Exploring the Future of Podcasting: AI, Creativity, and the Journey with Philip Blackett

Join us for an insightful conversation with the multifaceted Philip Blackett, a seasoned author, consultant, and entrepreneur who has expertly navigated the podcasting realm since 2013. Discover how Philip's journey from a single podcast to multiple shows reveals the dynamic evolution of the medium. Philip shares strategic tips for promoting podcasts through video reels and the enduring significance of audio formats.

As we explore the unfolding influence of AI in podcasting, we draw intriguing parallels between its impact and that of previous technological innovations like smartphones and social media. This discussion prompts a deeper reflection on the authenticity of digital interactions, particularly with AI's voice cloning abilities, and raises essential questions about the ethical implications and the necessity for thoughtful regulation similar to the early days of the internet.

Rounding off our episode, we consider the future of podcasting in the light of AI's potential impact on job markets, especially in creative fields. Philip argues that AI enhances productivity but underscores the indispensable role of human creativity and skill in complementing technology.

 Philip Blackett is an author, consultant and entrepreneur who previously has worked with FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Chick-Fil-A. Philip has previously been featured in Business Insider, Entrepreneur magazine, Forbes and LinkedIn, as well as a number of podcasts. He enjoys reading, cheering on his Tar Heels, and raising his twin daughters with his wife Mayra.

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Chapters

• 0:04 The Power of Podcasting
• 11:01 The Evolution of AI in Podcasting
• 17:39 Adapting to the Future With AI
• 31:01 Podcast Promotion and Networking

Transcript

Carl Richards: 0:04

Welcome to Communication Connection Community, the podcaster's podcast. This podcast takes a deep dive into modern day communication strategies in the podcasting space. We chat with interesting people who make the podcasting and speaking spaces exciting and vibrant. We also dive into the podcasting community with news updates, latest trends and topics from this ever-evolving space. So strap in, it's going to be one amazing ride.

Carl Richards: 0:32

Let's dive into today's episode and our guest today is Philip Blackett. He's an author, consultant and entrepreneur who previously has worked with FedEx, goldman Sachs, bank of America and Chick-fil-A. He got his Master's of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, his MBA from Harvard Business School and his bachelor's degree majoring in political science and economics from the University of Northern Carolina at Chapel Hill. Philip has previously been featured in Business Insider, entrepreneur Magazine, forbes and LinkedIn, as well as a number of podcasts. He's a podcaster. We are so thrilled he's here today. Philip, welcome to the podcast.

Philip Blackett: 1:15

Thanks so much, carl. Happy to be here with you.

Carl Richards: 1:18

There are so many things, my friend, I know we are going to cover, because it's nice talking to a fellow podcaster, because we can dive deep and also dispel myths and rumors and things like that about you know what's what's going on in the podcasting space. I like the fact that you now you have not one, but soon to have two po dcasts, correct

Philip Blackett: 1:38

Y eah, soon to be two, and I've actually done some podcast shows in the past too, so I think the first podcast show I've done it probably takes me back closer to 2013.

Carl Richards: 1:51

Okay, so not a veteran, not an early adopter when there was two listeners and one podcast, but a few years after that. But thinking back to 2013, though, that was an interesting time for podcasting, because there was still only what, maybe half a million shows, or something like that then, yeah, I think we were still trying to figure out what this was all about. And the journey has since been phenomenal for you. You're embarking on the second show. How does it feel soon to be having two shows?

Philip Blackett: 2:18

Well, I'll tell you this it was something I wasn't anticipating, especially not as soon as I was thinking it was to be the case, but I believe the reason why I'm actually jumping back into the pool of hosting another podcast show is because of what we'll be talking about soon, which is AI, ai.

