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Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

The Power of Mental Modeling and the Limits of AI

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

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4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Kenneth Cukier, senior editor at the Economist, and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the University of Oxford, argue that because AI systems have no causal model of the world, they lack the human capacity for imagination and decision-making. Azeem Azhar explores their contention that we should not rely on AI to provide solutions to our problems. Rather we should systematically challenge how we frame our problems in order to produce breakthrough insights and innovations — then use AI to help enact those solutions.

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0:00.0

There's no shortage of tech podcasts, but few give you a true dose of the future.

0:06.0

The A16Z podcast is an exception.

0:09.0

It takes you straight to the innovators behind new materials, data centers, self-driving cars,

0:14.0

even electric boats, eavesdrop on the future with the A16Z podcast.

0:24.0

HBR presents

0:29.0

Hi there, this is Maria, a producer of the Exponential View Podcast.

0:33.0

Just a quick note for me to say that AZM has a new book out.

0:37.0

In the exponential age, AZM argues that we are entering a new era of human history,

0:43.0

driven by a wave of transformative exponential technologies.

0:48.0

AZM explains how this change has come about, what effect it has on our society, and what we should do about it.

0:56.0

So, prior to your copy today at AZM.io-exponentialbook.

1:08.0

Hi there, I'm Azim Azar and you're listening to Exponential View.

1:11.0

Every week I come together with a brilliant mind to explore how exponential technologies are shaping on near future.

1:18.0

And this week it is a bonus because I have two brilliant guests with a challenge for us.

1:23.0

Don't just think deep, think wide.

1:25.0

Kenneth Koukye and Victor Mayer Scherneberger are co-authors alongside Francis De Vericore,

1:30.0

of framers, human advantage in the age of technology and turmoil.

1:34.0

The book explores how our cognitive ability to use mental models or frames distinguishes us from artificial intelligence,

1:41.0

and how periodic shifts in these frames has delivered scientific breakthroughs and social change.

1:46.0

Ken is a senior editor at the economist and host of the technology podcast Babbage,

1:51.0

and Victor, the professor of internet governance and regulation at the University of Oxford.

1:56.0

Can a better understanding of how we use frames to comprehend our challenges help us make better decisions?

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