We've gone from the verbal way of recording information, which was not very accurate.

That's where all the legends come from, to various forms of writing to the printing press you know to ultimately digital

computers in the internet and now data of every type is recording society in a way that

essentially has a permanence attached to it and these intelligent

entities that we can create in the future will learn from all of this.

It's a little scary for sure, but it's pretty exciting, actually.

Hello and welcome to Gekwire. I'm GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop.

We are coming to you from Seattle where we get to report each day on what's happening

around us in business, technology, and innovation.

What happens here matters everywhere, and every week on this show we talk about some of the most

interesting stories and trends in the news.

This week, the origins of data and the future of the human and digital species.

My guest is business and technology leader Bob Muglia, a startup investor and

advisor who played key roles in the emergence of Microsoft's database,

server, and business software products, and served as the CEO of Data Warehouse Company

Snowflake Computing.

He's the author with Steve Ham of a new book called The Data Prenors,

The Promise of AI and The Creators Building Our Future. Bob Mu, as he was affectionately known at Microsoft, connects the dots in our conversation

between data innovation and artificial intelligence.

He talks about lessons from Isaac Asimov, one of his favorite authors.

He compares Microsoft and IBM to Microsoft and Open AI.

He explains why he's ultimately an optimist about technology and humanity, and he tells the story of the data center that he built in his house.

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