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Reid Hoffman: ‘Start using AI deeply. It is a huge intelligence amplifier’

The co-founder of LinkedIn and Democrat donor remains confident that AI can be good for all of us – if its introduction is handled in the right wayReid Hoffman is a prominent Silicon Valley billionaire entrepreneur and investor known for co-founding the professional social networking site LinkedIn, now owned by Microsoft. He’s also staunchly anti-Trump. The longtime Democrat donor threw his support behind Kamala Harris in the race for the White House. Hoffman spoke to the Observer about technology in the new political milieu and his new book about our future with artificial intelligence, Superagency. The book, while not ignoring the problems that AI might cause, argues that the technology is poised to give us cognitive superpowers that will increase our individual and collective human agency, creating a state of widespread empowerment for society.You have a vested interest in being positive about AI, including a company focused on conversational AI for business, Inflection AI. Why s...



LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman advocates for embracing AI, viewing it as an "intelligence amplifier" that will increase human agency and create widespread empowerment. He argues that AI will primarily act as a co-pilot, requiring workers to adapt and utilize AI tools, and that failing to use AI will lead to being uncompetitive. While acknowledging potential risks, Hoffman believes AI's benefits outweigh the harms, calling it a "cognitive Industrial Revolution" that will ultimately increase human agency.

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