Ex Google CEO: AI Is Creating Deadly Viruses! If We See This, We Must Turn Off AI! They Leaked Our Secrets At Google!
He scaled Google from startup to $2 trillion success, can Eric Schmidt now help save humanity from the dangers of AI? Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google and co-founder of Schmidt Sciences. He is also the author of bestselling books such as, ‘The New Digital Age’ and ‘Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit’. In this conversation, Eric and Steven discuss topics such as, how TikTok is influencing algorithms, the 2 AI tools that companies need, how Google employees leaked secret information, and the link between AI and human survival. (00:00) Intro (02:05) Why Did You Write a Book About AI? (03:49) Your Experience in the Area of AI (05:06) Essential Knowledge to Acquire at 18 (06:49) Is Coding a Dying Art Form? (07:49) What Is Critical Thinking and How Can It Be Acquired? (10:24) Importance of Critical Thinking in AI (13:40) When Your Children's Best Friend Is a Computer (15:38) How Would You Reduce TikTok's Addictiveness? (18:38) Principles of Good Entrepreneurship (20:57) Founder Mode (22:01) The Backstory of Google's Larry and Sergey (24:27) How Did You Join Google? (25:33) Principles of Scaling a Company (28:50) The Significance of Company Culture (33:02) Should Company Culture Change as It Grows? (36:42) Is Innovation Possible in Big Successful Companies? (38:15) How to Structure Teams to Drive Innovation (42:37) Focus at Google (45:25) The Future of AI (48:40) Why Didn’t Google Release a ChatGPT-Style Product First? (51:53) What Would Apple Be Doing if Steve Jobs Were Alive? (55:42) Hiring & Failing Fast (58:53) Microcultures at Google & Growing Too Big (01:04:02) Competition (01:04:39) Deadlines (01:05:17) Business Plans (01:06:28) What Made Google’s Sergey and Larry Special? (01:09:12) Navigating Media Production in the Age of AI (01:12:17) Why AI Emergence Is a Matter of Human Survival (01:17:39) Dangers of AI (01:21:01) AI Models Know More Than We Thought (01:23:45) Will We Have to Guard AI Models with the Army? (01:25:32) What If China or Russia Gains Full Control of AI? (01:27:56) Will AI Make Jobs Redundant? (01:31:09) Incorporating AI into Everyday Life (01:33:20) Sam Altman's Worldcoin (01:34:45) Is AI Superior to Humans in Performing Tasks? (01:35:29) Is AI the End of Humanity? (01:36:05) How Do We Control AI? (01:37:51) Your Biggest Fear About AI (01:40:24) Work from Home vs. Office: Your Perspective (01:42:59) Advice You Wish You’d Received in Your 30s (01:44:44) What Activity Significantly Improves Everyday Life? Join the waitlist for The 1% Diary - https://bit.ly/1-Diary-Waitlist-YT-ad-reads Follow Eric: Twitter - https://g2ul0.app.link/7JNHZYGKuOb You can purchase Eric’s books, here: ‘Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit’ UK version - https://amzn.to/40M9o05 ‘Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit’ US version - https://g2ul0.app.link/UT7lhDTFCOb ‘The Age of AI And Our Human Future’ - https://g2ul0.app.link/bO1UnZ9KuOb ‘Trillion Dollar Coach’ - https://g2ul0.app.link/4D9a9icLuOb ‘How Google Works’ - https://g2ul0.app.link/pEnkHTeLuOb ‘The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives’ - https://g2ul0.app.link/37Vt9yhLuOb Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACEpisodes You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb PerfectTed - https://www.perfectted.com with code DIARY40 for 40% off NordVPN - http://NORDVPN.COM/DOAC Colgate - https://www.colgate.com/en-gb/colgate-total Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices