Mike, Bonnie, Jon and special guests Mark Hinkle and Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst for The Futurum Group, dive into the current state of the artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle.

Then, they discuss whether the ability to build applications faster than ever using AI might turn out to be too much of a good thing. Next, the gang turns its attention to the need to incorporate sustainability metrics that are now being incorporated into best FinOps practices.

Finally, Bob Reselman asks an essential but overlooked question about choice: What happens to our ability to make a choice when we only have to choose among two or three things?