Casey Newton
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This AI notetaker won't sell surveillance to your boss
Last week on the Platformer podcast, Thomas Paul Mann predicted that within a few years, as much as half of the software on your Mac could be software you…
The case for making your own apps
In the second episode of our second season of the Platformer Podcast, Raycast co-founder and CEO Thomas Mann offers a clear-eyed critique of commercial…
He tried 200 to-do apps so you don't have to
Last season on the Platformer podcast, we explored what AI means for jobs — including the risk that huge numbers of them might soon go away.
Why Amazon is hiring 11,000 junior employees
In the seventh and final episode of our first season of the Platformer podcast, AWS CEO Matt Garman explains why he's still bullish on hiring junior…
Why this founder isn’t hiring junior engineers anymore
In the sixth (and first live!) episode of the Platformer podcast, Replika and Wabi founder Eugenia Kuyda argues that argues that we are living in "the…
How to help people who lose their jobs to AI
In the fifth episode of the Platformer podcast, Brookings senior fellow Molly Kinder argues that the AI jobs debate is stuck in a useless seesaw between…
A labor economist explains why AI won't take your job
In the fourth episode of the Platformer podcast, labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards makes the case that the AI jobs panic is overblown — and that the real…
Claude Code creator Boris Cherny on the end of the software engineer
In the third episode of the Platformer podcast, Claude Code creator Boris Cherny explains how he's automating his own job.
Why Doomers Are Wrong about AI and Jobs with Google's James Manyika
In the second episode of the Platformer podcast, Google SVP James Manyika makes a bet: AI is not going to wipe out half of white-collar jobs in the next two…
Why Washington Suddenly Wants A.I. Regulation
This week, between President Trump's negotiations in China and a potential executive order, we discuss why the Trump administration seems to be changing its…