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Sep 2023
29m 54s

[AI Futures] What is Life Like When the ...

Daniel Faggella
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Today’s episode marks the return of our ‘AI Futures’ series, where we explore what AI means for the future of our society and species with a more academic caliber of guests. Today’s guest is Mark Surman, President and Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation. Mark joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Dan Faggella on the program to talk about lessons learned from the birth of the internet and how these lessons might translate to deeper insights about our current transition into the age of AI. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

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