New transmission EP 046 · 1 NOV 2025

2022 vs 2025 vs 2028

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 since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. They chart the wild…

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01The premise

A million new workers

In the next decade, Australia will see the introduction of hundreds of thousands of new workers assisting in our economy. But they won’t be humans. We will see humanoid workers helping, and in some cases, replacing, humans to perform a wide range of functions across nearly every industry imaginable. From mining to farming, from construction to elder care.

Every humanoid will have an AI brain, meaning it has a PhD in every topic.

What happens when the robot working beside you is smarter than you can ever hope to be?

100,000 new
Construction workers
100,000 new
Farmers
100,000 new
Elder care workers
100,000 new
Child care workers
100,000 new
Retail workers
100,000 new
Office workers
100,000 new
Infrastructure workers
100,000 new
Maintenance workers
03The hosts

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.

Steve Sammartino
▌ Melbourne · Futurist
Steve Sammartino

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.

Cameron Reilly
▌ Brisbane · OG Podcaster
Cameron Reilly

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.

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