The 95% failure rate: Why our AI investment is working

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Breakeven Brothers

Bradley Bernard, Bennett Bernard

31 episodes

2 weeks ago

The Breakeven Brothers podcast explores how AI is transforming the landscape for professionals. Join brothers Bradley Bernard and Bennett Bernard, a software engineer and a Certified Public Accountant, as they offer a unique perspective on how automation and intelligent agents are transforming knowledge work. They explore the shift from manual tasks to strategic oversight, the growing importance of prompt engineering, and the critical skills you'll need to not just survive, but thrive in an AI-driven world. This podcast is your roadmap to future-proofing your career and embracing technology as your ultimate productivity partner.

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The 95% failure rate: Why our AI investment is working

Breakeven Brothers

1 hour 13 minutes

2 months ago

The 95% failure rate: Why our AI investment is working

A bombshell MIT study just dropped, claiming 95% of companies get ZERO return on their AI investments. Is the hype bubble finally bursting, or is there a deeper story the headlines are missing? In this episode, we're calling BS on the doom-and-gloom narrative. Drawing from our own in-the-trenches experience building an app with AI, we break down why these studies might be flawed and reveal the massive "learning gap" that's holding most people back from unlocking AI's true potential. It's not the models that are failing; it’s how we're being taught to use them.

The AI drama doesn't stop there. We're unpacking all the latest chaos from Silicon Valley, from Meta slamming the brakes on its billion-dollar hiring spree to the shocking rumor that Apple might actually use Google's Gemini to power the next generation of Siri. We also dive into a new trend for developers: can you really monetize your expertise by selling $9 AI rules? We debate that and the growing battle against "AI slop" in open source before tackling a big question for the professional world: are junior accountants about to start doing a manager's job right out of college? Tune in for our unfiltered take on the hype, the reality, and where we're all headed.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:37 The Reality of AI Investment ROI
14:58 Monetizing Expertise by Selling Cursor Rules
23:19 Meta's Billion-Dollar AI Hiring Freeze
34:27 Apple Considers Google Gemini for Siri
43:34 Disclosing AI-Generated Code Contributions
51:06 How AI is Reshaping Junior Roles
1:05:54 Bookmarks: AI Workflows and Scrapers
1:12:49 Wrapping Up

Links:
- SplitMyExpenses
- Axios article
- Cursor rules
- Laravel Boost
- Ghostty Terminal
- PwC Article on the Future of Junior Accountants
- Peter Steinberger's "AI Dev Workflow" Blog Post
- Report Reveals Internal Chaos Behind Apple's Siri Failure - MacRumors
- Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI to Power Revamped Siri
- Marc Colbrugu's Tweet on Cloudflare

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