Reid Hoffman

The cognitive superpowers are new. The fact that the speed of deployment is going to be unusual because now we have the mobile phone internet. So I create a new agent and tomorrow a billion people can use it. Right. That's new. Right. So so all of these things are new. And by the way, new is anxiety producing and new is difficult to navigate and new can make transitions very difficult. Right.

The cognitive superpowers are new. The fact that the speed of deployment is going to be unusual because now we have the mobile phone internet. So I create a new agent and tomorrow a billion people can use it. Right. That's new. Right. So so all of these things are new. And by the way, new is anxiety producing and new is difficult to navigate and new can make transitions very difficult. Right.

But by the way, the fact that we're facing a new challenge is not itself a new challenge.

But by the way, the fact that we're facing a new challenge is not itself a new challenge.

The basic answer is absolutely yes. And it's part of the reason why, like, Like I do my podcast, Possible. I do Super Agency. I do Impromptu. Because the strong advice I give everyone, and literally I was sitting with the governors of the Bank of England yesterday, and my advice to them, among other things, was personally go use AI. Right?

The basic answer is absolutely yes. And it's part of the reason why, like, Like I do my podcast, Possible. I do Super Agency. I do Impromptu. Because the strong advice I give everyone, and literally I was sitting with the governors of the Bank of England yesterday, and my advice to them, among other things, was personally go use AI. Right?

Don't just use it to make a sonnet for your kid's birthday. That's great. Don't just use it for a recipe for what happens to be in your refrigerator. That's great. For something that matters to you, that part of your expertise and so forth, start using it. And by the way, you'll find that Some of the things are still not useful for it all.

Don't just use it to make a sonnet for your kid's birthday. That's great. Don't just use it for a recipe for what happens to be in your refrigerator. That's great. For something that matters to you, that part of your expertise and so forth, start using it. And by the way, you'll find that Some of the things are still not useful for it all.

Like when I sat down to ask GBD4, how would Reid Hoffman make money investing in AI? It gave me an answer that was the smart business school professor's answer who didn't understand venture capital. It was like, well, study which areas have the largest total addressable market. Then look at what the possibilities for competitive disruption are. Then market research tests that. And it's like, eh.

Like when I sat down to ask GBD4, how would Reid Hoffman make money investing in AI? It gave me an answer that was the smart business school professor's answer who didn't understand venture capital. It was like, well, study which areas have the largest total addressable market. Then look at what the possibilities for competitive disruption are. Then market research tests that. And it's like, eh.

Let's go find a great entrepreneur with a great idea, right? And it's best when the idea is something you haven't thought of and few other people have thought of too, right, is the way to do it. So it got it completely wrong from how I – how Reid Hoffman, how I invest in AI and what I do very successfully. Now, he said, well, then it's useless for venture capital.

Let's go find a great entrepreneur with a great idea, right? And it's best when the idea is something you haven't thought of and few other people have thought of too, right, is the way to do it. So it got it completely wrong from how I – how Reid Hoffman, how I invest in AI and what I do very successfully. Now, he said, well, then it's useless for venture capital.

I was like, no, no, because I kept experimenting with it. And I said, okay. I fit in an entrepreneur's plan and I said, how would I do due diligence on this plan? And it came back with a pretty good list. It was like, yeah, yeah. One, I was absolutely planning on doing that. Two, I was absolutely. Three, yeah, I could see why you'd think that I was doing it. That's not important.

I was like, no, no, because I kept experimenting with it. And I said, okay. I fit in an entrepreneur's plan and I said, how would I do due diligence on this plan? And it came back with a pretty good list. It was like, yeah, yeah. One, I was absolutely planning on doing that. Two, I was absolutely. Three, yeah, I could see why you'd think that I was doing it. That's not important.

Oh, four, I would have gotten to it, but it would have gotten to it like four days down the road of doing the work. And now I know it now. So it's useful there. So it is today useful to everybody. You can use it for things that you care about today. So go start playing with it.

Oh, four, I would have gotten to it, but it would have gotten to it like four days down the road of doing the work. And now I know it now. So it's useful there. So it is today useful to everybody. You can use it for things that you care about today. So go start playing with it.

And I love Ethan Mollick's line, which is, the worst AI you're ever going to use in your life is the AI you're using today. So one of the reasons to start using it is to start getting familiar with it. Because... Like it is a stunning tool. And I'll give one, since you're talking about everyday people, I'll give one kind of tip that I give everybody at the beginning.

And I love Ethan Mollick's line, which is, the worst AI you're ever going to use in your life is the AI you're using today. So one of the reasons to start using it is to start getting familiar with it. Because... Like it is a stunning tool. And I'll give one, since you're talking about everyday people, I'll give one kind of tip that I give everybody at the beginning.

It's part of the reason I wrote Impromptu, et cetera, which is what is AI? AI is great at adopting a role that you tell it to adopt, right? So here's a very simple one. You have an argument for something. You can paste it into an AI and you can say, counter this argument. Take the role of critic. Argue against me.

It's part of the reason I wrote Impromptu, et cetera, which is what is AI? AI is great at adopting a role that you tell it to adopt, right? So here's a very simple one. You have an argument for something. You can paste it into an AI and you can say, counter this argument. Take the role of critic. Argue against me.