Reid Hoffman
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm only really fluent in English in all of these other languages, you know, ranging from Hindi to Chinese to Arabic to all these things. And to give the speech in those languages where people are much like, it was bizarre, right? listening to me, my voice, speaking Hindi or Chinese fluently. It's like, what would I sound like if I were speaking Chinese?
I'm only really fluent in English in all of these other languages, you know, ranging from Hindi to Chinese to Arabic to all these things. And to give the speech in those languages where people are much like, it was bizarre, right? listening to me, my voice, speaking Hindi or Chinese fluently. It's like, what would I sound like if I were speaking Chinese?
I'm only really fluent in English in all of these other languages, you know, ranging from Hindi to Chinese to Arabic to all these things. And to give the speech in those languages where people are much like, it was bizarre, right? listening to me, my voice, speaking Hindi or Chinese fluently. It's like, what would I sound like if I were speaking Chinese?
I'm only really fluent in English in all of these other languages, you know, ranging from Hindi to Chinese to Arabic to all these things. And to give the speech in those languages where people are much like, it was bizarre, right? listening to me, my voice, speaking Hindi or Chinese fluently. It's like, what would I sound like if I were speaking Chinese?
Well, one of the things that's a great way to look foolish in the future is to make overly specific predictions. Partially because, you know, the usual principle I use to say in this is the future is sooner and stranger than you think. And so, you know, people thought in the 80s we're going to get AI, but we didn't get AI. We got the Internet. We got mobile phone.
Well, one of the things that's a great way to look foolish in the future is to make overly specific predictions. Partially because, you know, the usual principle I use to say in this is the future is sooner and stranger than you think. And so, you know, people thought in the 80s we're going to get AI, but we didn't get AI. We got the Internet. We got mobile phone.
Well, one of the things that's a great way to look foolish in the future is to make overly specific predictions. Partially because, you know, the usual principle I use to say in this is the future is sooner and stranger than you think. And so, you know, people thought in the 80s we're going to get AI, but we didn't get AI. We got the Internet. We got mobile phone.
Well, one of the things that's a great way to look foolish in the future is to make overly specific predictions. Partially because, you know, the usual principle I use to say in this is the future is sooner and stranger than you think. And so, you know, people thought in the 80s we're going to get AI, but we didn't get AI. We got the Internet. We got mobile phone.
Well, one of the things that's a great way to look foolish in the future is to make overly specific predictions. Partially because, you know, the usual principle I use to say in this is the future is sooner and stranger than you think. And so, you know, people thought in the 80s we're going to get AI, but we didn't get AI. We got the Internet. We got mobile phone.
Anyway, so, but it was humanizing, was the thing. I thought I would really dislike it. And it was humanizing and it started making me realize just like any, just as I say to other people, hey, you should use the technology to get a sense of it and control and to kind of, you know, give you, to reinforce your own agency with the technology. It was like, that was me doing that with that.
Anyway, so, but it was humanizing, was the thing. I thought I would really dislike it. And it was humanizing and it started making me realize just like any, just as I say to other people, hey, you should use the technology to get a sense of it and control and to kind of, you know, give you, to reinforce your own agency with the technology. It was like, that was me doing that with that.
Anyway, so, but it was humanizing, was the thing. I thought I would really dislike it. And it was humanizing and it started making me realize just like any, just as I say to other people, hey, you should use the technology to get a sense of it and control and to kind of, you know, give you, to reinforce your own agency with the technology. It was like, that was me doing that with that.
Anyway, so, but it was humanizing, was the thing. I thought I would really dislike it. And it was humanizing and it started making me realize just like any, just as I say to other people, hey, you should use the technology to get a sense of it and control and to kind of, you know, give you, to reinforce your own agency with the technology. It was like, that was me doing that with that.
Anyway, so, but it was humanizing, was the thing. I thought I would really dislike it. And it was humanizing and it started making me realize just like any, just as I say to other people, hey, you should use the technology to get a sense of it and control and to kind of, you know, give you, to reinforce your own agency with the technology. It was like, that was me doing that with that.
Well, maybe now we're going to get AI. I mean, you know, we're going to get what shape of AI is the interesting question. And so if you said, you know... What I think is kind of the minimum guarantee is there's going to be like, as opposed to like computer interfaces or phone interfaces or else, we're going to have agents. And agents are going to be the primary mode of kind of navigation.
Well, maybe now we're going to get AI. I mean, you know, we're going to get what shape of AI is the interesting question. And so if you said, you know... What I think is kind of the minimum guarantee is there's going to be like, as opposed to like computer interfaces or phone interfaces or else, we're going to have agents. And agents are going to be the primary mode of kind of navigation.
Well, maybe now we're going to get AI. I mean, you know, we're going to get what shape of AI is the interesting question. And so if you said, you know... What I think is kind of the minimum guarantee is there's going to be like, as opposed to like computer interfaces or phone interfaces or else, we're going to have agents. And agents are going to be the primary mode of kind of navigation.
Well, maybe now we're going to get AI. I mean, you know, we're going to get what shape of AI is the interesting question. And so if you said, you know... What I think is kind of the minimum guarantee is there's going to be like, as opposed to like computer interfaces or phone interfaces or else, we're going to have agents. And agents are going to be the primary mode of kind of navigation.
Well, maybe now we're going to get AI. I mean, you know, we're going to get what shape of AI is the interesting question. And so if you said, you know... What I think is kind of the minimum guarantee is there's going to be like, as opposed to like computer interfaces or phone interfaces or else, we're going to have agents. And agents are going to be the primary mode of kind of navigation.
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