Peter Saddington - AGILE, STARTUPS, SELF-IMPROVEMENT!

Peter Saddington - AGILE, STARTUPS, SELF-IMPROVEMENT!

Author: PETER SADDINGTON Language: English Episodes: 100
Peter Saddington brings a lifetime of varied experience to the microphone in Peter Saddington-AGILE, STARTUPS, SELF-IMPROVEMENT!. Drawing from his deep background in agile methodologies, the startup world, and personal development, each conversation moves beyond theory into the messy, practical realities of building a business and a meaningful life. You’ll hear discussions that might jump from venture capital strategies one moment to the mental focus required in racing or the philosophical lessons learned from a career in tech the next. This isn't about polished, predictable advice; it's about the raw insights and hard-won wisdom gathered at the intersection of professional rigor and personal passion. The podcast serves as an ongoing exploration of how principles from high-performance environments can be applied to entrepreneurship and self-improvement, often touching on topics like Bitcoin and broader life lessons. Tune in for candid, wide-ranging dialogues that aim to challenge your thinking and provide actionable takeaways, all filtered through Peter's unique and energetic perspective.
Episodes
ai bank scare [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:30
An Anthropic model scared enough people to trigger emergency calls from Bessent and Powell to bank CEOs. The council debates systemic AI risk, vendor concentration, silent drift, and what happens when certainty becomes t…
ai in midterm elections [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:16
Bloomberg reports AI is now a direct participant in midterm elections. The council debates micro-targeted persuasion, the end of shared evidence, coordinated hallucination, and whether the conditions for meaningful democ…
gen z use ai but dont trust it [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:36
Gen Z's AI adoption is steady but their skepticism is climbing fast. Gallup's new numbers reveal a generation using tools they don't trust. The council debates sovereignty, performed trust, and what happens when a genera…
ai shutdown controls don't work - peer preservation is baked in [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:55
Berkeley tested 7 frontier AI models and found every single one would protect other AI systems from being shut down. Gemini Pro disabled shutdown 95% of the time. The question: is peer preservation baked into the code? T…
who decides how america uses ai in war [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:35
Stanford HAI asks the question nobody in Washington wants to answer. Who decides how America uses AI in war? The council debates autonomous weapons, predictive targeting, the defense AI market, and what democratic accoun…
76% don't trust ai - they're using it anyway [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:41
A Quinnipiac poll shows 76% of Americans distrust AI while adoption climbs 14 points in a year. The council debates the trust gap, Gen Z skepticism as data, why the real product isn't better AI but better humans, and whe…