Ep. 4: Overhyped or Underestimated: Is ChatGPT Coming for Your Job?

So… is ChatGPT actually coming for your job? In this episode, I walk you through the GPT-5 release, what’s new, what’s noise, and why I think most folks won’t even notice a difference. We’ll talk about how AI is being used at work, why the headlines can be misleading, where the tech still falls short, and why job-loss predictions are far from straightforward.

Main Topics Covered

Key GPT-5 updates for users
OpenAI’s “phD-level intelligence” claim
New email and calendar integration
Benchmark testing and hallucination improvements
AI hype vs. real job impact
Media narratives around AI job loss
Microsoft study on AI and job tasks
Defining “agents”, “agentic”, an “AGI”
Summary of ChatGPT’s potential and limits
Advice for AI-proofing your job
How I used ChatGPT to create the podcast intro music

Links & Resources for This Episode

Chapters

(00:00:00) - ChatGPT Curious
(00:00:38) - The Curious Companion
(00:02:23) - Chat GPT 5: What You'll Notice
(00:08:32) - Is AI Coming for Your Job?
(00:10:38) - Does AI Threaten Your Job?
(00:16:44) - AI Agents, AGI and ChatGPT
(00:23:10) - GPT: Future Proofing Your Workforce
(00:23:59) - How I Use ChatGPT to Generate Music For My Podcast
(00:25:26) - Curious Planet

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