https://beyondthebrackets.liveRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:49:58 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2026 11:34:30 GMT60Jason Kummerl & David RussellTwo engineers argue about what the AI news actually means for people who build things. Every week, Jason Kummerl and Dave Russell take the biggest announcements from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Nvidia and the rest and ask the question the press release skips: what does this do for the lab's bottom line? Skeptical, opinionated, and occasionally right.episodicJason Kummerl & David Russelljason@humanspeak.comyeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JV5HQeL6Mf42246d7-094e-406b-bdf7-06e2be0eba73Fri, 13 Nov 2026 18:38:16 GMTEveryone worries about the people who refuse to use AI. Dave Russell is worried about the ones who trust it completely. Two engineers, Jason Kummerl and Dave Russell, argue about what this week's AI news actually means for people who build things. This week: Anthropic's Fable 5.2 and the "too dangerous for you" model (again), whether anyone needs a frontier model to solve an ordinary business problem, why a growing company still lays people off, and the four stages people go through with AI. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:23 Catching up 04:28 The Nvidia spy story 09:12 Power, corruption and politics 16:22 Advice to a 27-year-old 19:47 Fable 5.2: too dangerous, again? 21:51 Do you need a frontier model? 25:48 The programmer's new job 28:21 "Why am I being laid off?" 31:18 The four stages of AI trust 33:30 AI ads and the black-and-white phone 36:09 Addiction and parenting 39:43 Wrap-up Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JV5HQeL6M Follow Beyond the Brackets so you know when we go live: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/JoinBTB X: https://x.com/JoinBTByes00:40:1918The Most Dangerous AI User Isn't the Holdoutfull