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The Applied AI Podcast
Jacob Andra
11 episodes
2 days ago
Send us a text While people fear wholesale workforce replacement, the actual transformation is far more complex and ultimately more optimistic for organizations willing to adapt strategically. This episode cuts through the hype to examine three distinct zones of AI capability. First, tasks where AI excels at things humans never could do well, like fraud detection algorithms or protein folding analysis. Second, uniquely human domains like relationship building and creative problem solving acro...
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Send us a text While people fear wholesale workforce replacement, the actual transformation is far more complex and ultimately more optimistic for organizations willing to adapt strategically. This episode cuts through the hype to examine three distinct zones of AI capability. First, tasks where AI excels at things humans never could do well, like fraud detection algorithms or protein folding analysis. Second, uniquely human domains like relationship building and creative problem solving acro...
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The Applied AI Podcast
Will AI Take All the Jobs? Jacob Andra and Stephen Karafiath Say No
Send us a text While people fear wholesale workforce replacement, the actual transformation is far more complex and ultimately more optimistic for organizations willing to adapt strategically. This episode cuts through the hype to examine three distinct zones of AI capability. First, tasks where AI excels at things humans never could do well, like fraud detection algorithms or protein folding analysis. Second, uniquely human domains like relationship building and creative problem solving acro...
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2 days ago
18 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Agentic AI and Neurosymbolic AI: Jacob Andra Interviews Dr. Alexandra Pasi of Lucidity Sciences
Send us a text Two major ideas are shaping the next era of artificial intelligence: agentic AI and neurosymbolic AI. Talbot West CEO Jacob Andra and Lucidity Sciences CEO Dr. Alexandra Pasi bring together their complementary perspectives. They unpack the confusion surrounding the term “agentic.” The most common misuses fall into three categories. 1.Digital employee. This use assumes an AI can fully replace a human role. In practice, jobs consist of overlapping tasks that depend on judgment, c...
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6 days ago
42 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Neurosymbolic AI and the Shortcomings of LLMs: Jacob Andra and Stephen Karafiath
Send us a text Large language models have captured headlines, but they represent only a fraction of what AI can accomplish. Talbot West co-founders Jacob Andra and Stephen Karafiath explore the fundamental limitations of LLMs and why neurosymbolic AI offers a more robust path forward for enterprise applications. LLMs sometimes display remarkable contextual awareness, like when ChatGPT proactively noticed specific tile flooring in a photo's background and offered unsolicited cleaning advice. ...
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2 weeks ago
35 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Data Security in AI: Talbot West CEO Jacob Andra Interviews Scott Peiffer of i4Ops
Most enterprise AI projects fail because companies hold back their data. They spend hundreds of thousands of dollars training models on sanitized datasets, afraid to expose sensitive information. They get generic answers that create no competitive advantage. In this episode, Scott Peiffer from i4Ops cuts through the AI hype to address the real challenge facing enterprises: how to deploy AI systems that actually create value while keeping proprietary data secure. What you'll learn Scott Peiffe...
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3 weeks ago
32 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
AI is Much More Than LLMs: Jacob Andra Interviews Dr. Alexandra Pasi on Cutting-Edge Machine Learning
Dr. Alexandra Pasi (Lucidity Sciences) joins Talbot West CEO Jacob Andra to explore why conflating AI with large language models creates blind spots in enterprise technology strategy. With 15 years in machine learning, Dr. Pasi brings mathematical rigor to practical AI deployment. Key discussion topics Jacob identifies the linguistic synecdoche in AI discourse: taking LLM characteristics like hallucination and incorrectly applying them to all AI. Dr. Pasi expands on this, explaining that LLMs...
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1 month ago
39 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Jason duPont On AI in the Mortgage Industry: An Interview with Talbot West CEO Jacob Andra
Jason duPont, COO of NEXA Mortgage, reveals how AI transforms mortgage operations from 54-minute loan processing to autonomous underwriting systems. NEXA processes $10 billion annually through 3,300 loan officers and targets $15 billion using agentic AI partnerships. This episode demonstrates practical AI implementation beyond chatbots. DuPont shares NEXA's partnership with Tidalwave, which handles the mortgage application process starting at the 1003 form submission. The platform conducts in...
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1 month ago
40 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Rick Meekins is 6X More Productive With AI + Automation: An Interview With Talbot West CEO Jacob Andra
Rick Meekins achieves 4-6x productivity gains using ChatGPT and automation tools in precisely the ways Talbot West recommends to enterprise clients: low-risk, high-reward applications that deliver immediate ROI without exposing sensitive data. Rick uploads podcast transcripts to ChatGPT, not proprietary business data. He generates social media content, not confidential reports. This demonstrates exactly what Talbot West helps executives understand: which use cases are safe for commercial LLMs...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Bill McCalpin on AI in Mergers and Acquisitions
Jacob Andra, podcast host and CEO of Talbot West, interviews Bill McCalpin, investment banker and chair of The Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors. Bill McCalpin reveals why companies with identical revenue and profits sell for vastly different prices: one for $2 million, another for $12 million. The difference comes down to digital transformation readiness. In this Applied AI Podcast episode, McCalpin shares data from thousands of M&A transactions showing a 6x variation in sale p...
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2 months ago
52 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Kevin Williams On De-Risking AI Implementations
Kevin Williams, founder and CEO of Ascend Labs AI, joins Jacob Andra, CEO of Talbot West, to discuss the reality of enterprise AI adoption. Despite the hype, most companies still aren't implementing AI effectively. Kevin breaks down the four pillars that drive real ROI: dev tools, product augmentation, workflow optimization, and strategic positioning against disruption. Insights from this episode: Why 30-40% productivity gains in development are achievable with proper AI tool adoption Th...
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2 months ago
44 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Jacob Andra & Stephen Karafiath Discuss Applied AI
Jacob Andra sits down with Stephen Karafiath, technical co-founder of Talbot West, for a wide-ranging discussion on practical AI implementation in enterprise. They cut through the hype to address what actually matters: how businesses can achieve concrete efficiency gains through thoughtful AI deployment while avoiding common pitfalls. Topics Covered The State of Enterprise AI Innovation - Why large corporations like Oracle struggle to innovate with AI despite massive resources - The disconn...
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2 months ago
40 minutes

The Applied AI Podcast
Intro to The Applied AI Podcast
Welcome to The Applied AI Podcast. We're all about practical results. Hosted by Jacob Andra, the CEO of Talbot West, The Applied AI Podcast focuses on value creation from AI. We also cover the pitfalls and concerns companies need to address when implementing AI. Talbot West is a digital transformation consultancy and AI enablement partner for companies and other organizations. We help our clients adopt AI and machine learning technologies safely and effectively. *Bringing Clarity to AI Deci...
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2 months ago
1 minute

The Applied AI Podcast
Send us a text While people fear wholesale workforce replacement, the actual transformation is far more complex and ultimately more optimistic for organizations willing to adapt strategically. This episode cuts through the hype to examine three distinct zones of AI capability. First, tasks where AI excels at things humans never could do well, like fraud detection algorithms or protein folding analysis. Second, uniquely human domains like relationship building and creative problem solving acro...