Breaking down the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report

AI models can win math olympiads… but still struggle to read an analog clock. In this fully connected episode, Dan and Chris break down the latest Stanford AI Index Report and explore what it reveals about the current state of AI. They discuss AI adoption and safety, disappearing junior tech jobs, robotics, AI’s “jagged frontier” of intelligence, and the growing race between the U.S. and China. Along the way, they debate whether AI should optimize everything, or if some things are better left human. 

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Chris Benson
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Chris Benson
Cohost @ Practical AI Podcast • Principal AI / Autonomy Research Engineer specializing in fully autonomous UxS swarming with embodied intelligence.
Daniel Whitenack
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Daniel Whitenack
CEO @Prediction Guard & cohost @Practical AI podcast
Breaking down the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report
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