Eric Schmidt

We're very fortunate here in the US to have very good health care, although we complain about it all the time. Can you imagine if you had the equivalent of a nurse practitioner that was better in doctor stuff than most doctors? There was an article today, for example, that there are many, many cases in cancer

We're very fortunate here in the US to have very good health care, although we complain about it all the time. Can you imagine if you had the equivalent of a nurse practitioner that was better in doctor stuff than most doctors? There was an article today, for example, that there are many, many cases in cancer

where the system can actually detect the cancer quicker and more accurately than the cancer doctor. So these are huge systemic changes. They will affect billions of people to the positive. So please don't shut down what we're doing. Just watch what we're doing and keep an eye out on us. And Dr. Kissinger was very concerned that people like me not be put in charge.

where the system can actually detect the cancer quicker and more accurately than the cancer doctor. So these are huge systemic changes. They will affect billions of people to the positive. So please don't shut down what we're doing. Just watch what we're doing and keep an eye out on us. And Dr. Kissinger was very concerned that people like me not be put in charge.

He wanted the society as a whole, people who were humanists and political leaders and artists and humanists and things like that. He did not trust that the tech people alone would get it right. And I agreed with him.

He wanted the society as a whole, people who were humanists and political leaders and artists and humanists and things like that. He did not trust that the tech people alone would get it right. And I agreed with him.

So are we the dogs to their humanity? Will ultimately AI be our overlords? I certainly hope not. The theoretical argument is the computers are running the world and we're the dogs. That's unlikely.

So are we the dogs to their humanity? Will ultimately AI be our overlords? I certainly hope not. The theoretical argument is the computers are running the world and we're the dogs. That's unlikely.

A much more likely scenario, which I do worry about, is that the concentration of power that a dictator type person, you know, sort of an autocrat type person can accumulate under the guise of efficiency can also restrict liberty. I'll give you an old example.

A much more likely scenario, which I do worry about, is that the concentration of power that a dictator type person, you know, sort of an autocrat type person can accumulate under the guise of efficiency can also restrict liberty. I'll give you an old example.

Google engineers design a car that is perfect for New York City and they optimize the traffic so you have maximum occupation of the roads all the time. And every car is controlled by the single computer. So a pregnant woman or a man who has an emergency gets in their car and there's no button to say, I have to drive faster than everyone else because I'm in a real emergency.

Google engineers design a car that is perfect for New York City and they optimize the traffic so you have maximum occupation of the roads all the time. And every car is controlled by the single computer. So a pregnant woman or a man who has an emergency gets in their car and there's no button to say, I have to drive faster than everyone else because I'm in a real emergency.

Yeah, she's in labor or something. My point is that the human systems tolerate flexibility, and sometimes that flexibility comes at the cost of total efficiency. And yet all of us would agree that that pregnant lady about to go in labor should get priority. So if you're going to automate systems, you better have them be flexible to human conditions, the good and the bad.

Yeah, she's in labor or something. My point is that the human systems tolerate flexibility, and sometimes that flexibility comes at the cost of total efficiency. And yet all of us would agree that that pregnant lady about to go in labor should get priority. So if you're going to automate systems, you better have them be flexible to human conditions, the good and the bad.

And I worry a lot that the path to power from a leadership perspective involves the restriction of limits. And the best way to do that is by aggressively implementing AI tools to prevent freedom, is my personal view. In the book, what we say is that there's been a long time debate between the good king and rule by many. And we collectively agree rule by many is better for lots of reasons.

And I worry a lot that the path to power from a leadership perspective involves the restriction of limits. And the best way to do that is by aggressively implementing AI tools to prevent freedom, is my personal view. In the book, what we say is that there's been a long time debate between the good king and rule by many. And we collectively agree rule by many is better for lots of reasons.

But what if, in fact, the average person is on the day-to-day basis happier in a benevolent king with an efficient system? We're going to run that experiment. I obviously know what my vote is, and I'm sure I know your vote, which is a rule by many, not by a dictator. But you see my point. I'm using the word dictator in the sense of centralized authority.

But what if, in fact, the average person is on the day-to-day basis happier in a benevolent king with an efficient system? We're going to run that experiment. I obviously know what my vote is, and I'm sure I know your vote, which is a rule by many, not by a dictator. But you see my point. I'm using the word dictator in the sense of centralized authority.

Well, a better way of saying that is that we better give instructions to the AI to preserve human agency. You can imagine a scenario where the agentic revolution, which I mentioned, actually does things so well, humans don't really control it on a tactical basis. In other words, it works so well and that we discover one day we've given something up and that's not good.

Well, a better way of saying that is that we better give instructions to the AI to preserve human agency. You can imagine a scenario where the agentic revolution, which I mentioned, actually does things so well, humans don't really control it on a tactical basis. In other words, it works so well and that we discover one day we've given something up and that's not good.