SVB aftermath; remote work 'affliction'; and Microsoft puts AI to work
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🗓️ 18 March 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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This week on the GeekWire Podcast ...
We catch up on the latest on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and consider the long-term implications of the meltdown on the startup ecosystem and the U.S. financial system.
Then, a point-counterpoint on the issue of the return to office, as Downtown Seattle Association President Jon Scholes laments the "affliction" of remote work, and Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton says the ways we work (and the places we work) have changed forever.
And finally, we catch up on the latest in the world of generative artificial intelligence, listening to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's pitch for the company's new Microsoft 365 Copilot. We consider the potential of AI to change the way we work, the competition between Microsoft and Google, and touch briefly on antitrust issues.
With GeekWire co-founders John Cook and Todd Bishop.
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| 0:00.0 | Just as we can't imagine computing today without a keyboard, mouse, or multi-touch, going forward, |
| 0:07.0 | we won't be able to imagine computing without copilotes and natural language prompts that intuitively help us with continuation, |
| 0:15.0 | summarization, chain of thought reasoning, reviewing, modifying, and acting. |
| 0:19.0 | John, just watching you, listen to that. I wish I had |
| 0:22.7 | been taking video. You were clearly impacted by Sautja's message and perhaps not in the way that |
| 0:27.8 | he intended. It's so perfect. It was like that was put into an AI. Was that AI? Was that AI |
| 0:34.0 | Saaba? Hi and welcome to Geekwire. I'm Geekwire co-founder, Todd Bishop. |
| 0:43.6 | And I'm Geekwire co-founder John Cook. |
| 0:45.5 | We're coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around us in technology, business, and innovation. |
| 0:51.9 | What happens here matters everywhere. And every week on this show, we talk about |
| 0:55.2 | some of the most interesting stories in the news. Coming up later on, I'm going to try and convince |
| 1:00.1 | you, John, that AI is the future. Well, it is the future because this is not your real voice. It's |
| 1:07.1 | an AI generated voice, correct? Oh, don't reveal the secret. Come on now. |
| 1:12.2 | Not yet. |
| 1:13.0 | We're not there yet. |
| 1:14.6 | And then also, it's really a watershed moment in the debate over remote work versus work in the office. |
| 1:21.3 | We'll talk about that coming up as well. |
| 1:23.5 | But first, John, one week ago, it felt like the world was crumbling down. |
| 1:29.3 | A majority of startups in the Seattle region, at least those backed by venture capital firms, |
| 1:34.3 | didn't have access to their cash. |
| 1:36.7 | And it felt like things were just falling apart. |
| 1:40.0 | A week later, what's your assessment on where things are with Silicon Valley Bank? |
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