With the number of jobs dramatically slowing in the last year, many question if this decline is down to companies turning to AI for completing entry-level tasks in particular. Research published earlier this month by Yale University shows no major difference in the types of roles and tasks in so-called `white-collar jobs` since late 2022, an auspicious date that coincides with the launch of ChatGPT. In this week‘s Five-Minute Friday, host Jon Krohn discusses if and when AI will undercut junior-level jobs, particularly in the US. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/934⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…

Sheamus McGovern, CEO of Open Data Science, takes Jon Krohn and his listeners on a journey to launching his popular data science and AI conference, now in its tenth year, as well as the great shifts to the fields that he has seen on the way. For Seamus, the growth of his Open Data Science Conference has shown him that an AI engineer is just the beginning of several roles that will emerge from the industry. He asks Jon to consider the breadth of tasks demanded of today’s engineers, from data profiling and transformation to feature engineering, hyper-parameter tuning, and model deployments. Just as the AI engineer emerged from the data scientist role, Seamus expects the industry to respond to the broadening range of projects and tools with new, niche, and dynamic job roles. This episode is brought to you by the Trainium2, the latest AI chip from AWS , by Gurobi⁠ ⁠ , by ⁠Dell⁠ and by ⁠Intel⁠ . Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.superdatascience.com/933⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (02:50) Why Seamus started ODSC (18:27) The differences in AI engineers and data scientists (24:20) How to keep up with AI’s rapid pace (33:51) How people hire for AI orchestration (46:26) How companies can get team skillsets right…

Larissa Schneider speaks to Jon Krohn in this Feature Friday about finding the right time to invest in AI solutions, and when it’s better to build them yourself. She discusses her work leading global strategy and operations at Unframe, and how they raised $50 million in venture capital since the company’s launch in March 2025. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/932⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…

AI predictions, and how to act on them: Data Science Strategist at Gurobi, Jerry Yurchisin, speaks to Jon Krohn about how mathematical optimization helps enterprises automate decisions for business success and where to find the resources to make it happen. This episode is brought to you by the ⁠ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference , by Fabi , by ⁠Dell⁠ , and by ⁠Intel⁠ . Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/931⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (02:34) What mathematical optimization is (13:58) How to get started with mathematical optimization (45:56) Gurobi’s use cases (56:29) Quantum computing and mathematical optimization…

Jon Krohn’s highlights from this month of interviews focus on ways to future-proof your career, looking at the hardware that will get you the most mileage, the emerging roles that are well worth a look, and the developments in AI that will endure in a field constantly testing the durability of its own breakthroughs. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/930⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…

Prompt injections, malicious code, and AI agents: In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn looks into the current security weaknesses found in AI systems. A structural vulnerability that The Economist dubs a “lethal trifecta” could cause havoc for AI users, unless we take the necessary steps to contain our systems. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/928⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…

In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn explores how AI is reshaping the legal industry. He investigates how AI tools are helping lawyers make conclusions faster, how paralegals are being retrained, and the latest in-demand role in law (hint: It concerns AI). Listen to hear how Harvey AI and Thomson Reuters’ CoCounsel are using AI to help lawyers get ahead. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/926⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…

Tech innovation’s dependence on economic systems, trust in technology throughout history, and job displacement through AI: The Dieter Schwartz Associate Professor of AI and work at the University of Oxford, Carl Benedikt Frey, talks to Jon Krohn about his latest book, How Progress Ends , as well as how different economic systems deal with innovation and scaling, dealing with the homogeneity of generative AI output, and how to stay afloat in the new wave of job automation. This episode is brought to you by the ⁠ Dell ⁠ , by ⁠ Intel ⁠ , by ⁠ ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference ⁠ and by ⁠ Gurobi ⁠ . Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.superdatascience.com/925 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (04:00) All about How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations (14:26) The role of weak ties in driving technological innovation (18:22) How to keep innovating as a big business (48:05) What we can learn and apply from previous industrial revolutions (54:33) How workers can try to ‘future-proof’ themselves…

MIT lab NANDA (“Networked AI Agents in Decentralized Architecture”) reveals less than promising results for the future of AI adoption in businesses. According to “The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025”, a whopping 95% of enterprise AI projects “are getting zero return” on their $30-40 billion investment. Jon Krohn takes this Five-Minute Friday to look into why this has happened, with help from a critical response to the report written by Futuriom ’s R. Scott Raynovich. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/924⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…

Graphs, but not as you would expect them: Graph analytics guru Amy Hodler speaks to Jon Krohn about the graph data structure and graph applications, graph algorithms, graph RAG, and graphs as memory systems for AI agents. We can use graphs in a surprising number of ways. Money laundering and fraud, as well as supply-chain crime, leave breadcrumbs at multiple “touch-points” over time, behaviors that graphs are better suited to reveal than rows and tables. Amy sees that most interest in graphs has been in the cybersecurity space. But this work isn’t only restricted to fighting crime! Listen to the episode to hear more case examples and how to get into graph work. This episode is brought to you by the Dell , by the Intel , by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference and by Gurobi . Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.superdatascience.com/923⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: 01:49) A brief history of graphs (10:08) Uncovering fraud with graphs (28:31) Where graphs are most commonly applied, to date (34:49) Retrieval augmented generation graphs (48:04) The future of graphs…

Hugo Dozois-Caouette speaks to Jon Krohn about his startup MaintainX and how he secured $254 million in venture capital, reaching a $2.5 billion valuation. MaintainX builds computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and enterprise asset management (EAM) software for industrial and manufacturing companies. This "digital clipboard" delivered through web and mobile apps connects machines, work orders, and frontline teams to boost productivity, reduce downtime, and prevent costly breakdowns. The platform captures knowledge from experienced workers and delivers AI-powered insights, with features like MaintainX CoPilot helping teams troubleshoot issues and make faster decisions. Listen to the episode to hear Hugo's perspective on manufacturing gaps that technology can fill, MaintainX's tech stack, and how CMMS platforms address information disconnects that slow down frontline teams. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/922⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…

Using Windows for AI development and the bleeding edge of NPUs: Shirish Gupta and Ish Shah from Dell Technologies speak to Jon Krohn about the latest products from Dell, the future of neural-processing units (NPUs), and how AI developers can make sound hardware investments. This episode is brought to you by the Trainium2, the latest AI chip from AWS , by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference and by Gurobi. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/921 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (04:18) Why Windows still outranks other operating systems (20:58) The difference between GPUs and NPUs (32:44) How to access and use Dell’s NPUs and GPUs (49:08) Using processing units on the cloud versus locally (57:43) About the Dell Pro Max…

This month’s episode of In Case You Missed It gives us reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the future of large language models (LLMs), with guests discussing what to do about recent reports that found AI agents blackmailed human users when threatened, the importance of post-training LLMs, and the training we have available for data and AI engineers to create robust, secure, and useful AI. Jon Krohn includes clips from his interviews with Akshay Agrawal (Episode 911), Julien Launay (Episode 913), Michelle Yi (Episode 915), and Kirill Eremenko (Episode 917). Additional materials: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/920⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.…