Carl Richards: 2:38

AIO. It's a hot button topic right now. It's one that I I think we're going to embrace. Before we embrace that, though, we were just chatting. This is why I wish that sometimes the things that happened before the show maybe I should start hitting record right away, because those sometimes are the best moments. But we were talking about audio versus video and, coming from an audio background, having 25 years in radio broadcasting and starting an audio only podcast back in 2019. I was a little late to the party, so to speak. Yeah, not as late as people starting today. There's never a bad time to start a podcast, by the way, and the best time is now if you haven't started one yet. Anyways, there's my PSA for that. But starting an audio only podcast and then helping people in the podcasting space, I recognize that there's certainly some validity to having a video show, but you were just saying that you know, with all the tools that are out there now, that it seems to make sense to you to be jumping into the video space.

Philip Blackett: 3:39

Yeah, I think the biggest thing, as you were talking about this, carl, is the reason why, even with my new show coming up, the reason why I would do a video version of it is simply to get 30 to 60 second reels out of it to promote the show, because honestly, I don't think it's a very interesting video to watch me just me and a microphone talk to you. That's kind of why when you watch the news or if you still do, you don't just see the anchors for a whole hour. You're seeing like them showing B-roll, playing other videos, doing a green screen with the weather forecast, aerial footage, video of the traffic. People are going to get bored really quickly and they just see two talking heads behind a microphone. It's just hard to watch because otherwise you're thinking to yourself and I know I do do I really need to sit here and watch this? Can I take in the same amount of content on an audio version and do something more productive, like taking a walk, doing laundry, preparing food for dinner and that sort of thing? So I think that's the kind of angle I will look at it.

Philip Blackett: 4:45

Like audio, it makes perfect sense. That's really your content, unless you're having like video footage and content to share. That's outside of you talking in a microphone. But, yeah, the only other reason I would think to think about a video podcast if you don't have those B-rolls and all those other things that keep it interesting and non-boring. This is primarily a marketing play to promote your podcast in this form of getting 30-second to 60-second video reels that you can put out on social media and further get more listeners to your podcast.

Carl Richards: 5:18

And, let's face it, without audio there is no video audio, there is no video right Without audio. And I'll even go so far as to say without good quality audio there is no video right, Because I still think the most important piece is the audio. But to your point, I think you're correct in saying that there's an uptick in this popularity with reels, and not only on YouTube, which, at the end of the day is let's face it, it's a behemoth of a directory of files. That's all YouTube is, and when I say that to people they go yeah, but I'm like no, let's boil it down to what it is. Youtube happened to be to the party first. That's how they got to be as big as they are. They're part of Google. Google is big, YouTube's big, and it keeps getting bigger. But there are other video platforms out there People haven't even heard of that do as many amazing things as YouTube does, Maybe even more amazing. They're just not that well-known, Right?

Carl Richards: 6:12

And don't ask me to quote what they are, because I can't even remember what some of them are, but there are some of them, yeah exactly Exactly, but when you say YouTube, it's like Google.

Carl Richards: 6:22

Google has become not just a company, google has become it's a noun, it's a verb. I'm going to Google that, right. Youtube has become the same thing. I'm going to YouTube how to bake a cake. I'm going to YouTube that it's a verb, right, but at the end of the day, it is a behemoth of a directory.

Carl Richards: 6:40

What's interesting, though, is the quantity versus the quality of these video shorts and reels that are out there and you've seen them, philip, I'm sure the ones where the host is looking down on the guests, like they're shining down from above, or they're looking up their little tiny bottom of the screen their screen or the captions are going too fast, or the captions are covering their faces. That's again. Hopefully it's good audio, because the video certainly isn't that great. So when we're putting things out there, we still want to make sure that and I'm sure you'll do this I'm sure your video content will be spot on, because I think you already understand this that the content that you're putting out there as a marketing tool, it needs to be a reflection of who you are, needs to be a reflection of who you are, your brand, your business, but also your credibility.

