The Steel Collar Economy
We get into whether humanoid robots will fill Australia’s labour gaps and argue about whether AI will hollow out white-collar work.
A million new… everything
If Altman, Musk, Kurzweil, Hassabis, Huang and Bostrom are correct, within five years — possibly much sooner — we’ll have AI agents smarter than any single qualified human expert, in every domain.
The biggest implication: a million new experts on every topic — analysing existing experiments, conceiving new ones, and advising humans on what to run in the lab. Yet outside the occasional article and a few forums, almost nobody is discussing what that world looks like.
There’s plenty of talk about the threat of AI. But what about the age of miracles?
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EP 046 In this episode of Futuristic, Cameron and Steve reunite after a three-month break to reflect on how far artificial intelligence and robotics have come…
EP 045 In this episode of Futuristic, Cameron is joined by his old friend Nick Johnstone, Principal of Toowoomba Anglican School, to explore how AI is…
EP 044 In episode 44 of Futuristic, Cameron and Steve dive into the dawn of the embodiment era of AI. Steve reveals he’s purchased a $16,000…
EP 043 In this fast-paced episode of Futuristic, Cameron and Steve dig into a wild week in AI and tech. Cam shares how he stunned futurist…
EP 042 In Episode 42 of The Futuristic, Cameron and Steve dive deep into the chaotic beauty of 2025’s AI evolution—and cultural regression. They open with…
EP 041 In this no-holds-barred episode of Futuristic, Cameron and Steve riff on the explosive Musk–Trump bromance breakup, likening it to the fall of the Roman…
Two of Australia’s most insightful analysts of tech trends
We were there at the dawn of personal computing, the internet, and social media. We believe the AI revolution is going to be bigger and faster than them all. By far.
Australia’s most respected futurist and media commentator on emerging technology. He’s spoken to over 200,000 people, run start-ups, written books, made a TV show — and launched a Lego space shuttle into actual space.
Australia’s first podcaster and founder of the world’s first podcast network. Documentary maker, author, ISP veteran of the mid-90s, ex-Microsoft internet division.