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Reid Hoffman

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

Why would you want an AI watching kids? You can't watch your kid all the time. And by the way, in some sense, you shouldn't. No, no, they need some anonymity. But say, for example, the AI is watching kids. Oh, wait, the kid's getting into the drawer that has the rat poison in it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

Why would you want an AI watching kids? You can't watch your kid all the time. And by the way, in some sense, you shouldn't. No, no, they need some anonymity. But say, for example, the AI is watching kids. Oh, wait, the kid's getting into the drawer that has the rat poison in it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

or let's do something. Yeah. Great. Or like an interaction. I'm angry at my friend. Well, do you think your friend might have had a point of view or what's the right way to engage with that anger? As a greatly human amplifying, both protect from safety, help learn, like for example, say, well, I'm only going to act with AI because I'm only going to have AI friends.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

or let's do something. Yeah. Great. Or like an interaction. I'm angry at my friend. Well, do you think your friend might have had a point of view or what's the right way to engage with that anger? As a greatly human amplifying, both protect from safety, help learn, like for example, say, well, I'm only going to act with AI because I'm only going to have AI friends.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

or let's do something. Yeah. Great. Or like an interaction. I'm angry at my friend. Well, do you think your friend might have had a point of view or what's the right way to engage with that anger? As a greatly human amplifying, both protect from safety, help learn, like for example, say, well, I'm only going to act with AI because I'm only going to have AI friends.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

A little bit depends on how you teach your AI friends. Like an inflection with Pi or personal intelligence is if you sat down with Pi and said, you're my friend. And it goes, no, no, I'm your companion. Let's talk about your friends. Have you seen any of your friends recently? Right. Is there one maybe you should call today?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

A little bit depends on how you teach your AI friends. Like an inflection with Pi or personal intelligence is if you sat down with Pi and said, you're my friend. And it goes, no, no, I'm your companion. Let's talk about your friends. Have you seen any of your friends recently? Right. Is there one maybe you should call today?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

A little bit depends on how you teach your AI friends. Like an inflection with Pi or personal intelligence is if you sat down with Pi and said, you're my friend. And it goes, no, no, I'm your companion. Let's talk about your friends. Have you seen any of your friends recently? Right. Is there one maybe you should call today?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

So it's already there. Like William Gibson, one of my favorite science fiction authors, best quote, the future is already here, but unevenly distributed. So you can already talk to chat GBT. This is the kind of parent I'd like to be. And so remember that. Now I'm going to talk to you about, oh, I'm having this interaction. Yeah, this little shit just came in. Just broke this thing.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

So it's already there. Like William Gibson, one of my favorite science fiction authors, best quote, the future is already here, but unevenly distributed. So you can already talk to chat GBT. This is the kind of parent I'd like to be. And so remember that. Now I'm going to talk to you about, oh, I'm having this interaction. Yeah, this little shit just came in. Just broke this thing.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

So it's already there. Like William Gibson, one of my favorite science fiction authors, best quote, the future is already here, but unevenly distributed. So you can already talk to chat GBT. This is the kind of parent I'd like to be. And so remember that. Now I'm going to talk to you about, oh, I'm having this interaction. Yeah, this little shit just came in. Just broke this thing.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

Oh, here we go, Monica. Good, good, good, good.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

Oh, here we go, Monica. Good, good, good, good.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

Oh, here we go, Monica. Good, good, good, good.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

By the way, it's impossible to eliminate all mistakes.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

By the way, it's impossible to eliminate all mistakes.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

By the way, it's impossible to eliminate all mistakes.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

No, no, but it's impossible. What you want to make is constructive mistakes. Say, look, I actually value having constructive mistakes. One of the things people say, oh, I want to avoid conflict with other people. Actually, me personally, I steer into the areas where I think there's constructive conflict.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

No, no, but it's impossible. What you want to make is constructive mistakes. Say, look, I actually value having constructive mistakes. One of the things people say, oh, I want to avoid conflict with other people. Actually, me personally, I steer into the areas where I think there's constructive conflict.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)

No, no, but it's impossible. What you want to make is constructive mistakes. Say, look, I actually value having constructive mistakes. One of the things people say, oh, I want to avoid conflict with other people. Actually, me personally, I steer into the areas where I think there's constructive conflict.