BaU with Joe Rogers and Patrick Beggs

Join Joe and Pat on as they delve into the diminishing role of intermediaries and explore the potential for a new player to revolutionize the way we collaborate and form groups. Can Apple Inc. dominate this evolving space? While they might have the appetite to capitalize on the shifting dynamics, can they continue to innovate amidst the changing landscape of social platforms that increasingly rese...

Join the boys as they navigate the intricate and intersected mazes of online walled gardens. While not frustrated that their journey to identify strategies for small groups to cultivate value has not yielded the next communicorn the convo provides insight into shifts in the digital realm that are part of the equation in getting there. From the gradual phasing out of middlemen, digital land grabs a...

Join Joe and Pat as they delve into the implications of Elon Musk's endeavour to 'kill the bird,' looking into its potential signals or perhaps the lack thereof. The convo attempts to stay focused on the unique value niche communities can carve out amidst the shifting paradigm of how they are formed online. The two talk about the future storage, capture, and distribution of value in an era dominat...

Join Joe and pat as they dive into the contrarian idea that to truly innovate in the web-driven 'winner-takes-all' world, the most strategic step is to build a protective wall so you can foster a unique community within. The two look to current examples to show that social is taking a step off main stage with the most exciting conversations often happening in private online groups. With the public...

Join Joe and Pat as they pick up the convo on the distribution of value in an era where binary outcomes have become the new norm. They delve into the rise and decline of apex organisations, assessing the current landscape for incumbents who are seeking to disrupt or differentiate themselves. Venturing into the realm of the unexpected, they propose a contrarian approach: to truly innovate in the we...

Join Joe and Pat as they did into the world of segmentation. The two take on whether AI is a new platform changing the status quo or an add on to existing players. They look into how in the face of AI industry is changing in its approach to segmenting different parts of production of goods, services and experiences to build a big enough moat to keep even super intelligent robots out...

Join Joe and Pat as they continue their convo on Generative AI as they pivot from culture and trends into its effect on productivity. They explore what is changing in the way we interact and transact. The two assess whether generative AI will be the solve all solution to productivity and ask whether it can make up for the loss of institutional working capital that the pandemic produced, time will...

Join Joe and Pat as they continue their convo on the social and cultural trends that are at play and how they will influence the way AI will roll now and into the future. The two discuss the legacy of free money and the transition back into a world where money costs broadly what it always did. They pair this with the polarisation of the the post truth era served with side course of Covid confusion...

Join Joe and Pat as they dial in on the new financial weather patterns hovering over our heads. They kick off the convo discussing what economic models are born in such environments and where does AI fit in?  Is it a new product in an of itself or just an enhancement tool to better exisiting use cases or verticals? Join the two next convo as they look to social and cultural trends that w...

Join Joe and Pat as they underneath the surface to see what is really being sold today, is it culture or product. The answer? Culture. In a market saturated in product and starved of connection and meaning the new commodity is affection and experience. Has the age of virtue signalling and the mass adoption of digital changed us forever? Join the two as they discuss and dissect some more in their n...

Join Joe and Pat as they block out the hype and discuss the longer term growth of AI. The two fight through the top line paranoia that AI is going eat us one industry at a time.  Taking the convo beyond the froth and land on the realisation we are heading past the product based marketplace to a culture based one. Apple seems like is winning the game. Join the two next week as they continue th...

Join the convo as Joe and Pat dive deep into what it means to be human in an AI world. The two plunge to dystopian depths as they evaluate the defining characteristics of what it means to be a human in the context of the the double edge sword of AI. Is it the end of us or a new beginning? Could go either way. They both discuss we are making decisions today that will have consequences for generatio...

Will AI help us solve our biggest problems or just put another mask on the problems of humanity. Join us as we keep digging into what industries will be reshaped by AI and most importantly what this means for society. We put a historical lens on this moment in time where AI is coming to life. We peel back the curtains on the culture factory and examine what is to come in the wake of AI generated c...

Join Joe and Pat they continue to dig into the unlocks that AI could bring. Pat predicts a new AI marries web3 bull run fuelled by with a new wave of products to come within 2024 and that the decentralised web technology will unlock the biggest problems that AI presents such as data integrity as it permeates all areas of our lives. Joe calls for the ‘unbundling’ of IP driven by AI creating value f...

Join Joe and Pat as they dig into their promise to share their thoughts on what AI can and will unlock for the world and the issues this presents. The two took different tacks when doing their homework so the conversation explores the morals and the models channeled by AI. Pat brings to life the human moral dilemma at the heart of his relationship with AI while Joe brings the perspective of how it...

Join Pat and Joe as they dig into whether public policy can ever keep pace with technological advancements. The two weigh the pros and cons of whether government can ever balance the need for speed, effectiveness and innovation in the face of new waves of technological advancement.  With governments around the globe looking at ways to build resilient policies that protect people and promote b...

Join Joe and Pat as they talk through the latest developments in the AI public discourse and asses were it is heading, with Joe bringing the European perspective as he dials in from the outskirts of London. The two weigh up the latest headlines for call to pause the continued development of Open AI's ChatGPT, its origins and the notarises who have gotten behind the movement, and what that says abo...

Join Joe and Pat as they take their convo from the car to the screen to discuss how unique data sets will act as the unlock in the race to commercialise AI. The two talk chat GPT4 and what it's closest to, a mate, a colleague, a foe or none of the above. Joe and Pat have widely differing opinions yet agree that it will change the way we interact with not just technology but each other in the long...

Join Joe and Pat as they drive back from an Australian first round table on the future of AI. The two compare notes and conclude that computing processing power is the next scalable, sellable telecommunication commodity that will be bought, sold and fought over in the age of AI.  The two end the conversation by interrogating the myth that humans will have more time to chill in the age of AI....

Join Pat and Joe as the dive into the infrastructure layer needed to bring future technology into existence. The two discuss how we have gone past the tipping point where it is now a necessity to invent better tech to help solve some of humanities most pressing issues. They close by exploring what is needed and what is left to be done. Join in next week as they explore what that might actually loo...

Join Joe and Pat as they dive into the promise vs the reality of AI delivering a new wave of value. The two unpack thoughts on why is it always Cat memes, the weeks latest news and share insights into the immediate hurdles stopping the new wave of value that will be build off the back of AI technology. Join the two next week as they delve deeper into the infrastructure that is needed to be cr...

Join us as Joe and Pat pick up the conversation where they left off last at the fork in the road for where the next wave of tech innovation will take us. They explore how the battle between the juggernauts still riding the high line of the last two waves of digital innovation might play out in the out in the new fight to redefine and own search. Joe and Pat turn their attention to where new value...

Join in the convo as Pat and Joe dive into their predictions on what will be the main mysteries that AI is going to solve. AI will 100% free us from the tyranny of typing but the two explore whether it will also free us from our worship of technology and its fallible inventors. Could it bring a world where we understand our own personal data by making coding and data literacy as accessible as read...

 Join us as Joe and Pat continue to unpack our complicated relationship with technology. They explore how it is a human to view technology as a type of deity as it solves a mystery or answers a question that seemed unanswerable prior. They discuss what the defining ‘god like’ features of the human AI relationship might be be and how it may shape how we access the very world of technology we h...

Join in as Pat and Joe pick up the convo on what does AI means for industries, societies and us as individuals. They discuss how we are witnessing the birth of a new AI God or at the very least a new mythology that furthers our worship of the tools we create. The two dig into what this means, where it will take us it and what we can make of it in the process. In the next episode they get into the...