What a privilege this was. On the show today we have none other than Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin. From New York Times Magazine to Wired and Newsweek Gary has covered a wide range of topics balancing deep research with ethical concern.

We discuss his new book AI Valley where he shadows the top thinkers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, introducing the breakthroughs and developments that will change the way we live and work.

In AI Valley, Gary brings us deep into the world of AI development in Silicon Valley. Rivlin closely follows founders and venture capitalists trying to capitalize on this AI moment.

AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence is essential reading for anyone interested in the explosive growth of generative AI.

It's a brilliant read, Rivlin introduces us to a raft of AI experts, including Reid Hoffman, of Manus AI and Inflection AI, American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman and Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind, an early AI startup that Google bought for $650 million in 2014. Rivlin also brings readers inside Microsoft, Meta, Google and other tech giants scrambling to keep pace.

We discuss:

• Comparison of AI Boom to Dot-Com Era
• Venture Capital's Role in AI Innovation
• AI Funding and the Role of Large Tech Companies
• Hidden Power Brokers in the AI Economy
• Geopolitics and AI Innovation
• Concerns about AI Deployment and Guardrails
• Limitations and Misconceptions of Autonomous AI
• Positive Applications and Deliberate Development of AI
• Historical Parallels: AI Winters and Overselling
• Advice for Building with AI in a Concentrated Market
• Talent War and Exorbitant Salaries in AI
• AI's Impact on Professions and Future Advice
• AI Proficiency and Discernment
• China's Energy Advantage and Future AI Development

Gary is a truth seeker who uses storytelling to make the hidden or ignored visible. He's somebody who believes stories matter: that telling them well can influence understanding, policy, culture. I applaud you for this, for AI Valley, everyone should go get a copy.

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