parts would be creepy.
REFERENCES:
Derek Crager’s Website: https://www.practicalai.app
Follow Derek on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amazonleadership/
Learn about Derek’s book: https://www.humanfirstai.net/
- (00:00 ) - Opening credits
- (00:37 ) - Show opening
- (01:28 ) - Introducing Derek Crager
- (02:22 ) - How to create the Universe
- (05:40 ) - How humans can use AI best
- (08:54 ) - AI is great at answering questions it already knows
- (12:37 ) - But AI struggles to understand context
- (16:03 ) - Mentorship, not copying and pasting
- (22:02 ) - Conversing with yourself on any topic you choose
- (28:37 ) - Co-creation or co-opting?
- (37:41 ) - Specialized training just for you!
- (44:25 ) - AI could actually prevent failure
- (47:42 ) - Trust the human
- (51:11 ) - Replacing humans while avoiding catastrophe
- (55:25 ) - How to find Derek Crager on the internet
- (56:38 ) - Show closing
- (57:07 ) - Closing credits
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