AI's Growing Pains: What's Really Slowing the Revolution?

AI is transforming industries at an extraordinary pace, but the path to real-world adoption is proving more complex than the headlines suggest. In this episode of RRE POV, Raju and Will unpack the biggest growing pains facing AI today — from hallucinations and infrastructure costs to GPU shortages, talent bottlenecks, legal uncertainty, data governance, and the realities of enterprise adoption. Drawing on lessons from previous technology cycles and insights from across the RRE portfolio, they explore where the hype is getting ahead of itself, which companies are helping solve critical constraints, and why the next phase of AI may be driven less by broad platforms and more by focused, vertical applications. Whether you’re building with AI, investing in it, or trying to understand where the market is headed, this conversation offers a candid and practical look at what comes next.

Highlights:

(00:35) Five AI Growing Pains

(02:34) Hallucinations and Trust

(06:17) Fixing Hallucinations

(08:58) Prime Intellect and RL

(10:27) Farsight and Source Links

(14:27) AI Cost and GPU Crunch

(19:57) Cooling and Space Data Centers

(24:18) Efficiency Wins Lovelace

(28:22) Talent Legal and Adoption Wrap