Philip Blackett: 7:29

Right, no, it makes perfect sense. It's like if your video is crappy, that's going to share a certain type of message to the people that say I don't know if I should watch this, because if this is the video, I don't know how the audio is when I actually take a listen to it. But, to your point, audio is definitely king on this one. That's primarily what they wanted to see. You know, imagine if you just saw a video of a person and no audio is coming out, just weird, you know. So it's more so about what you're saying. But yeah, to your point, you know, you want to be careful, you want to be professional, you want to be considerate the type of videos and reels that you're using to promote your show, because if they're not effective in promoting your show, then it's not going to be effective in getting listeners to your show.

Carl Richards: 8:06

And let's face it, even though we say we don't judge, we say, well, I'm not a judgy person, yeah, we are. We're always looking at a video. There are people judging this episode right now.

Philip Blackett: 8:15

Philip, you're phenomenal.

Carl Richards: 8:16

They're probably judging mostly me and saying, oh, what a crackpot he is.

Philip Blackett: 8:19

Well, that's part of the reason why I'm glad this is an audio podcast, right? Because if they took a look at me, they might switch the channel.

Carl Richards: 8:27

No, it's me. They always switch the channel from no it's you, no it's me. But no, it's so true that it's putting out the best version of yourself and I attune it to. I'll take it back a step and then I do want to go into this deeper dive into AI. I attune it to speaking on a stage as well, but I also tune it to business in general.

Carl Richards: 8:44

You wouldn't take your car to an auto mechanic who would say you know what? I'm just going to put on three tires instead of four when I change your tires over from spring to winter. I live in Canada, where we get winter. You, I'm assuming, get winter in Boston, right? Same kind of thing Change your summer tires over to winter tires. I'm just going to put on three instead. That's good enough. Right? There's this good enough mentality. That I don't think is. I'm hoping it doesn't last that long, because good enough. In a lot of business examples, when you go to the doctor, you go to a surgeon who's going to perform a surgery on you. You don't want your physician or your surgeon to say well, that operation is good enough. I may have left a tool or two inside, but that's okay, it's all good. No, we really have to emphasize that in business, especially when you're paying for a service that good enough isn't good enough. So why would you want good enough to only be going out there as far as your marketing and promotion for your business?

Philip Blackett: 9:39

Yeah, I mean only unless good enough is better than nothing at all.

Carl Richards: 9:43

I'm going to challenge you on that at some point, maybe not now, maybe on this show, maybe at another forum. We're going to put the gloves on, but I will agree that getting something out there to at least take the first step, I'll agree with you there. Fine, I'll retract that.

Philip Blackett: 9:58

We all have to start somewhere, Carl.

Carl Richards: 10:01

Yeah, there we go. Thank you for keeping me in line Somewhere, carl. Yeah, there we go. Thank you for keeping me in line. I appreciate that. All right, let's talk about AI, because it is such a hot button topic. It's one that I think a lot of people are afraid of. What's your take in general and then we'll break it down into the podcasting space but what's your feeling or what's your take in general on this, the whole AI?

Philip Blackett: 10:29

Can we call it a movement? Can we call it a movement or is it something else? Even I think when you live long enough, carl, you start to see how history repeats itself and it gets to a point where nothing's new under the sun, so to speak. So I would ask you, hey, carl, do you remember the time when you were raised and your parents would tell you never to get in the car with strangers? Yes, I do, by all means never get in the car with someone you don't know Yet. And still we now have ride share apps that people get into cars and trucks with people they never heard of before, never met, to take them to destinations that is public knowledge to that driver. It went through a stage where people freaked out, early adopters got to it and at some point it crossed the chasm where it became more mainstream and people were like oh, yeah, yeah, uber became a verb, lyft became a verb right, more so than taxi, right. It's just like now. People are accustomed to it, and you can make that same argument for when the smartphone came out, when social media premiered, when the first automobile came out Any new technology or innovation that's going to be widespread, mainstream.

Philip Blackett: 11:37

A lot of people are going to be skeptical about it. A lot of people can be fearful of it because they don't truly understand it, and I think that's the same parallel we have here with artificial intelligence. It's something that's new. Everyone's talking about it. You only got a limited understanding of what it is.

