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Cut Token Usage by 90%: Rethinking How We Use AI
My AI Practitioners Summit talk on designing systems around the work language models do well, with reliability, cost, and human judgment in view.
Speaking & Media
Conversations about creating
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Talks and recent appearances
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The CULTure of Ai series with Anne & Sayre Blake
Anne Gillaspie and I open a recurring series on the culture around AI, examining how human decisions, corporate narratives, and system design shape the technology we use.
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Stop Grinding. Start Practising.
Dinara Bakirova and I discuss why soft skills grow through repeated practice, how SkillSaige uses short sessions, and what a founder has to decide when building with AI.
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Beyond the Chatbot: The Microprocessor Revolution, Round Two
A conversation with Vince Warnock about looking beyond the chatbot as we design useful AI systems and practical learning experiences.
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Sayre Blake - SkillSaige and AI as a Coprocessor
A return to Break It Down Show with Pete A. Turner and Brad Hutchings to examine language models as coprocessors and the case for more humane, sustainable AI systems.
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Rethinking AI in Business: Beyond the Hype with Sayre Blake
A conversation with Ivy Slater about building where art meets engineering, using AI with discipline, keeping teams lean, and choosing investors with intention.
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AI Powered Training—Businesses Need More Than Chatbots
A practical conversation with Mike Schiano about bounded AI, repeatable workplace practice, and why chatbots and passive training rarely create behavior change on their own.
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Enshittification Explains Everything Wrong With Tech Right Now
A candid conversation with Anne Gillaspie about bounded AI, the economics of compute, enshittification, founder restraint, remote culture, and building technology that knows its limits.
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EdUp Innovation: Episode 30, Sayre Blake, SkillSaige
A conversation with Dr. Brad Fuster about practice-based soft-skills learning, responsible uses of AI, efficient system design, and the future of education.
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Soft Skills Are the New Hard Skills in the AI Era | Sayre Blake
A conversation with Mustafa Ladha about the career and financial value of communication, leadership, mentorship, and staying capable when work becomes uncomfortable.
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T*ech, Somatics, Leadership
A grounded conversation with Sarah Rimmel about responsible technology, creativity, embodied leadership, and replacing toxic urgency with more sustainable ways of building.
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July 20, 2026 – Soft Skills App Sayre Blake and Coachful Coaching David Fung
A founder-focused discussion with Jim Beach about turning game-informed soft-skills practice into a business, followed by a conversation with coach David Fung.
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Sayre Blake – SkillSaige, AI Gamification Skills
A wide-ranging conversation with Pete A. Turner about gamified practice, practical AI boundaries, the value of soft skills, and the realities of founding SkillSaige.
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The Brand Category Paradox
A brand-science conversation with Ethan Decker about balancing user delight, buyer trust, category cues, and the identity a young company is trying to earn.
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Ethical AI, Featuring CEO of SkillSaige Sayre Blake
A personal conversation with Iryna Barnett about ethical AI, motherhood, women in technology, and building a company whose culture reflects its product values.