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Feb 26
How Capital is Powering the AI Infrastructure Buildout with Magnetar Capital Managing Director Neil Tiwari
By the end of 2026, AI capital expenditure is projected to hit nearly $700 billion. The question isn’t who has the best model, but who has the most creative financing to build out AI infrastructure and beyond. Sarah Guo is joined by Neil Tiwari, Managing Director at Magnetar Capi ... Show More
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From SaaS to AI-First: How Companies Are Reshaping Innovation
In this episode of No Priors, Sarah and Elad dive into the evolving landscape of software, exploring how AI is transforming the traditional SaaS model. They discuss whether SaaS as we know it is coming to an end, what new business and sales strategies are emerging, and how AI is ... Show More
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Rivian’s Roadmap to AI Architecture and Autonomy with Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe
Autonomous vehicle technology has moved past human-coded rules and into an era of neural networks and custom computer chips. And to solve the most difficult driving scenarios, electric vehicle company Rivian abandoned its original technology platform to build a vertically integra ... Show More
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Is AI the new Oppenheimer event?
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Jul 2023
#148 Why AI is Eating the World with Daniel Jeffries, Managing Director at AI Infrastructure Alliance
'Software is eating the world’ is a truism coined by Mark Andreesen, General Partner at Andreesen Horowitz. This was especially evident during the shift from analog mediums to digital at the turn of the century. Software companies have essentially usurped and replaced their non-d ... Show More
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How to Turn Our Fear of AI Into Optimism
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Best of ThinkCast 2023: Generative AI, Generative AI and More Generative AI
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#145 Why AI will Change Everything—with Former Snowflake CEO, Bob Muglia
Data and AI are advancing at an unprecedented rate—and while the jury is still out on achieving superintelligent AI systems, the idea of artificial intelligence that can understand and learn anything—an “artificial general intelligence”—is becoming more likely. What does the rise ... Show More
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Nov 2023
Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics, w/WaitWhat CEO Jeff Berman
<p>Are AI’s harshest critics causing irreversible harm to humanity? How far should leaders lean into AI? And just what would Reid sound like speaking Chinese with a British accent?</p><p>Reid Hoffman sits down with CEO of WaitWhat and longtime friend Jeff Berman to tackle these p ... Show More
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Emad Mostaque — The Future of AI (EP.128)
<p><span style="color: #333333;">Emad Mostaque is the founder and CEO of Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion.<br /> <br /> Emad joins Stability AI's recently announced Executive Chair of the board of directors Jim O'Shaughnessy to discuss the future of AI, the benef ... Show More
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The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman
Will innovation in artificial intelligence drastically improve our lives, or destroy humanity as we know it? From the unintended consequences we've suffered from platforms like Facebook and YouTube to the danger of creating technology we can't control, it's easy to see why people ... Show More
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Debiasing AI and Machine Learning With Journalist Jacob Ward and Kathy Baxter, Architect of Ethical AI Practice, Salesforce
<p>As we train computers to complete repetitive tasks for us automatically, we need to be keenly aware of the biases we may be subconsciously programming. So, what questions should we be asking as consumers and employees in a world augmented by computer assistance? The Principle ... Show More
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2474: Debunking AI Myths and Harnessing AI's Potential
A recent article by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson painted a somewhat grim picture of AI and its implications, stirring significant controversy within the tech community. Today's episode dives deep into the ongoing debate about AI technology's potential risks and rewards. I wel ... Show More
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AI doomerism and calls to regulate the emerging technology is at a fever pitch but today’s guest, Reid Hoffman is a vocal AI optimist who views slowing down innovation as anti-humanistic. Reid needs no introduction, he’s the co-founder of PayPal, Linkedin, and most recently Inflection AI which is building empathetic AI companions. He is also a board member a ... Show More
<p>AI is reaching the point where there is wild speculation, potential regulations, and opinions on if it will destroy humanity. So how does anyone make sense of all of it?</p><p><b>SHOW: 770</b></p><p><b>CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK -</b> <a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'>http:/ ... Show More
<p><em>Mo Gawdat, an artificial intelligence expert and former chief business officer of Google X, explains how humans have the power to turn AI into a positive force that benefits society. </em></p><br><p><strong>Background:</strong></p><br><p>Public perception of artificia ... Show More
<p dir="ltr">In 2023, ThinkCast has covered mission-critical business topics from supply chain disruptions to hybrid work to strategic planning. But one topic has dominated the conversation: generative AI.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">For our best-of-the-year specia ... Show More