Philip Blackett: 11:53

However, I would venture to say AI is here to stay, and, more than anything else, you either are going to learn how to drive that car or get from point A to point B a lot slower on a horse and carriage, and so I think that that's part of the thing is, we have to take on that same sort of mentality as before of curiosity, being proactive, taking the initiative to learn what you can and then figure out how we can adopt it in what we're currently doing, I think the other fear, or the other piece of this is also the fact that currently there's not a lot of, shall we say, regulation around it, Just like when the internet came out, you know, when the World Wide Web, the information superhighway it was being billed as back in the 90s, when it came into being, there were no rules, there was no regulation.

Carl Richards: 12:48

And now, of course, there is a certain amount of regulation, there is a certain amount of control, and it's not Big Brother controlling it so that you can be controlled. It's putting safeguards in place to protect children, to protect vulnerable sectors, to protect what needs to be protected. Basically and I see that the same with AI that yes, there's a lot of trepidation and there are a lot of things that people are saying about it. We're seeing examples where, by way of example that you can put into AI, create a comedy monologue of Carol Burnett, for example. Well, we know, well I do.

Carl Richards: 13:27

I can tell from listening to it, because it's not quite perfect, it's getting good, but I can tell it's not Carol Burnett. And who's to say that Carol Burnett, who's still alive God love her at the recording of this episode, who's to say that she's going to allow that to happen right. So there's still a lot of unknowns, there's still a lot of things that haven't come. We haven't figured out how to not control it, but we haven't figured out what we're going to allow AI or how we're going to allow AI to coexist with us Not us with it, but it with us, if that makes any sense.

Philip Blackett: 13:57

Yeah, no, it makes perfect sense. We're going to have a world where it's humans and pets, and soon it'll be humans, pets and.

Carl Richards: 14:06

AI Almost like the Jetsons, basically.

Philip Blackett: 14:09

Yeah, absolutely.

Carl Richards: 14:11

How do you see it playing a role in, for example, in the podcasting space? How do you see it making it something that podcasters will embrace?

Philip Blackett: 14:21

Yeah. So you have to look at it like a spectrum, Carl, where it's just like you could have minimal involvement with AI with your podcast and you could have it all the way on the opposite end of the spectrum, where it's full involved, right. So everything from like the minimum being like okay, I record a audio podcast and there in that podcast I have a number of ums, you know, like like filler words, right, and I want this to be a little more professional, so you can use a tool that looks for those type of filler words or those gaps, right, and they'll just go ahead and just take those out. So it sounds like oh, wow, like Philip actually knows what he's talking about. You know he's talking about. He's straight to the point, he tells you what it is and that's that. Oh, I like that, I can listen to that. That's on one end.

Philip Blackett: 15:11

But now, as you move a little bit towards the right side of things, now you have things where it's making the whole process of making a podcast and producing one much easier than it was for me 10 years ago.

Philip Blackett: 15:25

You know it's to the point now that I've seen tools that you can put a podcast, that just a raw footage, video into a tool and in a matter of a minute or so it'll come up with a transcript.

Philip Blackett: 15:38

Now think about it If you did an hour-long podcast, how long would it take you or somebody on your team to come up with a transcript of an hour-long conversation? Now you're getting that done in like a minute. That same tool I've seen you can come up with table of contents. So if you put it on YouTube now, you already know what timestamps you can use to segment that particular section, Like it already does. That Another part of it would be now I could actually grab certain snippets of the video podcast, for example and come up with those clips for YouTube and Reels and Instagram and that sort, Take all that and go to the very far end of the spectrum now. Now we got into the point, Carl, where it's a question that I like to joke with people and ask how do you know you're really talking to the real Philip right now?

Carl Richards: 16:28

I don't know if I'm talking to the real Philip right now. I'm hoping I'm talking to the real Philip right now, but I don't know I could be talking to for lack of a better word a clone.

