Continuing our series of video interviews with journalists, we spoke with Jennifer Riggins, a freelance technology journalist whose work has featured in publications like The New Stack and LeadDev. Jennifer specialises in developer experience and platform engineering, covering anything that helps developers do their best work.

In this second of a three-part series, she shares candid views on AI: what it is good for, where the hype breaks down, and why she would rather hear about your AI failures than another 10x productivity claim.

In this video, she discusses:

– The problem with AI generated pitches and white papers
– AI as a “dumb junior developer” and what that means for hiring
– The new team topologies emerging as people partner with AI agents