The Jim Rutt Show EP 318 Adam B. Levine on Thinking on Demand
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Aug 14, 2025 
In a stimulating conversation, Adam B. Levine, a serial entrepreneur and chief innovation officer at Blockade Labs, shares insights on the rapidly evolving relationship between humanity and AI. They discuss the implications of the upcoming GPT-5 release, the evolution of AI tools, and the concept of 'thinking on demand.' Levine also highlights the trillion-dollar opportunities in improving our infosphere, risks of enshittification, and the future role of AI as personal representatives in human interactions. Prepare for a thought-provoking journey into the future of technology!
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Model Price Shock Reshapes Market
- GPT-5 release and aggressive pricing reset the market ceiling and made powerful models far cheaper to use inside apps.
- Open-source models at ~$0.11 per million tokens create a low-cost floor enabling mass embedding of intelligence in products.
Three Vectors Drive AI Acceleration
- AI progress must be viewed in three vectors: models, hardware, and agent frameworks working together.
- Agent frameworks are accelerating fastest because models can now write the software that composes them.
Design For Shrinking Human Role
- Plan with a flexible meta-strategy that lets human involvement be scaled down over time.
- Parameterize humans in the loop so you can reduce their role as AI capability improves.
