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Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View

How will the future unfold? What is the impact of AI and other exponential technologies on business & society? Join Azeem Azhar, founder of Exponential View, on his quest to demistify the era of exponential change.

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50:59

Building A Quantum Computer with Light

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2021/02/03

“Quantum computing is to conventional computing what a warp drive is to a bicycle,” says Jeremy O’Brien, CEO of PsiQuantum. He joins Azeem Azhar to explore the exponential advantage quantum computing will bring to problems across science and industry, and how he’s using photonics to build the first productive quantum computer.

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48:41

Bringing DARPA’s Innovation to Health

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2021/01/27

Regina Dugan, CEO of new biomedical non-profit Wellcome Leap and former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the U.S., joins Azeem Azhar to explore how she approaches delivering breakthrough technologies and why she has now set her sights on global health.

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29:04

Big Tech and a Decade of Antitrust with Cory Doctorow

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2021/01/06

Cory Doctorow, award-winning author, technologist, and founder joins Azeem Azhar to explore the power of big tech monopolies and how a future wave of antitrust lawsuits could unleash innovation across the sector.

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28:20

Learning from 2020: Azeem’s Takeaways

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/12/30

Azeem Azhar reflects on how Covid-19 has affected technology and our lives in 2020 and why the effects of the pandemic will be felt for many years to come.

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30:19

Applying the Pandemic Mindset to Climate Change with...

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/12/23

Cory Doctorow, award winning author, technologist, and founder, joins Azeem Azhar to explore how we can harness massive collective action and exponential technologies to mitigate climate change.

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49:27

Making Venture Capital Work for Entrepreneurs

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/12/16

Leila Rastegar Zegna, general partner and co-founder of Kindred Capital, joins Azeem Azhar to explore a new model for venture capital, where startup founders become partners in the fund. This new approach aims to align incentives for entrepreneurs and investors, in order to build a healthier innovation community.

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44:01

IKEA: Making a $40 Billion Company Climate Positive

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/12/09

Jesper Brodin, CEO of Ingka Group, joins Azeem Azhar to explore IKEA’s goal to be a net reducer of carbon emissions by 2030 – while still growing its business.

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44:45

China’s Technology Transformation with Kai-Fu Lee

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/12/02

Kai-Fu Lee, AI pioneer and investor, joins Azeem Azhar to explore the evolution of China’s vibrant tech sector, the rise of consumer-facing robots, the consequences for labor, and the future of educational technologies.

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39:16

Materials Built by Microbes: A Revolution in...

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/11/25

Zymergen CEO Joshua Hoffman joins Azeem Azhar to explore how cutting-edge bioengineering, robotics, and machine learning are helping create a new generation of high-performance, environmentally sustainable materials for the 21st Century.

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48:14

Silicon Valley Needs a Shakedown with Chamath...

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/11/18

Investor Chamath Palihapitiya joins Azeem Azhar to explore the dysfunctional relationship between capital and companies, why he loves a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company), and why he’s championing a new wave of climate change innovators. Note: Portions of the conversation that had been removed in an earlier version of this episode have been reinstated for greater clarity.

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21:44

How AI and Genomics Are Reshaping Farming

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/11/11

“The time for vertical farming is here,” says Mike Zelkind, co-founder and CEO of 80 Acres Farms. He joins Azeem Azhar to explore what’s broken in the food supply chain, and how a new breed of high-tech, indoor farms could deliver better, tastier food using a fraction of the resources.

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39:09

Understanding the Enduring Consequences of Covid-19

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/11/09

Yale professor Nicholas Christakis argues that we can expect this current phase of the Covid-19 pandemic to end in 2022. In conversation with Azeem Azhar, Christakis explains why we need to brace for what comes next.

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36:09

Should We End the Data Economy?

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/11/04

Ownership of personal data is a form of power – and that power is concentrating in the hands of governments and big tech. Should we be worried? Dr. Carissa Véliz, from the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss her new book “Privacy is Power.”

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44:33

Facebook’s Tech Chief: How We Built It and Where...

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/10/28

Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer joins Azeem Azhar to explore how they built the infrastructure powering the social network, why AI and virtual reality are the core of its future, and how the company approaches content moderation.

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44:37

DeepMind’s Journey from Games to Fundamental Science

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/10/21

DeepMind’s co-founder and CEO, Demis Hassabis, joins Azeem Azhar to explore his company's progression from gaming to accelerating scientific discovery.

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41:11

How Taiwan is Using Technology to Foster Democracy...

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/10/14

Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s first digital minister, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how the Taiwanese Government is using the Internet as a space for civic participation, dialogue, and consensus building.

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45:09

How GPT-3 Is Shaping Our AI Future

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/10/07

OpenAI stunned the world with the release of the world’s most impressive language-generating AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins Azeem Azhar to reflect on the huge attention generated by GPT-3 and what it heralds for the future research and development toward the creation of a true artificial general intelligence (AGI).

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4:53

Season 4 Finale: Azeem’s Favorite Episodes and Trends...

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/07/01

As we wrap up the season and head off to a short summer break, Azeem Azhar reflects on what he learned from his conversations with technology and business leaders on the podcast -- and how those insights may help us understand where the world is headed.

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39:30

Reimagining Capitalism for a Broken World

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/06/24

A thriving global economy depends on more than just free markets. Harvard Business School professor Rebecca Henderson offers a fresh vision of purpose-driven capitalism, where companies can make good profits by doing the right thing.

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38:49

Engineering Biology: The Next Frontier

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/06/17

Drug discovery, novel materials, and genetic engineering are some of the topics under the microscope in Azeem Azhar’s discussion with Andreessen Horowitz general partner Vijay Pande. They explore the extraordinary possibilities that are opening up at the intersection of biology, engineering, and innovation.

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