Podcast
Don't SUCK at AI
Hosted by John Lindsey · EN
Welcome to the "Don’t Suck at AI" Podcast—where we cut through the noise and dive straight into what really matters: doing AI right. This isn’t just another tech podcast; it’s a bold, thought-provoking journey into how artificial intelligence can be a force for good, driving innovation, solving real-world problems, and reshaping the future with purpose.
We bring together industry leaders, AI visionaries, and disruptive thinkers to explore the ethical, impactful, and downright game-changing ways AI can make the world a better place. If you’re ready to challenge the status quo, spark new ideas, and learn how not to suck at AI, you’re in the right place.
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"Chatbots vs. AI Agents: What's the Difference and Why Should You Care?
Feb 4, 202500:11:38Tap to summarizePodcast Introduction: John Lindsey, the host of "Don't Suck at AI," introduces the episode topic: the difference between chatbots and AI agents.Chatbot Explanation: Lindsey describes chatbots as operating on pre-programmed rules and decision trees. They are limited in their understanding, follow scripts, and struggle with nuances of language and remembering previous interactions. Common uses for chatbots include customer support, scheduling, and retail returns.AI Agent Introduction: Lindsey shifts the focus to AI agents, emphasizing their more advanced nature due to large language models (LLMs) and techniques like natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning.AI Agent Capabilities: AI agents are described as having contextual understanding, the ability to remember past interactions, and adapt their responses accordingly. They can make decisions and take actions autonomously, integrate with other systems, and perform tasks independently.Analogy: Lindsey compares chatbots to receptionists and AI agents to personal assistants to illustrate their different roles and capabilities.Benefits of AI Agents for Businesses: Lindsey discusses several areas where businesses might benefit from using AI agents, such as automating repetitive tasks, processing large amounts of data quickly, providing personalized experiences, and offering 24/7 availability.Legal Tech Example: Lindsey pivots to focusing on the legal domain, specifically how AI agents could be used within a midsize law firm focused on intellectual property (IP) rights. The scenario involves monitoring trademarks and copyrights for potential infringements.Legal Firm Benefits: The benefits for the law firm include proactive monitoring, minimized damage to client brands, increased efficiency, enhanced client confidence, and gaining a competitive advantage.Off-the-Shelf AI Agent Examples: Lindsey mentions several commercially available AI agents:Reply Guy: An AI agent that finds the best places to mention your product online.Revid AI: An AI script generator that creates stories aligned with your audience.SEO Traffic Agent: An agent that does keyword research, writes articles, and links content for SEO purposes, syncing with various website platforms.Podcast Conclusion: Lindsey concludes the podcast by emphasizing the potential of AI agents and encourages listeners to conduct their own research. He reviews the main topics covered and then wraps up the episode.Cast of Characters:John Lindsey: The host of the "Don't Suck at AI" podcast. He guides the listeners through the discussion, explaining the differences between chatbots and AI agents, as well as exploring potential uses and examples of each within business and specifically within the legal tech industry. He also provides off-the-shelf AI tool examples. His tone is informative and engaging. He appears to be a leading voice in this particular space.Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
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Season 4 - Episode 2 - John Lindsey - "The Arrival of DeepSeek: Does It SUCK??"
