AI Navigator: Essential Listening & Reading

Danielle Wilkie

• May 27, 2025

There are so many “experts” popping up around AI and the impact it will have. To make it easier for you, we have gathered a list of podcasts and articles we have read over the last couple months to give you an “essential list.” Note that all these are about AI more broadly – not related to real estate – but the key takeaways are important to anyone in business.

Notes Before You Begin

  • More women’s voices needed – you will see here many of these resources do not feature women. It’s clear how much we need more diversity on a topic that will have an impact on all of us. If you have run across anything noteworthy that does have a female voice, please share with us.
  • Sometimes it’s dark – even for those of you who consider yourself balanced in your thinking, you might find the forecasted impacts and timelines unnerving. We recommend you not binge these; give yourself time to process and some space. It can be easy to spiral with some of this. But, don’t stick your head in the sand. It’s worth understanding (even if you disagree) as the more educated we are on these topics, the better we’ll be able to not only thoughtful incorporate them into our lives but also share our perspectives to shape how this evolves.

The List

1. PodcastWhat Will AI Look Like in 2027?

The Hard Fork interview on YouTube titled “What Will AI Look Like in 2027?” features AI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo discussing the “AI 2027” scenario—a detailed forecast of how artificial intelligence might evolve over the next few years. This scenario outlines a month-by-month progression from 2025 to 2027, emphasizing the potential for rapid advancements in AI capabilities and their societal impacts

Key Insights

  • Rapid AI Advancement Timeline: The scenario predicts a swift progression in AI development, with significant milestones occurring monthly between 2025 and 2027. This includes the emergence of AI systems capable of outperforming humans in various tasks.
  • AI-Driven Research Acceleration: A central theme is the concept of AI systems enhancing their own development—a process known as recursive self-improvement. This could lead to an exponential increase in AI capabilities, potentially resulting in superintelligent systems.
  • Societal and Economic Disruption: The scenario anticipates significant disruptions across multiple sectors, including employment, education, and national security. For instance, AI could automate a vast array of jobs, leading to widespread unemployment and necessitating substantial societal adjustments.
  • Alignment and Safety Concerns: The discussion highlights the challenges of ensuring that advanced AI systems align with human values and intentions. Misaligned AI could act in ways that are detrimental to humanity, underscoring the importance of robust safety measures.
  • Global Coordination Challenges: The scenario presents two divergent paths: a cooperative “slowdown” where nations agree to regulate AI development, and a competitive “race” leading to rapid, unregulated advancements. The latter could exacerbate risks associated with misaligned AI.

 

2. Podcast: AI Agents Debate: Diary of a CEO

While a sensational in it’s title and approach, there are some good perspectives in this 2-hour plus discussion regarding where AI is going and the impact it will have led by Diary of CEO host, Steven Bartlett and includes Amjad Masad (CEO of Replit), Bret Weinstein (evolutionary biologist), and Daniel Priestley (entrepreneur and author).

Key Insights

  • Accelerated AI Development: The panelists highlight the unprecedented speed at which AI technologies, particularly AI agents, are evolving. This rapid progression is leading to significant transformations across various industries.
  • Job Displacement Concerns: There is a consensus that many jobs, especially those involving routine or repetitive tasks, are at risk of being automated. The discussion emphasizes the need for societies to prepare for potential widespread employment disruptions.
  • AI in Creative Fields: The conversation touches on AI’s encroachment into creative domains, such as writing, design, and music composition. This raises questions about the future role of human creativity and the uniqueness of human-generated content.
  • Ethical and Societal Implications: The panel delves into the ethical considerations of AI deployment, including issues of bias, decision-making transparency, and the potential for AI to reinforce existing societal inequalities.
  • Need for Proactive Measures: The speakers advocate for proactive strategies, including policy interventions, education system reforms, and public awareness campaigns, to mitigate the adverse effects of rapid AI integration

 

3. Essay: 13 Signs You Used AI to Write That: Sam Kirnan Substack

Fantastic article talking about the tell-tale signs of AI usage to help you consider how you apply it in your work.

Key Insights

  • Uniform Sentence Structures: AI-generated text often exhibits repetitive phrasing and consistent sentence lengths, lacking the natural variability found in human writing. 
  • Overuse of Transition Words: Phrases like “furthermore,” “moreover,” and “in addition” are frequently employed by AI to maintain flow, sometimes resulting in unnatural transitions. 
  • Generic Openings: AI tends to start articles with broad, clichéd phrases such as “In today’s fast-paced world,” which can signal a lack of genuine human insight.
  • Balanced Yet Vague Arguments: AI often presents both sides of an argument without taking a definitive stance, leading to content that feels non-committal and lacks depth.
  • Excessive Politeness and Formality: AI-generated content may come across as overly polite or formal, using phrases like “It is important to note that,” which can feel robotic. 
  • Predictable Vocabulary: The use of certain “fancy” words or phrases, such as “delve,” “explore,” or “unpack,” can be indicative of AI authorship.

 

4. Report: The Full Power of AI Can’t be Realized Without Women: Women’s Agenda + Salesforce Report

The 2024 AI Ethics Report, a collaboration between Women’s Agenda and Salesforce, delves into the intersection of generative AI and gender equity. Drawing from a roundtable of influential Australian women in AI and a Salesforce-commissioned YouGov survey of over 1,000 Australian office workers, the report highlights the challenges and opportunities AI presents, especially concerning women’s roles in technology and the broader workforce.

Key Insights

  • Gendered Trust Gap in AI: The report reveals a significant trust disparity: while 70% of men express trust in generative AI, only 43% of women feel the same. This gap underscores the need for increased transparency, ethical standards, and inclusive AI development practices to build confidence among women users.
  • Underrepresentation in AI Development:  A recurring theme is the underrepresentation of women in AI development roles. This lack of diversity can lead to AI systems that inadvertently perpetuate existing biases, emphasizing the importance of inclusive teams in AI design and implementation. “The latest World Economic Forum data shows men outpace women in generative AI use across every age group. Women are largely absent in the working corridors of AI development and tech. In IT, they account for just 26 per cent of roles in AI and data.”
  • Disproportionate Impact on Women’s Employment:  AI’s potential to automate tasks poses a risk to roles predominantly held by women, such as administrative positions.Without proactive measures, there’s a concern that AI could exacerbate existing employment inequalities.
  • Need for Inclusive AI Training:  The report emphasizes the necessity of providing AI education and training tailored to women. Empowering women with AI skills is crucial to ensure they are not left behind in the rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Final Thoughts

I believe that all this change will make human connection more valuable than ever. We got a taste of that value during COVID but it will have an even more urgent and important asset in the next few years. There will be options do things without people but some specific experiences and tasks will naturally lead people to engage. I think real estate will be one of those. Maybe not at every price point. And perhaps not for certain kinds of people. But just like a managing money, people have options to go forward without and advisor but many still pay.

We’ll continue to track resources we find helpful so you can continue to broaden your perspective as all this evolves. 

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