🚀 Episode 11 Alert! David Shapiro hosts John Gibbs (CEO of Automattic, PhD, and host of Doctor Know It All) for an explosive discussion on DeepSeek-R1—the Chinese AI model rattling global markets and rewriting AI economics. 💥 In this episode: Why NVIDIA’s stock crashed 17% overnight Can a $5M open-source model outperform billion-dollar projects? Geopolitical chess: China’s AI surge vs. Western dominance The "Mozart Paradox": How constraints breed AI innovation Ethical minefields: Copyright, job displacement, and AGI’s looming shadow 🔍 John breaks down why synthetic data and self-play reinforcement learning could democratize AI, why Hollywood isn’t safe from disruption, and how leaders can navigate the AI arms race.   🔥 FOLLOW for weekly deep dives into tech’s future! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaders-of-ai/id1776902731 Watch YouTube to catch the video versions: https://www.youtube.com/@leadersofaipodcast     Follow Hosts/Guests Julia:  https://www.instagram.com/juliaemccoy/ https://www.youtube.com/@JuliaMcCoy Dave:  https://x.com/DaveShapi https://www.youtube.com/@DaveShap John Gibbs:  https://www.youtube.com/DrKnowitallKnows https://www.instagram.com/drknowitallknows Learn About First Movers www.firstmovers.ai