Reid Hoffman

And I can address the existential risk questions around the possibility of that because people think about that poorly. But I think the likelihood is that we're going to be having these kind of co-pilots that give us these informational GPSs, these cognitive superpowers that make us as human beings a lot better. Bad actors are going to... Yes, that too. Yes. That's the bigger worry.

And I can address the existential risk questions around the possibility of that because people think about that poorly. But I think the likelihood is that we're going to be having these kind of co-pilots that give us these informational GPSs, these cognitive superpowers that make us as human beings a lot better. Bad actors are going to... Yes, that too. Yes. That's the bigger worry.

So you say one worry is transition. And another worry is whenever you're creating this new technology, you want to say, I want to empower all these people who are building better lives for themselves in society. And I'd want to not empower criminals, terrorists, rogue states.

So you say one worry is transition. And another worry is whenever you're creating this new technology, you want to say, I want to empower all these people who are building better lives for themselves in society. And I'd want to not empower criminals, terrorists, rogue states.

Yes.

Yes.

So you want to build them in the right hands first. That's all. I mean, look, there will be cost to it. There's never. Look, electricity, essential for human society. It does electrocute people, right? It does do things in the wrong hands too, right?

So you want to build them in the right hands first. That's all. I mean, look, there will be cost to it. There's never. Look, electricity, essential for human society. It does electrocute people, right? It does do things in the wrong hands too, right?

No, no, it's new. But by the way, each technology, the printing press was different when it was created. Electricity was different when it was created. Cars were different when they were created. Is this the most profound in terms of impact? It might be, right? Do you think it is? Yeah.

No, no, it's new. But by the way, each technology, the printing press was different when it was created. Electricity was different when it was created. Cars were different when they were created. Is this the most profound in terms of impact? It might be, right? Do you think it is? Yeah.

I think there is, I always think in probability distributions, I think there's a good probability of it, but to some degree, Like it doesn't matter if it is or isn't the most. It is a profound new technology. It's as important at least as these other ones. That's the only thing that matters. Whether it definitely is or not doesn't really matter. And look, what is different?

I think there is, I always think in probability distributions, I think there's a good probability of it, but to some degree, Like it doesn't matter if it is or isn't the most. It is a profound new technology. It's as important at least as these other ones. That's the only thing that matters. Whether it definitely is or not doesn't really matter. And look, what is different?

It's the fact that it's agentic technology. Which means? It's creating agents that can operate on their own. We already have that, by the way. You can be running an agent with a connection to the internet on your computer and then can go buy stuff for you. You can do that today. It's doable. You have agent – it's just a question of what the shape is. So it's agentic. It's cognitive.

It's the fact that it's agentic technology. Which means? It's creating agents that can operate on their own. We already have that, by the way. You can be running an agent with a connection to the internet on your computer and then can go buy stuff for you. You can do that today. It's doable. You have agent – it's just a question of what the shape is. So it's agentic. It's cognitive.

Like it's very strange that we have a technology now that we can talk to in various ways. And so you have people mistaken going, ooh, it must be conscious because they asked if it was conscious and it said it was conscious. And I was like, no. But by the way – Before this technology existed, that was a good test.

Like it's very strange that we have a technology now that we can talk to in various ways. And so you have people mistaken going, ooh, it must be conscious because they asked if it was conscious and it said it was conscious. And I was like, no. But by the way – Before this technology existed, that was a good test.

By the way, there are conscious things that can't – there's mute people and the fact that they can't tell you they're conscious. So conscious is not perfectly they tell you they're conscious, but you tell me you're conscious. That was a pretty good test before. Now it's a little bit more complicated. Because I don't think any of the current AIs are conscious.

By the way, there are conscious things that can't – there's mute people and the fact that they can't tell you they're conscious. So conscious is not perfectly they tell you they're conscious, but you tell me you're conscious. That was a pretty good test before. Now it's a little bit more complicated. Because I don't think any of the current AIs are conscious.

And we know no depth of reason of neuroscience and other kinds of things about why that is. It's not just a human species parochialist view. And figuring out under what circumstance it would be conscious is a very interesting question that we need to figure out. Because it won't be that it has gray matter. It'll be something else. Or maybe we'll figure this out. So that's new.

And we know no depth of reason of neuroscience and other kinds of things about why that is. It's not just a human species parochialist view. And figuring out under what circumstance it would be conscious is a very interesting question that we need to figure out. Because it won't be that it has gray matter. It'll be something else. Or maybe we'll figure this out. So that's new.