Feb 2, 202500:10:47Tap to summarizeThe Arrival of DeepSeek: Does It SUCK?? Duration: 10 MinutesIntroduction Welcome and brief overview: DeepSeek's impact on business and law.Key points: operational changes, legal implications, and ownership concerns.What is DeepSeek? Introduction to DeepSeek: What it is and how it compares to other AI models.Main Features: deep reasoning, complex data analysis, proactive decision-making.DeepSeek’s Impact on Business Operational Efficiency: Automation of complex workflows and strategic insights.Risk Management & Compliance: Real-time monitoring and predictive analytics.Competitive Advantage: How early adopters can gain a business edge.DeepSeek’s Impact on the Legal Industry Legal Research & Analysis: Faster, more accurate legal research.Contract Review & Drafting: Streamlined review processes and risk detection.Ethical & Regulatory Considerations: Data privacy, algorithmic accountability.Ownership Concerns: The China Connection Addressing DeepSeek's Chinese ownership and data privacy concerns.Comparing with recent issues like TikTok’s data controversies.Potential deterrents for businesses: data storage, access, and security risks.Final Thoughts & Call to Action Recap key takeaways: DeepSeek’s potential and the importance of responsible adoption.Feedback: “How do you see DeepSeek impacting your industry?”Call to action: Subscribe, share thoughts, and stay tuned for future episodes.Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
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Season 4 - Episode 1 - Alan Tuback, President of PageLightPrime, Shares Why "Purposeful AI" Is What Law Firms Need In 2025
Jan 14, 202500:21:04Tap to summarizeEver wonder how AI can actually help lawyers do their jobs better? Get ready to dive into the future of legal tech with Alan Tuback, a serial entrepreneur who's back for round two with PageLightPrime, a company set to revolutionize the way law firms operate.•Forget generic AI features! Discover how PageLightPrime is pioneering "Purposeful AI" designed to seamlessly enhance lawyer workflows by automating those tedious tasks everyone hates. Think automatically generating tasks from emails and supercharged legal research.•Alan touches on one of the complaints we hear from Law Firms Time and again. They are tired of juggling a dozen different legal tech products. Alan shares how PageLightPrime offers a truly all-in-one solution that lives within Office 365, so you can say goodbye to integration headaches and hello to smooth sailing.•But it’s not just about the tech. Hear how Alan’s infectious entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to customer delight are shaping a company culture that's as fun as it is effective.Tune in to this episode of the "Don't Suck at AI" podcast and get ready to rethink what’s possible in the world of legal technology!Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
Transcribe →SEASON 3 - Episode 2 Humira Noorestani, CrossBorder Attorney & Founder of DigiCounsel joins us to talk about her new startup launching this week and how it just may revolutionize how Legal Content is consumed!
Nov 8, 202200:32:54Tap to summarizeJohn provides Intro on Humira and shares her Background: 00:37 – 02:11 Humira gives some additional info on her background and shares with us a bit about her AMAZING journey! - 02:12 – 03:04 Don't SUCK Fun Fact about Humira– 03:05 – 07:40 (Hint: She’s an AMAZING HUMANITARION!) Humira shares with us her vision for DigiCounsel and how she intends to provide a unique brand of content leveraging a conversational style of learning from some of the most amazing Legal & Business minds in industry today. 07:41 - 12:22 Humira dives into her obsession with Legal Technology and discusses what it takes to build a platform as comprehensive as DigiCounsel and how important it is to the law community. - 12:23 – 17:07Humira talks about her strategy for leveraging her networking skills to bring together such an amazing roster of talent to build all the content required to develop the DigiCounsel suite of content. - 17:08 - 25:06Humira wraps up by providing a look at how she sees DigiCounsel disrupting the the Legal industry her plans for how it scales. (some absolute gems in this section!) - 25:07 – 30:05John Reviews some of the things that ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T SUCK today!! 30:06 – 31:13 31:14 Humira’s Contact Info:LinkedIn – Humira Noorestani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/humira-noorestani/DigiCounsel Website: www.DigiCounsel.coConclusion: 32:09Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
Transcribe →SEASON 3 - Episode 1 - Lisa Fitzgerald - Partner at the Law Firm of Lander & Rodgers joins us to talk about a new tech term called SplitChain.
Nov 1, 202200:26:00Tap to summarizeJohn provides Intro on Lisa and shares her Background: 00:37 – 01:42Lisa gives some additional info on her background and shares with us a bit about her journey and focus - 01:43 – 02:15 Don't SUCK Fun Fact about Lisa – 02:16 – 05:36 (Hint: She’s a Pop Star Turned Lawyer!) Lisa shares with us the background on her article from Lawyers Weekly and where her deep love of technology comes from. 02:17 - 08:02 Lisa dives into the origins of the term “Split Chain” and talks about why it better applies to Legal technologies than just the Blockchain tech as it takes into consideration the natural language context of the law - 08:03 – 11:21Lisa talks about “Split Chain” functionality and the benefits of this hybrid model - 11:22 - 14:30Lisa shares a technology that Landers & Rogers have developed an assessment and risk ranking application and how it will be leveraged along with the “Split Chain” - 14:31 - 17:46Lisa wraps up by providing a look into the future and gazing into that Legal Tech crystal ball and shares with us what she sees for the industry on the horizon (some absolutely FANTASTIC nuggets here!) - 17:47 – 22:55John Reviews some of the things that ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T SUCK today!! 22:56 – 24:10 24:11 Lisa’s Contact Info:LinkedIn – Lisa Fitzgerald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamfitzgerald/Landers & Rogers: https://landers.com.au/Conclusion: 24:42Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
Transcribe →SEASON 2 - Episode 6 - Nonopa Vanda - Legal Innovation Expert joins us to talk about how proven technology solutions from other industries can transform the Legal domain.
