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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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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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42:08

Rethinking the Innovation Ecosystem

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/06/10

Starting a company with a stranger is not the traditional path for many entrepreneurs, but this is one of the basic principles of Entrepreneur First (EF), the world’s leading talent investor. Matt Clifford, EF’s CEO and co-founder, joins Azeem Azhar to explain why he invests in founders before they have a business idea and other novel approaches to venture capital and innovation.

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37:43

Using AI to Decentralize Organizations

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/06/03

As the Covid-19 pandemic forces companies to rethink their workflows and structures, Azeem Azhar speaks with Daniel Hulme, CEO of Satalia, whose company runs as a decentralized swarm. There are no managers, no strict job roles, and no vacation limits. Yet, the company delivers artificial intelligence solutions to its customers. How does it work?

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41:28

Empowering Workers in the Digital Future

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/05/27

Companies increasingly use digital systems to hire, fire, and monitor their employees. But who is keeping employers in check? Former union leader and AI ethics expert, Dr. Christina Colclough joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how to empower employees in the digitally-enabled workplace.

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41:22

Building Better Cities After Covid-19

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/05/20

How do we build better cities after the coronavirus crisis? The World Bank’s Sameh Wahba joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how the World Bank partners with technologists to help cities on the frontline of the pandemic, and how the dynamism of urban density can be harnessed to build the livable and inclusive cities of the future. Note: We updated one sentence in this interview for clarity.

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35:41

Fei-Fei Li’s Mission to Transform Healthcare AI

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/05/13

After ImageNet transformed AI vision, superstar Stanford computer science professor Fei-Fei Li has turned her attention to advancing healthcare. She joins Azeem Azhar to discuss her new approach to AI development, which incorporates interdisciplinary collaboration and focuses on ethical, real-world impact.

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37:39

How Nasdaq is Growing the World’s Digital Marketplace

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/05/06

Nasdaq has evolved from being the world’s first digital marketplace to a global technology company. CEO Adena Friedman joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how their digital operation has become the model for markets around the world, the surprising importance of regulation as a driver of innovation, and how Nasdaq prepared to keep functioning during the pandemic lockdown.

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33:41

The Digital Future of the Supply Chain

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/04/29

The Fung Group coordinates some of the world’s largest and most complex supply chains. Pamela Mar, EVP for Knowledge and Applications at Fung, joins Azeem Azhar to explore how developing digital connectivity can help to counteract the devastating repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic.

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34:10

Lessons for an Aging World

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/04/27

For the first time in history, there are more people on the planet over 65 years old, than under five. How do we adapt to this demographic transformation? Camilla Cavendish, award-winning journalist and former Director of Public Policy for UK Prime Minister David Cameron, joins Azeem Azhar to explore the immense cost and new potential of this brave old world.

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47:32

The New Science of Aging

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/04/22

Harvard geneticist David Sinclair joins Azeem Azhar to discuss his pioneering research into the pathways and processes responsible for aging, and the new treatments that could keep us younger for longer.

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38:21

Navigating Covid-19 in a Digital Republic (with...

Azeem Azhar"s Exponential View ·

2020/04/20

President Kersti Kaljulaid joins Azeem Azhar to explore how legal and technological innovations have helped Estonia create the most advanced e-government in the world, and how this digital republic is navigating the Covid-19 pandemic.

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