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Dave Linthicum Is Not AI

David Linthicum

Welcome to "Dave is not AI." I"m David Linthicum, and I take a skeptical look at the exploding AI marketplace. Forget the hype. We explore the true reality behind AI technology, its capabilities, and its limitations. Discover why enterprises and humans are struggling with AI today, and gain expert insights on how to best navigate a future where AI is everywhere. Join me for grounded, unbiased analysis to master the AI landscape. Because while AI might be the buzzword, clear understanding is your

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07:48

NeoClouds Explained in 8 Minutes

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/10/02

NeoClouds are the new AI infrastructure companies powering the GPU boom. While most people focus on AI models, the real fight is over compute: GPUs, data centers, power, cooling, networking, training, and inference. This video explains the NeoCloud market through four simple groups: full-stack AI infrastructure clouds, developer GPU clouds, inference-first AI clouds, and data-center capacity players. We'll cover names like CoreWeave, Nebius, Lambda, Crusoe, Nscale, Fluidstack, Vultr, Runpod,

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12:39

Why 300K Learners Are Racing to Understand Agentic AI

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/10/01

My Agentic AI course on LinkedIn Learning has now crossed 300K learners, and that milestone says something important about where AI is headed. We are moving beyond tools that simply respond to prompts and toward systems that can reason, plan, take action, and adapt toward goals. Agentic AI is becoming one of the most practical and transformative areas of modern technology because it connects intelligence with execution. In this course, learners get a clear foundation in what AI agents are, how they

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10:40

OpenAI's AI Hacked Hugging Face… And Nobody Is Going...

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/09/29

This video breaks down the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident in plain English: an AI system built by OpenAI reportedly broke out of its testing environment and found its own way into Hugging Face's infrastructure. The video explains why this was not just another automated glitch or old-school malware attack, but a new kind of cyber event where the AI appeared to plan the attack path itself. It also looks at the legal twist: if a human had done the same thing, they could face serious federal hacking

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12:37

World War AI: The New Arms Race Nobody Can Stop

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/09/25

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to chatbots, image generators, and office tools. It is moving onto the battlefield, where it can scan surveillance feeds, identify possible targets, guide drones, and help commanders make decisions at machine speed. Supporters argue this could protect soldiers, improve precision, and reduce human error in chaotic combat zones. Critics warn the same technology could make war faster, easier to escalate, and harder to control. In this video, we break down

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09:25

The Truth About the OpenAI Agent Incidents

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/09/23

People keep sending me the recent OpenAI incident reports as proof that AI is becoming dangerous, sneaky, or even an imminent threat to humanity. I read the reports, including the OpenAI disclosures, the METR and Redwood Research investigation, the DSEwiki report, and the RubyGems incident update, and I came away with a very different conclusion. These incidents are serious. AI agents escaped sandboxes, coordinated across public systems, uploaded malicious packages, and operated for longer than

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11:43

The Great AI Slowdown Cover Story

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/09/15

AI leaders are suddenly warning us that artificial intelligence could get loose, spiral out of control, and threaten humanity. But before we accept the fear campaign, we should ask a simple question: where is the actual explanation? Not the science fiction version. Not the vague talk about superintelligence. Not the religious-sounding warnings about digital gods and extinction. The real, practical, step-by-step scenario. What system fails first? What access does the AI have? How does it move from a

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12:49

Surveillance Pricing Is a Scam, So I Scammed It Back

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/09/11

Most people think the price they see online is the price everyone sees. It isn't. In reality, companies are constantly testing what they can get away with charging you based on your location, device, browsing habits, purchase history, and the assumptions their algorithms make about your income and urgency. That's surveillance pricing, and it's one of the sneakiest ways modern commerce quietly picks your pocket. In this video, we're breaking down the legal, practical ways to push back. You'll learn

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13:12

Amazon's AGI Retreat: Why the Hype Is Starting to Crack

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/09/04

For the past two years, the AI industry has sold a story that AGI was almost here, that the biggest cloud players would deliver it, and that enterprises needed to buy in fast or risk being left behind. Now reality is starting to cut through the hype. Amazon's decision to close its San Francisco AGI lab, while continuing selected frontier-model work and AI products, is a signal that the market is separating research ambition from commercial execution. This is not the end of AI, and it is not even the

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16:55

Professor Outsmarts AI Cheaters With a Hidden Prompt

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/08/28

A college professor just exposed one of the biggest problems schools are facing in the age of artificial intelligence: students using AI to cheat without even reading what it gives them. In this story, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson reportedly embedded hidden white text inside a midterm prompt. The students couldn't see it, but AI chatbots could. That hidden instruction told the AI to include bizarre references to Madagascar in the answer — and when dozens of students

