801 - Eric Schmidt: Is AI Going to Dominate the World?

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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I have been obsessed with AI for the past years and constantly talk about it in a couple of episodes, especially will AI turn out to be the "Terminator" that we would fear?In this episode, Eric Schmidt, American technology businessman, software engineer, and ex-CEO of Google, and author, came on to answer all my questions on AI! Will AI turn into the "Terminator", should we fear AI, can we use AI to actually help humanity?We also talked about his new book, The Age of AI: And Our Human Future, and how would AI change our future! My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.7	At this point, AI can develop new antibiotics that we never would have thought of.
0:22.5	AI can write articles that sound just like a human or better.
0:28.5	AI of course can win many games that humans can't even approach them at.
0:34.0	What's going to happen when I can bring around an AI that listens to my conversations all day long
0:40.5	and then I say, okay, AI, just go out into the world and be me.
0:45.6	All these things are possible and much more.
0:48.0	So what is the full range of possibilities?
0:49.9	Well, I talked to Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and he's been on this podcast before.
0:54.9	He's a friend of the podcast.
0:56.3	He just wrote a book, The Age of AI is co-authors, our Henry Kissinger.
1:01.8	And it's interesting to see what Eric Schmidt says about Henry Kissinger and how Henry Kissinger
1:06.1	knows so much about AI.
1:08.3	His other co-author is Daniel Hutton-Macher, who's been a professor at MIT and also
1:12.8	it's of other places in AI.
1:15.0	But by senior year of college when I was majoring in computer science was his first year as an
1:20.8	assistant professor of computer science at my school just by Quintz and it's I knew
1:25.2	him from that.
1:26.2	But the book is The Age of AI and Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, comes on to talk
1:31.1	about it and it's not always optimistic.
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