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From the CEO of an Agentic AI company telling you that agentic AI is the inevitable future (surely not because he's financially incentivized to make you believe that), to billionaires buying bunkers in New Zealand to flee when the revolution comes for them after their AI has put all of us out of work, to the cult of personality that Sam Altman has built up around himself like some Dollar Store Tim...

It's another Reddit grab bag as we answer some folks questions about career path options for Product Owners, how to get the most out of your 1:1 time with your manager, and whether Product Managers and Project Managers are interchangeable. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E070: Taking control of y...

This week we take a look at some viral TikTok clips and react to the insane testimony of Google's Eric Schmidt asking for unlimited energy and an abolition of regulation to help them build nuclear power plants to fuel their catastrophic war of choice with China over AI. And we watch a baffling roundtable discussion at Andreessen Horowitz where a few tech bros opine on the future of capitalism wher...

It's a Reddit questions episode! We discuss whether the future of Product Management is a hybrid AI-driven PM/engineer role, what to do when an engineer refuses to give you an estimate, a Product Manager who doesn't realize he's got to sell the positive outcomes to bring internal stakeholders along with him, and more. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And...

Ignoring the risks of the AI economy has left us perched precariously on a three-legged stool. Just one leg needs to collapse to bring us all down. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E067: The secret weakness at the heart of the K-Shaped Economy first appeared on Acceptance Criteria .

Is Tilly Norwood - the AI "actor" - a good thing for Hollywood, or does it herald the end of all human creativity and the death of art itself? Just a quick little debate we have this episode in reaction to a TikTok discussing the latest AI news out of California. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E...

It's a news roundup where we look at four stories from recent tech news, including Elon Musk's favorite LLM Grok going full-pedo recently, Mark Zuckerburg's $70 Billion oopsie, and Google realizing maybe it shouldn't let an AI hallucinate about health-related queries. And there's a robot that can kinda sorta almost do your laundry. Rosie the Robot it is not. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://...

On this week's episode we dig into some challenges people have with agile architecture and planning processes and critique a particularly obnoxious Reddit reply while we're at it. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E064: Is there such a thing as Too Much Planning? first appeared on Acceptance Criter...

Why is everything a subscription these days? TV, movies, books, music - you don't seem to own anything anymore. This week we dig into the history of how the industry evolved into the SaaS model and how that bled into the consumer world turning everything into a rental. The post E063: Subscriptions everywhere! Can SaaS be good? Or always risky? first appeared on Acceptance Criteria .

From layoffs to mental health crises, we are starting to get a clearer picture of the horrible impacts AI is having on all of us, and in this episode we continue to ask what the government and our society is going to do about it. Content Warning: this episode does discuss a few recent cases of suicide related AI chatbots, so skip ahead to 25:16 to avoid those topics. Join the discussion on Reddit:...

In Part 2 of our look back at the Industrial Revolution, we examine the impact on the economy and workers, discuss how economists at the time, even as far back as 1830, were justifying the scale of job losses, and comparing that to the impact AI is having today. It's part history, part future predictions, and all super fascinating and often troubling. And don't forget to go back and listen to Part...

No, you didn't misread that, we're doing a two-part history lesson on the radical earth-altering time period known as the Industrial Revolution, and what it can teach us about our modern day struggles with how AI could change the world again. I promise, it's actually super interesting, so come learn some history with us as we compare the steam engine, the advent of electricity and factory work, an...

It's a product review episode! We take a look at the new Google NotebookLM AI studio that tries to help people synthesize data sources into digestible materials like videos, podcasts, flashcards, and more. But the conversation quickly (and unsurprisingly) devolves into a debate over whether humans need to remain in the loop with tools like this and how the current generation of GenAI seems to be a...

Whether it's working with engineering teams on story point estimations or managing the feedback from marginalized user bases, good Product Management requires you to be adaptable to the situation and try new things. Sometimes that's scary. Welcome to corporate life. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The pos...

Well, that WAS going to be the title of the episode. What started as a conversation over vibe coding tools and the challenges of paying a corporation who is subsidizing their Generative AI models to help you do your critical thinking quickly got diverted onto benefits fraud, politicians who lie to you, and whether or not Kevin is allowed to break capitalism to fix things. It's a contentious episod...

Sometimes the better answer is to not do anything at all. If you can't prove the value of a feature or that the effort to achieve that value is worth it, saying "no" to the idea is often the best course of action. We also look at scenarios where Product Managers and Engineers can benefit from being users of their own software, as well as the benefits of having competitors you can "borrow" inspirat...

Kevin gets a little spicy in this bleep-filled episode discussing the latest changes to Meta's policies around fact-checking and hate speech. Trans rights are human rights, and bowing to pressure from Trump and Republicans on letting people use slurs and lie to each other poisons the well for the rest of us. Content warning for difficult discussions of trans rights, vaccines and autism, and a vari...

Chinese LLM company Deep Seek upended the AI market this week with a new AI model that is comparable to ChatGPT and other AIs but appears to have cost barely $5 million to create. At one-twentieth the cost of Open AI, Meta, and others' models, it begs the question: what the hell is the US market for AI doing asking for $500 BILLION right now?? Also, we look at Google's quantum computing breakthrou...

We tackle some more Reddit questions, including someone who's looking for ways to track their teams' mood, how to find a mentor, how often to constructively criticize your agile process, and whether fixing every bug is bad, actually. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E053: Is there value in fixing...

From understanding why UX designs don't always translate to the actual front-end code, to finding the creativity and joy in maintaining other people's code, it's another Reddit grab bag. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E052: Why don’t front-ends look like the superior UX designs? first appeared o...

We dig into some recent news, looking at an AI firm that is trying to use machine learning to predict effective crop breeds, whether AI companies have run into scaling roadblocks, and how Uber and Lyft are trying to screw drivers in NYC. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://discord.gg/2Tyj8H9MFF The post E051: Uber & Lyft try to sc...

The chances for TikTok seem to be getting slimmer by the day as a US Appeals Court upheld the ban signed by Joe Biden in April 2024. We discuss the impacts of social media and the Australian ban on under-age consumption of social media, and the concerns over trying to put age verification systems on all of the internet. Plus, we start with a quick look at the Hawk Tuah bitcoin scam. Morons are all...

We dive in to some more Reddit questions and help a few folks out. From figuring out why it seems like executives can't remember past decisions you asked them to make, to understanding what a typical day should look like for an Enterprise Architect, we have no shortage of opinions to share. Join the discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcceptanceCriteria/ And on the Discord: https://disc...

Have you checked out Bluesky, the latest Twitter alternative that seems to be finding traction? Have you heard about "ghost jobs" that clog job listing sites with opportunities that aren't real? This week we look at some recent news stories, including Snowflake's entry into the data orchestration market, and Amazon's struggles to get Alexa up to par with ChatGPT. Join the discussion on Reddit: htt...

When the UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed last week, the social media outpouring was less sympathetic than some people might have hoped. We talk about why that might be and how we're on the precipice of something that may only get worse. Also, Google f*cked around and found out, and the DOJ is recommending they be forced to deal with the consequences of their monopolistic abuses of the online searc...