Philip Blackett: 16:48

I could be talking to AI. You could be talking to AI, philip, and here's the far end of the spectrum. I've now seen tools where they can have Carl and Philip talking to one another, and Carl and Philip are not in the room. Their voices have been cloned and it's been programmed that they can do a full length, 30 minute audio podcast, and Carl and Philip were never on the recording the actual, real ones and you can even do it on video to a certain degree too. So now it could be the sense that somebody can do a full podcast episode without even physically being involved. So I think what's going on there is the sense that if you, like you said before Carl if you are thinking about doing a podcast, ai has made it so that a lot of the barrier to entry has gone away. If you're willing to invest in yourself here and at the same time, makes it a lot easier, that, yeah, I would say now is the best time to do a podcast, because it's so much easier, depending on how involved you want AI to be.

Carl Richards: 17:39

I think there's a fear associated with AI because of the prospect of job elimination. If I start using AI, I'm going to eventually AI myself out of a job, even in the podcasting space. I mean, we run a full-service production agency. We use existing AI tools, we use transcription services. We use other tools as well. I'm going to gaze into my crystal ball and say that, as good as AI will get, I still think it'll still need a human to check it. It'll still need a human to make sure that. Yes, that's the version of me. I want to put out there your thoughts on that.

Philip Blackett: 18:15

Yeah, you're right, because here's the thing. What I talked to business owners before is we've now gotten to the point, carl, where a small business doesn't have to have a marketing team of nine anymore because of AI. When you talk about job elimination, that's sort of like creative destruction. We are in a great era of that coming up for sure, because if I can do just as much productivity with two people as opposed to nine, if I'm a business owner, I'm going to do it. That makes sense, because here's the thing about AI.

Philip Blackett: 18:47

Ai doesn't take days off. Ai doesn't get sick. Ai doesn't say, hey, I'm going on leave for a month, four months. Ai doesn't wake up in the middle of the night and say, hey, I really don't feel like going to work right now. Is there any way I could do something different? Or halfway my way through work at 50% effort. So what essentially happens, carl, is you have these tools that are at your beck and call at any point in time on demand. That can do a lot of what your team was doing in a nine person team, but do it just as good, if not better, with less time committed, where now it becomes two-person team, primarily for your point.

Philip Blackett: 19:28

Yeah, it won't take everyone's job. The person that knows how to manage the AI, that knows how to follow up on it, check and make sure, like hey, there's about 80% there. Okay, let me just add a sentence here. Take a word out, put some more of the personality in there, put the trademark and the branding statement on there. Okay, let me just, you know, add a sentence here. Take a word out, put some more of the personality in there, put the trademark and the branding statement on there. Okay, good to go.

Philip Blackett: 19:47

Took you probably like 10 minutes to do. Yeah, that person's going to be needed what I call, like, the chief marketing human right, the chief operating human, the chief podcast human right, but essentially what goes on their crawl is, yeah, it's going to take a lot of the productivity to a whole nother level. We don't need as many people and all you need is just that one or two people that can manage it and that can come with those high level thinking and tasks that involve critical thinking. You know emotional intelligence, if you want to call it that, as far as interacting with people. But yeah, you just don't need as many people to do the same job, if not better now.

Carl Richards: 20:26

So I guess my question then is how can people who are and this is maybe above and beyond the podcasting space, but maybe in other sectors but how can, let's say, normal people, how can they use AI to, let's say, future-proof their jobs or their careers? What are some steps that they can take to do that?

Philip Blackett: 20:45

Yeah. So I think the first thing, carl, is we have to get our mindset right.

Carl Richards: 20:51

I like that.

Philip Blackett: 20:52

If we don't have the right approach to it, it's not gonna work for us, right? If you don't know how to use a car, when you get behind the wheel, you'll crash it every time, right? That's true. So think about AI as, like that nice 69 Corvette out in the driveway, pristine, hey, you want to make sure you know how to drive that thing and keep it in good condition before you drive off the driveway. Now I think it's something similar here with AI. This is like a Ferrari in your garage, but make sure you know how to use it.

