The Power of Mental Modeling and the Limits of AI
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
EPIIPLUS 1 Ltd / Azeem Azhar
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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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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