There Ain't Gonna Be Any Middle Anymore

08/06/2025 18 min
There Ain't Gonna Be Any Middle Anymore

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As we try and predict the future, we explore the possibilities of technology augmenting or replacing the middle of the bell curve. What has history taught us, and where do we expect it to repeat itself or at least rhyme?SHOW: 930SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #930 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:[US CLOUD] Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud[VASION] Vasion Print eliminates the need for print servers by enabling secure, cloud-based printing from any device, anywhere. Get a custom demo to see the difference for yourself.SHOW NOTES:I Am Disappointed in the AI Discourse (Steve Klabnik)All My AI Skeptical Friends are Nuts (Thomas Ptacek)Pearl Jam - Porch (1991)MOST OF US ARE THE MIDDLE TODAY….BUT WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW?I’d like to give you free intelligence. Later it might cost something, but it’ll be availableIf you choose not to engage with it, your job prospects might be limited in the futureThere ain’t gonna be any middle anymore - how does that relate to AI?“Hollowing out the middle”We can’t force people to use AI, but it’s going to be in the tools you use dailyYou probably have a choice nowAI won’t have binary impacts on everyone (good/bad), but it’ll have impactsI understand that we don’t understand everyone else’s context, but we do have historical contextFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodBlueSky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod