He Built AI for GitHub Copilot. Now He Says We're All Doomed
About this episode
John Berryman helped build GitHub Copilot — one of the first AI products to ship at scale — then left because staying inside one company meant falling behind everything happening outside. Now he runs Arcturus Labs, where every consulting project is a different world. His bluntest line: "AI is just an HTTP request." Five years ago that required a team of PhDs.
Key moments
- 00:00 Why do 90% of AI projects fail before production?
- 04:33 How does a Copilot engineer actually use AI today?
- 07:04 What does it mean to manage AI like employees?
- 10:39 Can you train therapists in war zones using only AI?
- 13:45 What happens when impossible tech works three months later?
- 17:03 Are junior developers just wizards casting spells?
- 19:22 Would you hire an AI agent over a fresh graduate?
- 23:40 Why is your RAG pipeline failing?
- 27:20 How would you build RAG from scratch today?
- 42:56 When should you use keyword search over vector search?
- 48:29 How does AI change getting found online?
- 50:03 Are websites going to disappear in 10 years?