Episode 74: From AI Excitement to Engineering Reality: Six Predictions for 2026

At the start of 2025, the AI story felt settled.
Bigger models. More agents. Faster rollouts.

By the end of the year, the conversation had changed.

This episode reflects on what actually surfaced in production environments — behaviour over capability, failure modes over demos, trust over promises — and offers six grounded predictions for how AI will evolve in 2026.

From why AI will finally be treated as just software, to why restraint becomes the most valuable skill, to why human judgment grows more important as automation scales, this episode closes the year with clarity rather than hype.

This is the final episode of the year.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and being part of the journey.

Wishing you a calm holiday season — and a more deliberate, well-behaved AI future in 2026.