ADHD Is My Superpower - will.i.am on Creativity, Tech and Transforming Communities with AI
Disruptors
Rob Moore
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Rob is joined by William James Adams Jr. known by the world as “will.i.am”. The Black Eyed Peas founder, musician, artist and producer talks on subjects from AI to education in this far-ranging conversation. From Elon Musk’s AI warnings to the secrets of hip-hop longevity, will.i.am brings infectious optimism and insight to every topic in this wide-ranging talk that will leave you thinking differently!
Will.i.am Reveals:
- The truth about AI and humanity
- The advice he rejected that resulted in a huge hit song
- Why social media has democratised opportunity
- Why algorithms promote hate and conflict.
- What it takes to find true success
- How he missed investing in Airbnb
- The problems with the education system
- How to use criticism and critics for growth
- The most disruptive musicians
BEST MOMENTS
"AI is just math. It’s like a calculator to help mathematicians do math faster."
"I’m excited that there’s people of the world that have been ignored by humans to finally have the tools to transform and change their environment themselves."
"I’m a chef. I make things. What people select. What they consume. What they select to be in their life. I have no control over that."
"You’re medicating diamonds to be rocks instead of polishing rocks to be diamonds."
"The people that are suffering in the Congo is because of what? AI? No, people."
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ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur”
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| 0:00.0 | Well I am founder of the black-eyed peas like you've never seen him before. |
| 0:06.0 | Right from the off we go deep down in the rabbit hole of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:12.0 | We talk about the misconceptions of ADHD, the scam of the school system |
| 0:16.8 | and content I can guarantee you. You have never heard Will I Amshare before. |
| 0:22.3 | Well, Elon Musk said that he was more scared about AI than |
| 0:28.5 | nuclear weapons and you predicted the rise of AI. |
| 0:32.8 | So are you excited or scared about AI? |
| 0:35.4 | I'm excited about it. |
| 0:38.4 | I'm excited about it because if you're from the Congo or you're from the South Bronx. |
| 0:45.0 | If you're from Compton, if you're from any place where humans are responsible for the underserved, underdeveloped, no opportunity. |
| 0:54.4 | Then finally, you have a tool to change and transform your community for the better yourself |
| 0:59.6 | by identifying the configuration of your environment, seeing the problems, you've lived |
| 1:06.8 | through the problems, now you have a tool to help you resolve that problem. So because of that I'm excited that there's people of |
| 1:17.3 | the world that have been ignored by humans to finally have the tools to transform and change their environment themselves. |
| 1:26.0 | So where a lot of people who are human are scared of AI, you think maybe AI is superior to humans? |
| 1:33.5 | No, no. |
| 1:34.7 | I'm saying it's all math. |
| 1:36.9 | So AI is just math. |
| 1:38.5 | It's like a calculator to help mathematicians do math faster, right? |
| 1:45.0 | So is a calculator superior to mathematicians? |
| 1:48.0 | No, right? |
| 1:50.0 | So mathematicians are still superior, |
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