Reid Hoffman

All right, because Mustafa moved over. Yeah, he moved over because he wanted to do a consumer agent, and Inflection is doing B2B software sales now. What is your take on AI?

All right, because Mustafa moved over. Yeah, he moved over because he wanted to do a consumer agent, and Inflection is doing B2B software sales now. What is your take on AI?

So I think AI is in a, look, so I, last year I published a book called Impromptu, which is the first book on AI co-written with AI. To show as well as tell that AI is not just artificial intelligence, it's amplification intelligence. It gives us superpowers.

So I think AI is in a, look, so I, last year I published a book called Impromptu, which is the first book on AI co-written with AI. To show as well as tell that AI is not just artificial intelligence, it's amplification intelligence. It gives us superpowers.

As part of that, I'm publishing a book in January called Super Agency, which is our human agency, even with this agentic technology, can and will be magnified. We will get these superpowers. And super agency is the time when a lot of people get access to to a new general purpose technology. the transformation of society that comes.

As part of that, I'm publishing a book in January called Super Agency, which is our human agency, even with this agentic technology, can and will be magnified. We will get these superpowers. And super agency is the time when a lot of people get access to to a new general purpose technology. the transformation of society that comes.

And it's like printing press or electricity or cars or mobile phones. It's this amazing transformation of all of our lives because not only do I get the superpower by having AI, the fact that you have a superpower with AI also increased my agency. So for example, you're a doctor who now has access to AI. Your ability... to help tend to lots of people's hells now just get amplified.

And it's like printing press or electricity or cars or mobile phones. It's this amazing transformation of all of our lives because not only do I get the superpower by having AI, the fact that you have a superpower with AI also increased my agency. So for example, you're a doctor who now has access to AI. Your ability... to help tend to lots of people's hells now just get amplified.

And it's the same thing like when a car was created, a doctor could now have a broader range of places they could visit to go help. That part of his car is have that super agency. It's not just I can drive places. Now because the doctor can drive places, that also increases her or his agency and also my agency through super agency. And that book's coming out in January. Yeah.

And it's the same thing like when a car was created, a doctor could now have a broader range of places they could visit to go help. That part of his car is have that super agency. It's not just I can drive places. Now because the doctor can drive places, that also increases her or his agency and also my agency through super agency. And that book's coming out in January. Yeah.

Yes, but with an asterisk, which is every time a new general purpose technology comes out, the discourse, when the printing press came out, the discourse was very similar to the current discourse on AI. It's going to destroy society. It's going to destroy human learning and knowledge.

Yes, but with an asterisk, which is every time a new general purpose technology comes out, the discourse, when the printing press came out, the discourse was very similar to the current discourse on AI. It's going to destroy society. It's going to destroy human learning and knowledge.

It's going to disable the current people who are the custodians of knowledge, which are mostly priests, in society from being able to control the flow of information. We're going to have all this misinformation, et cetera, et cetera. Now, by the way, you don't have a scientific revolution without the printing press, right? So there's always this fear.

It's going to disable the current people who are the custodians of knowledge, which are mostly priests, in society from being able to control the flow of information. We're going to have all this misinformation, et cetera, et cetera. Now, by the way, you don't have a scientific revolution without the printing press, right? So there's always this fear.

And you say, is the fear completely unwarranted? Well, look, human societies are bad at new general purpose technologies, right? So with the printing press, we had nearly a century of religious war because of it. So the transitions are very difficult because we as human beings are difficult at new general purpose technologies. And so the transition, look, the transition is going to have pain.

And you say, is the fear completely unwarranted? Well, look, human societies are bad at new general purpose technologies, right? So with the printing press, we had nearly a century of religious war because of it. So the transitions are very difficult because we as human beings are difficult at new general purpose technologies. And so the transition, look, the transition is going to have pain.

There's going to be challenges and reordering and social disruption because of it. No question. What I'm hoping, and part of the reason I write these books, is say, look, let's manage this transition better than we've managed the previous transitions. I have 100% confidence that the other side, this will be enormously amazing super agency. What I want to do is manage the transition as best we can.

There's going to be challenges and reordering and social disruption because of it. No question. What I'm hoping, and part of the reason I write these books, is say, look, let's manage this transition better than we've managed the previous transitions. I have 100% confidence that the other side, this will be enormously amazing super agency. What I want to do is manage the transition as best we can.

Now, people say, well, shouldn't you manage the transition by being really slow and being really regulated? Well, the challenge is... is that these new technologies are developed competitively across the entire globe, different countries, different industries, different companies, et cetera. And we don't set the clock. Like, there's no one group that sets the clock.

Now, people say, well, shouldn't you manage the transition by being really slow and being really regulated? Well, the challenge is... is that these new technologies are developed competitively across the entire globe, different countries, different industries, different companies, et cetera. And we don't set the clock. Like, there's no one group that sets the clock.