Blind Spot — Episode 01

The problem isn’t AI.
It’s what you tell it.

3 Quebec entrepreneurs break down the real skill of the AI era: knowing how to say what you want.

1h30minRemote3 co-hosts
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Key Points

01

AI is an amplifier, not a shortcut

If you don’t have the skill, AI amplifies your incompetence. Why hallucinations can only be detected by human expertise.

02

Your words matter more than your tools

Ontology, linguistics, language precision: why saying "modal window" instead of "small window that appears" radically changes what AI delivers to you.

03

AI geopolitics: Taiwan, chips, and sovereignty

The real war isn't in Iran. It's all about controlling semiconductors, the nationalization of models, and the question: who owns your data when you use Claude?

04

Prototype vs. production: the mirage of "vibe coding"

When everyone thinks the work is done in an hour, an engineer sees another three months of work. Why confusing a demo with a finished product puts the whole industry at risk.

co-hosts

Crewdle

Vincent Lamanna

AI infrastructure & organizational transformation

Vincent builds the infrastructure that allows companies to deploy AI reliably, securely, and at a fixed price.

Crewdle LinkedIn

Paracosm

Jonathan Bélisle

AI governance, design & transformation residencies

30 years of design, three years reinventing everything due to AI. Jonathan teaches companies to declare their intentions before touching any tool.

Paracosm LinkedIn

monExpansion

Julien Klein

The human factor, the Talent Trap & personal sovereignty

15 years in VFX (RodeoFX, Scanline/Netflix), now coaching creative entrepreneurs. His question: does your talent protect you or trap you?

monExpansion LinkedIn

What's discussed

An engineer who swore AI would never replace him as a coder. Two years later, he codes no more.

In this first episode of Blind Spot, three Quebec entrepreneurs sit down around a simple question that hides a deep transformation: do you really know how to talk to AI?

Vincent Lamanna built the AI infrastructure at Crewdle and turned his team into a peer-to-peer network where each employee manages their own agents. Jonathan Bélisle spent 30 years in design before reinventing everything in 3 years because of AI. Julien Klein managed 150 people in VFX at Scanline/Netflix before dedicating himself to coaching creative entrepreneurs.

Together, they break down why AI is an amplifier that makes the good ones better and the incompetent more dangerous, why we’ve moved from the era of “doing” to the era of “declaring,” and why the precision of your words radically changes your results. The conversation goes from everyday entrepreneurship to the geopolitics of semiconductors, data sovereignty, and the mirage of vibe coding.

Three complementary archetypes, one belief: without clear direction, AI’s speed becomes a disaster.
Chapters

Navigate the episode

Company mission and intention: Why each is in business and what we want to achieve with Blind Spot. Three complementary visions: technology, strategy, and the human factor.
AI and marketing skills: Do Claude's "skills" replace expertise? Why AI handles marketing technique but not the emotional core of the message.
Acceleration and direction: Velocity is direction plus speed. AI provides mind-blowing speed, but without direction it's a disaster. How we move from execution to declaring intent.
Workflow and autonomy: How Vincent transformed Crewdle into a peer-to-peer team. Each employee is responsible for a result and works with their own AI agents. The end of task splitting.
Linguistics and AI: "Modal window" versus "small pop-up window." Saying "bird view traveling 3 seconds fade to black" instead of "the camera moves quickly." Every word changes the result.
AI geopolitics: Palantir, the militarization of AI, Taiwan and TSMC. The only factory in the world that makes the chips Nvidia needs. Why the climate narrative was replaced by the AI narrative.
Sovereignty and data: The risk of connecting your personal data to an American model. Law 25 in Quebec, traceability, and why Vincent is developing a local agent at Crewdle.
Autonomous AI agents: When your agent books appointments without telling you and sends LinkedIn messages on your behalf. The reputational risk and why trust remains the highest value.
As Code and translation: How AI brought everything into the same language. Design as code, security as code, spec as code. No more need to speak different languages across disciplines.
Prototypes and clients: Jonathan's residencies ($10K/month to $100K/year), Vincent's projects (starting at $5K). How to tell in one minute if a client is ready for AI.
Coaching and transformation: The Talent Trap: when you are trapped in your own talent. Why 40-50 is the best time to start taking risks again. Use gives meaning.
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Will AI replace my job?

It depends on how you use your skill, not the skill itself. Julien's example is telling: his partner is an accountant and is in a great position because when there's a problem with an entry, she's the one who knows how to untangle the knot. AI will always need someone who can proactively solve complex problems. On the other hand, if your job is just pressing buttons repetitively, now’s the time to change. As Vincent says: he swore AI would never replace him as a coder. Two years later, he no longer codes, but he's doing much more than before.

Is vibe coding really dangerous?

It’s an extraordinary prototyping tool, but not a shortcut to production. A prototype made in an hour can look like a finished product visually, but it lacks what makes a real product: security, 95%+ reliability, observability to prove to a judge your data didn’t leak, regulatory compliance. As Jonathan puts it: 95% of people to whom he shows a prototype think the product is done. Vincent, as an engineer, sees at least three more months of work.

Is it safe to connect my data to Claude or ChatGPT?

If your data is sensitive, the short answer is no, not directly. Law 25 in Quebec requires traceability on personal data. As soon as you send a document to OpenAI or Claude from your drive without anonymization, you lose track of the information. Vincent's solution: a containerization architecture where the data is isolated, passes through a secure container, and is never sent directly to the model. That's why Crewdle is developing an autonomous agent on local models. It requires engineering, not vibe coding.

How do I know if my company is ready for AI?

Jonathan uses 64 diagnostic questions to assess an organization's AI maturity. In one minute of listening to a client’s brief, he can tell if there’s a 60% or 90% chance of success. The three key questions every company should ask according to this discussion: how do I develop my intentions (vision and strategy)? How do I do my design process in the AI era? And how do I deploy in a reliable infrastructure? If you don’t know how to answer these three questions, start with a one-hour session with an expert before investing in tools.

What is the Talent Trap?

The Talent Trap is when you’re stuck in your own talent. You’re senior in your field, well-paid, recognized, but feel the excitement is gone and you can’t change your life. Julien Klein developed this concept after 15 years in VFX and managing over 150 people. His conviction: that’s exactly when, between 40 and 50, the greatest opportunities arise, especially with AI as a lever. Money comes and goes, but not taking risks now is the real danger. The Talent Trap Escape Kit on monExpansion helps diagnose if you’re caught in this trap and how to get out.
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