Jeong Ha Kim & Haftan Eckholdt — Is A.I. Failing Us?

Few topics generate more heat and less light than artificial intelligence. In this episode, Adrian and Tim bring in two practitioners who have spent serious time working with AI systems — Jeong Ha Kim and Haftan Eckholdt — to cut through the noise.

The conversation opens with a frank assessment of where AI is genuinely delivering value today versus where the hype has outrun the reality. Jeong Ha and Haftan are specific: they name the domains where AI is transforming work, and the domains where it is confidently wrong in ways that matter.

A significant portion of the episode focuses on what STEM professionals need to understand about AI's limits — not to dismiss the technology, but to use it well. The guests argue that the most dangerous position is uncritical adoption: treating AI outputs as ground truth without understanding the failure modes.

The episode closes with a discussion of career implications: how should scientists, engineers, and data professionals be positioning themselves relative to AI? What skills become more valuable, and which are genuinely at risk?

Jeong Ha Kim & Haftan Eckholdt PhD, MS

AI Researchers & Practitioners

Jeong Ha Kim is an AI researcher and practitioner focused on the real-world application and limitations of machine learning systems. Haftan Eckholdt holds a PhD and MS and brings a rigorous scientific lens to questions about AI's current capabilities and failure modes. Together they offer a rare combination of technical depth and practical honesty about where AI is genuinely delivering — and where it is falling short of the hype.