May 24, 202200:22:28Tap to summarizeJoin us as Nonopa, one of the most influential voices in Legal Tech today when it comes to leveraging successful technologies and methodologies from outside the Legal domain discusses why Legal Tech needs to follow their lead! John provides Intro on Nonopa and shares her Background: 00:37 – 02:15Nonopa gives some additional info on her background: 02:16 – 03:06 Don't SUCK Fun Fact – Nonopa is a certified No-Code developer and as such has actually built her very own BOT ! It’s really quite cool as it is an automated SAFE agreement (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) which is a quite a popular agreement for startups looking for an IPO in the future.: 03:08 – 05:39 Nonopa talks about what inspired her to write the article in Legal Business World Magazine regarding technologies that the Legal Domain could take some lessons from: 05:40 - 07:04 Nonopa discusses why in the article she chose to focus primarily on 4 domains, Pharmaceuticals, Technology, FinTech and Marketing.: 07:05 – 09:15Nonopa shares how Legal Tech is becoming saturated with document management solutions and how everyone is attempting to sell them to the same prospects….and that a better model might be one that FinTech is deploying. : 09:16 - 12:01 Nonopa talks about all the learning that can come from the Marketing domain as other industries are really taking advantage of AI and Big Data to hone in on the sector of firms they are targeting but also the custom tailored messaging that technology can now provide. Lawyers need to be on social media platforms Nonopa says!: 12:02 – 15:34Nonopa shares her strategy on aligning the right technology for a firms needs: 15:35 – 17:16Nonopa shares her views on where the industry is heading in the future: 17:17 – 18:50 John Reviews some of the things that ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T SUCK today!! :18:51 20:05 Nonopa’s Contact Info:LinkedIn – Nonopa Vanda https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvanda/Email: nonopa28@gmail.comTwitter: NonopaVandaConclusion: 20:40 Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
Transcribe →SEASON 2 - Episode 5 - Susann Funke - CEO of LEXAI joins us to talk AI and regulatory software and their latest product release!
May 2, 202200:34:30Tap to summarizeJohn provides Intro on Susann and shares her Background: 00:37 – 03:39Susann gives some additional info on her background and shares with us her journey 03:39 – 06:19 Don't SUCK Fun Fact about Susann – 06:20– 10:22 (Hint: It was one of the experiences that led Susann to start LEX AI) Susann takes a look back at and shares some of the motivation that prompted her to become an entrepreneur. 10:23 - 14:17 Susann discusses the LEX AI product and how it has been designed to speed up regulatory research internationally: 14:18 – 19:27Susann talks about how LEX AI is also creating a community function but with much more depth and value than traditional Social Media. Susann shares how valuable a resource this could be in the future: 19:28 - 26:41Susann wraps up by providing a look into the future and gazing into that Legal Tech crystal ball and should with us what she sees for the industry on the horizon: 26:42 – 30:56John Reviews some of the things that ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T SUCK today!! 30:57 32:24 Susann’s Contact Info:LinkedIn – Susann Funke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsusannfunke/LEX AI Website: LexAI.co Conclusion: 33:10Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
Transcribe →SEASON 2 - Episode 4 - George Danner talks about how InCite is leveraging Digital Twin Technology in the Legal Domain TODAY!
