AI and How to Not Get Left Behind | Tom Bilyeu EP 221

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Mikhaila Peterson

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🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In this episode, I sat down with entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu and discussed the potential disruptions AI could bring to society and business–which Tom likened to that of the printing press in terms of initial fear, destruction, acceptance, and ultimately rote utilization. Tom offered his view on the risks and opportunities of integrating artificial intelligence into our daily lives. From AI-powered gaming characters with memory to movies that update in real time based on what you’re paying attention to, to Musk’s humanoid robots walking among us–it’s going to be insane. Tom also emphasized the decision each of us will have to make as AI advances–to embrace “human-only” and stand out in that particular niche, or lean into our role as cyborgs. We touched on self-improvement, resilience, and building community in the digital age. Tom also dived into how he built a billion dollar company (Quest Nutrition), and shared strategies for thriving in a world of constant innovation: underscoring the importance of curiosity and adaptability as we move forward into this technological unknown. Enjoy! —Follow Tom— YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomBilyeu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu X: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu —Check Out Impact Theory— Website: https://impacttheory.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impacttheory

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2:20 - Project Kaizen: AI and Gaming

6:29 - AI Robot Dogs

7:45 - AI Will Be An Echo of the Printing Press 9:45 - Which Sectors Have the Most AI Risk?

13:35 - How Society Will Bifurcate From AI

14:30 - What AI Movies Will Be Like

16:23 - Societal Readiness for AI Evolution

21:17 - What Should We Do To Prepare?

27:50 - How Tom Interview's People

33:29 - YouTube and Engaging Audiences

40:10 - AI in Personalized Medicine

42:57 - Overcoming Emotional and Cognitive Hurdles

49:30 - What Personalities Will AI Have?

52:30 - Tom's AI Timeline Prediction

1:03:00 - The Future For Tom's Videogame

1:05:50 - How Tom Became an Entrepreneur 1:10:37 - How Tom Built Quest

Transcript

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0:00.0	Imagine a movie that's updating in real time based on how much you're paying attention.
0:04.4	The AI while you're watching it knows if your blood pressure is going up or going down and you
0:08.3	getting relaxed, wear your eyes.
0:09.9	So that at the beginning of the movie, it was going to end one way.
0:12.8	But really, it's just watching you.
0:14.0	You're engaging with this.
0:14.9	And so all of a sudden it becomes a movie about a husband and wife arguing over a seven-year-old
0:19.3	Oh my God.
0:24.7	Microsoft have spun up a nuclear power plant.
0:29.4	Three Mile Island is coming back online because Microsoft knows to run their AI,
0:30.9	they're going to need that level of energy.
0:36.0	There's research happening right now that says the only difference between humans and monkeys is the amount of compute.
0:37.8	If we just keep stacking, compute, compute, compute, compute on these AI systems, they will
0:42.8	get smarter and smarter and smarter.
0:45.5	Society is going to bifurcate.
0:46.8	So there are going to be people who carry the derogatory term transhumanist, and they will
0:52.3	embrace technology as fast as they can. Then there are going to be people who absolutely shun it.
0:57.0	Can a robot turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?
1:00.0	Can you?
1:01.0	You'll see, let's hope, just protests at the power plants.
1:04.0	You've had people actually propose to Congress you need to be prepared to do nuclear strikes
1:09.0	on the data centers that run these in the future.
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