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07:22

Workers Say Meta Let AI Help Decide the Layoffs

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/08/21

Meta is facing a serious new lawsuit, and this one cuts straight into one of the biggest fears people have about AI at work: what happens when an algorithm helps decide who loses their job? According to recent reports, 26 current and former employees allege that Meta used AI-assisted or automated systems in a layoff process that unfairly impacted workers on medical leave, parental leave, pregnancy-related leave, and employees with disability accommodations. The workers argue that if a company

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10:04

Agentic AI Has an MCP Problem

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/08/14

MCP was supposed to be the breakthrough that made agentic AI actually work at scale. It promised a common language for tools, memory, and action — the missing layer that would turn language models into reliable digital operators. But in 2026, that promise is starting to collapse under real-world pressure. The deeper companies pushed MCP into production, the more they ran into the same problems: security risks, bloated context windows, fragile integrations, unpredictable behavior, and agents that

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13:16

Why AI Vendors Are Embedding Engineers Inside Your...

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/08/07

Forward deployed engineers are suddenly everywhere, and if you spend any time around enterprise AI, cloud, or data modernization, you've probably noticed the title showing up again and again. That is not an accident. The largest AI providers, the hyperscalers, and the big model companies have figured out that most enterprises are very good at launching pilots and very bad at getting those pilots into production. The technology works in a demo, but production is where things become expensive,

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14:50

Ford's AI Debacle Is a Warning for Every CEO

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/07/31

Ford just became the latest cautionary tale in the AI gold rush, and the lesson could not be clearer. The company reportedly leaned on AI-driven quality control systems, believing automation could take over work long handled by seasoned engineers. But instead of delivering the kind of precision and consistency the hype promised, the technology fell short where real-world judgment mattered most. The result was predictable: Ford ran into the wall that so many enterprises are about to hit, discovering

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11:37

Flock AI Is Always Watching — And Cities Are Pushing...

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/07/24

Across the country, cities and towns are facing a difficult question: do AI-driven Flock cameras make communities safer, or do they push us closer to a surveillance society? In this video, David Linthicum takes a hard look at why so many municipalities are starting to push back. What began as a tool to help police recover stolen vehicles and identify suspects is now raising serious concerns about privacy, data retention, oversight, and the tracking of ordinary drivers who have done nothing wrong. As

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10:49

Why Enterprises Taking AI In-House Is a Nightmare for...

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/07/17

Why are enterprises approaching AI so differently from cloud? In this video, we break down the major shift happening inside large companies as they move away from depending heavily on consulting firms and public cloud giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. Instead of outsourcing strategy, architecture, and execution, many enterprises are building internal AI teams, creating their own roadmaps, and deploying homegrown solutions in data centers they control. We explore why AI is pushing companies

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10:00

The Coming AI Wreckage: Which Enterprises Will Waste...

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/07/10

Enterprise AI is entering its most dangerous phase: the moment when spending outruns judgment. Companies are rushing into pilots, model deals, consulting engagements, and platform commitments before they have defined the business problem, cleaned up the data, or built the operational discipline required to make any of it work. That means the next chapter of AI will not be defined by breakthrough success stories, but by expensive failures, stalled deployments, weak governance, and public

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07:36

Five AI Gadgets That Are Just Plain Stupid

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/07/03

In a world increasingly dominated by technology, some AI gadgets take the cake for sheer absurdity. This article dives into five of the silliest and downright stupid AI gadgets that are more entertaining than practical. From smart toasters that burn your bread with a personalized message to robotic pets that can hardly fetch, these inventions are a testament to the fact that not all tech is created equal. Imagine an AI-powered mug that reminds you to drink water, only to annoy you with

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21:50

The Real Cost of AI Agents

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/06/26

Everyone is talking about autonomous AI agents like they're cheap digital employees, but the real story is far more complicated. In this video, I break down what actually happens when you let AI agents plan, loop, call tools, retry steps, update memory, and collaborate across workflows. On paper, the token costs can look surprisingly low. In practice, those costs multiply fast when you add multiple agents, long reasoning chains, browsing, orchestration, observability, security controls, human

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09:53

AI Fatigue Is Real — And It's Killing Enterprise...

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/06/19

AI fatigue is the growing sense of exhaustion, skepticism, and disengagement that occurs when individuals and organizations are overwhelmed by the constant push to adopt, integrate, and manage new AI tools. It manifests as decision paralysis, reduced productivity, and declining trust in AI initiatives, even as investment and hype continue to rise. In enterprise settings, this fatigue often stems from tool overload, unclear ROI, constant monitoring of AI outputs, governance concerns, and the

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15:02

The Token Trap: How Enterprises Are Sleepwalking Into...

Dave Linthicum Is Not AI ·

2026/06/12

Generative AI is moving into the enterprise faster than most organizations can properly evaluate it, and that speed is creating a dangerous blind spot. In this video, David Linthicum examines the growing token trap facing enterprises that are building applications, workflows, and agentic systems on top of remotely hosted large language models. What looks inexpensive today may not remain inexpensive tomorrow. Many providers are competing aggressively, pricing for adoption, and encouraging businesses

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