{"podcast":{"title":"Generative AI 101","slug":"generative-ai-101-6932184","podcast_index_feed_id":6932184,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/generativeai101/feed.xml","website_url":"https://generativeai101.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18828923/2026-Podcast-Cover-GenAI-101-002.jpg","author":"Emily Laird","episode_count":338,"summary":"Welcome to Generative AI 101, your go-to podcast for learning the basics of generative artificial intelligence in easy-to-understand, bite-sized episodes. Join host Emily Laird, AI Integration Technologist and AI lecturer, to explore key concepts, applications, and ethical considerations, making AI accessible for everyone.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T00:18:23.945962+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184"},"episode":{"title":"The Rework Tax: What AI Productivity Actually Costs","slug":"the-rework-tax-what-ai-productivity-actually-costs","published_at":"2026-07-27T10:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184/the-rework-tax-what-ai-productivity-actually-costs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184","url":"https://generativeai101.podbean.com/e/the-rework-tax-what-ai-productivity-actually-costs/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f8neucnzfpyu6ufy/ReworkTax.mp3","summary":"AI did not save you time, it moved the bill to someone else's desk. In this episode, host Emily Laird opens the ledger on the rework tax: the workslop arriving in inboxes that looks finished but is not, the 37 percent of \"saved\" hours burned on corrections and clarifications, and the jagged frontier that makes wrong output read exactly like right output. She walks through the METR trial where experienced developers came out 19 percent slower and still believed they were 20 percent faster. The reality check: the colleague quietly rebuilding your draft at eleven at night is never going to tell you about it. 🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup 📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/ 💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird","meta_description":"AI did not save you time, it moved the bill to someone else's desk. In this episode, host Emily Laird opens the ledger on the rework tax: the workslop arr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":648,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/generative-ai-101-6932184/episodes/the-rework-tax-what-ai-productivity-actually-costs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184/the-rework-tax-what-ai-productivity-actually-costs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}