You don’t actually interact with raw AI models—you interact with the harnesses wrapped around them.

In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett is joined by Futurum Group analysts Brad Shimmin and Guy Currier to strip away the industry mystique and break down the anatomy of modern artificial intelligence.

Moving past the initial wave of simple chat interfaces, the panel explores how mathematical foundations like transformers and attention mechanisms connect to iterative execution loops, tool calling, and autonomous agents.

The discussion unpacks why prompt engineering is shifting toward context engineering, how humble Markdown files function as vital AI memory, and why mastering the software harness matters far more than obsessing over every weekly frontier model release.

This and more on Utilizing AI, part of the Futurum Media Podcast Network.