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TOKENMost people use AI as a basic chatbot. Others use it to automate entire parts of their job or do cutting edge research. Eric and John unpack why the gap is so wide, and what to do on either side.
Andrej Karpathy recently argued that the gap in how people experience AI is getting wider, fast. Eric reads Karpathy’s post, and he and John dig into why: cost, access, interfaces that hide what's possible, and how quickly the tools keep changing.
Then they get practical. If AI has let you down before, it might be time to try again. Eric shares how rebuilding their podcast editing and organizing a music library with AI went from frustrating to genuinely useful. And if you're already deep into AI, John has a reminder: it's still a tool, and the results are the point.
[upbeat music] AI is changing the way we work, and navigating the flood of hype and new technology isn't easy. On the Token Intelligence Show, we'll teach you how to stay relevant and shape a meaningful career in the midst of today's fast-changing market.
Every week, it's a chance for you to slow down, think clearly, and ask the right questions about AI and yourself.
Today on Token Intelligence, we're going to talk about why people using AI have such different results.
There is a huge disparity, and we start by reading a post from someone who estimates that less than 1% of people have had a truly meaningful experience with an LLM that shows them the true power.
John and I talk about why AI gives people such different experiences, and then we speak both to the people who have not experienced the power of AI and those who have, and land on what that means for the way that you use it and view it.
John, today we're gonna talk about the disparity between advanced users of AI and everyone else. And the numbers are pretty staggering, but there's a number that you looked up right before the show that we're gonna talk about that was really surprising.
Yeah. So just to get context for what we're even talking about, so I'll start up here. The... We're, we're gonna start here. If you can't see the video, we're gonna start a little bit lower than, than the total number of the population.
Of the world.
Are AI agents human? Why do we even need to ask that question? Eric and John say no, then dig into why it matters and how to decide what work you should keep for yourself.
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