Stop Selling Sci-Fi - Why Gov AI should be Boring
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Stop Selling Sci-Fi - Why Gov AI should be Boring
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Public sector AI is often sold like a sci-fi movie—glowing data lines, futuristic skylines, robotic hands. But the real barriers aren’t cinematic. They’re structural.
In this episode, we unpack why AI in government still feels distant and unrelatable. The problem isn’t the tech—it’s the story we tell and the systems we ignore. We explore why the real goal isn’t to master AI, but to use it quietly and effectively to serve people better.
From OpenAI’s simple, human-centered ads to the hard reality of budgets, procurement, and job descriptions, we trace how to make AI belong in daily work. The takeaway: innovation doesn’t mean flashier tech. It means making AI as normal—and as boring—as a spreadsheet.
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