Super Soul Special: will.i.am: The Future of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence

Oprah's Super Soul

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Grammy-winning musician, producer, tech entrepreneur, author and philanthropist will.i.am is best known as the founder of the Black Eyed Peas. He shares why he's shifting away from making music and has been focusing his energy on using technology to create a better future through artificial intelligence and robotics. Oprah and will.i.am have a conversation about the dangers of technology, the era of social media, and how people have become "digitally rude." With a passion for giving back to underserved communities, will.i.am explains why he believes the key to ending poverty begins with education, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The artist also reveals why he believes artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to serve humanity and actually make us more humane. Will.i.am says, "For a long time, we've ignored our God-given technology: spirituality."

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey.
0:02.4	Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast.
0:06.5	I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time.
0:12.2	Taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.9	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right now.
0:23.6	Hey, babe.
0:25.6	It's high open.
0:26.6	It finally happened, hey.
0:27.6	Yes, thank you for having you.
0:28.6	Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:30.6	Thank you.
0:31.6	Okay, so everybody knows you started out.
0:33.6	This founder of this super group, the Blackhead Peace,
0:36.6	and since then, you keep rising and you keep growing and it literally feels like you are expanding so you're a consultant
0:47.1	you are investor you're entrepreneur you're advocate you're an activist you're a philanthropist you're
0:53.2	like a modern day Renaissance man.
0:56.5	I read where you used to spend how many hours a week devoted to music for a period of time
1:03.5	and then fewer hours a week devoted to music for a period of time. I just have to ask you this.
1:08.4	Are you retired for music?
1:11.6	I'm retired. No, I'm not retired for music. I just don't want to be in the music business.
1:18.2	I love making music. I'm talking about me personally. Like, Black I peas, yep, we make music.
1:24.1	We haven't done it in eight years, but we have a new project that's virtual reality
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