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Practical AI

Practical AI

Written by: Daniel Whitenack and Chris Benson
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Making artificial intelligence practical, productive & accessible to everyone. Practical AI is a show in which technology professionals, business people, students, enthusiasts, and expert guests engage in lively discussions about Artificial Intelligence and related topics (Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, GANs, MLOps, AIOps, LLMs & more). The focus is on productive implementations and real-world scenarios that are accessible to everyone. If you want to keep up with the latest advances in AI, while keeping one foot in the real world, then this is the show for you!All rights reserved
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  • Surviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
    Jul 23 2026

    The agentic transformation isn’t coming. It has already begun.

    Companies are deploying thousands — and sometimes tens of thousands — of AI agents. Enterprise software giants are watching their old economic moats erode. Capital is moving, productivity is being redefined, and human labor is being repriced in real time.


    In this Fully Connected episode, Daniel and Chris explore the new economics of a post-agentic world: the global order that emerges after agents have been woven into every conceivable aspect of business and life. What happens when digital labor becomes abundant, agents manage other agents, and entire organizations operate at a scale no human workforce could match?

    This isn’t another conversation about whether AI will take your job. It’s about what happens when the assumptions underneath jobs, companies, software, and productivity stop being true.

    The post-agentic world is already taking shape.

    The question is whether you’re preparing for it — or becoming part of what it replaces.


    Featuring:

    • Chris Benson – Website, LinkedIn, Bluesky, GitHub, X
    • Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

    Links:

    • Is IBM a Canary in the Tech Coal Mine?
    • Verbalizable Representations Form a Global Workspace in Language Models

    Upcoming Events:

    • Register for upcoming webinars here!
    • Midwest AI Summit 2026
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    36 mins
  • The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave
    Jul 17 2026

    As AI applications become more complex, the infrastructure powering them needs to evolve. Corey Sanders, SVP of Product at CoreWeave, joins Chris to discuss why AI requires a fundamentally different approach than traditional cloud computing. They explore AI-native infrastructure, training and inference workloads, the rise of agentic development, optimizing GPU performance, AI research workflows, and why the future of software will be built around AI-first experiences rather than websites and apps.

    Featuring:

    • Corey Sanders – LinkedIn
    • Chris Benson – Website, LinkedIn, Bluesky, GitHub, X

    Links:

    • CoreWeave

    Sponsors:

    • Framer: The enterprise-grade website builder that lets your team ship faster. Get 30% off at framer.com/practicalai

    Upcoming Events:

    • Register for upcoming webinars here!
    • Midwest AI Summit 2026
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    50 mins
  • Building Durable AI Agents
    Jul 9 2026

    What does it take to move AI agents from demos to reliable production systems? In this episode, Hamza Tahir explores how MLOps principles are shaping the future of generative AI, covering workflows, agent harnesses, fleets, and the infrastructure needed to build durable, scalable systems. The conversation dives into open source tools, production challenges, and how ZenML's new project, Kitaru, helps developers build resilient, replayable, and observable agent systems.

    Featuring:

    • Hamza Tahir – LinkedIn
    • Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

    Links:

    • ZenML
    • Kitaru
    • Machine Learning Tools Landscape v2 (+84 new tools)

    Sponsors:

    • Framer: The enterprise-grade website builder that lets your team ship faster. Get 30% off at framer.com/practicalai

    Upcoming Events:

    • Register for upcoming webinars here!
    • Midwest AI Summit 2026
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    47 mins
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It rekindled my interest into Mathematics. loved the suggestion start with a ML use case to learn underlying math. many Thanks a ton to all 3 of you, which made it a worthwhile 30 mins!

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