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The Case for AI Optimism — ft. Reid Hoff...

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Reid Hoffman joins Scott and Ed to make the bull case for AI amid rising public skepticism. They cover OpenAI's missed targets, the frontier model landscape, the dangers of Mythos, AI's impact on jobs and wealth inequality, why Inflection merged with Microsoft, and Reid's framework for sensible AI regulation. Reid Hoffman is a co-founder of LinkedIn, Inflec ... Show More
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