What will the media landscape look like as tech companies, as opposed to traditional media, own increasingly more ink? And who better to offer an optimistic take on the news industry’s future than…Kara Swisher?!
Reid and Aria speak with the famous—and famously direct—tech journalist, author, and podcast host about the roles and responsibilities of journalists covering rapidly developing innovations, along with those of the technologists driving advancements. They cover the OpenAI/New York Times lawsuit, disinformation, TikTok legislation, and AI’s potential to improve healthcare and climate outcomes. Plus, Kara makes the case that today’s content creators benefit from staying relatively small vs. striving for scale.
Topics:
3:30 - Hellos and intros
3:54 - Technology that makes Kara optimistic
6:40 - Technology to solve climate change
8:43 - Why health-tech and climate tech inspire optimism
10:09 - State of the media landscape
15:34 - Can smaller-scale media work?
16:56 - Pi weighs in on Patrick Soon-Shiong
19:33 - How will AI impact media misinformation
22:27 - Impact of AI in politics
27:52 - Kara’s latest book
30:36 - Is AI training “stealing”?
37:28 - TikTok ban
42:51 - A question for Reid: Is TikTok worth buying?
45:43 - How to shape capitalism
51:30 - Rapid-fire questions
For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/
Select mentions:
Burn Book by Kara Swisher
Platformer News founder Casey Newton
Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson
Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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What if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? Possible is an award-winning, weekly podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Hosts Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger explore what’s possible with forward-thinking leaders, deep thinkers, and ambitious builders across many fields, such as technology, art, education and healthcare. These conversations center on the ways technology—and, in particular, AI—is shaping the future. In episodes, AI tools such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Inflection’s Pi are at work, offering informational asides, prompting guests, or demoing what they can do. Lastly, between guest episodes, Aria interviews her co-host Reid on his latest takes on what’s possible if we use technology—and our collective effort—effectively.
Pat Yongpradit on AI literacy and computer science education
BONUS: Reid Hoffman’s speech: Humanity’s Hegelian Golden Braid
Reid riffs on tech journalism and the TikTok ban
Feed Drop: On with Kara Swisher: Reid Hoffman talks Trump, Thiel & AI
Reid riffs on AI milestones and AI efforts abroad
Kevin Scott on AI and humanism
[BONUS + VIDEO] Reid interviews Reid AI, his AI avatar
Introducing: a new Possible
Reflections on AI and season two
Katherine Maher on the future of trusted information
Kerry Washington on connection, identity and AI
Sal Khan on the future of K-12 education
Van Jones on AI, disruption and inclusion
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins on the future of social welfare
Sarah Sze on the future of AI and art
Kim Stanley Robinson on narrative and civilization
Peter Lee on the future of health and medicine
Feed Drop: Masters of Scale | Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics
Siddhartha Mukherjee on the future of disease and diagnostics
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