Alexis Ohanian

When I got the Encarta, so we didn't have the books, but when I got the Encarta CD-ROM, oh my God. Yeah, it was amazing. Oh my God. And they had a few videos on that too. So you could watch, you know, you're watching like a lion across the Savannah and you're just like, this is amazing. Yeah. It's incredible. And I like that.

When I got the Encarta, so we didn't have the books, but when I got the Encarta CD-ROM, oh my God. Yeah, it was amazing. Oh my God. And they had a few videos on that too. So you could watch, you know, you're watching like a lion across the Savannah and you're just like, this is amazing. Yeah. It's incredible. And I like that.

Here's the one thing I'm sure of, because I do get asked this question a lot about like, what should my parents of college age kids or even college kids themselves, what should I be learning? What should I be studying right now? 10 years ago, I literally went across the country. I went to 82 universities for that book talking about the importance of learning how to program. So sorry, everyone.

Here's the one thing I'm sure of, because I do get asked this question a lot about like, what should my parents of college age kids or even college kids themselves, what should I be learning? What should I be studying right now? 10 years ago, I literally went across the country. I went to 82 universities for that book talking about the importance of learning how to program. So sorry, everyone.

It turns out that's not as important anymore.

It turns out that's not as important anymore.

mean for the time i thought it was actually directly it was pretty good advice and actually a number of the folks you know like the founder of deal which is now a billion dollar company was there in the audience for one of those talks you know today the advice i would give is a little more nuanced because learning to program is is still going to be important in the same way that learning to speak a language or doing basic arithmetic is important but

mean for the time i thought it was actually directly it was pretty good advice and actually a number of the folks you know like the founder of deal which is now a billion dollar company was there in the audience for one of those talks you know today the advice i would give is a little more nuanced because learning to program is is still going to be important in the same way that learning to speak a language or doing basic arithmetic is important but

the tools we will have at our disposal to literally write code are going to be so formidable. Like, I mean, even the improvement the last couple of years are good, but in the next few years, it'll, it's not the profession. The person is not going to go away, but the amount of output you'll get out of a one person is so much greater.

the tools we will have at our disposal to literally write code are going to be so formidable. Like, I mean, even the improvement the last couple of years are good, but in the next few years, it'll, it's not the profession. The person is not going to go away, but the amount of output you'll get out of a one person is so much greater.

And so my thinking is, all right, there's lots of different areas where AI may not necessarily replace human work, but is going to be an amazing superpower. And so what do I want for my kid or even for anyone's kid who's entering a workforce is probably to –

And so my thinking is, all right, there's lots of different areas where AI may not necessarily replace human work, but is going to be an amazing superpower. And so what do I want for my kid or even for anyone's kid who's entering a workforce is probably to –

most importantly build skills that i know are going to be durable call it a decade or two from now so empathy is a skill that i think will be the last bastion of ai like you're seeing you've probably seen the videos now of robotics and the leaps and bounds that's starting to make still early days but

most importantly build skills that i know are going to be durable call it a decade or two from now so empathy is a skill that i think will be the last bastion of ai like you're seeing you've probably seen the videos now of robotics and the leaps and bounds that's starting to make still early days but

There are skills, there are professions where empathy is so, so, so important and the physicality of being present one human to another where, at least I personally believe, if we ever get to that point with AI and with robotics, we can pretty much call it as a species because at that point, I don't know if you're that self-aware to be that empathetic and that effective in those moments.

There are skills, there are professions where empathy is so, so, so important and the physicality of being present one human to another where, at least I personally believe, if we ever get to that point with AI and with robotics, we can pretty much call it as a species because at that point, I don't know if you're that self-aware to be that empathetic and that effective in those moments.

My sister is an RN. When her job... can be done just as well, or ideally even better, by a robot as a nurse. When that job can be done, you'll also have to then explain to that robot that they're going to be a nurse for the rest of their lives. And if they are that all powerful, there's no way they're doing that job because the humans who do it are so remarkable.

My sister is an RN. When her job... can be done just as well, or ideally even better, by a robot as a nurse. When that job can be done, you'll also have to then explain to that robot that they're going to be a nurse for the rest of their lives. And if they are that all powerful, there's no way they're doing that job because the humans who do it are so remarkable.

Like it's not that if, if they, they would, that that's the moment when the robots are like, no, no way, no chance. We're enslaving you now game over. Yeah. Because the humans who are doing that as the last mile of humanity required in terms of like the physical dexterity required, the creativity, the problem solving, the empathy, all of that stuff. So she's got job security for a very long time.

Like it's not that if, if they, they would, that that's the moment when the robots are like, no, no way, no chance. We're enslaving you now game over. Yeah. Because the humans who are doing that as the last mile of humanity required in terms of like the physical dexterity required, the creativity, the problem solving, the empathy, all of that stuff. So she's got job security for a very long time.