EP 331: Why Fear of AI is Stifling Adoption

2 Jan 2026 · 32 min
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2 Jan 2026 · 32 min

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Podcast episode (Everyday AI, episode titled "Why Fear of AI is Stifling Adoption") featuring host Jordan Wilson and guest Lauren Ingram (founder of Next Big Thing). The episode opens with an AI news roundup (ByteDance’s AI video app release, Dell’s layoffs to focus on AI, and a Reuters story about Intel declining an early OpenAI stake) then moves into a wide-ranging interview about how fear and information overload slow AI adoption, why AI literacy and demos help, and how lack of diverse voices (notably lower adoption among women) risks poorer products and missed opportunities. Practical advice: dabble, run demos, prioritize inclusive working groups, and focus on role-relevant literacy rather than technical minutiae.

Questions this episode answers

August 7, 2024.

Lauren Ingram — founder of Next Big Thing.

ByteDance’s AI video app (Jimming AI, developed by FaceU); made available on the Chinese app store on August 6 (year stated in transcript).

Approximately 12,500 employees — about 10% of Dell’s workforce.

A Reuters report says Intel had a chance about seven years earlier to buy a 15% stake in OpenAI for $1 billion in cash but declined.

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