Philip Blackett: 21:24

So the first thing is understand that AI is actually an opportunity to serve you, to help you become more productive in your job, help you to be more efficient, more effective in your job and career. However, the challenge is are you going to actually learn it? How are you going to approach it? Because you know, I remember a quote that the CEO of NVIDIA once said, and he said that it's not AI that's going to take your job, philip, it's the person that knows AI is going to take your job. So we don't have to worry about a takeover of the robots. It's, more so, a takeover of the people that take the time to learn how to use AI, and then they start using AI, right. So the question then becomes are you going to be one of those people, or are you going to be one of those ones that say, hey, I wish I these physical things.

Carl Richards: 22:11

back then, computers were individuals who could crank out the formulas and whatever numbers needed to be used in this case at NASA, in order to come up with the formulas to launch the rocket into space. Great movie, by the way. If you haven't seen it, definitely watch it. Well, a computer now is this box that basically fits in our pocket. Now it doesn't even sit on our desk much anymore, like it used to, but that's the evolution. So computers aren't these people anymore, they are devices. That's not to say that computers still aren't created or managed or repaired or whatever by people. Yep, Because they are. They have to be right, they have to be maintained by individuals.

Carl Richards: 23:15

Every now and again, your computer's on the fritz. Where do you take it? You take it to somebody that knows how to fix it right. So it's the people who know how to work with or program or fix, repair, manage that become very active parts. Same as transcription repair, manage that become very active parts, Same as transcription, Transcription for a podcast.

Carl Richards: 23:38

Can you imagine going back 20 years or 30 years when a transcriber literally would listen word for word to a recording? Stop the recording, write stuff down. Stop the recording, write stuff down. And did that, that ominous task which now, as you said, takes seconds to do. What it spits out isn't 100%. It might be 92% or even 95%, but it still needs a human to scan over it and make sure that, for example, Philip's name is spelled correctly or his title is spelled correctly. So it's still a very important place for us to be. It's just evolved it's the world we live in now An evolution, so to speak. So it's about learning how to live harmoniously, then, I guess, is maybe a good way to put it Live harmoniously with it, because, to your point earlier, AI isn't going anywhere. It's not going away, it's only going to get bigger than it is today.

Philip Blackett: 24:35

It's almost silly to ask that question now, because it's like you do realize that artificial intelligence how it is today, it essentially is getting better by the day. It takes us one year to be from 39 years old to 40. Like I can't rush that, it takes one year, but yet we have AI tools that can go from version 2.0 to version 4.0 in a matter of months, if not weeks, and so, essentially, what the question is is why would you not try to learn this? Because this is a technology that's getting better, quicker than we can as humans, and so it's almost like a non-negotiable now right? Because essentially, what's going on is that by the time you learn about certain tools this time next month, there may be a whole other iteration of them. That if you're not at least trying to stay abreast about what's going on, you can very quickly get overwhelmed if you ignore this for six to 12 months, you know, and so I think the big part of it is, you know, one making a commitment to learn what this is. Take it step by step, piece by piece, and really focus on, first and foremost, what are the job duties in your job description per se that you know for sure. You have to do. No one else can do it. No one can do it as good as you. That's your sphere of genius.

Philip Blackett: 25:52

Now, I would imagine 100% of your job duties and tasks aren't all in your sphere of genius. There's probably some things in there that you recognize. I wouldn't mind if an intern could do this. There's probably somebody that if they did it 80% as well, I'd be fine with it and it would free me up to do more of what I know I do best. Right, those type of tasks are the ones I would say, which are those tasks or something that you'd be open to delegating, not to another person, but to delegate to AI. And at that point it's taking the time to figure out what those tasks are and to see what's available that can do the type of job that you usually do on these tasks, and then just experiment, see which ones work, which ones don't.

