The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future | Eric Schmidt & Dan Huttenlocher
Hidden Forces
Demetri Kofinas
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 218 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Eric Schmidt and Daniel Huttenlocher. Eric is co-founder of Schmidt Futures and the former CEO & Chairman of Google and Daniel is the inaugural dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. They are the co-authors, along with Henry Kissinger, of a phenomenal new book titled, "The Age of AI And Our Human Future," which explores how Artificial Intelligence is transforming human society—and what it means for all of us.
Eric and Dan spend the first hour discussing the technical dimensions of artificial intelligence—what it is and how it works—as well as how it will continue to shape and transform our social and physical realities. The second half of the conversation focuses on the national security dimensions of artificial intelligence, as well as the profound philosophical challenges that it poses for humanity, specifically our need to find meaning in a world where machines will provide answers to more and more questions but without the ability, in many cases, to provide us with a rational or methodology by which they arrived at those answer.
For those of you who are interested in the field of blockchain and DLT-enabled applications and smart contracts, Demetri had a chance to ask Eric about where he thinks these technologies fit in an AI future, what the main hurdles are going to be, and what some of the interesting projects in the space are.
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Episode Recorded on 11/08/2021
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? My name is Demetra Cuffinus and you're listening to Hidden Forces, |
| 0:06.0 | a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens to challenge consensus narratives, |
| 0:14.0 | and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world. |
| 0:19.0 | My guests in this week's episode are Eric Schmidt and Daniel Hutton Locker. |
| 0:23.0 | Daniel is the inaugural dean of the MIT Schwartzman College of Computing |
| 0:27.0 | and Eric is co-founder of Schmidt Futures and of course the former CEO and chairman of Google, |
| 0:33.0 | one of the most innovative and consequential technology companies in the world. |
| 0:38.0 | The only person missing from this powerhouse panel is their co-author Henry Kissinger, |
| 0:44.0 | with whom they have written a phenomenal book titled The Age of AI and Our Human Future, |
| 0:50.0 | which as the title suggests explores how artificial intelligence is transforming human society |
| 0:55.0 | and what it means for all of us. |
| 0:58.0 | This is a very good book and my goal in today's conversation was simply to try and delve into as much of it as possible. |
| 1:06.0 | We spend the first hour of our conversation discussing the technical dimensions of artificial intelligence, |
| 1:12.0 | what it is and how it works, as well as how it will continue to shape and transform our social and physical realities. |
| 1:20.0 | The second half of our conversation focuses on the national security dimensions of this technology, |
| 1:26.0 | as well as the profound philosophical challenges that it poses for humanity and our need to find meaning |
| 1:32.0 | in a world where machines will provide answers to more and more questions that humans have struggled with in some cases since time immemorial, |
| 1:40.0 | but without the ability in many cases to provide us with a reason or a methodology by which they arrived at those answers. |
| 1:48.0 | For those of you who work in or interested in blockchain-enabled applications and smart contracts, |
| 1:54.0 | I also had a chance to ask Eric about where he thinks these technologies fit in an AI future, |
| 2:00.0 | what the main hurdle is going to be and what are some of the interesting projects in the space. |
| 2:05.0 | If you enjoy the free content that we produce every week, |
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