Mar 12, 202200:31:55Tap to summarizeJoin us as George, John & Bill talk about how we’re leveraging our Digital Twin technology to revolutionize the Legal Domain.From Litigation Algorithms to Legal Tech Readiness Assessments, we are making some serious inroads. John provides Intro on George and shares his Background: 00:37 – 01:59George gives some additional info on his background: 02:00– 03:13 Don't SUCK Fun Fact about George – In this episode we share how George’s brilliance doesn’t necessarily make Bill and I any smarter!! : 03:14 – 06:04 George give our listeners an idea of what we mean by Digital Twins & Algorithms and how they might be connected to the Legal domain to begin with: 06:05 - 09:04 George dives into some of the areas of how we are leveraging advanced technology to assist in legal matters by sharing some cases we are involved in where we are developing some radically cool tech can take a Legal SME and give them SUPERPOWERS using our amazing Digital Twins.: 09:05 – 14:41George shares how Technology like digital twins is clearly allowing us to find patterns of malice within a system that up until now would have required massive teams of people to monitor and police…and how it can be scaled for similar cases in the future.: 14:42 - 21:18 George talks to us about our assessment technology can assist law firms and legal departments by ensuring they are ready for all the latest legal tech software they would like to take advantage of in the future. : 21:19 – 23:44 George wraps up by providing a look into the future and how he sees Technology in the legal domain taking advantage of future trends: 23:45 – 27:02John Reviews some of the things that ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T SUCK today!! 27:03 28:14 George’s Contact Info:Website: www.georgedanner.comConclusion: 29:05Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
Transcribe →SEASON 2 - Episode 3 - Scott Leigh - Co-Founder of AltFee
Feb 10, 202200:25:44Tap to summarizeJoin us as Scott, one of the most influential voices in Legal Tech today when it comes to alternatives to hourly billing, shares how their new AltFee Software could revolutionize how legal billing is done today! John provides Intro on Scott and shares his Background: 00:37 – 02:24Scott gives some additional info on his background: 02:25– 02:33 Don't SUCK Fun Fact about Scott – And in this episode we find Scott’s journey leading to AltFee is really a “family affair”! So Scott shares with us how they all work together in harmony, it’s a great story! : 02:36– 05:03 Scott takes us on a trip back to the early days as he saw some brokenness and disjointedness in the Legal domain , specifically as it pertains to how services were being billed: 05:04 - 08:18 Scott shares with us a little bit about the technology itself and how it allows Lawyers to spend more time practicing law, leveraging massive efficiency gains, and provides them with a tool that gives them the ability to scope and price out their services: 08:19 – 10:55Scott talks about why he feels that now is the time for widespread adoption of this innovative software solution and what will make Lawyers want to jump on board! : 10:56 - 14:01 Scott talks to us about how a model like this could actually help increase access to the legal advice many need but can’t afford.: 14:02 – 17:50Scott wraps up by providing a look into the future and how he sees the practice of billing by the hour losing its shine and why AltFee is the perfect tool for the future!: 17:51 – 21:25John Reviews some of the things that ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T SUCK today!! 21:26 23:24 Scott’s Contact Info: LinkedIn – Scott Leigh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-leigh-a1239b40/Email: scott@altfeeco.comWebsite: www.altfeeco.com Conclusion: 24:00 Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
Transcribe →SEASON 2 - Episode 2 - Sharan Kaur, Chief Growth Officer at Josef Legal
Feb 2, 202200:35:57Tap to summarizeJoin us as Sharan, one of the most influential Legal Tech voices today shares how technology is changing the Legal Landscape, how Josef is making Legal Automation available to everyone, and why she may be starring in the next Blockbuster Movie!John provides Intro on Sharan and shares her Background: 00:37 – 02:42 Sharan gives some additional info on her background and shares with us her journey 02:47 – 03:42 Don't SUCK Fun Fact about Sharan – And in this episode we find Sharan’s “doppelgänger" and she happens to be a movie star! So, we have Sharan take some of the most famous movie lines of all time and have her recite them, but with a Legal Tech twist! It’s an absolute hoot!! : 03:43– 07:00 Sharan takes a look back at her early days as a Lawyer where she was exposed to processes that she knew could be more efficient and decided she had two goals: To understand more about the theory and practice of business management, and then to apply that knowledge to help law firms and in-house legal teams implement operational excellence. : 07:01 - 12:45 Sharan discusses how Digital Transformation has kicked into high gear within the Legal domain and she shares her opinion on what’s driving that acceleration and “why now”.: 12:46 – 19:37Sharan talks about what firms should be doing if “going digital” in order to transform their organization is on their radar screen, and what the first steps of that migration could be. : 19:38 - 25:05 Sharan shares a bit about her new role as the Head of Growth at Josef and give us an overview of their no-code platform and how it benefits everyone interested in legal automation! 25:06 – 29:25Sharan wraps up by providing a look into the future and gazing into that Legal Tech crystal ball and should with us what she sees for the industry on the horizon: 29:26 – 32:19John Reviews some of the things that ABSOLUTELY DIDN’T SUCK today!! 32:20 33:53 Sharan’s Contact Info: LinkedIn – Sharan Kaur: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharan-kaur-mba-%F0%9F%8C%95-0924377/ Conclusion: 34:24Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
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