Can Europe win the age of AI? | Thomas Dohmke
TED Talks Daily
TED
4.1 • 11.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke discusses Europe's readiness to lead the next era of AI innovation, examining how the continent's tech ecosystems stack up against those in the US. In conversation with TEDAI Vienna co-curator Vlad Gozman, Dohmke explains the three key shifts that will help Europe thrive in the age of AI — and shows how GitHub's initiatives can empower anyone to build new ideas around the world.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | TED Audio Collective. |
| 0:09.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:17.0 | Thomas Domke started from severely information-restricted beginnings in East Berlin |
| 0:22.3 | to become the CEO of GitHub, one of the most influential tech companies today. |
| 0:28.2 | In his 2024 conversation with the co-curator of TED AI Vienna, Vlad Gosman, |
| 0:34.6 | Domke reflects on the startup ecosystem, smart regulation for the future, |
| 0:39.0 | and how to best prepare for the next generation of innovation. |
| 0:43.1 | It's coming up after the break. |
| 0:47.6 | How will humans and machines work together in the future? |
| 0:51.7 | We spend so much time discussing how the world's changing. |
| 0:55.5 | It would be absolutely absurd to believe the role of the CEO is not. |
| 0:59.7 | This is Imagine This, a podcast from BCG that helps CEOs consider possible futures for our world and their businesses. |
| 1:08.8 | Listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:17.3 | And now our TED Talk of the Day. |
| 1:21.2 | Obviously, people know you as the CEO of GitHub. |
| 1:23.6 | You're at the helm of what I would say it's the most pivotal tool for developers worldwide and also a player early on in an |
| 1:32.3 | AI game with co-pilot. But before we go into all that and get up, I want to go back a bit. |
| 1:41.4 | I'm curious, something what people might not know is, how did you get here? |
| 1:47.2 | I took a plane from Zuckker to fly here, but I think you're asking about my life's journey. |
| 1:53.0 | I was born in East Berlin in 1978, and so for the first 12 years of my life, I didn't really |
| 1:59.1 | have access to computers. There was a Robotron, an East German clone of a Z80, I think, in the geography lab that |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TED, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of TED and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.