Dr. John Licato on the Trust Problem in AI

In this episode of Leap to Scale, Justin Davis and Greg Ross-Munro sit down with Dr. John Licato, CEO of SquarePact and Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, to explore one of AI’s biggest unsolved challenges: trust. They discuss why hallucination-resistant AI matters in high-stakes environments like contracts and legal reasoning, how adversarial systems can improve AI decision-making, and why “I don’t know” may be one of the hardest capabilities for AI to develop. The conversation also dives into the future of professional services, the risks of replacing junior talent too quickly, and what business leaders should be thinking about as AI reshapes how expertise is developed and delivered. Learn more about Dr. Licato's startup: https://www.actualization.ai And his startup's contract review tool: https://squarepact.com