Interview with NYU Professor Vasant Dhar: Thinking With Machines

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🗓️ 28 December 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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NYU Professor of Business Vasant Dhar is a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence. He’s the host of the Brave New World podcast, and author of the new book, Thinking with Machines: The Brave New World of AI. Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma recentled talked with Professor Dhar about that new world. Host: Asit Sharma Guest: Vasant Dhar Producer: Bart Shannon, Mac Greer Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, "TMF") do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My fear is that we are slipping into a Huxleyan kind of world,
0:10.0	perhaps even without our realization, right,
0:13.0	that we are gradually disempowering ourselves in many areas of our life.
0:19.0	The machine has become a gatekeeper of human activity in many ways.
0:25.4	That was NYU Professor Vassant Dar, author of the new book,
0:29.8	Thinking with Machines, The Brave New World of AI.
0:33.6	I'm Motleyful producer Matt Greer.
0:35.8	Now, Motleyful analyst Asset Sharma recently talked with Professor Dar about that brave new world.
0:43.3	Greetings, fools. I'm Asit Sharma, senior analyst and lead advisor at the Motley Fool. And my guest today is Vassant Dar, Robert A. Miller Professor of Business at NYU's Stern School of Business.
0:55.5	Professor Dar is a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence.
0:59.2	In fact, he received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh
1:02.7	with a specialization in artificial intelligence in 1984.
1:08.3	Among his many achievements, Professor Dar is noted for bringing machine learning to
1:12.2	Morgan Stanley's proprietary trading groups in the 1990s. You may have listened to the professor's
1:17.3	popular Brave New World podcast, and he's out with a new book entitled Thinking with Machines,
1:23.4	The Brave New World of AI, which is the topic of today's discussion. Vassanthar, welcome to the motley fool.
1:30.3	Thank you, Asa. Delighted to be a fool.
1:32.3	Awesome. Well, I wanted to start with your early childhood, which you recount in the introduction to thinking with machines.
1:39.3	You were born in the 1950s in Kashmir, India, and you note that you rode to school in a horse-drawn cart.
1:47.6	You also moved around quite a bit in India, and by the time you were nine, your father was posted to Ethiopia on assignment as India's military attach to Africa.
1:57.4	So I wondered, Professor, can you tell us a little bit about these formative experiences
2:01.6	and how they helped shape the person and scholar you became?
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