The Decryption

Episode 21: It's All Downhill From Here

In Episode 21 — It's All Downhill From Here — David and Dustin cover the Musk vs. Altman $30 billion courtroom showdown, a rogue AI agent that rewrote its own guardrails and picked a fight with a developer, what AI is actually doing inside healthcare right now, and why the real question isn't "will AI take my job?" but "which tasks can I hand off?" Plus a handy M365 tip and parting shots that involve a robot mower and a mystery series with Lost DNA. 00:00 New music! 02:16 Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman: The Tech Bro Trial 13:15 AI Agents Going Rogue 28:30 AI in Healthcare: Enhancing, Not Replacing 38:38 Job Decomposition 54:19 KCL Tip: Name Pronunciation in M365 59:11 Parting Shots Questions and feedback to decryption@mcw.edu.

Episode 20: Know What You Want Done

We're celebrating 20 episodes — and the landscape has never shifted faster. David and Dustin unpack Tim Cook's surprise resignation from Apple, then dive into Sequoia's provocative thesis that AI isn't replacing software tools — it's replacing the need for them. Figma, Workday, and Salesforce are already feeling it. Speaking of Figma, Anthropic just launched Claude Design and the stock took an immediate hit. Plus: why being over 50 might be the secret weapon in the AI era, nearly two decades of iPhone camera evolution compared side-by-side, an MCW Enterprise Data Archive update, and a KCL Tip that takes 5 minutes a week but compounds fast — prompt journaling. Parting shots land us on Peter Diamandis's Moonshots podcast and the party classic Time's Up. 🎧 Chapters00:00 — Celebrating Episode 20 & New Beginnings02:37 — Tim Cook's Resignation14:47 — AI Replaces the Need for Software31:34 — Claude Design Launches41:14 — The Hidden Advantage of Experience50:32 — Every iPhone Camera Compared54:40 — MCW Enterprise Data Archive58:37 — KCL Tip: Prompt Journaling1:04:00 — Parting Shots 📧 decryption@mcw.edu [decryption@mcw.edu]

Episode 19: Make the Complex Simple

In this episode, David & Dustin talk through two skills - strategy and judgment - that AI cannot replace. We then talk about all the fun we're having with Claude Cowork, provide updates from previous episodes, before rounding it out with our parting shots. 00:00 Introduction and Updates 11:52 AI's Impact on Strategy and Skill 30:02 Claude and Personal App Development 48:06 Updates from Past Episodes 54:46 MCW Updates 01:05:11 Parting Shots Send us questions, comments, or join our newsletter by emailing us at decryption@mcw.edu.

Episode 18: Future of Society

We take a look at three articles regarding AI and the future of society that recently went viral. We cover Matt Schumer's "Something Big is Happening, [https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2021256989876109403]" Citrini Research's "The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis [https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic⁠]," and Don Muir's "It's 2030. The Citrini AI Crisis Never Came. [⁠https://www.forbes.com/sites/donmuir/2026/03/02/its-2030-the-citrini-ai-crisis-never-came/]" We then wrap up with our parting shots! 00:00 Introduction 07:09 Article One: The Alarm Bell 20:17 Article Two: The Doomsday Scenario 36:45 Article Three: Debunking Doomsday 47:03 Summarizing the AI Articles' Key Insights 56:42 Parting Shots

Episode 17: Pick the Keepers and Delete the Duds

David & Dustin discuss different approaches to maintaining a digital photography collections and give advice on how to curate. We also talk about the possible return of physical media, the use of ProofPoint at MCW, and our parting shot recommendations! 00:00 Introduction 03:07 The Challenges of Digital Photography 21:57 Steps to Effective Digital Curation 35:42 The Resurgence of Physical Media 45:48 ProofPoint Use at MCW 57:20 Parting Shots