Jason Michael Perry — Thoughts on Tech & Things

Thoughts on Tech & Things

Jason Michael Perry

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  1. 📻 What Happened at CES 2026?

    Host Jason Michael Perry returns from Las Vegas with a special CES 2026 edition of Thoughts on Tech & Things. Jason breaks down the Consumer Technology Association’s 2026 megatrends, including Longevity, Intelligent Transformation, and Engineering Tomorrow, and connects them to what actually showed up at CES. From Nvidia’s vision for “Physical AI,” to robots, and […]

  2. 📻 Do Hackers Hack Computers or People?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Tina Williams-Koroma, founder and CEO of CyDeploy and TCecure, to explore a simple but unsettling question: do hackers hack computers — or do they hack people? In this episode, they dig into how social engineering, AI-generated content, and human psychology have become the primary attack surface for modern […]

  3. 📻 Will the Space Economy Help Fix Earth?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Andrew Parlock, founder and CEO of Space Phoenix Systems, to explore how the space economy is moving from science fiction to everyday reality. From reusable launch systems to returnable payloads and zero-gravity manufacturing, they unpack how falling launch costs are turning low Earth orbit into an operating environment […]

  4. 📻 How Are Public Schools Preparing for AI?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Dawn Shirey, Director of Virtual Learning and Instructional Technology for Baltimore City Public Schools, to explore how one of the nation’s largest urban school systems is preparing teachers and students for the age of AI. They discuss the district’s new AI Guidance, how teachers are learning prompt-writing and […]

  5. 📻 Why Are Data Centers Suddenly So Controversial?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Jenny Abamu, education and infrastructure reporter for WAMU, to unpack Maryland’s rapidly growing data center boom — and the community backlash that’s followed. They explore how Governor Wes Moore’s push to make Maryland a data center hub has collided with local concerns about energy, land use, and environmental […]

  6. 📻 WTCI Agile Presents: What is Quantum?

    Host Jason Michael Perry moderates a live panel for the World Trade Center Institute’s AGILE Global Innovation Series, digging into what quantum actually is, why it matters, and how Maryland became a powerhouse in the global quantum race. The session opens with remarks from Jeremy Rosendale, VP of Membership & Business Development at World Trade […]

  7. 📻 What Happens When Google Search Traffic Falls to Zero?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Andy Janaitis, founder of PPC Pitbulls, to unpack what happens when Google search traffic falls to zero — and how businesses can survive the shift. As search engines turn into answer engines and clicks give way to conversations, Jason and Andy explore how SEO, PPC, and digital advertising […]

  8. 📻 Are Smart Glasses the Next Smartphone?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Will Gee, founder and CEO of Balti Virtual, to unpack the mixed-reality moment: the sudden wave of headsets and AI-powered glasses from Meta, Apple, Samsung, and Amazon. They talk about the roadblocks still ahead, the social stigma left over from Google Glass, and what it might take for […]

  9. 📻 What’s Really New with OpenAI?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Ben Slavin, an AI entrepreneur and researcher, to unpack what OpenAI’s DevDay 2025 conference really means. From Sora 2, the next-generation AI video tool, to ChatGPT 5, and connectors, they explore how OpenAI is shifting from product to platform and what that means for developers, creators, and the […]

  10. 📻 What is a Photo?

    Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Joel Benge, a communications strategist and author, to ask what a photo even means in an age where AI can rewrite reality. From fake principal voicemails to AI-generated films, Perry and Benge explore how synthetic media is reshaping trust and what that means for security, family, and everyday […]

  11. 🧠 Why Workslop Misses the Point on AI at Work

    AI-generated workslop might be an issue, but the real performance gains are being drastically understated.

    AI is the great equalizer. It takes F or D level work and pushes it up to a C or even B. For recruiters and managers, that changes the signals they used to rely on. Spelling mistakes, awkward phrasing, or obvious gaps in formatting once made it easy to weed out weak candidates. AI erases those clues. Just like phishing training that teaches us to look for typos and clunky wording, the cues we’ve built BS detectors around no longer apply. Slop is moving further up the pipeline than it once did.

    But the productivity gains from AI are still understated. As Ethan Mollick has pointed out, there is a growing stigma around admitting how much experts use AI. Spot an unusual phrasing or a certain punctuation mark and some people instantly dismiss the work as machine-made. That pushes AI use underground. People draft in personal tools or resort to shadow IT so they can get the benefit without the stigma. The final product looks like a polished draft, but few admit how much of it came from working alongside AI.

    The reality is more people are using AI than want to own it. These tools do not replace critical thinking or fill in gaps of real experience. They are exponentially more valuable in the hands of someone who knows their domain than someone who does not. Training people to use AI to expand their value, not as a magical crutch, is the difference between slop and real output.

    AI-generated ‘workslop’ is here. It’s killing teamwork and causing a multimillion dollar productivity problem, researchers say
    Some 40% of people say they’ve received workslop in the last month.