Esteemed author, Byron Reese, discusses the impact of AI on work, life and society

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Byron Reese joins us on our VUX world podcast as he chats through the impact of AI.

Byron Reese is a serial entrepreneur with a quarter-century of experience building and running successful technology companies, with multiple acquisitions, IPOs and patents along the way. He is an award-winning author of books such as Stories, Dice and Rocks That Think, and; The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity, a book that tackles artificial intelligence, robots, automation, and the future of work. He’s a speaker and futurist, with a strong conviction that technology will help bring about a new golden age of humanity.

Byron currently serves as the CEO of JJ Kent Incorporated, a venture-backed technology company that recently launched Scissortail.ai, a proprietary artificial intelligence tool set to inform new product and listing strategy, and delight consumers.

I’m honoured and delights to be joined by Byron for this episode where we’ll look at the unavoidable future of AI and its impact on our lives.

In this episode

00:00 Introduction
03:13 Welcome Byron
08:18 Is AI dystopian territory?
13:23 AI dystopian future
19:36 Capabilities AI has today
22:20 AI & Humans both saying incorrect information
27:40 Defining artificial intelligence
30:00 Long term impact of AI
35:35 The caution of AI development
41:40 The impact of AI in the job market
49:15 Productivity tools
54:40 Byrons latest book
1:01:10 Outro

Byrons new book – We Are Agora

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