Philip Blackett: 26:37

It's a trial and error process. Just understand. It is what it is. It's like dating right, you might have to kiss a number of frogs before you find your prince or princess. I get it, just commit to it.

Philip Blackett: 26:48

It is what it is, but nonetheless, if you do that, you're going to be in a much better place because you're at least putting yourself out there, you're learning, you're figuring out what things work for you, you're growing in the process, you're keeping up to date with things. Now you can start to be seen as somebody that is more of a thought leader locally because you're taking the time to learn this stuff. So people are saying, hey, carl, what's that tool that you use to do X, y, z? Can you show me how to do that? Well, hey, carl, can you actually train the whole team on how we do this?

Philip Blackett: 27:19

And while you're training them, after the training, you're not only just staying and resting on your laurels, you know, because I believe that in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. You're trying to stay a step ahead. If you want to future-proof your job and career, you want to be able to try to stay one step ahead of your organization so that you're always a resource for them. You're always going to be someone of value to them and you're always increasing your skill set and your knowledge base. That even God forbid. If something happens and they have to make a tough decision and let you go, they're going to be kicking themselves because they know you have a skill set that is highly valuable, highly transferable, that their competition would be dying to get a hold of if you had the opportunity to be with them.

Carl Richards: 28:06

Wow, phillip, this has been a phenomenal conversation. I think what I'm going to do is I'm going to leave it there, because I think that there's so many ways we can take this, but I'm going to leave it there. Before I turn you loose, though, the best way for people to get ahold of you and find out more about what you do where can people go?

Philip Blackett: 28:23

Yeah, so I've actually authored and published a couple of books on artificial intelligence one that's focused on employees and other focused on entrepreneurs and business owners. Both of those are available on Amazon to check out, if you like. Just go on Amazon. Look up my name Philip Blackett. P-h-i-l-l-i-p-b-l-a-c-k-e-t-t. You can also go to my website, philipblackettcom, or connect with me on social media. I'm on Facebook, linkedin, instagram, twitter, youtube and TikTok. Just look up my name, philip Blackett.

Carl Richards: 28:55

Happy to have a conversation with you and we'll make sure we put all of Philip's links in the chat. Philip, this has been a phenomenal conversation. I like that. You've actually put my mind at ease a little bit. Not that I was too trepidatious about AI, because it's something that we use all the time, but it is evolving so quickly that sometimes it's hard to keep up. And when that evolution happens so quickly, sometimes it's very easy to get bogged down by oh my goodness, it's taking my job. So thank you for putting my mind at ease and sharing with everyone that's listening. If this has been of interest to you, definitely check out the resources that Philip mentioned. You definitely check out the resources that Philip mentioned. Before I turn you loose Philip to when everyone else is mind at ease on the next show about AI, I'll give you the final thought.

Philip Blackett: 29:35

Yeah, I think the big thing, carl, I would share with everyone listening is this we covered a lot of great topics here, and some topics that you know are absolutely mind-blowing and some that you say, okay, I can work with this.

Philip Blackett: 29:48

So what I would venture to say is what's one takeaway or one lesson learned that you can take from this episode and apply it today? Don't let this be an episode that you listen to and you put it on the shelf and you move on and forget about what we just talked about. This stuff is here to help you, but I can't force you to apply it in your lives, right? So my call to action for you is come up with at least one thing that we talked about and say you know what? Today is a day I'm going to apply this. Whether it's to learn more about artificial intelligence, or to consider creating a podcast or getting a book to learn more, I'm going to do something that's going to move my life forward in a better direction than how it started as a result of listening to Carl's show today.

Carl Richards: 30:36

Who has been joined by Philip Blackett, and I think that's a great place to leave it. Philip, thank you so much for being my guest today.

Philip Blackett: 30:42

My pleasure. I enjoyed it, happy to have this conversation and would love to do it again. Thanks so much.

Carl Richards: 30:48

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