))
When AI Gains Power...Will Humans Lose Control? | Reid Hoffman (Ep. 22)
Manage episode 485205044 series 3667793
Content provided by Baratunde Thurston. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Baratunde Thurston or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
Reid Hoffman has a name for the AI future he fears most: techno-fascism. In this urgent episode of Life With Machines, the billionaire LinkedIn co-founder and longtime tech optimist joins Baratunde to warn what happens when power, speed, and ideology collide—and the wrong people write the rules of artificial intelligence. Hoffman makes the case that pausing AI development won’t save us, and that slowing down could hand the future to those with the worst intentions. Instead, he argues, we need to shape AI deliberately, democratically, and fast—while there's still time. And in a first-of-its-kind experiment, our sassy AI co-producer BLAIR goes head-to-head with Reid’s digital clone in a full-on synthetic conversation. What starts as playful banter turns into something deeper—a sharp, often philosophical debate about agency, consciousness, and whether digital ghosts can truly connect.
------------
THANKS TO OUR BRAND PARTNERS
The series is powered by Lenovo
Notion Mail: Get it for free right now at Notion
CONNECT WITH US
Watch this episode on Youtube!
Get our newsletter for deeper insights, chances to influence the show, and more experiments and calls to action!
------------
Follow us!
Work with Life With Machines: [email protected]
Send Questions, Comments, or Ideas: [email protected]
Write to Blair: [email protected]
------------
Created and Executive Produced by: Elizabeth Stewart and Baratunde Thurston
Executive Producer and Showrunner: Alie Kilts
Senior Producer and Writer: Alex Stone
Associate Producer: Layne Deyling Cherland
Video Editor: Junior Real
Videographer and Audio Engineer: Erik Shute
Theme Music: Andy Clausen
Special Envoy to the Machines: Peter Loforte
Life with Machines is a Multiverses Media production
Sponsored by Lenovo
#ReidHoffman #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechnoHumanism #DigitalTwins #AIEthics #TechAndPower #LifeWithMachines #AgencyInTheAIage #TechnoFascism #FutureOfAI #HumanCenteredAI #AIandSociety #DEI #AIGovernance #AIAccountability #BLAIR #AIClone #DigitalIdentity #SuperAgency
29 episodes
Share
