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Should We Be Giving A.I. This Much Control? | Akhil Verghese #social333podcast #165
In this episode of the Social 333 Podcast, host Chris D. Bentley sits down with Akhil Verghese, co-founder and CEO of Krazimo, to explore how artificial intelligence is moving beyond chatbots and content creation and becoming a powerful tool for running entire businesses.
Akhil draws from his experience at Google, working with AI technologies and enterprise applications, to explain what businesses need to consider when adopting AI at scale. The conversation looks at AI reliability, hallucinations, human judgment, automation, business intelligence, and the risks of giving AI too much control.
Chris and Akhil also discuss how AI could connect different parts of a company, from marketing and lead generation to accounting, sales, reporting, and operations. They explore what an AI-native business could look like and why the biggest opportunity may be building systems that actually understand a company's data and help owners make better decisions.
✅ What Akhil learned from working with AI at Google
✅ Why AI can produce different answers to the same question
✅ How AI hallucinations and inaccuracies can affect businesses
✅ Why blindly trusting AI can create serious problems
✅ The importance of human judgment when working with AI
✅ How AI can move beyond simple chatbots and content creation
✅ What it means for a company to become AI-native
✅ How businesses can connect AI with sales, marketing, accounting, and operations
✅ Using AI to track leads, customers, revenue, and business performance
✅ How AI can help identify problems within a company's sales process
✅ The potential for AI systems to operate proactively instead of waiting for instructions
✅ The importance of security, privacy, and responsible AI implementation
✅ Why businesses should build AI systems around their actual data and workflows
📌 CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
00:06 – Meet Akhil Verghese
00:27 – AI from Google’s perspective
02:15 – Why AI gives different answers
05:04 – Why Akhil left Google
06:40 – Is AI the next Facebook Ads opportunity?
09:25 – Can you blindly trust AI?
12:51 – AI, trading bots, and real-world decisions
16:45 – Why human judgment still matters
21:15 – Building AI systems for business
25:33 – Using AI to track business performance
29:11 – The risks of becoming AI-native
32:46 – Final thoughts and where to connect with Akhil Verghese
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